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Comment by jarjoura | Hacker News Reader

Sony is making a smaller Android device, the "Z3 Compact," exactly for the reasons you list.

Looks like the Xperia Z3 Compact is available for purchase (in the US at least) directly from the Sony website[1] via the "Buy Now" button.

Although, with the recent announcement of Android Lollipop, the inevitable next question will be "when is the update going to be rolled out to phone [X]".

[1] http://www.sonymobile.com/us/products/phones/xperia-z3-compa...

Your comment got me excited -- but I looked up the size of the Z3 "compact" and it is larger in every dimension than my iPhone 5s.

It's ridiculous. I thought I remember someone saying the iPhone 1/3/4 size was designed to be perfect for the human hand and I agree. It's easier to make things larger, it's hard to make them small, how are we regressing?

"The human hand" describes a wide range of shapes and sizes. I have very large hands and find the smaller phones cumbersome and hard to use.

What we should strive for is choice.

Good point and I agree, nothing left for small hands currently!

Unfortunately, you're not going to find any modern smartphone, even a "mini", as small as your 5s.

I personally find the 4.3-4.7" range compact enough, especially if the bezel is minimal.

I can second this recommendation. I recently got one and it's a perfect format for me who thinks pretty much all current phones are too large. I want my phone to fit in a pocket and this one absolutely does. It's supposed to be water protected as well but I haven't dared to try that.

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