Small dual SIM phones
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RizzoTheRat

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Sunday 9th June 2019
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I'm after a dual sim phone to replace my Z5 compact, but most phones seem to be huge these days. Anyone got any suggestions for a pocket sized, dual sim, water resistant phone?

All I can find is the XZ2 Compact. The Samsung S10e seems to be the next smallest option but still an inch bigger than the Z5.

GeneralSinn

12,792 posts

218 months

Sunday 9th June 2019
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Samsung A50 is dual sim

RizzoTheRat

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223 months

Sunday 9th June 2019
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Nearly 2 inches bigger than my current phone though, which seems to be problem with most of them.

p1stonhead

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198 months

Sunday 9th June 2019
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iPhone XS is but not what you’d call small really.

Lily the Pink

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201 months

Sunday 9th June 2019
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I guess the OnePlus 5/6 will also be too big.

RizzoTheRat

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Sunday 9th June 2019
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Lily the Pink said:
I guess the OnePlus 5/6 will also be too big.
Might be an option at 5.5", I need to check physical dimensions as I was thinking the Z5's 4.6", but with the top and bottom bezels the whole thing is 5.5" on the diagonal, so comparing just screen size might not be a good idea as most new ones seem to be all screen.

p1stonhead

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Sunday 9th June 2019
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RizzoTheRat said:
Lily the Pink said:
I guess the OnePlus 5/6 will also be too big.
Might be an option at 5.5", I need to check physical dimensions as I was thinking the Z5's 4.6", but with the top and bottom bezels the whole thing is 5.5" on the diagonal, so comparing just screen size might not be a good idea as most new ones seem to be all screen.
XS is 5.8 but not much apart from screen.

Corso Marche

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232 months

Monday 10th June 2019
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RizzoTheRat said:
Might be an option at 5.5", I need to check physical dimensions as I was thinking the Z5's 4.6", but with the top and bottom bezels the whole thing is 5.5" on the diagonal, so comparing just screen size might not be a good idea as most new ones seem to be all screen.
^^^^ This ^^^^

Compare the physical dimensions of the phone, not the screen size. Bezels are absolutely tiny on most new stuff compared to your Z5.

RizzoTheRat

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Thursday 20th June 2019
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Looking at dimesnsions, the OnePlus and the A10 are way bigger. I'd rather stick with Android than go apple.

S10e is 15mm taller than my Z5c and 5mm wider, while the XZ2 compact is only 8mm taller, but several mm thicker. Both fairly sensible sizes but I cant really see much else out there.

Looks like it's a toss up between a stupidly placed fingerprint scanner on the Sony or a stupidly designed curved edge to the screen on the Samsung unless anyone's got any better ideas.

FunkyGibbon

3,863 posts

295 months

Thursday 20th June 2019
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How does the Motorola One stack up for you.

Mine is dual SIM and gets latest Android updates.

FG

RizzoTheRat

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Thursday 20th June 2019
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Still about half an inch taller than my current phone though.

Another thing I hadn't realised is the second SIM slot is also the SD card slot of many phones, so if you're using 2 SIMs you can't add extra memory.

FunkyGibbon

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295 months

Thursday 20th June 2019
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You can have dual sim and SD card on the Motorola one. If that helps.