The Incredible Shrinking Flagship: Is Peak Big Phone Finally Over?

The Incredible Shrinking Flagship: Is Peak Big Phone Finally Over? A 5.9-inch phone is now considered small. A decade ago, that same screen size would've gotten you laughed out of a meeting. "That's not a phone, that's a TV remote." Today, it's the calling card of the Asus Zenfone 10, one of the last compact flagships still breathing in the Android world. Meanwhile, Apple killed the iPhone Mini after two generations of underwhelming sales. Samsung's idea of "small" is a 6.2-inch Galaxy S24. Our phones got enormous, and almost nobody in the industry seems interested in reversing course. I've been thinking about this for a while. Not as a nostalgia trip for flip phones, but as someone who actually uses a phone one-handed on the TTC every morning. The compact flagship should be a thriving category. Instead, it's on life support. The Last Compact Standing The Asus Zenfone 10 is a genuinely remarkable device. Snapdragon 8 Gen 2, the same top-tier processor you'd find in phones twice its siz