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The Z Flip is even smaller folded and has been around for years. The cover screen used to be very limited, but the made it larger and added more functionality over time. I think some people use the cover screen for daily messaging, etc.

by RoryH1 hours ago|

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There were suggestions that they went this way as the intel suggested Apple might release one soon with a similar form factor.

by rock_artist3 hours ago|

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It's funny that at some point we'll have completely different tech and all those screens would look like old tech :)

Anyway, I have fiddled with it few times in stores.

* It feels nice form factor for holding. but the folded 'passport' screen still feels it's not yet caught by websites or apps.

* The claims are Apple is suspected of doing this form-factor (and as a display manufacturer I guess Samsung could sniff it...), meaning Samsung tried to be first. like the Galaxy Edge.

I guess the discussion over the form factor would be more valuable in a year or so after Apple drops their product. If enough actors has similar form factor, I'd expect designers to caught up with it.

by madduci1 hours ago|

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The goal is that your phone will be your wallet. In EU we will have soon the EUDI Wallet, so why don't just replace your own classic wallet with phone totally?

by cpt_sobel4 hours ago|

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I just held it in my hands today, its reduced height makes it fit much easier in the pocket. Overall a better form in my opinion, the price tag still too high for me.

by robin_reala4 hours ago|

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I’m hoping that with a supply of the passport-sized front screens it might become a new form factor for non-folding phones. Though again, ideally I’d like something Mini-sized or smaller.

by NookDavoos3 hours ago|

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There is a wave of 'blackberry-like' android phones coming soon (4:3 screen + qwerty keyboard) - Unihertz Titan 2, Clicks Communicator, Minimal Phone 2 to name a few.

by robin_reala1 hours ago|

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I was ready to say that they were all too big, but looking at a comparison they’re surprisingly reasonable in size?

https://comparesizes.com/comparison/Unihertz-Titan-2-vs-Clic...

Not sure I’d want a physical keyboard, but it’s nice to have an option potentially.

by NookDavoos41 minutes ago|

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Not sure if all, but some (Clicks i am sure) will offer touch-sensitive keyboards where you can swipe over keyboard to apply gestures as if was the screen itself, so its not such a dead space if you are not typing.

You can still navigate by interacting with the lower half.

by rekoil4 hours ago|

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I had the 12 mini (before it I had an iPhone SE, then iPhone X, then the 12 mini), which unfortunately did not work for me because the battery drained too fast.

Really hope you're wrong and we do eventually get some more one-handed phones in the future, especially once battery tech evolves.

by MrDOS1 hours ago|

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> the battery drained too fast

I think this problem was unique to the 12 mini. I remember hearing a lot of people complain about it at the time, and I haven't experienced anything like it with my 13 mini (which I upgraded to from a six-year-old 1st-gen SE, so clearly my usage is not typical; YMMV).

by DANmode4 hours ago|

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> battery drained too fast.

Battery-saver on all iOS devices.

by Archer66215 hours ago|

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Also fan of the smaller phones. I dug up my Samsung Galaxy Ace from many years ago, and was so surprised at how tiny it was, with a replaceable battery as well!

My hope is that Unihertz ends up making a phone that I like enough, they seem to be pretty much the only ones making smaller phones. Their current offering doesn't really speak to me yet, but they're making quick progress.

by chrismatheson2 hours ago|

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> I am afraid that the 13 mini is the last of its kind.

Yeah, I thought mine was great but just wasn't up to the job of running the latest & greatest. Ive switch to an iPhone Air. It was a reluctant switch and I would go back in a heartbeat if Apple released a smaller form factor with the latest internals.

by cryo324 hours ago|

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I really want something 13 mini sized but the battery life is no good for me. They could fix that with less fat and bloated software but like hell that's going to happen.

The last phone I really liked was my iPhone 6s. Right size, shape and feel. That was incidentally the last phone that had a camera that didn't oversharpen everything too.

by ksimukka5 hours ago|

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I love my iphone SE (all gens)