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Re:The Popularity of the 4.7″ iPhone by CalChris on Thursday June 27, 2019 @10:36AM (#20294745)
A smaller phone is less expensive to buy. A smaller phone gets mishandled and dropped less often. Moreover, a smaller phone is less expensive to repair when that happens.
Re:The Popularity of the 4.7″ iPhone by cgriswald on Thursday June 27, 2019 @11:08AM (#20295083)
I interact with my phone regularly throughout the day. It’s usually the last item I interact with at night (aside from bed, blankets, etc.) and it’s the first item I interact with in the morning. It’s the one item that consistently travels with me wherever I go, whether that means room to room in my own house or state to state on an airplane. So it’s an item I don’t mind spending a little extra on. The cost difference with smaller phones just really doesn’t matter to me; never mind the fact that the larger phones often have better specs in other areas as well.

As for dropping, I disagree. I’m way more likely to drop a smaller phone.