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Is there any good small Android phone? (self.android)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by sosimple530 to c/android

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I like the feeling of holding and using a phone in one hand. I am using a Pixel 5 right now, but it feels a bit too large for me. I know nobody makes phone that small like the iPhone 4S or the Samsung S3 mini anymore, but is there at least a phone smaller than the Pixel 5? Maybe around the size of a iPhone 12/13 mini?

EDIT: There is a small Android phone project in development for anyone interested: https://smallandroidphone.com/

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[–] pseudo 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Do you have any issues with touch? My XZ2-C has weird touch issues that make it hard to use. Where I touch is different from where it registers the touch 1 mm above. Kind of a bummer.

I never noticed that, I can even comfortably play Lemuroid. What I did notice, is that as the phone gets older, it more frequently wakes the display up without activating the input. So I sometimes see the picture but can't interact, until I turn the display off and on again. Seems to be related to physical wear.

Also, no voice over wifi on Verizon. The phone supports it, but not on VZ network.

No idea, not US.

MicroG, is that just the stripped down Gapps package?

Something much better: the only free software reimplementation. You can get it integrated into the ROM. And yes, you can install Google Maps onto that .

[–] Bitswap 1 points 1 year ago

Whoa. I'll have to check out mircoG. I've got LOS on my XZ2-C. Didbyou have to sideload mircoG?