The Big Disadvantage of Small Phones Like the iPhone Mini
The iPhone 12 Mini, launching this week for $729 and up, is Apple’s smallest phone in years. The company hasn’t released a phone as small as the 5.18-inch iPhone Mini since 2013, when it debuted the…

✒ Takeaway: a small screen puts obstacles in the way of our reading comprehension.

  1. Content on a bigger screen demands less cognitive effort than the same information on a smaller screen.
  2. The act of scrolling compromises your ability to absorb text, and the smaller the screen, the more you have to scroll to finish it.