Reminiscing about smaller phones
Reminiscing about smaller phones
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/21069631
Once upon a time you could get a small android device with good specs.
https://www.gsmarena.com/sony_xperia_xz1_compact-8610.phpIt's still my favourite phone, even though it's been retired and is only used as an MP3 player with AUX in the garage nowadays.
I realize that for most people the phone is now a device to consume media through and that the larger screens are helpful there, but having a smart phone that is fully usable with one hand is still something I miss. Often.Considering that modern androids have about 85% to 90% of their size as display size then a phone with the size of the xz1 compact should get a screen size of ~5 inches instead of the old 4.6 inches.
With the SoC advancements I don't even feel that the phone would require a flagship SoC to interest me. Put a Snapdragon 6, as much battery as you can fit and an AUX input in it and I'm game.
What would make you guys interested in a smaller phone today?
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I remember liking the design of the Xperia active. https://m.gsmarena.com/sony_ericsson_xperia_active-3998.php
The fact that it was waterproof, had the built in strap holder for securing it.
Make it lightweight durable and super long battery life (small screen, OLED) and you have a great device you wouldn't need to baby.
Unfortunately it's never going to happen. They don't do niche phones now. Everyone seems to have accepted phones are going to be generic slabs of glass. All about the same size. Boring.