FabioR 🇩🇪 Even I miss smaller, compact phones! When I first started using Android, my daily driver was the LG Optimus E400 — that tiny 3.1-inch display was literally half the size of most phones today 😅. I could reach every corner of the screen, type faster, and even spin the phone between my fingers for fun. The usability was just perfect.
Now I need two hands just to pull down the control center or check notifications at the top. But to be fair, people (including me) have gotten used to watching content on larger displays and enjoying those big batteries that last all day. Back then, smaller screens, low-power processors, and simpler software meant phones easily lasted a day or two without issue.
If someone tried making a truly compact smartphone today, the physics don’t scale as nicely. Smaller body = smaller battery = shorter life. To make up for that, you need high-density batteries, compact PCBs, and tight thermal management — all of which cost a lot more to design and produce. Asus did a great job with the Zenfone series; they managed to fit flagship-level performance and a day’s worth of battery life into a small frame. But all that engineering made it expensive (Still they managed to sell it slightly lesser price than the flagship phones), and even compact-phone fans struggled to justify the price.
Unless major brands like Samsung, Apple, or Google push for compact devices again, the supply chain for smaller components (displays, batteries, PCBs) won’t scale up — and prices will stay high. For a relatively small brand like Nothing, doing all that custom R&D would mean charging a premium price, which many people still wouldn’t find “worth it,” even if it actually was.
So yeah, I totally get you — I’d love a Pixel 5-sized Nothing Phone too (if they decide to be nothing again - with no bloatwares). But right now, it’s one of those things that makes sense for enthusiasts, not the mainstream market.
Anonymous978 Just enable floating keyboard.
And one-handed more is available on Nothing too
