Apple Sells Out of Its First Large-Screen iPhone After Years of Resisting Phablets

Steve Jobs was wrong about going big

What's that you said, Steve Jobs? No one's going to buy that large phone? Apple's visionary founder got a lot right, but he appears to have been wrong about supersized phones. The company's first such device is on backorder for more than a month at some carriers after going on sale online today.

For years, Apple resisted developing a big-screen iPhone, failing to see the utility of a device that has trouble fitting in a pocket and can hardly be used with one hand.

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