Not sure what happened, but we’re suddenly inundated with compact phones for the first time in years.

Yes, we should take all of these with a grain of salt. Unihertz famously does not support their phones. Click has never made a phone before, though they seem to know what they’re doing. And iKKO… well, I’ll believe it when I see it.

But the fact that multiple companies are now racing to build smaller phones that AREN’T foldables is SO encouraging. Does it need a keyboard? Who knows! But the market should offer us a variety of form factors instead of just increasingly-larger phablets. It’s nice to see things go our way for a change.

  • Andonyx@lemmy.worldEnglish
    151·
    2 months ago

    Maybe it’s because I’m middle aged, but I got tired of phones getting smaller around the time Zoolander came out. Now I need the biggest phone that’s still in a roughly 22:9 form factor just to see it.

    That said I agree with your idea that we benefit from having more form factors and more choices. Your convenience and desires may be very different from mine, so this way more folks get what they want.

    • stoy@lemmy.zipEnglish
      9·
      2 months ago

      I am also middle aged, 38, and I hate that I will have to give up the small size of my iPhone 12 mini for an iPhone 16/16e.

      Though I hardly ever watch movies on my phone.

      Though if I was on Android I would probably look into the fold as I love the concept

      • slampisko@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        2 months ago

        Same age and I recently bought literally the smallest Android phone I could find on my country’s major online retailer’s website (I would’ve supported a smaller business but I unfortunately needed the fastest possible shipping, which this retailer has). It’s still 6.36" and it’s more than big enough while not tearing a hole in my pocket (or my wallet) and it has everything I need.