Help Me Pick a Phone Width 65mm with Expandable Memory

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  scrimshaw on 19/02/2017 - 18:43

  +3

  Here's a list of phones that meet your criteria

  http://www.gsmarena.com/results.php3?nYearMin=2015&nRamMin=1…

  small phones are generally fairly low end, the sony Z5 compact is unique in that it uses a flagship Snapdragon 810 while managing to keep under a 5 inch display size. But more recently phones nowadays are 5.2 inch to 5.7 inch behemoths, and those larger sizes give way to bigger batteries, better displays and better heat dissipation as well.

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  supnigs super skids on 19/02/2017 - 19:20

  +1

  Z3 compact is good too still

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  Kangal on 19/02/2017 - 19:27

  +3

  First of all, what resolution would you want.
  There's a few 720p screen devices out there that fit your criteria. And very rare is there 1080p or higher.
  But there's load of 800 x 480p screened cheap phones out there.

  You could use GSM arena's Phone Finder/Filter if you like:
  http://www.gsmarena.com/search.php3?

  Here's what the search should look like:
  http://www.gsmarena.com/results.php3?nYearMin=2014&nWidthMax…

  And here's your best bet, SONY Xperia Compact
  http://www.gsmarena.com/sony_xperia_x_compact-8292.php
  http://www.gsmarena.com/sony_xperia_x_compact-review-1495.ph…
  I would've recommended the Z1C, Z3C, and Z5C but they're getting old now.
  At least this comes with a newer Android OS build, and possibly better features (like cameras, build quality, fingerprint, usbc… dunno, I dont have one).

  Or you could look for a used/cheap SONY Z3C, and use Custom ROMs to breathe some new life into its ageing body.

  Not sure why 65mm though.
  The iPhone 6/6S/7 are quite compact at ~67mm if you're interested.
  There's also lots of Android phones at the 70mm mark, such as the fullsized Sony Xperia X, Galaxy S7, and Xiaomi Mi 5.

  edit: damn scrimshaw stealing my posts XD

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  acky on 19/02/2017 - 22:31

  Neat. Thanks for the suggestions.

  I've currently got an iPhone 5c which is under 60mm width. I like the size of it but I'm itching to get rid of it because iOS is really naggy with updates and they always seem to make the phone slower. Xperia X compact, Z3 compact and XA all look like decent options at around 65mm.

  XA is a little long and hardware doesn't seem as well specced as the Z3 compact but will supposedly get 7.0 update without rooting. The X compact looks ideal but my main concern is I might get better value with the cheaper phones.

  Thanks again for the help!

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  oscargamer on 20/02/2017 - 09:19

  +1

  Using z5c at the moment

  Been a great phone for one year now