[bennyp101]

I don't think it's a case of "folks no longer want phones that can be used in one hand or fits into a pocket"

I think it's more a case of the companies saying "what you want is a bigger, shiny screen so you can use it like a computer, nobody has small phones anymore, don't be left out"

They have gone from a useful accessory, to a status/fashion symbol where bigger and faster is always better*

* For a given value of better

(Obviously some people actually do want bigger screens because they need it for things, but I would say they are in the minority)

[pwagland]

I'm not convinced that it's the minority that want it though. It probably _is_ the minority that _need_ it.

But if I look around, I see a bunch of crappy big screens around, because "bigger is better" right? And sometimes, those bigger screens really are crappy. Some of them are decent quality, but they tend to also cost a packet, just like the iPhone, but not as crazy expensive as an iPhone. Still there are a lot of big crappy screens to be found around.