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Honestly I actually attribute at least a bit of it to MKBHD himself – he’s got huge hands, and he makes large phones look manageable. He’s one of the most important tech influencers out there and he makes a 7" phone look like a 5" phone.
I have about average sized hands and I had to do weird juggle-shifting to reach the far side of my old Galaxy Notes. I’m on a Sony Xperia something or other now, which has a narrow but taller screen, and it’s a bit better – but still not ergonomic.
Does MKBHD really have a measurable effect on smartphone sales? I’d be surprised if that were true.
Does any “influencer” actually influence stuff? Legit, I don’t know. Advertising generally is more about raising brand familiarity, it doesn’t usually make people go out and buy things.
But I would guess that he has an impact on the tech enthusiast community, and I feel like that would trickle down. And there’s people like me, I’m not really an enthusiast, but I like to read up on things before I make a big purchase, so I watch his videos when I’m in the market for a new phone or whatever, and then don’t watch his videos for a couple years, until it’s that time again.
Tbh, that’s me too. Every few years it’s time to buy a new phone and MKBHD is the go-to channel to filter out candidates
Does any “influencer” actually influence stuff? Legit, I don’t know.
It does make me very curious now. They do make a living, so they must be influencing somebody.
Old infographic, but still relevant…
Also, as others pointed out, bigger phones almost always have better specs overall. I used to have top notch Samsung phones specifically for the camera and battery life, bc I used my phone for site surveys.
Porn is the main driver of evolution. Fact.
I’ve always bought the biggest phone available, starting with the HTC Evo which dropped in 2010 when I was a cellphone salesman. The extra screen real estate always worked great for gaming and reading ebooks.
Since then I’ve always found that the biggest options just work best for me. I even had the Samsung Fold last year, and finally reached a point where the weight wasn’t worth the screen real estate. I’ve since stepped down to the Samsung Flip, and it works much better for my needs.
How’s the flip phone working out for you? Does it flip open to a screen big enough for you? I’ve seen reviews and reviewers are just puzzled by them it seems.
For me, I actually never look at the size. There are two criteria: whether there’s a supported ROM and battery life. Everything else is tertiary.
Unfortunately, most of the phones with good battery life are big phones. Since mine is face down and just waiting for messages, a big screen doesn’t make that much of a difference since it’s not on most of the time. Only when traveling do big phones gobble up battery.
I lust for a phone that lasts me a week and has a ROM. It can be twice or even triple as thick as phones today and I wouldn’t give a fuck. Nokia and Sony Ericson made thicc phones and it never bothered me.