I am looking for a new phone and I would like to get one that I can comfortably fit in one hand. I currently have the pixel 4a 5G, which has a 6.2" display. I’m not looking at folding phones since they are much larger when open.
Smartphones I’ve looked at:
- Sony Xperia lineup: out of stock everywhere
- Asus Zenfone 10: great size, but very expensive and out of stock in a lot of places
- Pixel 9a: big-ish
- pixel 8a: seems fine, supports grapheneos which is nice
Can anyone suggest any other options or an opinion on what I should go with?
https://phonedb.net/ has a database of smartphones that you can filter by various criteria. Among these are height and width.
Searching for smartphones released in 2023 or later with a maximum width of 68mm and a maximum height of 145mm yields only Asus Zenphone 10 variants, which you’ve already said that you have ruled out. I’d add that I personally am not a fan of Asus’s “years of support” number — if they’d crank that up, some of their (larger) phones would go to the top of my list. That may or may not matter for you.
If you go up to a width of 75mm, the Samsung Galaxy S23 enters the picture. That has a 5.9" screen. I haven’t used it, so can’t personally recommend it.
EDIT: Another option might be going at this from a different way. If the issue is that your hand is too small to wrap around the thing comfortably, might be options to add a different grip.
kagis
Looks like there are some people who make gizmos aimed at this, changing how the phone is held:
https://www.lazy-hands.com/shop/cell-phone-hand-grips/2-loop-phone-grips/2-loop-phone-grip-lazy-hands-blue-hand-in-circle/
https://www.bestbuy.com/product/popsockets-magsafe-round-popgrip-cell-phone-grip-stand-with-adapter-ring-for-mobile-phones-horchata/6554869/openbox