Hi.
Sorry if this is on wrong category, my question: is there any compact size phones available which runs fine with SFOS? I mean like 6" or slightly smaller display? These xperia 5 and 10 phones are way too long to fit my hand, i am looking more like asus zenfone 10/9/8 sized phones, Samsung galaxy S24/23 ect.
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There is xperia x compact, but it’s not officially updated and then there is xperia xz2 compact, which is a bit heavy, but could be what you want
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I am in the same camp, and I am pretty satisfied with Xperia XA2. Please note, I have no experience with running Android apps on it.
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The officially supported Xperia’s have exactly 6" screen size!
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Is there any else little newer phones, than for example XA2?
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Check among the community ports, but I would not hold much hope. This is an OEM choice not to produce small devices or charge premium for them like Samsung does (all small A series devices are gone, and you can only get S2X).
I tried to find that too. But on nowadays Xperia XA2 is most little and last supported by Sailfish OS device.
The XZ2 Compact is a nice and fast device but it seems it stuck at SFOS 4.6.0.13, because the maintainer rinigus don´t plan to work on it.
My previous statement is obsolete, the XZ2 Compact version has also been updated to the current version 5.0.0.67.
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Seems like the Samsung Galaxy Note 4 port, is one of the best community ports of SFOS.
…also thought about giving it a try. And it definitely has the appropriate screen size.
Can’t go smaller than motorola moto g2
Ok I technically ported sfos to moto x1 but it didn’t work nice
zenfone 8 had port. but asus decided to be asshole.
Here’s size comparison. From left:
Oneplus 6(my port)
zenfone 8 (my and @b100dian port)
Moto x2 (my port)
Moto g2 (my port almost a decade wooo!)
Moto x1 (my port)
Jolla phone
I am not flexing, this is only half of my collection (or not even half)
easter egg: photo was made with another g2
You can view my current and past ports on verdanditeam.com
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I guess they meant screen height mostly, and not the 6" diagonal.
In any case, I have the opposite problem: for me the XA2 Ultra (same as XA2 but significantly larger) was perfect because large hands and fat fingers.
My current X10 II is rather on the small side.
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I also suffer from the slim long size of the Xperia’s.
The Sony Xperia XZ1 Compact was the last true high-end compact powerhouse, but sadly, it lacked Sailfish OS support. In comparison, the Sony X Compact had the same size but lower specifications, which led to some performance issues. The Sailfish OS adaptation, which was simply a patch to mimic the larger Xperia X, was not well optimized. It was slow and didn’t utilize the performance cores, as someone noted here. Therefore, the real compact powerhouse remains the XZ2 Compact, which features the latest and greatest hardware in this size.
Prove me wrong if there is a similarly compact smartphone with Sailfish OS that can compete with it.
