Manufacturers are riding the large screen wave in my opinion because of two reasons:<p>1) Battery life is likely consumer&#x27;s #1 complaint about their phones. If you have a big screen, you can pack a big battery under it.
2) &quot;Arms-race&quot; product differentiation ala &quot;Mhz wars&quot; on computers. &quot;My screen is bigger than the last model...&quot;<p>I miss my old Palm Pre phones. I don&#x27;t need a big screen for checking my email and Facebook, doing some chats, some voice calls, playing some music, and reading the odd news article, which is what I use my phone for.<p>But as a consumer I am being forced down the large screen path, because that is all the market is offering for some time now.