Seems to relate to still ongoing patent dispute

https://www.nokia.com/blog/oppo-can-easily-resolve-our-patent-licensing-dispute/

So, companies are creating a problem that they will "fix" with pricier product.

There are bunch of people who would buy smaller phones, me included. But I had to buy an older used model as the new models are just too expensive (s10e vs s22)

Maybe they do not need to have "bigger marketing numbers". To me display devices have way too much brightness ... tv @ 30%, monitors @ 25%, phone @ 15%. Lower max. brightness == lower max. energy usage.

I have shivers seeing commuting people blasting their phones so bright that you can read the text on their faces.