This week on The Vergecast, Chris Niccolls and Jordan Drake of PetaPixel’s YouTube channel join The Verge’s Allison Johnson and Vjeran Pavic to geek out about the last half-decade of camera advancements — the good, the bad, and the Sigma BF of it all.
Then, Allison is joined by Verge News Editor and fellow phone nerd Dominic Preston to help answer a boatload of listener questions from people contemplating which smartphone to buy next. They help navigate the intricacies of living in a mixed iOS/Android household to the best options for someone who wants a headphone jack (spoiler alert: there aren’t many).
It’s a mega-hotline-turned-therapy session for iPhone Mini owners reluctant to let go of their tiny phones in a world where phones come in two sizes: big and bigger.
Further reading:
- Sigma BF review: Beautiful Foolishness — PetaPixel
- The Fujifilm X half is Just Plain FUN! — PetaPixel
- Fujifilm X Half hands-on: whimsical, refreshing, and simply fun
- Sigma BF review: the perfect camera for a minimalist
- In pursuit of a viral, five-year-old compact camera
- Samsung Galaxy S25 review: incredibly iterative
- Nothing Phone 3 review: flagship-ish
- If you really want a smaller phone, try the tiny Jelly 2
- Oppo Find N5 review: the final evolution of foldables
- Honor launches the ‘world’s thinnest’ foldable
- Motorola spoiled a good budget phone with bloatware
- The Xperia 1 VII is a greatest hits of Sony R&D
- The Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra isn’t so ‘ultra’ anymore
- The Fairphone 6 no longer feels like a compromise (except in the US)
- My first DIY phone fix made me a self-repair believer
- Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold review: in great shape
- Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 review: stunning, bendy, and spendy
- Ditching my phone for an LTE smartwatch was a humbling experience
- I took my own advice and bought a last-gen iPhone — I regret nothing
- How Samsung’s Galaxy Z Flip failed me without actually breaking
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