The Sony Xperia 5 V is a 6.1-inch smartphone with Android 13 that is equipped with the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 and its Adreno 740 GPU. It also comes with 128 GB of internal storage and 8 GB of RAM. Other features include a 2520 x 1080 pixel OLED panel with Gorilla Glass Victus 2, dual-SIM operation with eSIM, WiFi 6E, a dual 48 MP camera as well as stereo speakers and a 5000 mAh battery. Charging up to 30 watts and wireless charging are supported.
IMHO frame width matters more than anything else for one-handed use. Personally I would love to see a modern phone with flagship specs at <65mm wide but I doubt it’ll ever happen again.
<70mm wide is what passes for “compact” nowadays.
Galaxy S23: 70.9mm
Pixel 7: 73.2mm
iPhone 15: 71.6
Zenfone 10: 68.1
Xperia Five-Five: 68mm
For comparison, the Xperia Z3 Compact in 2014 was 64.9mm wide. Even in 2014 it was one of the smaller phones available, and widely regarded as the best “compact” phone.
The only other phones released since 2022 that are compatible with my network and under 68mm wide are the iPhone SE and the Xperia Five-Four.
At this point I don’t know what I’ll get for my next phone. I might just give up on one-handed use and get the biggest slab that can still fit in my pockets.