My phone is 6.7" and fits fine in my hand and my pockets fit it without issue with a case on. It's at the upper end of what I would be willing to use though. But I think there is a general lack of widespread smaller phones for those who prefer that and definitely have avoided phones for being too large.
fitting in the hand is a lot different from being able to reach the entire screen one-handed but yeah... I sense that what a lot of the big-phone heads (especially those that are now getting into folding display phones) would love is something like an ipad mini, but there's also a sizable indifferent group. I don't feel limited hugely by not being able to reach every corner one-handed, but I also do miss when a phone was primarily just a phone with some extra features, and not an everything-device. A swiss army knife rather than a leatherman, so to speak
But I think there is a general lack of widespread smaller phones for those who prefer that
I'm a bit surprised that with cells kinda plateauing with what they can offer that we haven't seen a return to niche feature phones. The closest we see to that is the folding screen stuff.
I really feel that for most other markets with a glut like this, we'd start seeing a bunch of options tied to people's identity. A "rugged" phone with a solar panel and long battery for preppers, smaller phones for minimalists, gamer phones with an analog stick.
I know these things exist in deep niches, but I'm just surprised we haven't seen marketing start pushing them as real options yet. Because there just doesn't seem like there's much more to offer as far as mainline phones go.
My phone is 6.7" and fits fine in my hand and my pockets fit it without issue with a case on. It's at the upper end of what I would be willing to use though. But I think there is a general lack of widespread smaller phones for those who prefer that and definitely have avoided phones for being too large.
fitting in the hand is a lot different from being able to reach the entire screen one-handed but yeah... I sense that what a lot of the big-phone heads (especially those that are now getting into folding display phones) would love is something like an ipad mini, but there's also a sizable indifferent group. I don't feel limited hugely by not being able to reach every corner one-handed, but I also do miss when a phone was primarily just a phone with some extra features, and not an everything-device. A swiss army knife rather than a leatherman, so to speak
Good point. I can't reach all of the screen onehanded without repositioning my grip, but I can shift positioning one handed.
I'm a bit surprised that with cells kinda plateauing with what they can offer that we haven't seen a return to niche feature phones. The closest we see to that is the folding screen stuff.
I really feel that for most other markets with a glut like this, we'd start seeing a bunch of options tied to people's identity. A "rugged" phone with a solar panel and long battery for preppers, smaller phones for minimalists, gamer phones with an analog stick.
I know these things exist in deep niches, but I'm just surprised we haven't seen marketing start pushing them as real options yet. Because there just doesn't seem like there's much more to offer as far as mainline phones go.