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I don’t understand why so many people here keep saying that it’s too hard to make a small phone when all these companies literally make watches with 5G connections…
They always lean a little too hard into making the small one the "budget" phone and end up gimping it into something nobody wants, and yet they still don't make it cost attractive.
Compared to the SomePhone Pro, the SomePhone Mini has:
This is exactly the problem. I don’t need a budget phone, I need a small phone
Hell I wish the big phones had SD card slots...
There are very very few phones that have them anymore. Chinese phones, Sony, fairphone, and Samsung midrange, that is about it...
The latest pixel pro is available in both the regular size and the XL. In previous models the pro was only available as the XL.
The "small" P9P is considerably larger than the iPhone 12/13 mini, which is the size OP wants.
What’s the website you used to make this? I used to have it bookmarked a long time ago but I can’t find it anywhere now.
Phone Arena's size comparison tool.
Yes, I also want smaller phones. Even my "regular" sized phone doesn't fit into running shorts phone pockets unless I remove the case, but even then it's a tight fit.
Yes they should put HUGE batteries into small phones!!!
/s
Seems like a straw man, because I can't see a single comment claiming that.
i don't think it's "too hard" to make small phones. but i bet it's easier to sell bigger phones with more profit margin.
Who said that? That's not the limiting factor. Also, smartwatches have crappy processors.
Supposedly, what's hard is making a phone with good performance and battery life that's also small.