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by vanilla_nut 1673 days ago
Exact same situation here — I don’t want to go larger than my 2016 SE, and I refuse to give up my headphone jack and fingerprint sensor because I use them many times per day and the alternatives suck.

I thought I broke my home button last night and practically had a heart attack trying to find a recent phone to replace it. I cannot belive how much of a monoculture smartphones have become. Kudos to Apple for creating the Mini — it’s just too bad that “courage” prevents them from supporting a headphone jack to bump airpod sales.

And un-kudos to Google, who decided 2021 is “year of the giant phone” and pushed the Pixel 5a, 6, AND 6 Pro to dimensions that rival the iPhone Max. Such a shame after the almost reasonable 4a and 5 sizes.