I never liked iPhones. I had my android personal phone and work provided iPhone pre8.
THEN I got a iPhone XR, loved the phone, I was done with Android. Months later got my wife an iPhone 11, she ditched her android.
That XR looks us both completely into the Apple world.
Now have 2 Mac mini desktops, two iPhone 13's, 2-watch 7s for my wife and I. I also have a MacBook Air M1, but that year she bought me that for Christmas, She was done with Android but she wasnt sure she wanted to totally leave the Windows world, so we do have for her a New (at the time) Lenovo Yoga. She also has a work provided Dell workstation at home.
We love the easy integration between our devices, such as "Airdrop"as one. IN addition we also use Apple Air Tags on our keychains *LOL* and also our dog!
Anyway, that XR started it all, on top of that, being I am "different" form the stereo typical older person, it was a yellow one.
At the time of getting our new iPhone 13s, I was REALLY torn between the mini and regular size. Drove my wife nuts trying to make up my mind. I REALLY liked the idea of the mini, mostly because it was, well, different. The battery life thing concerned me, also didnt know if I would miss the screen size or not but the battery determined I go with the larger one. I do wish they continued to offer it and I knew they were going to discontinue it at the time. I still like the idea just was unsure ...