Why "mini" isn't necessarily a bad thing anymore

As an interest in a phablet market has continued to surge, and ordinary smartphone screen sizes are progressively stretching more and more - a trend that's starting to take off, at least amongst OEMs, is manufacturing a smaller companion handset to be available alongside a larger brother.

With Motorola's current Droid Mini, and the purported Sony Xperia Z1f - we're starting to see handsets pack more and more into less. It's astonishing to think only two years ago, Samsung's Galaxy SII flagship had a 4.3 inch display, and that nowadays its considered "mini". Also that the mere sight of an iPhone 4S, and even iPhone 5 user's screen inspires cute sentiments when matched up against Galaxy SIIs, SIIIs, S4s and HTC Ones that many more users are toting nowadays. But what's more is phones such as the Droid Mini and Z1f (provided it will release) are reminding us why bigger doesn't necessarily have to mean better.