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I’m apprehensive to upgrade from my 8+ for the same reasons. No home button absolutely doesn’t appeal to me and losing 3D Touch and Touch ID are just too much to give up to be forced into a notched Face ID phone.

Nah I upgraded from an XR to 15 Pro and it's just a great upgrade. No complaints. Battery has been great. Cameras are great. It's comfortable to hold. It's noticeably fasted than my old device. In the end, it's just another mobile device, but it's a good upgrade and I'm happy with it.

I went from a 7+ to a 12 PM. I got used to the face id vs thumb pretty quickly, but even after 2 years I'm still pulling out out of my pocket and looking at it upside down because there is no button for just orientation. lol

not a solution but a suggestion, when you pull down to see notifications try pulling down from where the clock is displayed on screen - i’ve had a good success rate doing so from there. i can’t speak to speed, but i’m sentimental and i know in my transitional periods between phones i always feel a little reticent to switch fully/i try to come up with excuses to keep the old device instead because i have happier feelings with it (for lack of better terms atm). idk if that’s what’s happening to you here, but i think you should give yourself a day or two where you commit yourself to finding things that your 13 improves on or does now than your 6s, and if you STILL don’t like it, you could return it in favor of a SE 2022 so you at least have the same form factor