I would never buy a seven-inch iPhone. Here’s why.
I would never buy a seven-inch iPhone. Here’s why.
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Publish Date: 2026-02-17 03:46:00
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Title image by DIY Perks and Mrwhosetheboss – it’s a 7-foot iPhone!
Is your iPhone 17 Pro Max feeling a bit… cramped? Do you look at your Galaxy S25 Ultra and wish it doubled as a dinner plate? It’s a question literally no one is asking, and yet, the “Mega-Phone” era is apparently just getting started.
According to the prolific leaker Digital Chat Station, there are at least two companies that are evaluating 7-inch phones (or even bigger).
Chinese companies already have 7-inch phones, such as last year’s Huawei Mate 70 Air and the TCL NxtPaper 60 Ultra, so we might make the assumption that the leak is about more popular brands such as Samsung, Motorola or maybe even Apple.
Even though we haven’t heard anything about an iPhone XL or a Galaxy S26 Ultra Max, they are still not out of the question. Could these new 7-inch models push other brands to follow suit? I hope not. Here’s why!
7-inch phones are downright impractical
The Huawei Mate 20 X and PhoneArena’s famous crotch shot | Image by PhoneArena
That’s the obvious drawback, but as obvious as it might be, people just don’t realize what it’s like to handle a seven-inch phone. Back in the day I had my fair share of phablet (remember this term) reviews, including some seven-inchers, such as the Huawei Mate 20 X.
This 7.2-inch monster was impossible to handle with one hand, and carrying it around was a major pain as well. No hand gymnastics in the world allowed me to reach the top part of the Mate 20 X display, and no jeans’ pocket was able to house this monster.
In fact, the reason behind the inception of foldable phones, at least one major reason, was to make big-screen phones more practical. Flexible displays made this possible and put an end to the screen growth of conventional phones. Or at least I thought so. This takes us to the next part…
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