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I was going to say that the Mini should be pretty cheap now that it’s two generations old – the 13 is down to $629 new, after all, and the Mini ought to be $100 cheaper…

But it looks like Mini demand has actually driven prices much higher than the normal 13. Strange, almost as if there IS demand for small phones…

The Z fold is 67.1mm across in folded mode. The iPhone 12 & 13 Mini is 64.2mm.

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Bad summary. TL;DR:

• Almost all phones used to be a lot smaller than the smallest phones today
• Today’s “small” phones are basically all the same size as the standard Apple and Samsung models. There’s nothing smaller.
• Sony and Google’s phones are honkin big.
• Folding phones are really honkin big unfolded, so if you have small hands, you’re screwed unless you never open them.
• Unihertz makes shitty small phones for people who aren’t very picky.
• Small Android Phone, a project started by the former founder of Pebble, is struggling to source a display smaller than the current Apple and Samsung flagships. The best candidates are a folding phone cover screen and refurbished iPhone Mini screens.
• Small Android Phone is concerned that their window of opportunity is closing and many small phone lovers will move to larger phones before they can launch.
• The author, a current small phone lover and recovering physical keyboard addict, was bamboozled into buying a Z Flip on sale. It is both thick and very large when unfolded, and will likely end in tears.
• “AI” summarizers are literal garbage that will make you miss very important details in any stories you trust them to read for you.