It seems crazy when a list of the 12 best “small.” phones have an average screen size above 6 inches.

Phone Screen Size (in) Galaxy S24 6.2 Xiaomi 14 6.36 Google Pixel 8 6.2 Google Pixel 7a 6.1 Asus Zenfone 10 5.9 Motorola Edge 30 Neo 6.28 Apple iPhone 13 mini 5.4 Apple iPhone 15 6.1 Apple iPhone SE 3 4.7 Sony Xperia 5 V 6.1 Motorola Moto Razr 40 Ultra 6.9 Oppo Find N2 Flip 6.8 Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5 6.7 Average 6.13

The iPhone 13 mini has also been discontinued, and the reviewer discourages the iPhone SE 3, describing it the “smartphone equivalent of herpes”. So that removes 2 of the smallest of the “small” phones which makes the situation even worse.

Stop comparing it by screen size. Bezels are waaay smaller now than they used to be.

I see a lot of people saying “small?! How could this be small, the screen is XYZ! My phone from 2014 was only XYZ!” while completely ignoring that slim bezels mean the phone is about the same size.

Comparing the S24 to the S5 from a decade ago, the S24 has a frontal area of 10,437mm², and the S5 is 10,366mm². The newer one is marginally smaller.

You wouldn’t think that comparing screen sizes, though. You’d look at the screen size and say “Omg it’s over an inch larger, this phone must be MASSIVE!”