Slightly off-topic but how are other manufacturers copying Apple by making large phones? Apple was the only one not making large phones for years.

The difference is that most phones were large due to limitations of miniaturization of the tech. Now it's mostly for aesthetic reasons, which is fine, as long as manufacturers make smaller form factors. Apple stopped doing that, so expect everyone else to follow suit and make phablets from now on.

This is definitely not true. I worked in the smartphone industry before and at the time Apple started making large phones. Rumor had it Apple stuck with small phones because Steve Jobs wanted them to stick with the same screen size to avoid apps looking different on different iphones. Regardless, everyone was making them large because it provided the best user experience and eventually Apple switched to it as well because it put them at a disadvantage in terms of user experience. Even the term 'phablet' was coined before Apple switched to large phones.

You forgot the important part: mock Apple for doing something (before copying it next year)