I'm also holding out for a compact flagship (with a headphone jack and SD card slot) but things have been pretty bleak. Settled on the Sony Xperia 5 line. While it's not small, it's narrow enough to be used with one hand and checks all the other boxes.

Other models I've looked at were the Asus Zenfone 10, Jelly Max, and Galaxy.

Yo, you can play with the sliders in gsmarena

https://m.gsmarena.com/search.php3?nYearMin=2024&fDisplayInchesMax=6.3&s4Gs=0&sFormFactors=1

I did some preconfiguring, but you can adjust the sliders. You can also pick the phone dimensions apart from the phone display:)

Pretty sure 4g was widely supported starting like 15 years ago, so newish doesn't seem the right word.

Asus zenphones are good size. I went with S23 since it was nearly exact same size as my S9 I used for 7 years. So no change.

The iPhone 13 mini is the perfect iPhone in my opinion. I just replaced the battery in mine and am ready to use it another 3 years

Not really, and the reason is very simple. Ordinary folks don't buy computers any more. A mobile device is all they need. So might as well get one with as big a screen as possible.

There are a handful of niche brands that make small models for weird people like us, including Cubot and Unihertz. I have one of the former, it's tiny and works fine.

Clarification. I have a Cubot King Kong Mini. 3.5in screen or thereabouts, standard 2 cameras (i.e. as many as you need), NFC, unskinned stock Android latest version. People assume its a dumbphone although really it's not. But I don't use it for much, intentionally.

The asus zenphone 10 is a 5.9" Phone relased in july 2023.

Here's some info:

https://m.gsmarena.com/asus_zenfone_10-12380.php

My Samsung S10e is 5.8", has most modern features (minus dumb AI), and if you prefer you might be able to find a new one still.

I'm an Android person (P9PXL) but I'm in a mixed marriage with an Apple person. Lol. The iPhone SE 3rd generation only has a 4.7" screen and it's 5G.

this is my main reason why I don't want to switch to a new flagship from the Google pixel 4a. It's not supported by google anymote, but it still runs smoothly with GrapheneOS (custom ROM), and I swapped the battery for a new one from iFixit and it just works! Maybe you can consider a Google Pixel 8a, at least it's not as huge as other flagships

Jelly star 2

There are, but you typically have to sacrifice on things like camera.
I was just complaining about it yesterday

• Asus Zenfone 10
• iPhone 13 mini (refurbished)
• Samsung ZFlip6

Isn't there always one Google Pixel model and one iPhone, that's a bit smaller than the average? I mean there has to be a list of small phones somewhere on the internet.

Not really there's the Unihertz ones that seem more novelty to be honest I think the one called Jelly Max is the newest one. Specs wise they don't seem awful or anything but I've never seen one in person to be honest.

Apart from them Sony maybe but you'll pay a lot.

Sony has their Xperia Compact series.

• Sony Xperia XZ1 Compact - 129x65x9.3mm
• Sony Xperia XZ2 Compact - 135x65x12.1mm