[mikeash]

Which is why phone makers should make some variety here. Make thin phones for people who prioritize size, make thick phones for people who prioritize battery life.

I'm not saying every single phone on the planet should be the kind I want....

[roywiggins]

On the plus side, you can always stick a bulky battery case onto a thin phone.

Now if only there were more variety in phones with small screens; now that iPhones are big, what are people with small hands supposed to buy?

[eropple]

This is a real problem for me, as I've got small hands. The Xperia Z Compact phones are the smallest flagship-level phone I've found. I loved my Z3C, sorta-like my Z5C. They're still a little too big, especially with a case on them, but they're at least not monstrously so.

[digi_owl]

> On the plus side, you can always stick a bulky battery case onto a thin phone.

That depends on a third party bothering to make a case for the device at all.

[mikeash]

And it's way bigger and less efficient than having a bigger battery built in.