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I agree. It seems possible that the larger screen size was driven by companies looking for numbers they could make bigger than their competition.

Its also conceivable that whatever Apple had come up with would be bought not because the consumers wanted it (i.e. big screens) but simply because they wanted to have the latest Apple "thing."

In other words, bigger screens are simply trendy, and are therefore not here to stay.

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I have very large hands and I stopped using iPhones after I first used the original Galaxy Note. I simply couldn't go back to the tiny screen even though i did prefer iOS. I went through a couple of large phones after this and never had a complaint. I bought an iPhone 6+ day one simply because it's the phone i had been waiting for.

Phablets may not be for everyone, but neither are the small phones that are rapidly becoming an endangered species.

Thing is, the definition of "small" is changing. My 4.6" Sony Z3 Compact is considered "small"!

Do the majority of smartphone users have large hands? I have fairly average-sized hands, and my Z3C is nearing the limit of what I can comfortably use one-handed.

> In other words, bigger screens are simply trendy, and are therefore not here to stay.

Or it's not and your 'seems','maybe','would' and conditionals are just that :).

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