> When we see 5 and 6 inch phones, but with higher screen to body ratio, some of us seem to mistake this with a phone that is too large to hold.

That's true. However, it'd still be harder (or impossible) to reach every corner of the display with my thumb, which I think makes it tedious to use. I don't have a problem with that on my SE. If it were up to me, they'd just make the SE even smaller by removing the bezels.