They can't even fit in a headphone jack in the large phones. A small phone would require a SIM adapter and external battery if they ever make one.
I bought a Samsung Galaxy S23 because of the "small factor". Love it. I'm tired of huge phones, they are clunky, heavy and overall unnecesary.
I have very small hands. Like smaller than children's sized. I though the same until my boyfriend got me an s29 ultra and at first I thought it was ridiculously large but I've had it since launch and anything smaller now feels cramped. I tried using his pixel once and it felt barely usable to me. I mean I've user the iPhone 4s and a honor 6x and at the time I thought they were fine but just the extra height on my current phone leaves me with a whole phone worth of space when typing. I used to hate how much screen real estate the keyboard took up. It's definitely useful to have smaller phones for a more utilitarian perspective. I'm that case though I'd rather have a bar or flip phone with a very long battery life and at most a black lcd screen or something. Sometimes I think id rather have my phone separate from my portable internet device.
It'll take a bit, but big minds are working on it
There's a chinese brand called cubot that already makes small phones. It's already available for buying.
Why do people prefer smaller phones? Like I use a realme 7. So not small but I don't feel like it's massive. And ths screen is nice if I want to watch a video or play a game. I feel like with more people using their phone as a primary computing device they will be bigger to accommodate that. Genuinely interested in why people prefer smaller phones
At least here, I am apparently in the minority. I have an S22 Ultra, and I would legitimately take a much larger phone. I estimate I could use up to a 8.5" screen version of the S22U, but that would be the absolute max size I would use.
I do think if someone made a proper small high end phone they could sell them like hotcakes. Maybe make it just thick enough to accommodate a large enough battery.
I love larger displays. Easy on the eyes, better gaming and video experience. Still, on many newer phones aspect ratio is a problem for me. If the phone's screen is something like 21:9 then it's only really big on paper, since videos won't fit perfectly, and the text and UI elements of games I play would still be pretty small, since they scale with the screen's height in landscape mode.
I could not agree more about the allergy ratio. The only justification I can give is the navigation buttons are gone, so that makes up for then being on screen.
I remember when wider aspect ratios were being pushed, before bezel-less displays, and Samsung had a very large radius for their curved screens, and the phones felt very stretched out. Honestly I would be happy with 16:9 to 19:9 and zero curve, but I am a sucker for the best cameras and most usable zoom.
I agree, and I miss my single handed phones. But I think its the same mentality as people who buy ~~Suburban Assult Tanks~~ SUV's, Bigger is better.
Oh man, sorry but I think they need to start getting bigger. Even the note is starting to feel small.
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