I’ve been on a mission to find a phone to replace my trusty Moto G which I’ve had for quite a while from new.
I tend to go for budget-mid-range phones, around the £150-£200 mark, but the thing that’s been frustrating me recently is the lack of smaller handsets.
There seems to be an obsession with ever bigger screens, and therefore handsets.
Even the journalistic speak on review websites describe 5.0-5.2 inch screens as small (and put a negative spin on it as a result!) – to me these are big, 5.5 is huge (now the norm) and 6.0+ is ridiculous! That’s like carrying a phablet around with you.
So to me a small phone should have a 4.0-4.7 inch screen, and be no bigger than my Moto G, smaller if possible.
Over the last few years I’ve tried a few different phones in search of a replacement for my Moto G such as:
Sony Xperia Z3 compact
This was a nice size, and a lovely phone, but within 2 weeks, the screen cracked (in my pocket), and then the back cracked (also glass), and the IP68 flap covers were annoying having to open every night to charge. I ended up selling it as it was too fragile and fiddly, and got hot.
Wileyfox Swift 2 Plus
I partially admitted defeat and got a new Wileyfox after reading some good reviews - a 5.0 inch phone (reviewed as small!), with a nice metal back and decent mid-range specs, and great price. Ultimately it was too big, but more annoyingly had software bugs which caused it to freeze randomly requiring it to be locked and unlocked. Another one I’ll be selling...
I’m now at the point where I’m fully admitting defeat, as there is no such thing as a mid-range android phone, with a screen smaller than 5.0 inches, not made of glass, and is well developed and good value.
The next best thing which I’m fairly sure I’m getting now is a Sony Xperia XA2!
My actual question for this thread is, will they likely make a compact version of this?
I guess not as they never did for the XA1, and although they do compact versions of the XZ1 and XZ2, these are not mid-range phones, and actually not that small anyway.
What makes me laugh is that most manufacturers make a ‘Plus’ or ‘Ultra’ version of a phone which is even bigger, but not a smaller version (like a compact!)
Rant over!
I tend to go for budget-mid-range phones, around the £150-£200 mark, but the thing that’s been frustrating me recently is the lack of smaller handsets.
There seems to be an obsession with ever bigger screens, and therefore handsets.
Even the journalistic speak on review websites describe 5.0-5.2 inch screens as small (and put a negative spin on it as a result!) – to me these are big, 5.5 is huge (now the norm) and 6.0+ is ridiculous! That’s like carrying a phablet around with you.
So to me a small phone should have a 4.0-4.7 inch screen, and be no bigger than my Moto G, smaller if possible.
Over the last few years I’ve tried a few different phones in search of a replacement for my Moto G such as:
Sony Xperia Z3 compact
This was a nice size, and a lovely phone, but within 2 weeks, the screen cracked (in my pocket), and then the back cracked (also glass), and the IP68 flap covers were annoying having to open every night to charge. I ended up selling it as it was too fragile and fiddly, and got hot.
Wileyfox Swift 2 Plus
I partially admitted defeat and got a new Wileyfox after reading some good reviews - a 5.0 inch phone (reviewed as small!), with a nice metal back and decent mid-range specs, and great price. Ultimately it was too big, but more annoyingly had software bugs which caused it to freeze randomly requiring it to be locked and unlocked. Another one I’ll be selling...
I’m now at the point where I’m fully admitting defeat, as there is no such thing as a mid-range android phone, with a screen smaller than 5.0 inches, not made of glass, and is well developed and good value.
The next best thing which I’m fairly sure I’m getting now is a Sony Xperia XA2!
My actual question for this thread is, will they likely make a compact version of this?
I guess not as they never did for the XA1, and although they do compact versions of the XZ1 and XZ2, these are not mid-range phones, and actually not that small anyway.
What makes me laugh is that most manufacturers make a ‘Plus’ or ‘Ultra’ version of a phone which is even bigger, but not a smaller version (like a compact!)
Rant over!