There’s no iPhone 14 mini, but the iPhone 13 mini lives to fight another day

As anticipated, Apple did not announce a small-screened iPhone 14 mini today.

Rumors have long held that Apple's 5.4-inch phone was its worst-selling model, despite its lower starting price and perennial "where are all the good small phones" griping from a small-but-vocal group of consumers and smartphone reviewers. In its place is a 6.7-inch iPhone 14 Plus, which marries the screen size and battery life of the iPhone Pro Max phones to the lesser processor, display quality, and camera system of the standard, no-adjective iPhone 14.

Apple has also removed the iPhone 12 mini from its store. The company continues to sell the old iPhone 12 at a cheaper $599 starting price, but the mini model that you could still buy yesterday is no longer available. That means that the iPhone 13 mini is the last of Apple's small-screened iPhone X-style designs still standing.