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.
I gave up trying to get a smaller phone. Like you say, there’s nothing on the market that is supported, not locked down and full of garbage, and not technically anemic.
Maybe someday 5" phones will make a comeback…
alas, all the redmi and vivo releases i can find online are beefy boys 6.5" and up
I have several android things including a phone and an iphone. If I had to go down to just one, it would be the iphone.
Android phones have gotten worse and worse over the years. Consider jumping ship if you haven’t already.
Zenfone can go fuck itself for pulling that. Loved my 9, was gonna get a 10, but went with the Unihertz Jelly Star because I can root it
Samsung A03s go for <$60 and do everything important if you don’t game. Battery lasts me a week!
