While the more influential brands abandoned small phones long ago, a few smaller chinese brands seem to be making a lot of smaller phones lately. We already had the soyes phones in the market, but they're very niche and not capable of all tasks, but since last year, with the launch of the bluefox nx1, we started getting many more. Just this year, according to gsmarena, we got:

• Oukitel C17 mini
• Ulefone Note 22
• Oukitel C26 mini
• Blackview Wave 2C
• Oscal flat 3C mini

And aiphor is planning to launch a new bluefox model

So far, most of them are still quirky phones, but it was long ago since we had such a diversity in small phones, and there are a few models coming with reasonable performance. This may be the opening in the market many of us have been rooting for long ago. Let's see if this segment survives and becomes stable enough for small phones to become viable for anyone that wants them again.

Oh, and I forgot about the Samsung Galaxy S26, which can be considered small by some people, and is definitely smaller than what most larger brands have been making.