Manufacturers don’t make displays under 6 inches available for purchase, with special cases (such as the iPhone Mini) being made under exclusive contracts. The best lead they have so far is to try to use displays designed for the front part of a foldable phone, but they’re yet to strike an agreement.
TIL that display manufacturers are also part of the reason why we aren’t getting small phones and why it’s probably even harder for manufacturers like Fairphone to make them.
also, interesting side-by-side comparison of the Zenfone 10, the iPhone 15 and the Pixel 8 from the article:
All of the “people want big phones” people overlook the fact that the best selling phone every year is also the smallest phone on the market, the iPhone, and either 2nd or 3rd spot is the equal sized iPhone Pro. The best selling android flagship every year is the equally sized Galaxy S.
People want small phones, OEMs just don’t want to give them to us because they’re harder and more expensive to make, and they can’t charge as much as they can for a big boi 7" phone.