are there any new-ish phones that are small?
are there any new-ish phones that are small?
New-ish meaning anything that has 4G. Today every phone i See is huge and annoying.
CMF phone 1
Super affordable so far as smartphones go. Might be a little bare bones, check for exactly what you want. I ended up getting something else for some extra water resistance.
Pretty sure the unihertz jelly line has that covered
FairPhone ?
Fairphones are still relatively big, especially fairphone 5 ( I have 3+ and my partner 5)
Yo, you can play with the sliders in gsmarena
https://m.gsmarena.com/search.php3?nYearMin=2024&fDisplayInchesMax=6.3&s4Gs=0&sFormFactors=1
I did some preconfiguring, but you can adjust the sliders. You can also pick the phone dimensions apart from the phone display:)
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Pretty sure 4g was widely supported starting like 15 years ago, so newish doesn't seem the right word.
- nice cam
- headphone jack
- removable storage
That's it.
literally!
Removable battery too, while we're at it! Lol
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.
The asus zenphone 10 is a 5.9" Phone relased in july 2023.
Here's some info:
Read this as 5'9"
My main issue with that phone is the abysmal software support. Asus promised 2 years of OS support and 4 years of security updates. So its OS updates are going to stop soon and you get 2 years of security updates if you buy the phone today.
I have a samsung s9 running android 10. Everything works, so it's probably not a critical issue. Still, I got android 14 running with noble rom and it worked perfectly, besides banking apps.
Asus zenphones are good size. I went with S23 since it was nearly exact same size as my S9 I used for 7 years. So no change.
My Samsung S10e is 5.8", has most modern features (minus dumb AI), and if you prefer you might be able to find a new one still.
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.
Jelly star 2
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 anymote, 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
i got a 3a, I hate it.
In December I finally bought a phone to replace my 3a. I did it mostly for the battery life, although I did actually buy a replacement battery for the 3a and have all the necessary tools to install it. It wouldn't be my first time replacing a cellphone battery.
I was window shopping and the Oneplus 12 became fairly discounted at the end of last year.
Honestly, the overall experience really isn't that different than my old 3a. It's not like newer versions of Android are adding revolutionary features these days and if you're running a custom ROM, odds are you're on a newer version of Android anyway.
Nice things:
- Two days worth of battery life with my usage patterns. Even with a fresh battery, my 3a wouldn't last this long
- Something like 4x more RAM means that apps are usually in the state I left them in when I come back to them, whereas on the 3a they had usually been forced to free up resources and not all apps deal with that well
- The telephoto lens is nice to have, but none of the built in cameras are a substitute for my dedicated camera for things that are moving and/or things are far away
- The screen mounted fingerprint sensor is very convenient, but that's a placement thing. Some people liked the 3a location, but I didn't personally
Unless you are taxing your processor, an upgrade will be incremental. At least that was my experience.
I somewhat regret the larger phone in that it's a bit harder to handle one handed, but most on screen keyboards have a one handed mode to deal with this. I had a pop/ring type holder on my 3a, so gripping one handed isn't that big of a deal.
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.
I'm an Android person (P9PXL) but I'm in a mixed marriage with an Apple person. Lol. The iPhone SE 3rd generation only has a 4.7" screen and it's 5G.
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.
The iPhone 13 mini was discontinued in 2023, I think.
Now you can choose the smallest “big” phone, but it’s still big.
2022 iPhone SE Gen 3 will be the last 4.7 inch screen. Gen 4 is rumored to be a 6.1 inch.
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?
Not really there's the Unihertz ones that seem more novelty to be honest I think the one called Jelly Max is the newest one. Specs wise they don't seem awful or anything but I've never seen one in person to be honest.
Apart from them Sony maybe but you'll pay a lot.
Sony has their Xperia Compact series.
- Sony Xperia XZ1 Compact - 129x65x9.3mm
- Sony Xperia XZ2 Compact - 135x65x12.1mm
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.
I wasn't aware they still made those in 2025
Edit: they don't, got fooled by the prices chart
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
How big we talking?
like iPod size
The only phone that has a screen that small is the Unihertz Jelly Star
There are, but you typically have to sacrifice on things like camera.
I was just complaining about it yesterdayThe 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
you need a huge screen that you use with two hands so that you can play whatever that stupid fake video game ad I see on twitter is