13 Pro no doubt

13 absolutely no doubt

256GB no doubt

Have you recovered an old backup? Set it up as a new phone without recovering any backups. Then download the data from iCloud.

Bad press is just publicity. The attention around the Pro family has increased greatly and sales are very high. Very few real problems compared to the pieces sold. Furthermore, if you bought it from Apple you have 14 days to return it if you don’t like it.