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At now over a decade in, various trends in smartphone design have come and gone – we have been through a multitude of building materials, ethos and shapes over the years. As manufacturers are trying to constantly guess the next new trend, this will only continue.
But some ideas are stubborn and refuse to die, sometimes even when the evidence is piled against them, and one such idea is the ‘small’ phone.
Sony has tried, LG tried, Samsung tried, even Apple tried and the public has yet to take the bait, with larger and larger phones now seemingly a rule of nature.
Motorola is no ordinary manufacturer, however, having been exceptionally experimental in the past, and the Edge 30 Neo is its latest offering. At 155g and with a 6.2in screen, it feels like a toy compared to the likes of the iPhone 14 Pro Max, and the question is whether this will prove to be either enough of a strength to stand out, or a reason to avoid. Is the ‘small’ phone ready for a long-due comeback?
DESIGN
What defines a ‘small’ phone depends heavily on the context of the moment, for anything ‘small’ can only exist as the opposite of something ‘big’. Ten years ago, the first Galaxy Note at 5in was deemed ungainly and massive, and surely something that would never catch on. With a screen that stretches 6.2in the Motorola Edge
