[ecshafer]

Anecdata but I, a man, prefer small phones that easily fits in my pocket and I can easily use with one hand. But otherwise most women I know have very large phones and when I've asked them, they prefer them. I think one component may be purses, but another is how likely one is to treat their phone as their primary computer.

[placatedmayhem]

Same. I have moderately large hands (XL motorcycle gloves), and I prefer the iPhone Mini form factor for the exact same reason. Sadly, it looks like it's gone to the graveyard. I haven't seen a flagship Android phone in a similar size recently either.

To get the battery life, I'd rather have a thicker phone without increasing the screen size.