We still don’t have a decent catalog of high-end compact mobiles on Android. Meanwhile, Apple just introduced the third-generation iPhone SE: a mobile that does just about anything what you can ask of a small mobile.
We will review what is the current market situation of Android, what are the alternatives to iPhone SE 3 and why it’s so hard to compete with Apple in this area.
What compact alternatives are there on Android?
If we go to the GSMarena search engine and filter by height, we put a maximum height of 15 centimeters (yes, 15 centimeters high, in these times, it’s a compact mobile), we come across very few alternatives to compact phones like the iPhone SE 5G
The Samsung Galaxy S22 is pretty much the only high-end alternative to compete with the iPhone SE. We need more rivals
The king of compacts on Android is the Samsung Galaxy S22 5Gthe only high-end alternative that can compete in power, quality of materials, screen and others with the iPhone SE 5G, which remains the cheapest model in the Apple catalog.
Another alternative is the ASUS Zenfone 8, an excellent cover that, if we’re realistic, won’t reach the mainstream, despite being an excellent phone. The third alternative is the Huawei P40, without Google services, and so far high-end androids that do not reach 15 centimeters in height: a dark image.
The situation does not seem to be changing
The situation, if we look at the evolution that Android has had in recent years, is not going to change. The compact mobile has disappeared
Under Android, even the mid-range are around seven inches. There is not a single mobile with the dimensions of the iPhone SE, not a single one
On Android, the standard size exceeds 6.67 inches, and although Apple keeps recycling the same design from the iPhone 6 (something for a separate topic), we are facing a 4.7 inch mobile
Value for money, a curious strong point of Apple’s iPhone SE
Although it has a design from years ago, the iPhone SE costs 500 dollars, and it’s more powerful than any $1,300 Android. Mount the Apple A15 Bionic, the same processor found in an iPhone 13. To date, there is no more powerful or energy-efficient processor from Qualcomm and MediaTek.
It will have an archaic design, but there is no phone more powerful than the iPhone SE in its price range, by far
In other words, there is no more powerful mobile at this price (or any other), and if we switch to Android it is simply impossible to find a Snapdragon Gen 1 for less than 500 dollars. This, yes, at least we have mobiles with a current design.
