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The narrow-but-tall screen isn't meant for viewing experience; it's meant for holding-in-your-hand experience.


The iPhone is uncomfortably small to me. I don't think my hands are that abnormally large, but my 4.3" HTC Desire HD is a much better size fit. Even so, my next phone might very well be one with an even larger screen - I use my phone flat in my hand with screen facing me about ten times more than I hold it up in any way that requires a great grip.

It's not a coincidence that the top selling Android phones have gradually been ones with larger and larger screens.


The only valid answer to this debate would be for Apple to acknowledge that not everyone has the same size hands, and release two different iPhones.

They don't appear to be interested in doing the obvious right thing here.


That's not the "only valid answer". Maybe people with big hands can just buy Androids, and Apple can cater to the small-to-medium-size-hand market. I don't know if Apple has a problem with that, but I don't.


Wild guess: you have small-to-medium-size hands.


If you love Apple products so much that you feel personally slighted that they don't fit comfortably in your big hands, I guess that's just your cross to bear.




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