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.
I don’t get what the obsession with big phones is. Is it that most people really want big phones or that companies can charge more for them?
It’s not that people want big phones, it’s that people like big screens.
Two main reasons I think:
First point is incorrect, there’s no easy/hard with the difference in an inch. People don’t build phones, machines do. We’re very capable of making small phones. That not what the market wants.
Second point is 100% correct. People want computers, and with crazy battery life, batteries can only be so small if you want capacity. The bigger screens combined with that make the user experience for the majority better.
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It’s not about the assembly, but all the components and features you want to cram into the box while still having decent thermals and battery.
People generally just want the biggest screen they can hold in their hands comfortably.
For most people that seems to have settled into the 6.5-6.7" range, depending on aspect ratio and bezels.
The best selling phone every single year is the 6.1" iPhone, the smallest phone on the market basically.
The iPhone Pro is usually 2nd or 3rd best selling. The iPhone SE is always top 5 as well.
The best selling android flagship every year is the 6.1" Galaxy S.
I’m old and my eyesight requires them now. Lol
For me it’s the bigger battery.
But then the bigger battery has to power a bigger screen 🤔
Second option.
People in the west don’t actually want them - the best selling phone every single year is the regular sized iPhone, which just happens to be basically the smallest phone on the market. In second or third spot is the iPhone Pro, which is the same size. The best selling android flagship phone every year is the regular sized Galaxy S, which is also the smallest android phone on the market - and has actually been getting smaller the last 3 years or so.
People that buy large phones are mainly in developing countries where their phone is their primary computing device. They want the bigger screen because their phone is their computer/tv as well.
OEMs are just making phones bigger because it’s easier and cheaper for them to do so, and they can charge more money the bigger the phone is. Also they just hold back features from their smaller ones in order to make people buy the bigger more expensive model.
Bigger screens which is the whole appeal with smartphones.
There isn’t one, there’s an “obsession” with phones that are usable by today’s use case, which is computer replacements for the overwhelming majority.
Step outside of the small phone echo chamber and youll see that’s not even remotely what the market demand is. Fine if you like small phones, but you’re the minority. If that’s where the money was, they’d still be common.