Teardrop never made sense to menor anything asymmetrical, like having a larger margin below vs. above the screen. Symmetry is nicer for landscape usage. Screen size? I would tolerate larger (a little, not a lot, please). But I dont want itI like the 3.5 size I have now. LTE phones (not all Android phones, mainly LTE ones) went bigger to hide the giant batteries needed! Next-gen LTE shouldnt have that problem... fingers crossed.
As for picking an iPhone up, Ive never had a problem. But heres a tip: form a sucker-mouth like a seagoing lamprey, and suck the iPhone up by the center. Easy!
also this ^
the reason android phones have huge screens is because they need to house bulky chips, batteries, etc.... they have spun it as a feature