The whole idea of just making it taller is dumb, we all know its dumb. Some of us are trying desperately to come up with justifications for it, but the fact remains: it's an insanely stupid idea, period. Sure, Apple will sell lots of them, but I'm pretty convinced that we will look back on this as the watershed moment when Apple lost it's mojo in the smartphone space.
I didn't even know that I thought it was dumb! Thank you for enlightening me on how I really feel, I won't try to form my own thoughts next time. For now on, I'll just go with the generally pessimistic attitude of the MacRumors community.
At least until Apple releases the iPhone 6S+ LTE Advanced Extreme Edition with an eight core CPU, hexagonal 7" screen (rectangles that can fit in your pocket are so 2007!), and a version of iOS that allows for up to six apps to share the screen at the same time- each with up to four widgets running concurrently on top of those apps! Then, and only then, will Apple be "keeping" up with the competition.
Okay, okay, so I went overboard on the sarcasm, I admit. But here's my point- we all have different opinions on what we want in a phone. I'm personally okay with the taller screen, because I feel that it strikes a balance between extra content, pocketability, and minimal stress for developers. It's okay that you don't like it, but understand that others legitimately do like it!