This is the main reason why I buy the a series pixel phones. Generally they are smaller. Not small enough IMO, but smaller than the major flagships for sure.
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LunarLoony@lemmy.sdf.org 11 months ago
I just wish they were smaller. I’d love to have a Nexus 4-sized phone again.
rizoid@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 months ago
ikidd@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I have a 4a and need to upgrade, and have the same size consideration. Are there any downsides to the 6a that you know of?
jjnjjlr@lemmy.world 11 months ago
My wife has a 6a. A few things that she has noticed but not deal breakers. After installing a glass screen protector the finger print reader is really hit and miss. I went to enable face unlock but Google doesn’t allow it on the 6a. Custom ROM would solve that, however I don’t know about graphene. Not the best cell reception. Not a huge case selection. At least compared to non (a) versions. Battery life under heavy use is just ok.
BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 11 months ago
Graphene, Lineage, and DivestOS all run great in my experience.
Better performance and battery life.
All very easy to install on Pixel.
rizoid@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 months ago
I’m using a 6a. I used graphene for like a week but didn’t like it. The only downside I have is no wireless charging. I’ll be getting an 8a as soon as it comes out for that reason. My wife is using a 7a and I’d say it’s perfect.
ikidd@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Hmm, I might wait a while until the 7a comes down more. The 4a is holding me for now I guess.
SharkAttak@kbin.social 11 months ago
This! I recently bought a new smartphone and I don't get why screen size has constantly inched up, and pretty much across all price ranges! I'd understand if it was just gaming or photo-oriented ones..
If this goes on we'll all end up with comically large clown phones.TedJ70@aussie.zone 11 months ago
In many markets your smartphone is your primary, or only, computing device. Many people use their phones as media consumption devices. Those are the two primary drivers of our ever growing handsets.
phanto@lemmy.ca 11 months ago
Looks at my Mode one Retro ii Tiny? Check! All day battery? Check! 200$? Check! Do I get called “flip phone” now? Big check!
krakenx@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Asus ZenFone 8
LunarLoony@lemmy.sdf.org 11 months ago
Still gigantic. The screen is a good inch-and-a-bit larger than the Nexus 4.
Dstr15@lemmy.world 11 months ago
But weirdly identically width and length and just .5 inches taller.
Google Nexus 4 5.27 x 2.7 x 0.36 inches | 4.90 oz Asus ZenFone 8 5.83 x 2.7 x 0.35 inches | 5.96 oz
griffin@lemm.ee 11 months ago
It’s because of narrower aspect ratio on newer devices. That’s why it doesn’t make any sense to compare them with diagonal. Also there’s variation in bezel thickness. For example s23/s24 has larger sized display than zenfone 10, but they’re nearly identical in total body size.
GraniteM@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Unihertz!
LunarLoony@lemmy.sdf.org 11 months ago
…tempting! I enjoy the QWERTY keyboard phones as well. Wonder if they’ll bring back the fold-out keyboard that I lusted over back in 2011…
mox@lemmy.sdf.org 11 months ago
Sony made compact versions of their flagship phones until somewhat recently. They were good, and even had basic open-source OS support. I hope they revive that product line.
Another thing I’d like to see more of is relockable bootloaders, so that we can have something like GrapheneOS without Google hardware.
aluminium@lemmy.world 11 months ago
The Xperia 5 Series is pretty much the successor. They feel tiny in the hand due to being really slim and narrow.
mox@lemmy.sdf.org 11 months ago
Sadly, the Xperia 5 is significantly larger than the compact models.
aluminium@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Its way taller yes, but not much wider and waaay slimmer. I have both and in the hand the 5 almost feels smaller.
That being said, the 21:9 Aspect ratio makes certain things annoying to use, especially Apps that place UI elemts on the top.