Compact Phones

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Phones are too big. We've come to accept that 6" phones are normal, and we're mis-sized. But just a few years ago, people hated big phones. We complained that they were uncomfortable to hold, didn't fit in our pockets, and that these phones were "clumsily oversized." Now big phones are all you can buy. Why? Did everyone's hands and pockets get magically bigger? Are phones big because manufacturers want us to drop them?

Whatever the reason, we know what we want: We want small phones!

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Doogeee unveils the tiny but tough Smini (www.gsmarena.com)
submitted 11 months ago by mulcahey@lemmy.world to c/compactphones@lemmy.world
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The Doogee Smini is about the size of an iPhone 13 mini, however, it has an IP69K rating, an info display on the back and a customizable button on the side.

Already up on Aliexpress!

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So long, small phones (www.theverge.com)
submitted 11 months ago by mulcahey@lemmy.world to c/compactphones@lemmy.world
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Good compact phones died with the iPhone Mini.

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Small phones with custom ROM support (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago by mulcahey@lemmy.world to c/compactphones@lemmy.world
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Here are some resources for finding compact phones w/ custom ROMs:

Inspired by this post: https://lemmy.world/post/6597113

At this point I'm not even picky about which custom ROM I run.
What I'm looking for is a phone that has a very small form factor and there's any custom ROM that officially supports it.

Ideally, with a 3-4" screen
Must be <5"
Must be officially supported. (for unsupported builds, I know of a few options already)

Are there any? Thanks for any suggestions or help!

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Good news! ASUS will keep making Zenfones (www.androidauthority.com)
submitted 1 year ago by mulcahey@lemmy.world to c/compactphones@lemmy.world
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They're not actually "compact" but they're the closest thing we have in Android world.

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The iPhone 13 mini is dead, leaving small-phone lovers in a lurch (arstechnica.com)
submitted 1 year ago by mulcahey@lemmy.world to c/compactphones@lemmy.world
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WHY WHY WHY f*c#o&! I hate this

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ASUS reportedly shuts down Zenfone division, no more compact flagships (www.androidauthority.com)
submitted 1 year ago by mulcahey@lemmy.world to c/compactphones@lemmy.world
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So frustrating! The Zenfone was the closest thing we had to a compact phone. Why does this keep happening????

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Current compact phone projects (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago by mulcahey@lemmy.world to c/compactphones@lemmy.world
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Outside of the Apple iPhone Mini, I only know of 2 compact phone projects:

  1. Small Android Phone Project From the team behind Pebble, Beeper, and Beepy

  2. OneDevice From Pierre Boyer, a designer behind cool projects like this PC desk build.

Does anyone know of any other compact phone projects out there?