New-ish meaning anything that has 4G. Today every phone i See is huge and annoying.

    • TXL@sopuli.xyz
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      8 months ago

      Sony also at least used to make phones that are more tall and narrow. For some people complaining about having to hold a wide phone night find that’s good enough.

      • Kissaki@feddit.orgEnglish
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        8 months ago

        Ah, sorry. Turns out the one I got two years ago isn’t a Compact either. (I had Compacts previously, and didn’t want a big phone then either.)

        The 10 V I got is not as big as some of the other big phones, but it is a bit bigger and significantly longer than Compact was previously. 155x68x8.3mm

  • JubilantJaguar@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    Not really, and the reason is very simple. Ordinary folks don’t buy computers any more. A mobile device is all they need. So might as well get one with as big a screen as possible.

    There are a handful of niche brands that make small models for weird people like us, including Cubot and Unihertz. I have one of the former, it’s tiny and works fine.

    Clarification. I have a Cubot King Kong Mini. 3.5in screen or thereabouts, standard 2 cameras (i.e. as many as you need), NFC, unskinned stock Android latest version. People assume its a dumbphone although really it’s not. But I don’t use it for much, intentionally.

  • TORFdot0@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    8 months ago

    The iPhone 13 mini is the perfect iPhone in my opinion. I just replaced the battery in mine and am ready to use it another 3 years

        • IMALlama@lemmy.world
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          8 months ago

          Agree, but also half the story.

          The zenphone 10 is 146.5 x 68.1 x 9.4 mm.

          I had a 3a until very recently. With its 5.7" screen it was 151.3 x 70.1 x 8.2 mm, so it does support the story.

          The OG iPhone was 115 × 61 × 11.6 mm.

          I’m still using an iPhone 8 for my work phone and it’s 138.4 x 67.3 mm x 7.3 mm.

          It’s clear that the market is demanding larger phones, which means that today’s “small” phones are often larger than the phones of yesteryear.

      • OutlierBlue@lemmy.caEnglish
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        8 months ago

        We arrived at a time where 5.9" is considered small…

        I see you’ve met my girlfriend.

  • sma3in@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    this is my main reason why I don’t want to switch to a new flagship from the Google pixel 4a. It’s not supported by google anymore, but it still runs smoothly with GrapheneOS (custom ROM), and I swapped the battery for a new one from iFixit and it just works! Maybe you can consider a Google Pixel 8a, at least it’s not as huge as other flagships

    • Jayb151@lemmy.world
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      8 months ago

      Also writing from a pixel 4a… Where you get that rom from bro? By the time I heard of the project, they didn’t have roms for the 4a on their website.

  • karpintero@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    I’m also holding out for a compact flagship (with a headphone jack and SD card slot) but things have been pretty bleak. Settled on the Sony Xperia 5 line. While it’s not small, it’s narrow enough to be used with one hand and checks all the other boxes.

    Other models I’ve looked at were the Asus Zenfone 10, Jelly Max, and Galaxy.

  • hendrik@palaver.p3x.deEnglish
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    8 months ago

    Isn’t there always one Google Pixel model and one iPhone, that’s a bit smaller than the average? I mean there has to be a list of small phones somewhere on the internet.

      • hendrik@palaver.p3x.deEnglish
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        8 months ago

        Oh wow, that’s small. I’ve had a Pixel 4a for the last few years and that was already small at 5.8 inches, compared to what other people carry around… Idk what OP’s use case is… My Pixel was great, but I’d advise against buying a phone that doesn’t get the security vulnerabilities fixed any more… And the successors have become larger and heavier. Idk maybe one if the flip-phones?

        • minibyte@sh.itjust.works
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          8 months ago

          I’m still using my 2020 SE that has the same screen size. It’s needed a battery swap last year which set me back $50, but that was installed at the Apple Store.

          Apple supports their phones for quite a few years. When they drop support for this phone I’ll be on the new small phone journey myself.

          • hendrik@palaver.p3x.deEnglish
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            8 months ago

            I’m really happy that Google took inspiration from that long support period. I personally don’t like buying new phones. And at this point it’s not like the next generation can make me a sandwich or anything new. I’ve upgraded recently and skipped several generations and like 4 years of technological advances and yeah, it looks almost the same, I run the same apps on it. It just has a better camera, plus the fingerprint reader is on the other side… I would have been fine with my old phone if that were still supported. My new one is nice, but it doesn’t really change anything about my life.