Best compact phones 2025 - buyer’s guide
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- Bob
- gE7
- 20 Apr 2022
iristevski, 06 Apr 2022I think that this guide should be updated with the newest p... moreActually, yeah, you’re right, there’s the s22 and se2022, but still, I miss compact, affordable and feature rich android phones like my old moto g3
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- Bob
- gE7
- 20 Apr 2022
I think it says a lot that this list was updated half a year ago…
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- iristevski
- iG6
- 06 Apr 2022
I think that this guide should be updated with the newest phones from 2022.
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- Dry-Hole
- jy4
- 17 Feb 2022
Do you think someone looking for a small phone may be interested in actual measurements?
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- MRick
- IVT
- 10 Feb 2022
Fahimfr1999, 10 Feb 2022S10e great phone as compactThanks 👍 gonna search for it
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- YWi
- 10 Feb 2022
MRick, 08 Feb 2022Anyone have suggestion for android phone with 4.5 to 5 inch... moreS10e great phone as compact
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- MRick
- IVT
- 08 Feb 2022
MRick, 08 Feb 2022Anyone have suggestion for android phone with 4.5 to 5 inch... moreSorry. I mean 5 - 5.5 inch screen
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- MRick
- IVT
- 08 Feb 2022
Anyone have suggestion for android phone with 4.5 to 5 inch screen? Any model from year 2020-2021
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- Pavel Mi
- pE7
- 25 Jan 2022
Good phone not SD card bad phone
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- ValdikSS
- 3%t
- 22 Jan 2022
dia6olo, 07 Jan 2022Anything above 5" is not compact and I personally find... moreBy the way, there's no Android compact tablets with good specs as well. Everything now is 10+ inch. You could still buy fairly good 8 inch android tablet in 2019, but not anymore.
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- mpg
- 12 Jan 2022
would be best overall
S21 5g 256gb exynos variants £605
S21 fe 5g 256gb snapdragon variant £584
Both priced within 10 20 pounds of each other with right promotions
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- dia6olo
- m5Q
- 07 Jan 2022
Anything above 5" is not compact and I personally find it baffling that there is literally ZERO choice for a smart phone of 5" or bellow apart from apple of which I will never entertain!
I am stuck on an old oneplus 3T which I consider large but smaller than 99.9% of all todays offerings so I will not upgrade ever until they offer small factor phones again.
If I want a big screen I'll buy a tablet! I want a phone I can comfortably put in a pocket alternatively if at some point I choose to upgrade I'll simply move away from smart phones!
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- cTI
- 01 Jan 2022
All of the phones here are big phones or mid size phones
The screen should be 5 inch or lower but no smaller then 3 inch
none the phones listed here i buy there all too big for me
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- Anonymous
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- 20 Dec 2021
Anonymous, 16 Dec 2021Only somewhat compact phones are iPhone mini and SE. Such a... moreYea it would be great to see smth like s22e
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- M9r
- 16 Dec 2021
Only somewhat compact phones are iPhone mini and SE. Such a shame sony killed xz compact and samsung mini series. Original moto G was 4.5inch as well
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- chybil
- Tpb
- 11 Dec 2021
Please update Budget Compact Phone. Unfortunately there are only expensive options. My wife refuses to upgrade Redmi 4 - she wants phone on a budget (to not wory about damaging) and small size.
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- K5t
- 09 Dec 2021
Sal, 28 Nov 2021Last best compact was Galaxy S10e, hands down. But I only u... moreTotally agree, i always look for android flagship phone with screen size less than 6 inches which is hard to find nowadays
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- Sal
- I2Y
- 28 Nov 2021
Last best compact was Galaxy S10e, hands down. But I only use it at work. S21 is not compact as I use it for a few weeks now.
Android makers should make flagships bellow 6 inch screen size, I bet it’s a good market there.
Iphone 12/13 mini great size, maybe even too compact, they should make it maybe the size of the SE but full screen.
Also keeping that notch is the dumbest and arrogant thing yes. Apple is “innovating” v v slowly, they need to defend sales.
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- jF}
- 27 Nov 2021
Iphone 13 mini over Asus Zenphone 8, not sure what you guys are smokin ?
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- Anonymous
- sn%
- 19 Nov 2021
David, 17 Nov 2021Compact Phones = 3 inch to 5 inch screensize
Mini Smartpho... moreDon't look at today's phones screen sizes, but at phones *height*. Because of slim bezels and rounded edges, screen diagonal is unreliable when comparing compactness.
Quick guide:
- Truly compact phone (as in iPhone minis or RIP Xperia Compacts): 130-135 mm max
- Compact-ish (normal 5 years ago, but can be considered "compact" now): 140-149 mm
- Today's Android "compact" (not really): 150-159 mm
- Gargantuan (every other phone today): > 160 mm
With above rules, you can compare compactness of older phones, regardless of their screen size.
Width is pretty much the same even on larger phones, because they have to adjust for average hand grip.
It's sad that there's only one truly compact mid-range (and up) smartphone in 2021 (except older ones): iPhone 13 mini. There's literally zero Android ones.