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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This is a good rule of thumb (lemmy.world)

submitted 16 hours ago by mulcahey@lemmy.world to c/compactphones@lemmy.world

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[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 6 points 12 hours ago

Joke's on you, my hands are huge

[–] rocketpoweredredneck@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 hours ago

I hadn't realized until just now that my phone is only slightly larger than this, and the size of my phone is one of the things I like most about it

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 6 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

I mean, you can just make an L with one hand...

I've got a Galaxy, but its just a few mm's longer on width/height.

It's all subjective what the right size is.

[–] snooggums@piefed.world 4 points 15 hours ago

I have a galaxy and the width matches the thumb and the height is an extra inch. I would be fine it it was slightly shorter but the width is perfect.

Honestly the width = thumb is a pretty accurate measure for feeling comfortable in the hand. Smaller phones gave me finger cramps.

[–] WhiteOakBayou@lemmy.world 1 points 11 hours ago

My ideal phone is like 6.3 inches

[–] slazer2au@lemmy.world 2 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

I have a Sony Xperia xq-es54 and it matches this pretty well.