Content warning: contains First World problems.
As my phone contract came to an end last month, I found myself faced with a familiar dilemma: to upgrade, or to stick with my current device. Normally I'd stick – the pressure to switch phones every couple of years has never sat right with me; surely a device that cost just shy of a grand needn't become e-waste in just twenty-four months. But this time my fingers were pleading, nay, begging for change. They'd simply had enough of trying to stretch their way around my iPhone 14 Pro. They yearned for the comfort of smaller iPhones of yore – the 5S, the SE, the 13 mini.
