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> There are no decent small (<5") phones on the market This is a major reason behind why I've stuck with my iPhone 5S since the end of 2013. Unfortunately, aft

> There are no decent small (<5") phones on the market This is a major reason behind why I've stuck with my iPhone 5S since the end of 2013. Unfortunately, after 6 years, the battery life is now really suffering, and it's starting to feel a little sluggish. Up until the last 6 - 12 months it's been a great phone though.

CDSlice 7y ago
An SE would be good for you if you can find a used one for a good price. It has the guts of the 6s in the body of the 5s so it should last you a few more years at least
- wyclif 7y ago
  I was surprised to discover recently that you can still buy a new (not reconditioned) iPhone SE direct from Apple but the link to them is on the refurbished part of the site.
  - hartzell 7y ago
    All I'm seeing here: https://www.apple.com/shop/refurbished/iphone https://www.apple.com/shop/refurbished/iphone is X's. Did you find the SE somewhere else on the site?
kevin_thibedeau 7y ago
FWIW. Newer 5" screens have had their bezels shrunk down so some are as small as a typical 4.7" phone.
- coldpie 7y ago
  The Pixel 3a has teeny tiny bezels, and now my fingers accidentally activate stuff at the screen edges while I'm holding it. This is progress, I guess.
  - beenBoutIT 7y ago
    The Pixel 2 is almost perfect, and I have no real problems with it, although I'm not sure if I'll ever stop missing my beloved Nexus 5X. That phone was perfect in every way, except for some fatal flaw that randomly killed it. It was made from durable plastics and light enough that it didn't easily damage itself when dropped. All the current thin, dense phones made of painted metal will show permanent scars from almost any physical interaction with another solid surface.
  - ss3000 7y ago
    Then you'll _really_ love the Galaxy S9 with the curved edges, where the natural resting spot for your fingers is on the curved edges of the actual screen. /s
    - maven29 7y ago
      There is excellent touch rejection on the edges when the contact patch originates from the edge. You can even customize touch rejection with a good lock plugin.
      - neftaly 7y ago
        It doesn't work when you're using a case. I regret buying Samsung.
beenBoutIT 7y ago
The Nexus 5 is an amazing phone around that size, although the newest AOSP that they'll run is Hammerhead and it's EOL as far as official security updates go.

CDSlice 7y ago

An SE would be good for you if you can find a used one for a good price. It has the guts of the 6s in the body of the 5s so it should last you a few more years at least

wyclif 7y ago
I was surprised to discover recently that you can still buy a new (not reconditioned) iPhone SE direct from Apple but the link to them is on the refurbished part of the site.
- hartzell 7y ago
  All I'm seeing here: https://www.apple.com/shop/refurbished/iphone https://www.apple.com/shop/refurbished/iphone is X's. Did you find the SE somewhere else on the site?

kevin_thibedeau 7y ago

FWIW. Newer 5" screens have had their bezels shrunk down so some are as small as a typical 4.7" phone.

coldpie 7y ago
The Pixel 3a has teeny tiny bezels, and now my fingers accidentally activate stuff at the screen edges while I'm holding it. This is progress, I guess.
- beenBoutIT 7y ago
  The Pixel 2 is almost perfect, and I have no real problems with it, although I'm not sure if I'll ever stop missing my beloved Nexus 5X. That phone was perfect in every way, except for some fatal flaw that randomly killed it. It was made from durable plastics and light enough that it didn't easily damage itself when dropped. All the current thin, dense phones made of painted metal will show permanent scars from almost any physical interaction with another solid surface.
- ss3000 7y ago
  Then you'll _really_ love the Galaxy S9 with the curved edges, where the natural resting spot for your fingers is on the curved edges of the actual screen. /s
  - maven29 7y ago
    There is excellent touch rejection on the edges when the contact patch originates from the edge. You can even customize touch rejection with a good lock plugin.
    - neftaly 7y ago
      It doesn't work when you're using a case. I regret buying Samsung.

beenBoutIT 7y ago

The Nexus 5 is an amazing phone around that size, although the newest AOSP that they'll run is Hammerhead and it's EOL as far as official security updates go.