Maybe you should give an Xperia a shot? https://www.theverge.com/2012/7/26/3189309/apple-sony-iphone...

I'm only halfway joking since looking at their newest handset is still fairly reminiscent with the flat edges: https://www.sony.com/electronics/smartphones/xperia-1m2?cpin...

And be out of support after 2 years? No thank you. Xperia is overpriced and Sony dropping its expensive phones from support left and right. After 10+ years with Android vendors should've put in the work to support their handsets in a streamlined fashion at least with security/OS core level updates relatively effortlessly. They didn't, Sony sure didn't. Apple is the only vendor with decent support, sadly.

All the current Xperia phones (even the "compact") are much larger than the 5/SE form factor unfortunately.

The cost of switching ecosystems is too high for most of us. Loss of iMessage alone is a non starter for me personally.

Me too. iMessage is the one and only reason why I switched to an iPhone. My family demanded it, because the picture/video quality in our group chats was degraded for everyone because one group chat member (me) had an Android.

I got an SE. And now I'm seriously glancing at this new SE. Size is fine for me.

They're considering putting iPhone 5esque body in the newer iPhones if that makes it any better

Source?

Multiple rumors sources are converging on the theory that the new iPhones will have the iPad Pro design, e.g. [0]

[0]: https://9to5mac.com/2020/04/13/bloomberg-iphone-12-to-featur...

I don’t see the 4” screen coming back, though :(

I can see people not liking phones like > 6" screens because they are too hard to hold but it seems like 4" screens are too far in the opposite direction.

Hard disagree. 4-inches screens were a thing because that’s the perfect size for a human hand. Phones became huge when content consumption got prioritized over ergonomics.

Don’t take my word for it. Just see this Apple’s iPhone 5 commercial: https://youtu.be/16GkG_uDj_k

Clear as day. “Common sense”.

I have an iPhone 6 that I keep around (I normally use an iPhone SE, of course) and I don't really like it much; I find it uncomfortable to hold for long periods of time and I constantly have to use Reachability to get at stuff :(