I switched to a 4.7-inch Android phone for a week, and it felt like a blast from the past

• The Ulefone Armor Mini 20 Pro is available now for $350.
• This candy bar-sized smartphone is a blast from the past with a large battery and very good durability.
• Its small display takes some getting used to.

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Over the past decade or so, smartphone makers -- I'm looking at you, Apple -- have conditioned us to think that a smartphone needs to be a big slab of glass. "If the screen isn't at least six inches in size, it's not a real smartphone!" While activities such as web browsing, content consumption, and gaming certainly benefit from a larger screen, not everyone needs a tablet-sized phone. 

Sometimes smaller is better.

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