| ▲ | cortesoft 6 days ago |
| You have to sacrifice screen size to shrink the other dimensions, and they already have smaller screen iPhones. It seems most people care more about big screens than size in that dimension |
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| ▲ | amilios 6 days ago | parent | next [-] |
| They don't have smaller screen iPhones anymore lol what? the iPhone 13 Mini is the last phone that can be in that category. Does anyone really think that 6.1 inches is a "small" device? |
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| ▲ | Nition 6 days ago | parent [-] | | The 17 does technically have a smaller screen than the Air, but only by 0.2". Not exactly a small phone. They don't even have a 6.1" phone anymore - smallest now is going to be 6.3". |
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| ▲ | Rebelgecko 6 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| The smallest iPhone would've been classified as a "phablet" a decade ago |
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| ▲ | Nition 6 days ago | parent [-] | | I remember a coworker getting a Dell Streak Android phone in 2010 and it was enormous. Definitely felt more like a small tablet. The GSM Arena review is mostly about the confusion of whether it should still be considered a phone at this size. Ultimately they decide it's just too damn big for a phone.[1]. It had a 5" screen. [1] https://www.gsmarena.com/dell_streak-review-531.php | | |
| ▲ | eMSF 6 days ago | parent [-] | | Even with a 5" screen, it was bigger than for example iPhone 17 in every single dimension due to its hefty bezels (and not insignificantly so; iPhone 17 is closer in width to iPhone 13 Mini than a Dell Streak). Screen diameter is in general a bit misleading figure for phones from different generations as "full screen" phones tend to have a taller aspect ratio and hence larger diameter even with same body dimensions. | | |
| ▲ | Nition 6 days ago | parent [-] | | Only a little bigger but you're right, I didn't think the bezels on the Streak looked that big but I see they're really pretty substantial. It's the dimensions of a modern 6.5" phone, basically. |
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| ▲ | Nition 6 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Just give me one good phone with a small screen please, and everyone else can buy one of the other 10,000 options with huge screens. |
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| ▲ | krater23 6 days ago | parent | next [-] | | Take the Unihertz Jelly Star. No I get not paid for advertising. I just be happy to have it found. | | |
| ▲ | xp84 6 days ago | parent [-] | | Does it have all the normal US bands? their site doesn't give much assurance, and they have a graphic with every non-US carrier's logo and no US carrier logos. |
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| ▲ | cortesoft 6 days ago | parent | prev [-] | | Apparently there is not enough of a market of people like you to make it worth manufacturing, sadly. |
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| ▲ | cassianoleal 6 days ago | parent | prev [-] |
| > they already have smaller screen iPhones. Not small enough to be worth the tradeoffs though. |
