On: Bring Back the SE

[033803throwaway]

Or someone, anyone, make a functional clone of it.

I don't care much which OS I have to run, they are all the same now. I just want a smart phone that fits in a single hand.

I tried the palm and it is a bit too small, and the battery life was insanely bad.

[Apocryphon → 033803throwaway]

> I don't care much which OS I have to run

Maybe Purism could think about making a Librem 4 after the 5 releases. Double-down on the hacker-hobbyist niche.

[thinkmassive → Apocryphon]

Pine64 is going for that angle with the PinePhone: https://www.pine64.org/pinephone/

The specs are far from the Librem 5, and software support is basically DIY, but at $150 it might be worth trying if you want a Linux hobbyist phone.

[als0 → Apocryphon]

> Double-down on the hacker-hobbyist niche.

Might be hard to sell for a sensible price in that case.

[opencl → als0]

It's already not what most people would call a sensible price. Seems difficult to significantly shrink a phone that has a pair of M.2 slots in it though.

[bscphil → 033803throwaway]

I wonder if you'd find the Xperia Ace (or an XZ2 if you want used) close enough for you. I think the Xperia line is where I'll be looking for my next phone, personally. https://phonesized.com/compare/#632,968

Edit: additionally, it looks like the Xperia is thick enough to have no noticeable camera bump. Has a 3.5 mm jack too; I like the look of this quite a lot.

[ehsankia → 033803throwaway]

Is Pixel 3a / Samsung s10e too big for your taste? It's not much bigger than the SE.

[phinnaeus → ehsankia]

Is this a joke? https://phonesized.com/compare/#632,1182

[irae → 033803throwaway]

Time for someone into building that to start a Kickstarter campaign or something