I like the feeling of holding and using a phone in one hand. I am using a Pixel 5 right now, but it feels a bit too large for me. I know nobody makes phone that small like the iPhone 4S or the Samsung S3 mini anymore, but is there at least a phone smaller than the Pixel 5? Maybe around the size of a iPhone 12/13 mini?
EDIT: There is a small Android phone project in development for anyone interested: https://smallandroidphone.com/
I think it’s more about picking and choosing what features you want. But I totally get you on the price, that’s a big deciding factor for me.
Side note, software updates I’m not too worried about as long as there’s a decent official or unofficial ROM of LineageOS for a phone.
Sony used to seriously fuck up camera if you installed custom ROM, not sure if they abandoned this user friendly practice