I've been looking at phones to replace my Pixel 4a as the battery goes and it becomes increasingly silly to get it replaced instead of getting something new. I don't like huge phones, which i consider to be anything over ~6.2". Everything under that is either:
- A Google Pixel with poor efficiency, thermals, and call reliability
- A Samsung Galaxy S with a high price, locked bootloader, dodgy privacy, and bloatware
- A miscellaneous brand with abysmal software support lifespan, variable bootloader lock status, and little to no custom rom support
the ASUS Zenfone 10 would have been honestly perfect for me - sub-6" screen, headphone jack, good performance. But they just haaad to remove bootloader unlocking despite promises to the contrary so now you have to settle for one more OS update and three more years of security updates for something that costs $600+. blurgh.
Basically the only way to get a small screen size phone these days to get one of those ridiculous flip phones with a fully functional cover screen, like the latest Samsung Galaxy Z flip or Motorola Razr. All the other phones are just gigantic. And the flip phones, while cool, are ridiculously expensive and fragile.
Unihertz Jelly Star is flip phone sized, but a full smart phone