In other words, a Nokia 3310 plus a camera and storage?
They seem to like waterproofing and wireless charging as well, and at least the charging isn't usually available on the old candy-bar phones.
Personally, I'd love something like a flagship-style phone, but with a 4.5" 720P screen. For the most part, such a beast doesn't exist, and the next question is "what can I compromise on to find a phone that actually exists?" The comment you responded to seems like they're trying to answer the same question and coming up with "null set". It's a frustrating situation to be in, when the market moves away from building the tool you'd like.
These look like my options:
- Go for the comfortable-sized Sony and eventually degrade the phone to keep up with security updates.
- Go for the Sony and eventually take the chance that someone exploits an unpatched security hole.
- Go for something like an S7 or Pixel that are a few mm larger than the Nexus 5, paying more for a device with worse size but (hopefully) better support.
I'm in a tiny minority, interested in an increasingly-niche category of hardware.
Too bad the SE didn't spark any competition in this area.
It seems like the camera just loses some low-light noise reduction functionality, right?