In 2011, to say that the cutting edge phones that are currently available are "unpractical" is ridiculous. 25 years ago it was unpractical to believe that there would be a PC in nearly every home. Please join us in the 21st Century.
I do agree that screen sizes are getting out of hand. I'm a fairly big dude and I can barely hold my Galaxy S2.
So . . . . are we looking for a sweet spot of size somewhere between an iPhone and a iPad? or should they just throw a phone in the iPad? I have a Evo . . . its pretty good. Rocket River