The phone I had before my first smartphone, a Motorola Razr V3, was 2.1 × 3.9 × 0.54 inches

I remember thinking that my first smartphone, the iPhone 4s, was enormous at 4.54 × 2.31 × 0.37 inches.

The current iPhone is 5.81 × 2.82 × 0.31 inches.

But at least the least important dimension keeps getting fractionally smaller I guess?

You can't have bigger battery life but a smaller phone. That's the whole reason they're bigger!

Some phones*

I need my XL models.

-Sincerely, someone with large hands.