Smallest Decent Phone?

Posted by fadingdust on December 12, 2012 01:32 pm 19

This is basically a plea for personal history or genius ideas: Does anyone have or regret having either the LG Escape or Xperia TL? Those are the only 2 AT&T phones under 130mm.

Sizes:

Galaxy S3 136.6 x 70.6 x 8.6 mm 133 g 4.8" 720 x 1280

HTC OneX 134.8 x 69.9 x 8.9 mm 129 g 4.7" 720 x 1280

Atrix HD 133.5 x 69.9 x 8.4 mm 140 g 4.5" 720 x 1280

Optimus G 131 x 72 x 8 mm 147g 768 x 1280

XperiaTL 129.4 x 67.3 x 9.35 mm 139 g 4.5" 720 x 1280

LG Escape 126.0 x 65.0 x 9.00 mm 128 g 4.3" 540 x 960

Galaxy S2 125.3 x 66.1 x 8.5 mm 116 g 4.3" 480 x 800

Xperia P 122.0 x 59.5 x 10.5 mm 120 g 4" 540 x 960

Captivate 122.4 x 64.2 x 9.9 mm 118 g 4" 480 x 800

Atrix 4g 117.8 x 63.5 x 11.0 mm 135 g 4" 540 x 960

Screen Brightness/Battery (Thanks to LaptopMag.com)

Optimus G 387 5:53

LG Escape 279 6:32

Atrix HD 561 4:52

HTC OneX 525 5:59

RAZR M 449 6:56

Xperia TL 426 6:58 / 5:50 / 9:25

Galaxy S3 210 6:28

Galaxy S2 245 6:28

Captivate 305cd/m2=nits

Backstory:

I have a Captivate, and it's still running great, just not speedy on the transitions anymore. Some days I can stand holding out, but I seriously doubt CES will deliver any cell phones.

Obviously the Optimus G or the One X is the better choice; But I still find those too big. If I weren't on AT&T, the Razr M would be my choice. As is, the AtrixHD is much bulkier.

At this point, I'm leaning towards the Escape; it might have a crappy screen, but it's not worse that what I've got right now. Big thing for me: battery life, especially replaceable.

Big question though: will the 960x540 screen last 2 more versions of Android? Will the lack of phone-adoption mean I'll never get CM10++ on it? I'm not against the TL, but it's battery life is said to be low, and not replaceable.