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butz ◴[] No.44363576[source]
Why phones are so huge nowadays? How are you people carrying them? Oh how I wish for a compact sized phone, something like iPhone 13 mini, but with USB-C connector. And those camera bumps, don't get me started on those. If you cannot fit camera into phone, why not make whole device a bit thicker.
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supertrope ◴[] No.44366042[source]
The market has decided the benefit of a bigger battery and screen outweighs bigger size.
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1. qwertfisch ◴[] No.44366383[source]
The market? The manufacturers or the people?

Phones that were biggest size/weight only six or seven years ago are now not even available anymore. Why? I cannot imagine that all(!) people want phones that now weigh at least 180g (most even 200+g) and have huge displays.

Do people need to play games all the time? I don’t. I just want a phone to support me with some helpful apps like train/bus timetables, play music, do a quick internet search, make a picture, do alarms and notify about things. Nothing fancy, and nothing where a really need a 7" display nor a 5Ah battery.

When my current phone (Samsung A40) will die someday, I will be very sad as there is nothing today even remotely comparable to the compactness and usefulness of this device.

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2. gruez ◴[] No.44367236[source]
>The market? The manufacturers or the people?

The latter, because AFAIK iPhone 12/13 minis sold rather poorly, and apple discontinued them.