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.