What happened to the compact smartphone?
>>107473080I bet you could find one right now on Amazon dot com and the chinks will have one in your mailbox in less than a week
>>107473102Good luck getting any carrier in a post-3G first world country to not blacklist and refuse to activate it immediately
>>107473080Normie cattle decided their phone has to be their primary and only device. Bigger size also helps for consooming goyslop
>>107473080I remember this being a really good phone. I found my old S5 recently at the bottom of a storage box, it's a lot smaller than I remember. Seeing it in person I realized it was actually ass and I cannot believe we used to use phones this small. Then again I was like 13 years old so my hands were probably smaller.
>107473137Case in point
>>107473080I seriously think people have started becoming aware of the dangers of blue light radiation. A bigger phone mitigates this somewhat since you don't have to stare at it so closely. Like you'll still get irradiated with blue light radiation but bigger screen makes you feel better????
>107473155Seething fart-huffer whose entire personality revolves around abstaining from basic pleasures nobody else gives a shit about
>>107473168"Blue light radiation" is the most crackpot thing I've ever heard kekThe reason looking at blue light messes up your circadian rhythm is because your brain evolved to associate the color and brightness with morning
>>107473137I think that's an S4.
>>107473183That’s right, be a good little goy and remember to keep CONSOOOMING!
>>107473102You can't
>>107473080porn/yt on phones happened
>>107473221Humans evolved to have 0 blue light radiation exposure at dusk, dawn, and while in paralytic stasis. Now we're addicted to blue light radiation because it keeps us awake.I mean it's not as bad as other things such as no longer having kids at around 15 years old (both male and females) but given how we no longer have 2 separate cycles of paralytic stasis to go through I don't think it's a stretch to blame it for modern mental illness desu.
not even that much larger considering over a decade of progress
>>107473406samsung galaxy s is one of the few compact phones left besides iphone
>>107473406the screen is over an inch bigger you gorilla retard. it feels so much worse in the hand
>>107473080Zoomie decided he wanted to play minecraft and pubg on his phone rather than use it for communication so the screen got bigger
it's genuinely insane how each company has like 50 different variants of a mid-range shitter to choose from each year but there are like 2 phones on the entire market that are below 6" (and one of them is a replica of iphone 12 mini running android 8.0)
>>107473463Zoomers we’re still in high school when phones got big, it’s millennials.
>>107473504it's only logical if you consider that all companies buy from the same display makers.want to make a custom order? min order size is like 5 million.
>>107473080The S25 is only 1cm longer than the S3:https://www.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone1=13610&idPhone2=4238
>>107473080people didn't buy them, so manufacturers stopped making them
>>107473562damn samsung phones were just always big huh
>>107473365"Blue light radiation" makes you sound like a retarded monkey. It's like saying "radio wave radiation" like it's redundant bro. Just call it blue light
>>107473080>time passes>technology only gets bulkierweird
>>107473589The "radiation" part helps people think about dosage. You can't really escape from EMR but you can use the inverse square law to your advantage. Thus steering clear of 4 inch cellphones and opting for the 7 inch one instead is a start.
>>107473590it's not, people use their phones as PC replacements nowadays so they ask for bigger screens, especially true in pajeetistan
>>107473668Once again sounding like a retarded schizo. The reason blue light affects your melatonin production and fucks up your circadian rhythm purely has to do with the way your brain reacts to visual information. If you were blind it wouldn't even affect you. It has nothing to do with energy or the inverse square law.
>>107473080They still exist since there is demand. I personally do not care, nor do most people. Why do you not know this?
>>107473694What about the fact that people LITERALLY become addicted to blue light radiation to stay awake?
>>107473668>inverse square lawdo you know what else roughly follows a square law? screen area per diagonal lengtha 7" screen is about triple the area of a 4" oneeven 4" further away a 7 inch tablet is still going to be about 50% more blue light at equal brighness according to my back of the hand mathsjust dont stare at a fucking screen at bed time you moron
>>107473760They're addicted to looking at blue light on their phone with their eyes, which messes up their circadian rhythm because of the way our brain evolved to react to visual information typically associated with the daytime in a natural environment.You sound like one of those NPCs who wouldn't understand counterfactual conditionals like "how would you feel if you didn't eat breakfast this morning" that's how dumb you are
>>107473126>tfw had several 4G capable phones and still and to "upgrade" after the 3G sunset
>>107473080There are many to choose from. Personally, I can't decide between Nokia 150 XpressMusic and Cubot KingKong Wolverine Deadpool Alien vs Predator Mini 4https://www.gsmarena.com/results.php3?nYearMin=2025&nHeightMax=140&sFormFactors=1
>>107473102do they have removable batteries, headphone jacks, micro sdcard slots, and snapdragon socs?
>>107478836>retardphonesjust get a motorola and install lineage os on it
>>107473080Nobody wanted the iPhone 12/13 mini.
>>107478869Which Motorola is compact? All of them are greater than 150 mm in height, which is not compact at all.
>>107478936moto g5 is compact
>>107478969My mom had this piece of shit. Worst phone ever. The first Moto G was peak.
>>107478969Why would I want a 2017 145 mm phone when I can have 135 mm 2018 Xperia XZ2 Compact?
>>107478982cause you want a removable battery?
>>107478991enjoy your water damage when you are running through heavy rain.
>>107479002by your logic having charge ports and speakers would damage it too
>>107478991Ok, good point. But isn't the CPU too slow by today standards? My XZ2C has Snapdragon 845 and it can lag for a while from time to time, I guess Snapdragon 430 would be way worse.
>>107478928>Nobody>the total lifetime sales of the iPhone 13 mini are estimated to be between 10 million and 15 million units.1 and a half of New YorkNobody
>>107479017as long as you're not doing heavy gaming you'll be fine, I use it and rarely get the tiniest bit of slowdown
Larger screens became more desirable, it's pretty simple
>>107478928i wanted itdidn't buy it though lmao
fuck I miss my LG G4 beat. The curved back was so comfy to hold.
>>107473431>t. Manlet with tiny handsImo phones are still too small
>>107478982Why do you people always want the XZ2 Compact when there's a XZ3?
What is the point of a tiny phone? I mean, regular iPhone and Galaxy ain't that bigger. You can't look only at display size. There are smaller bezels and different aspect ratio now. >>107479054>1 and a half of New YorkNew York is that small, huh
>>107480838The XZ is where the xperia line peaked.
>>107473080Normalfags don't want it.iPhone 5 with edge to edge, headphone jack, would be peak smart phone.
>>107480898Yeah but there's an XZ3 Compact which is great, and I only ever see small phone fans with the XZ2 Compact.I don't see why.
>>107473080People wanted a bigger screen to watch Youtube and play video games. Myself included.
ASUS tried with the Zenfone 10 and said it didn't sell nearly as much as they wanted.Smaller phones are a niche.
>>107480958That's still a 5.9 inch display, I wouldn't call that compact
>>107478928they also announced them after the other were being sold for a while
>>107473080Arent some i phones pretty small?
>>107481021Measuring phones in display sizes is beyond stupid.
>>107481080Well you won't fit a 6 inch screen on a 4 inch phone
>>107480890Because Goliath not all of us need something that takes 2 hands to hold properly without risk of dropping it and wanting to type properly. Sorry you have weird big hands but most people are normal.
>>107481094Try to learn how to hold something properly besides your dick. Switch grip or lower your phone with your fingers. Besides, most interface elements are located at the bottom anyway.
>>107481090You can fit 5.7 screen on a 4 inch phone.
>>107481158You know what's located at the bottom anyway?
>>107481158Gringo over here thinking he can talk mad shit.
>>107473080What happens to anything good and useful? The stupid horde (they are legion) demanded trash and the greedy industry complied. Anything outside the economics of the retard scale is washed away.
>>107478969>ripoff chink S7Just get the real thing that you know you wanted in 2017.
I remember when the 5 inch galaxy note line was considered comically hugeNow iphones are 7 inch standard lol
>>10747892813 mini was too big, they need to reuse their old 5/SE body but with modern hardware.
>>107473080Still exists, just not among flagships. Unihertz Jelly Max, Bluefox NX1, Unihertz Tank Mini, etc.>>107478852>do they have removable batteries, headphone jacks, micro sdcard slotsFor the most part, yes.>snapdragonFor the most part, no.>>107478928It's not a compact phone like the original SE was. Also, it's not a compact phone even compared to the SE 2 and SE 3.
>>107473080Samsung galaxy note series happened, after that, "phablet" became the norm and "normal" became mini
Gigantic rounded punch hole displays with no bezel suck, I wish it was still possible to just buy a normal 16:9 phone
>>107473080my smartphone history is something like:acer liquid mini (tiny) > first galaxy s > htc wildfire s (also tiny) > galaxy s3 (what a dogshit phone) > nexus 4 (my beloved) > galaxy s6 edge (again what a dogshit phone) > xperia xz2 compact > poco f1 (temporary phone because the digitizer on the xperia went apeshit) > nubia z50s pro > z fold 6ever single time i got a small phone due to "muh easy 1-handed operation" and "ugh i hate muh heavy slab phones" i always ended up hating it in the end after six months to a year of daily use. screen real estate isn't negotiable for me anymore now that 1-hand mode is a feature on every phone
>>107480919Why only settle on an imaginary XZ3 Compact, when you can have XZ6 Compact, even XZ67 Compact TikTok Edition.
>>107481801there is still one option, xperia 10 vii
>>107473080Remember when really big smartphones were called Phablets? As it was something between a phone and a tablet. Back then smartphones with 6 inch screens were so huge, they needed a separate name, as the smallest tablets were started at 7 inches.
i use my phone exclusively to read shit. It only needs to be big enough to display a few lines of text. You can just scroll down. I hate the modern trend of giant phones.
>>107482974Why not an e-reader then?
>>107482653>massive 6.1" widescreen with an unreachable top sectiongrim
>>107473303bruh you're being a gay tranny about some anon's 15-year-old phone no one wants to hear it
>>107473080Galaxy S25 and Moto Edge Neo 60, Xiaomi 15, Vivo X300, Google Pixel are all fairly compact
>>107473080>S7 vs S25they barely got bigger
>>107483272they have an infinitely better screen to body ratio but i guess small phone fans are too retarded to enable one handed mode
>>107483272>massive, unweildy display vs ergonomic 5 inch screen you can easily use with one hand
>>107483272it's a huge difference, anon. there's far more surface area and reaching the extremities (top and bottom) is more difficult in these newer phones. the top is more difficult to reach because, well, the screen is overall taller. the bottom is more difficult to reach because it lacks a bottom bezel. so, much more strain is placed on your thumb and it makes the phone impractical unless it's used with both hands.>>107483331>small phone fans are too retarded to enable one handed modepaying for a screen only to use half of it would be retarded. at that point might as well get a smaller phone.>>107483339this.
>>107483829>paying for a screen only to use half of it would be retarded. at that point might as well get a smaller phone.it would be retarded to want more screen and not being able to get it vs having a big screen and being able to scale the ui down when you need to jerk off or whatever small phone retards do
theres a secret ban on them because you can smuggle them up your arse
get bigger hands twink
>>107480658Larger screens became the norm the moment phones went from 16:9 to 22:9 to accommodate fast consumption content.
>>107473080people are embarrassed by not having a big phone
I'm not a short guy, I have big hands and I still would want a small phone. I want something I can carry in my pocket, I don't go around with a purse in summer. In winter you can stash big phones in your coat's inner pocket at least but in summer it's just obnoxious. I don't need a 6.5 inch brick against my body I'm not a faggot
Apple tried it with mini and Jobs was absolutely religiously convinced that a phone should fit comfortably and be used with one hand, but all retards wanted bigger screens and borderline tablets so here we are.
>>107484561apple didnt really try the mini to be mainstream just to offer it as a minor optionif they really tried they would had announced the mini at the same time as the big ones.
>>10747905425 million indians are born every year. That is literally nothing.
>>107473431do you grip your phone vertically or something?
>>107484561A mini with USB C would've been peak but I can't justify toting around a lightning cable. Might humor getting an Air if they hit the refurbished store.
there was this page that had some proposal, onephone.eu? I can't quite remember.I think 5 inches is ok.Imagine a fat 10:16 5 inch phone.
>>107485642incredibly weak bait
>>107473080wdym
>>107473080Phones stayed the same size, the rest of the universe shrank.
>>107473080That was a large one for its time>>107473168Nigger what I don't think that has anything to do with why people use larger phones. And a larger phone is probably even worse for blue light emission because the screen is larger...I honestly believe the reason why people have larger phones now is just because they're all that's available on the market. This can't just be because of demand because I always see people wishing there were still smaller phones. Same with the headphone jack and non-removable battery. No one actually wanted these changes, they're just the only option anymore. But why companies forced larger screens on us, Idk. Maybe the powers that be wanted us to have larger, heavier bricks in our pockets so we can't run as easily.
>>107473221evolution is fake
>>107473168jej god be like "i made it difficult to invent the blue led on purpose"
>>107473682They never had access to proper PCs to begin with. If not for smartphones china and india would still be in the stone age.
>>107484558wtf are you saying, a tiny 6.6" phone fits a man's pocket easily
>>107473080I wish indicator lights would come back.No I don't want any part of my screen lighting up, just a couple of LEDs please. :(
>>107485673Air is wider and taller than base 17 and 17 Pro
>>107485417>25 million indians are born every yearholy fuck dont scare me like that
>>107483938>want more screenunless you're a thirdworlder who can't afford a PC, there's no point in having a phablet (>5.5 in)>>107484561for most people their only computer is their phone. they're using their phone for watching movies, tv shows, youtube, web browsing, filing taxes, gaming, working with work/school documents, etc.that's why budget phones are always 6.7 inches. that's the only computing device poorfags can afford and a phone is a much bigger life requirement than a PC/laptop. which is why they want it to be as large as possible, that's the only computer screen they'll ever get to use.
>>107488838Do you go outside?
>>107488851how else would I know that most people only use a smartphone? I actually interact with people and even, get this, visit their homes.
>>107488390yeah notification lights were handy. much better than an always on display
>>107473080>What happened to the compact smartphone?>the smallest non-obsolete smart phone is 6.2 inches long (samshit s25)It's over.
