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You have to sacrifice screen size to shrink the other dimensions, and they already have smaller screen iPhones. It seems most people care more about big screens

You have to sacrifice screen size to shrink the other dimensions, and they already have smaller screen iPhones. It seems most people care more about big screens than size in that dimension

Nition 1y ago
Just give me one good phone with a small screen please, and everyone else can buy one of the other 10,000 options with huge screens.
- krater23 1y ago
  Take the Unihertz Jelly Star. No I get not paid for advertising. I just be happy to have it found.
  - xp84 1y ago
    Does it have all the normal US bands? their site doesn't give much assurance, and they have a graphic with every non-US carrier's logo and no US carrier logos.
- cortesoft 1y ago
  Apparently there is not enough of a market of people like you to make it worth manufacturing, sadly.
amilios 1y ago
They don't have smaller screen iPhones anymore lol what? the iPhone 13 Mini is the last phone that can be in that category. Does anyone really think that 6.1 inches is a "small" device?
- Nition 1y ago
  The 17 does technically have a smaller screen than the Air, but only by 0.2". Not exactly a small phone. They don't even have a 6.1" phone anymore - smallest now is going to be 6.3".
cassianoleal 1y ago
> they already have smaller screen iPhones. Not small enough to be worth the tradeoffs though.
Rebelgecko 1y ago
The smallest iPhone would've been classified as a "phablet" a decade ago
- Nition 1y ago
  I remember a coworker getting a Dell Streak Android phone in 2010 and it was enormous. Definitely felt more like a small tablet. The GSM Arena review is mostly about the confusion of whether it should still be considered a phone at this size. Ultimately they decide it's just too damn big for a phone.[1]. It had a 5" screen. [1] https://www.gsmarena.com/dell_streak-review-531.php https://www.gsmarena.com/dell_streak-review-531.php
  - eMSF 1y ago
    Even with a 5" screen, it was bigger than for example iPhone 17 in every single dimension due to its hefty bezels (and not insignificantly so; iPhone 17 is closer in width to iPhone 13 Mini than a Dell Streak). Screen diameter is in general a bit misleading figure for phones from different generations as "full screen" phones tend to have a taller aspect ratio and hence larger diameter even with same body dimensions.
    - Nition 1y ago
      Only a little bigger but you're right, I didn't think the bezels on the Streak looked that big but I see they're really pretty substantial. It's the dimensions of a modern 6.5" phone, basically.

You have to sacrifice screen size to shrink the other dimensions, and they already have smaller screen iPhones. It seems most people care more about big screens than size in that dimension

Nition 1y ago

Just give me one good phone with a small screen please, and everyone else can buy one of the other 10,000 options with huge screens.

krater23 1y ago
Take the Unihertz Jelly Star. No I get not paid for advertising. I just be happy to have it found.
- xp84 1y ago
  Does it have all the normal US bands? their site doesn't give much assurance, and they have a graphic with every non-US carrier's logo and no US carrier logos.
cortesoft 1y ago
Apparently there is not enough of a market of people like you to make it worth manufacturing, sadly.

amilios 1y ago

They don't have smaller screen iPhones anymore lol what? the iPhone 13 Mini is the last phone that can be in that category. Does anyone really think that 6.1 inches is a "small" device?

Nition 1y ago
The 17 does technically have a smaller screen than the Air, but only by 0.2". Not exactly a small phone. They don't even have a 6.1" phone anymore - smallest now is going to be 6.3".

cassianoleal 1y ago

> they already have smaller screen iPhones. Not small enough to be worth the tradeoffs though.

Rebelgecko 1y ago

The smallest iPhone would've been classified as a "phablet" a decade ago

Nition 1y ago
I remember a coworker getting a Dell Streak Android phone in 2010 and it was enormous. Definitely felt more like a small tablet. The GSM Arena review is mostly about the confusion of whether it should still be considered a phone at this size. Ultimately they decide it's just too damn big for a phone.[1]. It had a 5" screen. [1] https://www.gsmarena.com/dell_streak-review-531.php https://www.gsmarena.com/dell_streak-review-531.php
- eMSF 1y ago
  Even with a 5" screen, it was bigger than for example iPhone 17 in every single dimension due to its hefty bezels (and not insignificantly so; iPhone 17 is closer in width to iPhone 13 Mini than a Dell Streak). Screen diameter is in general a bit misleading figure for phones from different generations as "full screen" phones tend to have a taller aspect ratio and hence larger diameter even with same body dimensions.
  - Nition 1y ago
    Only a little bigger but you're right, I didn't think the bezels on the Streak looked that big but I see they're really pretty substantial. It's the dimensions of a modern 6.5" phone, basically.