They had their time in the sun. Is there another way forward?

Overview Compact phones in 2026 deliver flagship performance, premium cameras, and long-term software support without ...

A seasoned news and features author, Aakash operates at the intersection of tech, business, and marketing. Previously, he was an Editor at TechRadar and Mashable, before moving to Product Marketing ...

Smartphones keep getting bigger, and that’s not just a trend—it’s the direction the industry has chosen. As a result, compact phones are now far less common than they were just a few years ago. The ...

The ASUS Zenfone 10 showed how good compact phones could be. Its apparent demise highlights why small smartphones are disappearing.

Some TechRadar readers wish we had more small phones ...

Recent times have seen a number of relatively smaller phones, such as the iPhone 16e, the Vivo X200 Pro Mini, the Pixel 9a and the Xiaomi 15, grabbing attention. With rumors rife that OnePlus is ...

You can get an Android in any size as long as it is big. This is the direction the smartphone segment has headed over the last decade, with fewer compact phones. When smartphones gained traction in ...

If you yearn for a small phone that’s not lacking in power, this is about as close as it gets. Phones have gotten bigger and bigger in the last half decade, a trend that makes sense considering we’re ...

People who know me, including my coworkers, know full well that I was all about small phones back in the day. I simply hated carrying around a huge brick of a phone, even when everyone was already ...