>>paxys+Fj
Apple never released a flagship iPhone Mini, i.e. an iPhone Mini Pro. If you wanted good cameras (like the more useful 2x or 3x lens, rather than the mostly-useless 0.5x lens that they added to the base models), you had to get the large or larger phone.
I would've bought the 13 Mini Pro if it had existed, but camera quality wasn't something I was willing to compromise on.