{"id":472630,"date":"2026-02-13T15:39:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T15:39:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/472630\/"},"modified":"2026-02-13T15:39:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T15:39:11","slug":"miss-small-phones-too-bad-7-inch-phones-could-be-the-next-big-thing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/472630\/","title":{"rendered":"Miss small phones? Too bad, 7-inch phones could be the next big thing."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img class=\"e_Gh\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\"  title=\"HUAWEI Pura X foldable\"  alt=\"HUAWEI Pura X foldable\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/HUAWEI-Pura-X-foldable.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>TL;DR<\/p>\n<p>A prominent leaker has claimed that manufacturers are working on phones with 7-inch screens and wide aspect ratios.<br \/>\nThe leaker also seemingly claimed that Motorola is working on these phones.<br \/>\nThis comes almost a year after HUAWEI released the Pura X foldable, which offers a wide aspect ratio.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s a dearth of truly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/best-small-android-phone-3577767\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">small Android phones<\/a> on the market right now, as the smallest phones from major brands still offer 6.1-inch to 6.3-inch displays. Unfortunately, it sounds like some brands could go in another direction altogether.<\/p>\n<p>Leaker <a href=\"https:\/\/m.weibo.cn\/detail\/5265531159970125\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Digital Chat Station<\/a> claimed on Weibo that some manufacturers are now working on smartphones with seven-inch screens. The tipster added that they\u2019re also working on phones with a wide aspect ratio. Check out a machine-translated screenshot below.<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"e_Gh\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"  title=\"Digital Chat Station wide screen phones seven inches\"  alt=\"Digital Chat Station wide screen phones seven inches\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Digital-Chat-Station-wide-screen-phones-seven-inches.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t want to miss the best from Android Authority?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/andauth.co\/AAGooglePreferredSource\" class=\"e_2m\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\"><img class=\"e_Gh\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"  title=\"google preferred source badge light@2x\"  alt=\"google preferred source badge light@2x\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1768233971_656_google_preferred_source_badge_light@2x.png\"\/><img class=\"e_Gh\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"  title=\"google preferred source badge dark@2x\"  alt=\"google preferred source badge dark@2x\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1768233972_401_google_preferred_source_badge_dark@2x.png\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve seen some recent phones with wide aspect ratios before, such as the HUAWEI Pura X (seen at the top of the page). This is effectively a Flip-style foldable phone with a 6.3-inch 16:10 main screen. The rumored <a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/huawei-pura-x2-screen-size-rumor-3636572\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pura X2<\/a> might up the ante with a larger, 7.5-inch 16:10 folding display. So it sounds like some companies are taking this same approach with non-folding phones. We\u2019ve also seen phones with seven-inch screens before, but these are few and far between.<\/p>\n<p>Digital Chat Station also <a href=\"https:\/\/m.weibo.cn\/detail\/5265826003030616\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">claimed<\/a> that an unnamed manufacturer is testing wide-screen phones and seven-inch displays. User comments suggest this could be Motorola.<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"e_Gh\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"  title=\"Digital Chat Station widescreen phone with large screen Motorola\"  alt=\"Digital Chat Station widescreen phone with large screen Motorola\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Digital-Chat-Station-widescreen-phone-with-large-screen-Motorola.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>In any event, I\u2019m glad to see phone makers trying something different in this space. However, I am disappointed that companies aren\u2019t working on truly small phones with screens smaller than six inches. This is particularly disappointing in 2026, as advancements like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/silicon-carbon-batteries-explained-3534045\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">silicon-carbon batteries<\/a> mean small phones don\u2019t have to sacrifice battery life.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for being part of our community. Read our\u00a0<a class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/android-authority-comment-policy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/android-authority-comment-policy\/\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\">Comment Policy<\/a> before posting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TL;DR A prominent leaker has claimed that manufacturers are working on phones with 7-inch screens and wide aspect&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":472631,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[49,48,190,5892,1124,61],"class_list":{"0":"post-472630","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mobile","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-mobile","11":"tag-motorola","12":"tag-smartphones","13":"tag-technology"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/472630","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=472630"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/472630\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/472631"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=472630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=472630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=472630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}