I&#x27;m eagerly awaiting the market&#x27;s return to phones that you can actually fit in your human-sized hands.  Bigger is not always better.<p>I recently bought a phone that&#x27;s so large it takes both hands to operate it.  If I&#x27;m grasping it reasonably tightly, my thumb can&#x27;t navigate to over 30% of the screen.  If I stretch uncomfortably to try to reach those areas, the phone is likely to slip out of my fingertips entirely.  I do not have small hands.<p>I&#x27;m not sure what the market standard definition of &quot;phablet&quot; is, but for me, a 136mm x 68mm device has served me fine for years, and this new device (which I&#x27;m returning after almost accidentally throwing it across the train for the n&#x27;th time in as many days) is 148mm x 76mm.  Apparently that extra ten millimeters is a big deal.  (Interesting to look at Apple&#x27;s product page for their sizes.  They measured this too, evidentially -- the 6 and 6s went up to exactly 138x67 and aren&#x27;t budging; they use the Plus series to probe over that line.)<p>The fairphone2 is 143x73 -- it&#x27;s not as big as some other flagships on the market right now, so huge kudos for winning the miniaturization battles so far -- but I bet they&#x27;re falling prey to competing on screen size, and frustratingly, though I&#x27;m interested in everything else about this phone, I&#x27;m honestly not sure <i>I&#x27;ll be able to hold it in my hand</i>.