With my Pixel 3a ending-support next-month, I have been looking-around at the state of the market right now (phones released this year, or very-late last year) to get a feel for where I could go next. Sadly, “bigger-is-always-better” seems to be the current mantra in the Android world, as virtually every phone I’ve looked-at are at-least the size of my current phone or bigger.
Here are some examples:
Google Pixel
Pixel 3a: 15.1 x 7.0cm (~6.0″ x 2.8″)
Pixel 6 Pro: 15.9 x 7.5cm (~6.2″ x 3.0″)
Pixel 6a (assumed): 15.2 x 7.2cm (~6.0″ x 2.8″)
Motorola
Motorola Moto G22: 16.4 x 7.5cm (~6.5″ x 3.0″)
Motorola Moto G31: 16.2 x 7.4cm (~6.4″ x 2.9″)
Motorola Moto G52: 16.0 x 7.5cm (~6.3″ x 3.0″)
Motorola Moto G (2022): 16.5 x 7.6cm (~6.5 x 3.0″)
Nokia
Nokia C21: 17.0 x 7.8cm (~6.7″ x 3.1″)
Nokia C2 2nd Edition: 15.4 x 7.6cm (~6.1″ x 3.0″)
Nokia G11/G21: 16.5 x 7.6cm (~6.5″ x 3.0″)
OnePlus
OnePlus Ace: 16.3 x 7.6cm (~6.4″ x 3.0″)
OnePlus Nord CE 2 5G: 16.1 x 7.3cm (~6.3″ x 2.9″)
Samsung
Samsung Galaxy A13/A23/F23/M23/M33/M53: 16.5 x 7.6cm (~6.5″ x 3.0″)
Samsung Galaxy A33 5G/A53 5G: 16.0 x 7.5cm (~6.3″ x 3.0″)
Samsung Galaxy A42 5G/A73 5G: 16.4 x 7.6cm (~6.4″ x 3.0″)
Sony
Sony Xperia 10 III: 15.4 x 6.8cm (~6.1″ x 2.7″)
Whereas, if you look on the other-side of the fence, clearly smaller handsets are still a thing there:
Apple
Apple iPhone 13/13 Pro: 14.7 x 7.2cm (~5.8″ x 2.8″)
Apple iPhone 13 Pro Max: 16.1 x 7.8cm (~6.3″ x 3.1″)
Apple iPhone 13 mini: 13.2 x 6.4cm (~5.2″ x 2.5″)
Apple iPhone SE (2022): 13.8 x 6.7cm (~5.5″ x 2.7″)
While I’ve included them for the sake of comparisons, I’m not really looking to move to Apple — though, at this-rate, I’m struggling to find any phones of the size I’d like in the Android world. (The Pixel 4a is a great size, but is around halfway through it’s support-lifecycle now, so seems a bit silly to consider.)
So… does anyone have any recommendations of any small Android phone makes or models?
Thanks