I am getting the 6+ and I've no intention of carrying it in a purse because I prefer to have my phone on me, readily accessible and not buried under all the junk that my husband and the rest of the family sticks in there, thinking mom is the family pack mule. I've carried all of my phones in my pockets when at all possible. I rarely wear dresses. When I do, I often just hold my iPhone. I've tried carrying it in a purse, but I keep having to get it out of there to snap a photo or video or look something up for the kids or consult something or the other it's just easier to hold it if I can't easily slip it in or out of a pocket.
So this may end up being a mistake. But the 5 was already the painful hip digging limit. The iPhone 6 and the 6 Plus are both going to force me into finding a new way of wearing/carrying them anyway. May as well go for the extras offered by the Plus and see what happens.
I'm not the only woman adverse to carrying a phone in purse. I see others doing like I do all the time at school or other the park. I just seem to be one of the few posting about it on a forum. I've tried talking to other women about their smartphones, but they do look at me like I am kind of creepy for even noticing their phones exist, so I've learned to keep talk about tech between me and my husband and male friends. Odd that it's that way.