I considered the Zenfone 9 long and hard since it's the smallest Android that checks all my other boxes, but it's just a little bigger than i would like. The iphone mini is truly one handed operation for me and that particular feature is currently still in balance with my complaints. Then with the incentives available at the time the iphone ended up costing about a 3rd what the Zenfone was.

> What limitations have you experienced outside of customization?

Here's my short list off the top of my head:

• can't play music while recording video (i didn't realize how much i used to do that!)
• music doesn't consistently automatically resume after something stops it (phone call, video recording, etc.)
• picture in picture? (Nah, this screen is really too small for it anyways, but worth mentioning for bigger devices maybe?)
• independently adjust different volume settings (alarm, alert, ringer, media) without that type being currently playing.
• gboard isn't available in every app
• gboard missing the clipboard feature
• copy-paste doesn't always work between different apps
• overall app interconnectedness is much lower than on Pixel
• face recognition is great but i miss the middle of the back fingerprint reader(on my Pixel 2 i could have it unlocked ready to use by the time i was looking at it)
• no-look camera activation by double tapping power (again, having it ready by the time i was actually looking at it. On iphone i can set up the double knock shortcut for camera, but it's not as fast or reliable)
• autocorrect is pretty awful on all keyboards i have tried
• easy access to media controls from all apps that could be playing media
• old notifications take an extra swipe to view
• some notifications cannot be dismissed with a swipe (for various reasons, but it's not always clear which ones are swipe proof until i swipe at it) And ends up opening the camera app while I'm trying to dismiss
• i have to dig through the settings app to customize individual app notification settings and they're much less flexible, usually all or nothing(sometimes more flexible notifications are available in the app itself)
• i almost forgot flip to silence! (I used to think the hard switch for silence was cool, and it still is, but if i could choose between the hardware switch and flip to silence i would take flip to silence everyday) ...That's all i can think of right now.