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Source: https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/3\/10\/22967827\/apple-iphone-se-bigger-smartphone<\/a>
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It\u2019s hard to be too disappointed by the iPhone SE. It\u2019s cute, has great specs for the price, and now has 5G<\/a>. It, along with the iPhone 13 Mini<\/a>, fills that small phone niche for people with tiny hands. But as a big phone convert, I\u2019m cheesed that the SE only comes in one size.<\/p>\n

A cheaper smartphone with a big screen isn\u2019t a novel idea. There are plenty of them out there \u2014 but not if you\u2019re on iOS. Right now, if iPhone users want a bigger-than-standard display, they have to turn their wallets inside out for the iPhone 13 Pro Max. If you get the cheapest configuration possible, you\u2019re looking at dropping $1,099. <\/p>\n

When it came time to upgrade my phone last year, I hemmed and hawed between the 6.1-inch iPhone 12 and the 6.7-inch 12 Pro Max. I was on the iPhone XS Max<\/a> and got used to its comfortable 6.5-inch screen. I didn\u2019t need<\/em> all the bells and whistles that come with the Pro models. I\u2019d have loved to save a couple of hundred buckaroos. But I also didn\u2019t want to downgrade to a smaller screen. I\u2019d gone big, and there was absolutely no going back. Am I salty that it cost me extra? Extremely. <\/p>\n

I first joined Team Big Phone with the XS Max. My iPhone 7 had died, and like many people, I was afraid of the rise of the phablet. I worried whether it\u2019d fit in my pockets and if I\u2019d be able to use it one-handed. That changed the second I booted up my shiny new phone. <\/p>\n

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The iPhone XR is proof that there\u2019s an appetite for bigger budget phones.<\/em><\/figcaption>Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales \/ The Verge<\/cite><\/p>\n

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I\u2019ve been cursed with both severe astigmatism and nearsightedness. The last time I got my prescription updated, my eye doctor hung her head and said, \u201cWell, sometimes you have to settle for good enough.\u201d I frequently use my phone\u2019s camera to zoom in on signs I can\u2019t read. Switching to a big phone made it so much easier to do everything modern life required of me. Enlarging the font size on my phone no longer looked comical. Not only that, but it was also easier for me to shoot off emails, watch YouTube videos, destroy my brain on Twitter, and read books. I went from giving myself headaches and wrinkles from squinting to the bliss of not having to do that<\/em>. The fact that I got better battery life was just icing on the cake.<\/p>\n

I haven\u2019t missed using my phone one-handed. Partly because I have huge hands, but also because two-handed phone use is superior any time you\u2019re not hanging onto a subway strap. During the work-from-home era, that\u2019s pretty much all the time. The 12 Pro Max fits easily into my back jean pocket. Plus, the fashion industry\u2019s insidious scheme to make women\u2019s pockets ridiculously tiny has ensured I\u2019m always carrying a purse anyway. <\/p>\n

Unlike some of my colleagues here at The Verge<\/em>, I don\u2019t need the best OLED display or the fanciest cameras on my phone. (I only take pictures of my pets anyway.) All I want is a big honking screen that doesn\u2019t look like complete garbage and good battery life. I\u2019m not thrilled that I have to pay a premium to get that. <\/p>\n

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