Best compact phones 2024 - buyer’s guide
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- Alex Nava
- mFi
- 03 Sep 2020
Anonymous, 29 Aug 2020Yeah... Would there be real best compact phone list... Thes... moreso wisely spoken workds. Not one phone on this list is compact. The smallest one is 145 mm. The last true compacts smartphone is exactly what you said, the Sony Xperia XZ1 compact. They should aim to make more phones that are around 128x64x8 mm. That would be perfect.
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- Anonymous
- niK
- 29 Aug 2020
Yeah... Would there be real best compact phone list... These are medium size phones not compact. If the phones outer measurements are near Spny XZ1 compact, then it is compact.
Just put moder screen to that device and kill the besels to minumun and we would have the perfect phone.
What i don¨t like is to make the list of best compact phones, withour having any compact phones in the list... And in this gategory there definitely have to be size chart, so that people can see what is smaller size and what is larger. It is the most important factor in this gategory. The size!
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- pqh
- 28 Aug 2020
Sony come back with some fantastic under 5" compacts again pleaseeeee.
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- common
- gCS
- 28 Aug 2020
since when 6 inches is considered compact phone. I haven't find yet any review of small phones, most likely there are none. Small phone is a phone where the top corners you can reach with one hand - that truly is the whole point of small phone. 5 inches is the maximum limit in this category. Stop misleading people with "small" "compact" bs.
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- mel
- 5Ku
- 25 Aug 2020
Flossy, 12 Aug 2020Do these really qualify as "compact phones?" I ha... moreMy thoughts exactly. I'm trying to replace an S6, and before that I had an S4 Mini. Calling these 'compact' just led to disappointment as I looked at the actual sizes. I'm an average height/weight woman and the idea of fitting more than half of a phone into my back pocket has become a pipe dream.
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- ben
- jqf
- 24 Aug 2020
So no Pixel on the list. It's as small as many of these phones and has better storage and pretty good battey...
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- Blob
- pCK
- 22 Aug 2020
There's still a very good compact - flagship - smartphone today, but for japanese market only, it's Sharp R2 compact, and even more compact than my old Sony xperia ZR ! Very beautyfull too, aluminium ring, very good camera with Ricoh certification ( better any Iphone ), 120hz display and good color rendition, etc... But near unknown.
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- Flossy
- Nv0
- 12 Aug 2020
Do these really qualify as "compact phones?" I have been stuck with a pair of Samsung A3s for 4 years now because I cant find a phone that is as small as them, The iPhone 7 is a nice size But Im not willing to go over to Apple just yet.
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- fghf
- inE
- 10 Aug 2020
kcu06, 29 Jul 2020Totally ignore that guy advocating a sony phone these phnes... moremaybe u've been unlucky? i've had 4 sony phones, never had any issue, solid performance, battery performance has always been amazing. Updates dont take as long as Samsung (my wife has a8 star) or the others. I'm still with my XZ2 since 2018 and still smooth and no complaints.
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- ipolit.matveich
- M{j
- 04 Aug 2020
It is true that the phones have become bigger and bigger recent years. I was totally frustrated when this trend started. For me the biggest drama was when I replaced my Mi 4 with Redmi Note 5. So I gave it to my wife and started to use an old Nokia 800. Of course this lasted for a day, since there were no apps for Symbian. Then I bought another Redmi Note 5 and started to learn to live with a big phone. And then I realised that Chinese manufacturers are guilty for this trend with shovels, but they gave to us inexpensive big phones, which work much better than midrangers from popular Korean, Japan, US and Singapore brands on a fraction of the price.
2 years ago I bought Meizu 15 which could be included in the list of compact phones and I was very happy with it (actually I still use it).
A year ago I decided to search again for compact phone as my business phone and I bought Samsung A40. This is a real sh..t.
The manufactures have calculated that when people use big screen phones, they spend longer time online and they spend more money for purchasing goods, services, etc... On a small screen phone this just doesn't work and thus compact phones are boutique niche and should be sold much more expensive. That's why most of the phones on this list are higher end devices.
In conclusion I would say it is pity there is no choice for small phones in the lower price segment, but don't forget there is a great variety of capable devices in this price segment, no matter they are big.
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- Anonymous
- Hks
- 03 Aug 2020
I think no phone manufacturers are even considering launching a good compact smartphone in the mid range segment.
LG launched Q6 and Q7 a while back, but seem to have given up on this aspect since then.
Feeling helpless and extremely frustrated....
Is anyone even listening?
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- Kettu Ite
- MKv
- 03 Aug 2020
Buyer, 09 May 2020The best of all is Xiaomi Mi 9 SE. 70+mm width? it's not Small at all :D
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- StShadow
- d@s
- 02 Aug 2020
Anonymous, 02 Aug 2020Went from iPhone 6 to Sony XZ1 Compact to current Samsung S... moreIndeed.
5"+ phones called compacts. Oh god, oh dear...
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- Anonymous
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- 02 Aug 2020
Went from iPhone 6 to Sony XZ1 Compact to current Samsung S10e, I have to said that smartphones are just getting more and more heavier... Kinda miss those days that iPhone and Sony has compact and lightweight flagship phones
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- vCZ
- 01 Aug 2020
My Sony Xperia Compact Z1 went missing and I have to say how fabulous it was - loved it beyond measure, not great pics in low light but that was the only drawback. Nice and small for my pocket but powerful enough for me. Finding it hard to replace with anything else.
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- John michael
- I@H
- 31 Jul 2020
I want to know what is the best camera for 399 dollars budget
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- kcu06
- mxi
- 29 Jul 2020
Totally ignore that guy advocating a sony phone these phnes are terribly flawed and the software updates can render them vitually useless DO NOT BUY !!!
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- edwards
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- 23 Jul 2020
Compact? I have an xa2 which is smaller than most of these. And to the person saying the SE 2020 is the most compact in this list didn't compare the phone sizes.
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- Simon
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- 21 Jul 2020
Other than maybe the new iPhone SE none of these are even close to compact. I went for the smallest Android possible, the S10e, but it's still too big and the screen is way larger than the smartphones of 5 years ago. I can't touch a rather large part of the screen without heavily stretching my finger and started having wrist pain after less than a week. Is it too much to ask that companies start designing smartphones for humans again?
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- The A51 is Option
- 4Sm
- 20 Jul 2020
Its a good Compromise on Price, Speed, Size, Weight.
A51 Dimensions Screen 6.5, 128GB, 4/6 Ram, Op 10,
W 73.6 X L 7.9 X 7.9T
Weight = 172
Bat 4000
The S20 is an expensive option if you want more power, compact, and weight.