Compact Phone by nothing

harshadpawar3108

Will nothing is ever going to release a compact Phone or not , it will be a deal cracker somthing like 6.2 or 6.3 Inch

Anonymous931

Banjer And the Pixel 10, I wouldn’t really call that a compact phone at 6.3″

I tend to agree although it’s worth to check physical dimensions actually as I’m fairly sure that 6.3″ phones of today are not much taller/wider/larger than 5.1″ phones from several years ago. Too lazy for that that right now 😸 I mentioned Pixel 10 Pro btw because of the OP and their mention of that exact size:

harshadpawar3108 it will be a deal cracker somthing like 6.2 or 6.3 Inch

Edit: Found this pic, my (3a) next to my old LG G2 which was absolutely massive phone (so called phablet) back then in 2014: https://m.gsmarena.com/lg_g2-5543.php

It’s so tiny 😁

Pixel 10 Pro with its 6.3″ screen is 152.8 × 72 × 8.5 mm, that LG G2 with its 5.2″ screen is 138.5 × 70.9 × 8.9 mm. Both are noticeably and significantly smaller than the (3a) when you put them next to it (my friend owns the P10 Pro so I noticed that).

sean (1)

harshadpawar3108

I want to dig a little more into the detail. What is the main reason(s) you don’t like the phone you have, or large phones in general?

Doesn’t fit in your pocket, or is not discreet.
Too heavy.
Cannot use comfortably or with one hand because large phones are:

a) too wide to reach across with your thumbs, or

b) too tall to reach the top of the display, or

c) too wide and tall.
A smaller phone would be the same but cheaper.
Other reason…

Would you be ok with a smaller phone if it was thick?

The (3a) is too big for me for reason 3c above. Knowing that, would a phone that was narrower (so I could reach across the phone) but no less shorter be acceptable if the UI was totally redesigned so it can be comfortably used one-handed? The answer is yes, so software could be the solution to my large phone woes. Just need Nothing or other developer to sit down with users to work it out.

In response to comments about saleability:

sean (1) Apple sell a lot of iPhones (a LOT); the best selling iPhone in the 12 Series was reportedly the regular iPhone (not Mini, Pro or Pro Max); the regular iPhone 12 was less than 6.1″; people are asking for an Android phone that is ‘compact’, at around 5.9″–6.2″; that’s the size of a regular iPhone 12, and also the Zenfone 9 (MKBHD’s “Phone of the Year”) and the regular sized Galaxy 23.

Although there might not be a large market for mini phones, evidently there is such a market for what people have come to call ‘compact’ phones.

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sean (1) That video is confusing ‘compact’ phones with ‘mini’ phones. In the video MKBHD says the 5.9″ Zenfone 9 (a compact phone) was his ‘Phone of the Year’ by “a landslide”, then goes on to talk about why Apple discontinued their Mini phones after the iPhone 12 Series. At 4:35 he provides a table to demonstrate how badly the Mini sold, but the table also highlights that the regular iPhone 12 was Apple’s top seller, selling more units than their Pro and Pro Max models. What needs to be pointed out is that the iPhone 12 Mini was a mere 5.42″ diagonally – the regular iPhone was 6.06″, which is about the size I consider modern compact phones to be, and is within the OP’s preferred range (mine too).

The Zenfone 9 and Galaxy 23 were 5.9″ and are further examples of how functional and efficient a compact flagship can be.

SatyamShree

It would be great

saxman

They will release 3a lite very soon. Maybe it will be smaller. We will see soon.

Nicouschulas

saxman

From where did you get this information?

saxman

Nicouschulas

Just search nothing 3a lite on google.

Many info on it.

Edit:

Also watch a youtube video from tech spurt, he explains a bit more. How cmf is a diferent brand alltogether now and how lite will probably fill the gap that cmf left.

Nicouschulas

saxman
Okay thanks, I’ll take a look

Banjer

This is what Carl Pei said when asked if Nothing would make a compact phone:

“Contrary to what we may believe living in the echo chamber, very few people buy small phones.”

Anonymous931

Banjer This is technically correct, because it’s not really possible to buy inexistent phone and other compact-ish options are far too limited 😑 Then again, smaller Pixel 10 Pro completely outsells larger Pixel 10 Pro XL, so there’s that.

Anonymous931

Banjer Correct if doing completely different devices, but not necessarily if just scaling them down.

We don’t need to look past Apple because their prices are higher than average - the iPhone 17 6.3″ screen, much cheaper than the iPhone 17 Pro Max 6.9″ and almost everything is identical in both (A19 Pro plus an extra camera in the 17 PM). The iPhone 17 currently is heavily outselling the larger 17 PM.

Same as with that previously mentioned and cheaper Pixel 10 Pro vs larger and more expensive Pixel 10 Pro XL.

Now if you as an OEM R&D, produce and sell specifically only smaller phone then that phone is going to surely be very expensive, no doubts about that.

Edit: Quite an interesting quote tbh:

Banjer “Contrary to what we may believe living in the echo chamber, very few people buy small phones.”

When the single most sold device in 2025 is a 6.1″ one:

Grey is Phone (3) 6.67″, blue is iPhone 16 6.1″:

Huge difference in size.

Banjer

Anonymous931 There have been some compact options, even Apple tried it with the mini, but they just didn’t sell enough. And the Pixel 10, I wouldn’t really call that a compact phone at 6.3″

CMF1_hacker

Profit margins are way too small on small phones. And wealthy countries are taller.

I’ve posted this before.

The countries that are more wealthy, have larger handa, i.e. they’re taller, and thus smaller phones never make money.

This would be a horrible idea for NTL.

SinXCosXTanX

CMF1_hacker Just asking, did you mean more tall people live in wealthy countries?

CMF1_hacker

SinXCosXTanX height has been shown to correlate with protein consumption and wealth of a country (GDP pet capita and other metrics.) simply put, wealthy countries over many generations have higher average height. NL/DK/NO particularly stand out.

Thus, by extension, if maximum profit is desired, then a smaller phone won’t target the wealth countries, as their hands are larger and the desire for a small phone is less.

Aaditya

CMF1_hacker OMG, seriously?! 🤯 I kinda get what you’re saying, but some of your ideas feel a little out there, like they’re not quite grounded in reality. 😂 Still, you’ve got a good point in there somewhere! 👍

CMF1_hacker

here’s an old article that is open access: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1570677X16300065

here’s a reddit thread for those so inclined:

Banjer

sean (1) A smaller phone would be the same but cheaper.

And that’s where you are wrong, with the same specs a smaller phone will not be cheaper, it will most likely even be more expensive. Making components smaller with the same specs is more expensive most of the time.

harshadpawar3108

sean (1) as you said for what reason I want a compact Phone it simple it’s too comfortable to use , it is not that heavy and it’s too handy also . I know they are expensive but you know how comfortable they are , if you have used one. I have used s24 and iphone 13 mini, they were very good lightweight also and comfortable also . And till date if you compare tech compact phones are also getting big batteries so that problem is also solved . So in short a compact phone would be a deal breaker. (for me)

CMF1_hacker

Banjer economies of scale. whose is using 6.3-inch or less screen sizes. Probably no one selling A LOT of phones. Those panel will be pricey.

sean (1)

Anonymous931

Seems that people, Carl included, confuse compact and mini. I would describe the former as being around 5.9 to 6.2 inches.

Anonymous931

sean (1) Yep, I agree (as mentioned in my earlier post here). That’s about an ideal definition for a compact phone. Would I want to use 5″ today with no real estate around to properly grab a phone? Probably not. But I would definitely prefer 6.2″ even though I have large hands for 6.77″ 🤷‍♂️