Big-ass iPhone

For as long as they've existed, I have made fun of big-ass phones.¹ Who wants to hold an iPad mini sized "phone" to his head to make a call? It looks ridiculous. Yet, something has changed.²

The rumors all point to two new iPhones, a 4.7" and a 5.5". The larger phone is squarely in the giant-ass Galaxy Note size range. It will, if it exists, be huge. And I will at least consider it.

The phone call is nearly dead

My main objection to a huge phone has always been that you look ridiculous talking on one. And that has not changed. However, I spend maybe, maybe, a total of ten minutes per day with my iPhone on the side of my face. It's a computer that occasionally makes and receives calls. If a larger screen makes it more awkward 5% of the time, but more useful 95% of the time, isn't that worth it?

The debate them becomes, is a larger screen more useful for the other 95% of the time. I would bet the answer is yes. Going from 3.5" on the iPhone 4S to 4" on the iPhone 5 was dramatic. Going all the way to 5.5" could be pretty great. Or not - it could be too big to use comfortably. My interest is at least piqued. That's something.