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Re:The Popularity of the 4.7″ iPhone by ericabiz on Thursday June 27, 2019 @10:41AM (#20294805)
Owning repair shops, I have heard all the reasons people buy bigger phones.

The #1 reason people buy a bigger phone is the better camera. They don't necessarily want a larger phone, but they definitely want that camera to take better pictures of their kids/dogs/vacations/spouse/family.

Re:The Popularity of the 4.7″ iPhone by yborg on Thursday June 27, 2019 @02:36PM (#20297239)
That's a very good observation - you make uncorrelated premium features require also getting the larger screen, and then your sales numbers prove that there's a strong demand for large screen devices!
Re:The Popularity of the 4.7″ iPhone by eigenvector on Thursday June 27, 2019 @03:19PM (#20297634)
Exactly. For years we've had few or zero options to buy even mid-sized phones that aren't gimped in unrelated spec areas like storage, CPU or camera.
Re:The Popularity of the 4.7″ iPhone by jmmcd on Thursday June 27, 2019 @04:36PM (#20298447)
It may be the camera is no better, but photos look better when shown on a bigger screen.
Re:The Popularity of the 4.7″ iPhone by mikelward on Friday June 28, 2019 @10:16AM (#20304475)
I gave up my Sony XZ1 Compact because its camera was so slow. Nice phone other than that.