I’m someone with relatively small hands, plus I want my phone to be on the smaller side since I prefer to use my tablet/computer/tv to watch content. But this trend where many manufacturers tend to keep futures away from smaller phones to drive people to bigger phones is driving me crazy and really makes it hard for me to buy a new phone. I can understand not having everything like maybe a periscope lens or something else that is cost etc. but not to this level. Like take Samsung for example: S24 lacks uwb, 45w, a 1440p display, has a lower amount of ram and storage. Why? Why can’t the s24 have faster charging or uwb? Why is there no 512 version and why does it have to start with 128gb storage? Is it not a flagship? It costs 949€ in my place! Why do I have to give 200€ more to get the s24+ just to get these simple features? I don’t want a bigger phone! Google does the same! No uwb, no thermometer sensor, no telephoto lens. And don’t get me started with all the software features google is keeping for the 8 pro like they don’t have the same processor. Why? Are they cheap? No they are not. I’m just really annoyed by this cause I really don’t want such a big phone.
I can accept the faster charging thing, that makes sense. They could have a bit bigger charging though, like 30w. Anyway. I suppose you don’t know about pixel 8 pros video boost. It’s really annoying cause it actually happens on the cloud. It’s not on device processing. Plus what about uwb? Or bigger storage? Anyway, they should at least be cheaper
Just read up on video boost. So a 1080p video gets upscaled and tweaked cloud side. What a gimmick. Looks like the exchange of paying more or an 8 pro is what gets you the server compute time for your video editing.
As I said, there aren’t enough people interested in paying more for a small phone to warrant a manufacturing run for bigger storage. They don’t think the amount they sell would be worth the fab costs or logistics.