skreech

Why do you approach them in the first place? Are you genuinely curious about them as people, or do you want them to fill some need / ache / void in you?

If you think it may be leaning towards the latter, try to look deep within yourself and understand what it is you need. The next step would be to meet this need by yourself. Trying to use other people seldom works well, in my experience.

On the other hand, if it's the former, does it come across to them that you are genuinely interested? Do you keep eye contact most of the time? Do you pay attention when they are talking, and do you listen to what they are saying without thinking about what you should be saying next? Are you listening more than you are talking?

The Sony Xperia Z1 Compact has a 4.3" screen, seems to be the smallest high-end brand name phone out.

When using a touchscreen on a 13" ultrabook, the Win 8 start menu actually makes a lot of sense.

Brad Pitt eats in lots of movies, maybe a western equivalent?

Disregarding the flamboyant visions of an electrical revolution, just having a flippable physical interface (and hopefully not in three different sizes, two of which always gets mixed up) would be a huge enough leap forward for everyday life.