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Why is the article using diagonal screen size as their measurement for phone size? In that case you could have a phone the exact same size get “bigger” just because bezel sizes have shrunk over the years.
They specifically call out the iPhone SE as a “small phone” that they seem to want. But the newest iPhone, the iPhone 16 is only 6% bigger in width and height. Fractions of an inch larger. I can totally understand why somebody would want a phone with smaller overall dimensions, but why on earth would your metric for an ideal phone be a smaller screen?
You can. Ditch Apple and join us. Plenty of small phone selections here on the other side. Edit: you know what. Android doesn’t have that many either.
Bigger screens mean bigger and more obtrusive ads.
I’m convinced this is 90% of the reason right here.
Even for the government you need apps nowadays. Yes you can try doing things in person but wait times aren’t reasonable. I’ve been trying to get a dumb phone for myself but still find I need a smartphone for specific apps a couple of times a month…
Too small, can’t phone
If they make the phones smaller they’ll have to make the ads smaller too. Can’t have that.
Porn. Next question
Didn’t Apple just come out with one or am I mistaken?
I have an iPhone 15 Pro and a recent Pixel (just because I’m a dev and want to know both ecosystems). I use the iPhone as my daily driver, though, not because it’s necessarily better but because I cannot help myself when it comes to tinkering with Android devices. I have semi-bricked several over the years and then had to install Windows in a VM to run some sketchy-looking factory reset program.
Basically, it’s not an Android problem. It’s a me problem. I’m the one who needs a walled garden so I don’t do science experiments.
I can’t imagine using a phone that I can’t even use adless Youtube on :/
Safari + AdBlock + Vinegar makes for a great YouTube experience.
That said, Freetube on my Pixel is wonderful.
Yeah, fair. I picked this as an example, but overall I’d consider a phone unusable if you can be denied apps. Especially when it comes to important things like censorship evasion tools, which are very likely to be deleted from App Store on request.
Phones are already too small. I use a fold because it’s the only way I can get a decent sized phone now!
Because apparently people want big phones.
For the last 10-15 years it’s been a boiling frog situation really - .1 or .2" increase every generation until 7" somehow becomes the norm (for a phone, not a tablet, mind you).
I wish there were more small hi-end phones too.
As long as they don’t stop making ones my current size (which is also my navi for my motorcycle), then they can make whatever they wish. I think mine (Pixel 6 Pro) is perfect size.
Also on a Pixel 6 Pro, no way would I want a bigger phone.
Still on mine, would say that I’m still not thrilled with the side edges being so very rounded off.
They suck and also the higher capacity batteries take up too much space now.
I’m just waiting for smart watches to get bigger and bigger and eventually lose the strap.
people like larger phones because they like social media. For people in developing countries a cell phone is their only personal computer so for them having larger screen more preferable. People just like larger phones. I loath them because I don’t have pockets. I could probably live with a dumb phone, but mobile banking, and maps are too useful of a feature for me to live without out. tbh unless your a power user or gamer there really isn’t much of a reason to upgrade your cellphone anyway
I loath them because I don’t have pockets
This is especially an issue for women, who often have more form-fitting clothing that either doesn’t have pockets or have very small ones that don’t work for phones.
I think that the usual solution for “women carrying things” is that many are gonna carry a purse – if someone’s pre-menopause, they’re gonna need pads or tampons anyway, so can put it in there. Problem is that the phone breaks this. Even if women have a purse, women don’t always carry their purse all around the office or house or whatever, but don’t want to miss calls.
My mother got a fanny pack just for her phone (which isn’t even all that large).
At one point in the past, it used to be common for women to wear a bag on a belt accessible through a slit in their skirt.
https://pieceworkmagazine.com/a-brief-history-of-the-pocket-in-womens-fashion/
The first examples of pockets began to be inserted into men’s clothing at the end of the 1600s. Before this construction development, illustrations show that men used small pouches, which hung from a belt around the waist. These separate pouches could be concealed inside of a coat or tunic. The words pouch and pocket are related, through the Middle English/Northern French word pouche, originally describing a small bag.
For women, pockets remained an accessory that tied around the waist and was accessed through an opening in a skirt’s seam. The full skirts of the 1700s allowed these pockets to be easily hidden.
The shift by women to pants kinda killed that option.
I think that the solution is gonna be some women’s clothier figuring out how to make an appealing way of carrying a phone.
Lara Croft runs around with thigh holsters. That way, the carrying system is clearly distinct from the body, doesn’t mess with the body silhouette, which I assume is why women don’t want male-style large pocket, non-form-fitting clothing. So maybe something like that would work. Dunno how much of a chafing issue that is.
EDIT: Drop bags are kinda in the neighborhood of what I’m thinking of too, though I’m thinking lower-slung and smaller:
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“Why can’t we go back to small phones”
Company releases small phone
“No one” buys it
Company stops making small phones
People complaining why there are no small phones
I don’t know which small phones have been released recently but I’ve used an iPhone Mini and decided against it. Not because it’s small but rather because it’s not small enough.
See, I do like a big screen more than a small one. That said, the phone is something I carry in my pocket so there’s a balancing act to be done there. What was really great about the original iPhone’s size was not that it had a small screen. It’s that it was small enough that I could reach all corners of the screen with my thumb.
None of the recent small phones I tried had that advantage. In that case, since there’s no clear usability advantage to the smaller model, I’ll take the larger screen instead.
