I know I have small hands but c’mon. Flagship phones these days are strait up small tablets, not even what we’d have called on phablets 15 years ago.
I know it’s what people buy, but I’m still sad that if I want a phone that small then I have to deal with camera and display a couple gens old
I have an LG V20. It has all the features I asked for and then some and was made 8 years ago. It’s 6-7mm thick. The market exists. It’s just not the largest segment so they don’t care.
It’s not that it isn’t the biggest market it’s just that it’s not big enough to be worth while. An 8 year old Android is not going to be supporting all apps, which often makes it unsuitable for people as well. That doesn’t help the whole ordeal either.
Probably because people (like audiophiles) buy things like the Fiio M15S or cheaper alternatives if they really want good sound quality. Idk any who wants to spend 1100 euro on a MP4 player that is bigger than most phone’s, but hey.
Edit: I mean so the market does exist yes, but it seems to be filled by things like MP4 players (running Android) and old iPods with flash mods.
Only because there isn’t a phone to offer the required functionality. (Unless you keep your last good option as long as possible like I’m doing, which has it’s own drawbacks). As I said before these features already existed and they removed them from new models for anti-consumer reasons. Not because there isn’t a market. It’s not like new phones got cheaper or had new features added when they took the other stuff out. They did it to sell more wireless headphones, make it harder to replace work batteries, and lock us all into their streaming and cloud services. The market isn’t served because they don’t want to serve it. They want the market to serve them.
The market wanted thinner phones and most people want wireless earbuds anyway.