Question Small phone in 2025

geomusicmaker

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Hi all, first time posting here!

I'm in the market for a new phone as Google seem determined to kill custom ROMS, which have been keeping my Xiaomi Note 10 Pro relevant long after its sell-by date.

I've loved the Note 10 Pro and have found it a really great handset for the money, but one of my biggest gripes throughout has been the awkward size of the screen (6.7"). It often requires me to drop the phone in my grasp just to tap things at the top of the screen or swipe from the notification tray.

That said, I'm looking for a smaller handset which doesn't need such hand gymnastics to function. One feature of the Xiaomi I'm keen to hold onto is the headphone jack which I realise puts me in a very small niche. I've been looking closely at the ASUS Zenfone 10 because of this, and was hoping people could advise me on whether it's still a viable handset in 2025 given ASUS's terrible update support.

Its currently going for £579 on their site and I'm tempted, despite that being close to double what I've ever spent on a phone, just because it seems to align with what I want philosophically.

Hoping people can steer me in the right direction.
 
Welcome to Android Central forums. My best advice would be to do a search for what you want, phone released in the past 6 months with headphone jack, or Phones under 600 pounds with headphone jack, or some other twist on this. Then from that list pick the ones you would really consider and go to someplace like Phone Arena to compare specks and size, side by side. Then go to YouTube and look for comparison videos. If the phones are from the same year, sometimes a year apart will show up too, have the same options, like a headphone jack, you will be able to find comparison videos of the two devices. Then you can see them side by side and get an idea of performance vs one another.

A quick search turned up this info.
Some phones with headphone jacks released in the past year include the Motorola Moto G Power 5G (2024), Motorola Moto G Play (2024), and OnePlus Nord N30 5G. [1, 2]
Phones with headphone jacks released in the past year [1]

  • Motorola Moto G Power 5G (2024): Wired.com named this phone the best overall phone with a headphone jack [1]
  • Motorola Moto G Play (2024): Wired.com named this phone the best under $200 phone with a headphone jack [1]
  • OnePlus Nord N30 5G: PCMag named this phone the best midrange phone with a headphone jack [2]
Other phones with headphone jacks [1]
Asus ROG Phone 8
Wired.com named this phone one of the best flagship phones with a headphone jack [1]
Zenfone 11 Ultra
Wired.com named this phone one of the best flagship phones with a headphone jack [1]
Sony Xperia 1 V
Wired.com named this phone the creator's phone [1]
Google Pixel 3A and 3A XL

These phones have headphone jacks and a Night Sight camera [3]
 

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