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I recently upgraded from an iPhone 6 to an iPhone XR. I love the new phone, however I still miss the size of the 6. I was able to hold and operate the phone in one hand. Using two hands for the XR is a pain in the ass, but using one hand feels like I could drop it at any moment.

I think one factor that caused this phenomenon is the lack of innovative growth in the mobile device industry. Phone companies need to sell more units... however there are no industry-shaking improvements to be made. Therefore they default to upgrading the most obvious ones, namely screen size/resolution and camera quality. Therefore our phones get bigger for the sake of advancement.