This is a discussion thread for the "Square Off: Small vs. Large Smartphones" story posted on the front page.
After a year with the 4.6" Galaxy Nexus, it's simply to large. This is even more true when someone has a tablet, especially the smaller 7" models.
With bigger smartphones, you get more room for multitouch stuff, allow more room for other hardware (i.e. bigger camera, bigger battery, bigger GPU, bigger CPU, etc, etc.). One con though is people will be able to see more of what you are doing, but that isn't a big problem in the first place.
I got the Note not really for the hardware, but because I do a lot of video watching and web browsing on my phone. The iPhone's screen was too small for me. Large screen phones aren't for the average user in my opinion though. I think the iPhone's current screen size is perfect for the average consumer.