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Originally posted by a1016neo
Making the screen taller and not wider will allow the phone to be held more comfortably. It will also make typing easier than those wide 4.5in phones for people with smaller hands.

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There's enough bezel on the sides that they wouldn't have to make it much wider, and there's more than enough bezel on the top to accommodate a larger screen. Instead of making it drastically taller, they could just make it a little taller and eat through some of that massive top and bottom bezel.
A 4" screen would barely make the phone any bigger, and it's in need of a new look anyway. A cheap, two-toned back doesn't can't as a new look either.