Weekly poll: how big should "mini" phones be?

07 February 2021
Is the iPhone 12 mini the only true mini flagship or are there more options? Help us figure out the perfect dimensions for a mini.

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Anonymous, 07 Feb 2021People want graphene batteries. Are they being manufactured... moreNo, you want graphene batteries. And I don't know what you mean by the rest of it. There are phones with both 3000 and 6000 mAh capacity and differences between both capacities are enormous.

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    • Anonymous
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    • 07 Feb 2021

    Solun1, 07 Feb 2021Oh believe me, if most people wanted phones smaller than Sa... morePeople want graphene batteries. Are they being manufactured? No, because the technology is too good. Larger phones allow for bigger crappy Lithium batteries to create the illusion of being a good battery technology.

    Small phones expose the terrible batteries because of low capacity and fast degradation. This is why they pump out huge but thin bricks, all an illusion of "bigger equals better".

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      • Anonymous
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      • 07 Feb 2021

      Uncle D, 07 Feb 2021I do and laugh about ur stupidity, grow up and respect peop... moreNobody cares about you laughing at him for not caring and not respecting other people's opinions, because they don't respect his and other people's opinions either.


      LOL

        Oh believe me, if most people wanted phones smaller than Samsung S10e, they would be manufactured.

          Yes
          IPhone 12 mini it's the only high end small phone on the market, no one can touch it!
          Like we see on this actual market we will never see a true concurent!

            Smallworld, 07 Feb 2021Nobody cares about your opinion. I do and laugh about ur stupidity, grow up and respect peoples different needs, it's a damn phone 😂

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              • AnonD-834088
              • TqA
              • 07 Feb 2021

              I'm using 6.3 inch screen,but would love to have a 4inch screen with a a 3,000 to 4000,mah battery compacity,but that will never happen,🤳

                6.1in mini
                6.5in normal size
                6.7-6.9in a little big but still normal
                7in+ huge

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                  • Sawsan
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                  • 07 Feb 2021

                  Anonymous, 07 Feb 20216.7 for me... All these mini screen demanding people are f... moreNah, it's more like those wanting 6.7" screen have aging eyes who can't make out things on a smaller screen.

                    Anonymous, 07 Feb 20216.7 for me... All these mini screen demanding people are f... moreOh I can keep up with technology alright, but my hands stopped growing. And I want to be able to fully and comfortably use my phone single-handed. So anything above 6.1" is simply too big for me and my hands are not that small. Honestly, I don't really need a "mini" phone, I want options, there are just not enough of them.

                      I want options, even though I don't need a "mini" phone.
                      Variety is always good.

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                        • Anonymous
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                        • 07 Feb 2021

                        4.75" with 90% screen to body would be perfection.

                          Anonymous, 07 Feb 2021Why not show the size In inches too?Because nobody uses inches for this. It's like measuring the size of a house in miles.

                          We use inches for screen size and millimeters for body measurements.

                            Rodolf, 07 Feb 2021Anything beyond 4-inch screen can't be called "mi... moreGo back to 2010. Not everyone has tiny midget hands that struggle to hold a 4.1 inch screen equipped phone.

                              Anything beyond 4-inch screen can't be called "mini".

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                                • Smallworld
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                                • 07 Feb 2021

                                Anonymous, 07 Feb 20216.7 for me... All these mini screen demanding people are f... moreNobody cares about your opinion.

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                                  • Anonymous
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                                  • 07 Feb 2021

                                  6.7 for me...
                                  All these mini screen demanding people are from ring dial telephone era who can't keep up with technology

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                                    • blue.sun
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                                    • 07 Feb 2021

                                    Well, the right compact phone also should be usable, not just small. Comparing iPhone 12 mini and iPhone SE 2020 shows the real problem. Screen size is bigger, but screen width is much smaller. And typing on SE is already difficult, so on mini it would be even worse. The problem is aspect ratio of modern screens. If Sony made a "compact", with their 21:9 screen it would be really unusable.

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                                      • LG Optimus L9 II
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                                      • 07 Feb 2021

                                      My old LG Optimus L9 II , had the perfect size and weight for a compact Smartphone. With an excellent 4.7" display and 312ppi. It had a good upper mid-range SoC for its time and a long lasting battery.
                                      The only smartphone with similar size and weight in recent times, is the Samsung Galaxy A40. I wish more phones would be build like these.

                                      LG L9 II:
                                      128.4 x 66.5 x 9 mm (5.06 x 2.62 x 0.35 in) & 120 g (4.23 oz)
                                      https://www.gsmarena.com/lg_optimus_l9_ii-5650.php

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                                        • Anonymous
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                                        • 07 Feb 2021

                                        Android-Authority, 07 Feb 2021iOS as a gaming platform??? Man You are hilarious!!! Gami... moreFor someone who used both Play Pass from Google and Apple Arcade from Apple, I found IOS games better and more unique. They are done especially for Apple arcade platform. They are different games than the ones you find in App store.
                                        Games for Play Pass are the same games from Play store without the ads.
                                        In this regard you can sense that Apple has done a better job or at least they are trying. Google just removed the ads and demanded 5eur/month for this.
                                        Is funny how people like you are saying that Apple is a bad company, but imo Google is even worse. Almost every big project they are opening ends up being a failure at some point. For me the last straw with them was Google Stadia. My money will not go anymore into their pockets any time soon.