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For me it's the small size. They are so big now I can't fit them in my pocket or use them with one hand.
100% my pain too. These gigantic rectangles are so unwieldy to hold, particularly with one hand. There was one phone I saw recently that touted it's "compact" size of 6.1 inches. Ridiculous
Yeah, I seem to only have four choices atm, Google pixel 8, galaxy s23, Asus zenfone 10 or an iPhone. They are all expensive and I don't want the iphone because I would have to change ecosystems. I'd prefer NOT to buy a new phone but mine keeps messing up in the middle of a call and requiring a reboot.
Check xcover 5 : 5.3 screen, removable battery, resistant to 1.5m fall and waterproof
Thank you for the suggestion. It looks like this is a two year old phone. I'm a little concerned about security updates.
I cant hold them firmly, they are too thin. I want thicker phones.
Look at rugged phones, my phone is thick like a brick and weighs a pound, although it's a extreme. There are some cool ones slightly thicker than the average phones, with better batteries (huge plus, u don't have to recharge them 2 times a day, I have to every 4 days or so) and they rarely break. They're also pretty cheap. I think I paid mine 300€. Tons of companies make them, from unknown ones (like the one that made mine, lol, although it's pretty good I must say) to known ones like IIRC Motorola, Samsung and even caterpillar (the ones that make construction equipment)
You can use it as hammer
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I bought the Nothingphone, it's thicc! So nice to have a thick phone without rounded bezels. I had a Samsung Galaxy before and it was terrible to grab firmly.
I can't seem to hold the phone without activating the touch screen. It's also much too slippery - I think they make them that way so you drop them more often. A case is an absolute necessity. And because the battery doesn't last the whole day, I have to carry around a power brick to charge it. I miss my Note 3 and the aftermarket case with the 8000 mAh replacement battery!
I love my popsockets lol
Yeah thicker would be nice but only if it got smaller, too, otherwise it doesn't fit in my pocketses.
For me they're almost the perfect size currently but I'm a pretty large person.
I have an iphone mini, and have been using it over 2 years now. It feels like a pretty good size to me.
Yeah, but I'm android. I don't hate on apple but I don't want to change my whole ecosystem.
Ahh gotcha. Are there no small, good Android phones out there?
I think the US is more limited than the EU. Right now I only see those and older phones are out unless you have a liberal attitude toward using a phone with no security updates.
You mustn’t be an American, aren’t ya?
Just an unusual one. Don't drive big cars either.