There may be reasons for puffing the XS but size is not one of them. I bought one because my old 4S screen was going wonky, and I thought it would be good to have a phone with a long updateable life. The XS works, has some irritating features but is okay. But and it is a huge but, the thing is just too big,I have XL hands and am not small but this thing is far too big for safe one hand operation, and does not fit any pocket of my everyday clothing comfortably. The XS is a BIG phone !!