you are not the only one. my pixel 4a has the perfect size in my hands and fit in my pocket.

there was a project about making a smaller phone that got #1 in HN a few months ago. wondering what is the progress on it.

I believe you're referring to Eric Migicovsky's "I want a small Anroid phone!"

https://smallandroidphone.com/

Sign up to help pressure OEMs to build something reasonably sized!

I jumped ship from the Pixel line of phones to the Samsung Flip 4. The foldable design is great and really makes the phone much more manageable.

Depends on your pocket. I've had the 6a for a while now and it fits in my pockets just fine. Though I know basically no phones fit in my wife's pockets anymore, so there's that.

According to Apple and rest of the sales numbers: yeah, it seems so. All the small phones pretty much don't sell... like at all.

Your best bet might be Samsung Galaxy S22.

Low sales from smaller phones is more likely because the smaller phones aren't just smaller, they have fewer features.

It's not an apples-to-apples comparison. Going from a 6 Pro to a 6 doesn't just mean it's smaller, it means going from a 120 hz screen to 60 hz and losing the telephoto camera, ultrawide front camera, 512 GB storage option, and ultra wideband support.

Going from a Pixel 6 to a 6a gets a lower-quality, 60 hz screen, loses the 256 GB option, and gets only a 12 MP front camera.

Put all the features of the 6 Pro into the 6a form factor, and THEN you can have the apples-to-apples comparison and decide if people actually want large phones.

It's so sad that companies are ditching smaller devices. I liked my Pixel 3 as I can perfectly use it with one hand given its convenient 5.5 size. Now that I am considering upgrading to Pixel 7, I just can't shake the feeling that I might not enjoy a 6.3 display.

The average user doesn’t share this opinion. Seems the majority of people I know are on the iPhone pro max and would buy bigger if it existed.

Zenfone 9

Yeah, I got the Pixel 6 when it was on sale a couple months ago. Amazing camera and buttery OS, but damn that thing was just huge to me. Also the on-screen fingerprint reader was only about 90% accurate which was just frustrating enough to make me hate it.

Ended up sending it back and getting a refurbished Pixel 5. Not state of the art, but the size/weight is perfect and the physical fingerprint reader never misses a beat.

Really, really hoping they bring back a sensible model to the Pixel line for people that just want a nice, clean, lightweight phone.