isekaihero

What happened to small android phones?

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What happened to small android phones? - ani.social

I’m using a Sharp Aquos Wish from 2022, because it’s 5.8 inches tall. It just barely fits in my pocket, but honestly is a bit uncomfortable. I wish I had a phone about 5.5 inches tall. Ideally with the latest android OS, a good battery, and wireless charging. NOTHING like that exists! The closest is maybe the Unihertz Jelly Max, which is Android 14 instead of 15, and doesn’t support wireless charging. It’s also made in China, and comes preinstalled with spyware. I could use GrapheneOS if I got a Google Pixel, but Google doesn’t have a line of small phones. They even developed foldable phones so they could make a smaller foldable phone if they wanted, but instead they created the abomination that is the Pixel 9 Pro Fold, which is a gigantic 6 inch phone when folded, and unfolds into a tablet-sized device. For the love of god, WHY!??? The whole point of foldables was to make phones smaller, not make them twice as big! Who was responsible for this? I don’t know what to do. At this point I think I may never upgrade my phone. I’ll be using my Sharp Aquos Wish 10 years from now, and then abandon phones entirely when the network stops servicing Android 11.

Jun 20, 2025 at 6:07pmWeb
Show threadisekaiheroJun 20, 2025

I’ve spent hours using the phone finder at gsmarena and not being happy with the less than 20 results I get.

Closest is maybe the Samsung S25 but it’s still too big. Also I don’t want to drop $500 on a phone. Anything over $200 is too much.

This is just miserable.

Show threadisekaiheroJun 20, 2025

I swear to god most people are NPC’s and they spawn into reality with a phone in their hand. These 6.5" and 7" phones don’t fit in pants pockets. Yet I don’t see any guys out there wearing fanny packs or carrying purses around with them like women. Where do they stick them? Are they all sticking their phones up their butts?

No. They have to not be real. I am surrounded by millions of NPC’s. There can’t be that many people sticking their phones up their butts.

You can downvote me, NPC’s. But I know what you are. You don’t exist in reality when I can’t see you. Like Agent Smith computer programs, you only exist in cyberspace when I’m not immediately nearby.

Show threadsbvJun 20, 2025
Wear cargo pants or a jacket, solipsist.
Show threadisekaiheroJun 24, 2025
I have to wear slacks and a button-up shirt to work.
Show threadisekaiheroJun 20, 2025
How did Google make the Pixel 8a larger than the Pixel 8? The whole reason of the “a” series is for it to be smaller! Did Google outsource the design of the 8a to Somalia, or is this just how incompetent their engineering team is?
Show threadIlandarJun 21, 2025

and comes preinstalled with spyware.

What is the spyware?

Show threadisekaiheroJun 24, 2025
Nearly every phone made in China comes with backdoors. They’ve also been found to actively send data back to servers in China. I wouldn’t want my devices made in China you have no idea what chips they are attaching to the board.
Show thread3dcandyJun 22, 2025
Plenty of people say they want a smaller phone, but then when it comes to it they also want the bigger battery and performance plus screen a bigger phone can give them. A small phone just isn’t gonna give you a great battery life +wireless charging as their really isn’t enough space for both unless it is chunky af
Show threadisekaiheroJun 24, 2025
I don’t mind if the phone is a bit thick. Current phones are too tall to fit in my pocket.
Show threadikiddJun 22, 2025

I switched from a Pixel 4a to a Moto Razr when the 4a lost support, because I wasn’t going to go any bigger than the 4a. Wish it had a custom ROM like Graphene though.

I’ve actually been really happy with the Razr for size and screen protection when folded. Haven’t broken it yet and that’s a record for me.