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Originally Posted by afv011
Much simpler than any of that ergonomic stuff. People want large screen phones, 4" was OK 4 years ago, but not now, not last year, not the year before that - they're 3 years late to the party.
This is from apple, it was released in the trial with Samsung. It shows people do not want 4" screen or lower anymore.
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Apple in the past tends to take the approach that as long as they focus on the ergonomics, everything else takes care of itself. The current iPhone is about as big as you can have and use it one handed. The original iPhone, was smaller of course.
Given how incredibly profitable the iPhone has been and continues to be, I don't think one can say that they are late to the party. They tend to test out everything rather than just throw a bunch of stuff up on the wall and sees what sticks. From what I read, Apple has had larger screen prototypes for a number of years, so they have been testing it. One could say that the iPod was "late to the party" since it wasn't the absolute very first mp3 music player. They took their time and did it right. That approach has been very successful for them.