I'm surprised by the screen size change, too; it has the drawback of reduced thumbability, but without seriously increasing readability. Because my Japanese iP

I'm surprised by the screen size change, too; it has the drawback of reduced thumbability, but without seriously increasing readability. Because my Japanese iPhone 4S can't do tethering, and iOS maps/navigation is horrible, I just deal with carrying a Galaxy Nexus as well. The tradeoff is really simple; the iPhone lets you access the whole screen with your thumb, while the Nexus lets you see more usable info with your eyes. I found that I tended to pull out the Galaxy to read things (articles, this website, etc), even though the screen isn't as high-quality. Just because it is bigger. With the iPhone 5, it seems Apple traded away the thumb-awesome but just adding 176 pixels to the top doesn't get you much more reading-awesome.