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Where can I get a top of the line 5,5-5,8" or less phone? Bigger phones are becoming very unwieldy and are definitely not better.

wmf 7y ago
The Sony Compact series and the Samsung S10e are the last "small" phones.
- pmontra 7y ago
  I'm writing this on an Xperia X Compact (first gen, 2016). The next iterations more or less kept the same form factor but started to weight more and more. I'm not liking that. I would own a SE if I'd like iOS. For a 3.3" smartphone check this https://liliputing.com/2019/06/palms-tiny-smartphone-now-available-carrier-unlocked-for-350.html https://liliputing.com/2019/06/palms-tiny-smartphone-now-ava...
vetinari 7y ago
Just because the display diagonal is rising does not mean, that the phones themselves are getting bigger. It is due to two factors: a) the phone displays are getting wider; with widening of the aspect ratio, the diagonal is rising faster than the surface of the display. b) the ratio of screen to body rises (you are getting smaller bezels). That means in practice, that for example the 5,2" Sony Xperia Z5 (with ~70% screen to body ratio, 16:9 display aspect ratio) is 1,5 mm narrower and 4 mm shorter than 6,1" Samsung Galaxy S10 (~88% screen to body ratio, 19:9 aspect ratio). Subjectively, thanks to the rounded corners of the S10, it feels smaller than Z5. Based on the screen diagonal, you would not say that you are going to have such impression, the difference is 0,9" after all.
- nutjob2 7y ago
  Phones seemed to have settled on around 75 x 160 x 9mm, there is surprisingly little variation from that. Somewhere along the line they seemed to have decided that is as big as people will generally accept. As you say the battle now is on to eliminate bezels. From what I can tell the final station on that journey is a screen of about 6.5" to 6.75".
  - Mirioron 7y ago
    How do people use phones with small bezels? Doesn't the hand holding the phone trigger touch quite often?
- filleduchaos 7y ago
  There are plenty of people who actually want small screened devices, not giant screens in small bodies.
zach43 7y ago
used / refurbished iPhone SEs still work beautifully...i got one a few months ago and i've had zero issues with it its not really "top of the line" anymore, but the fact that its light on the wallet (~$250) is another major benefit
- scarface74 7y ago
  But more than likely it won’t be supported with iOS 14. The 6s/iPhone SE is the oldest hardware that will run iOS 13.
  - SomeOldThrow 7y ago
    Honestly with 1password integration I'm pretty ok staying on iOS 12, that's pretty much the last itch I have that Apple's likely to scratch. I love my SE and would be very happy to get another 5 years out of it. It's the perfect size for my pockets & has a headphone jack. I do miss the big screen for GPS but that's about the end of my complaints.

wmf 7y ago

The Sony Compact series and the Samsung S10e are the last "small" phones.

pmontra 7y ago
I'm writing this on an Xperia X Compact (first gen, 2016). The next iterations more or less kept the same form factor but started to weight more and more. I'm not liking that. I would own a SE if I'd like iOS. For a 3.3" smartphone check this https://liliputing.com/2019/06/palms-tiny-smartphone-now-available-carrier-unlocked-for-350.html https://liliputing.com/2019/06/palms-tiny-smartphone-now-ava...

vetinari 7y ago

Just because the display diagonal is rising does not mean, that the phones themselves are getting bigger. It is due to two factors: a) the phone displays are getting wider; with widening of the aspect ratio, the diagonal is rising faster than the surface of the display. b) the ratio of screen to body rises (you are getting smaller bezels). That means in practice, that for example the 5,2" Sony Xperia Z5 (with ~70% screen to body ratio, 16:9 display aspect ratio) is 1,5 mm narrower and 4 mm shorter than 6,1" Samsung Galaxy S10 (~88% screen to body ratio, 19:9 aspect ratio). Subjectively, thanks to the rounded corners of the S10, it feels smaller than Z5. Based on the screen diagonal, you would not say that you are going to have such impression, the difference is 0,9" after all.

nutjob2 7y ago
Phones seemed to have settled on around 75 x 160 x 9mm, there is surprisingly little variation from that. Somewhere along the line they seemed to have decided that is as big as people will generally accept. As you say the battle now is on to eliminate bezels. From what I can tell the final station on that journey is a screen of about 6.5" to 6.75".
- Mirioron 7y ago
  How do people use phones with small bezels? Doesn't the hand holding the phone trigger touch quite often?
filleduchaos 7y ago
There are plenty of people who actually want small screened devices, not giant screens in small bodies.

zach43 7y ago

used / refurbished iPhone SEs still work beautifully...i got one a few months ago and i've had zero issues with it its not really "top of the line" anymore, but the fact that its light on the wallet (~$250) is another major benefit

scarface74 7y ago
But more than likely it won’t be supported with iOS 14. The 6s/iPhone SE is the oldest hardware that will run iOS 13.
- SomeOldThrow 7y ago
  Honestly with 1password integration I'm pretty ok staying on iOS 12, that's pretty much the last itch I have that Apple's likely to scratch. I love my SE and would be very happy to get another 5 years out of it. It's the perfect size for my pockets & has a headphone jack. I do miss the big screen for GPS but that's about the end of my complaints.