To each their own, but, personally, I find the iPhones 6S, 7, 8, and SE (2020) to be the ideal compromise between screen size and overall device size. Smaller device, smaller screen means harder to read. Larger screen, larger device makes it harder to pocket and harder to one-hand. I certainly wouldn't want to go any smaller. I could live with going slightly larger.
Meanwhile, I've discovered our orders are actually shipping direct from China. Seems kind of nuts to do it that way, but I guess Apple knows their own business better than do I. Almost doesn't matter, because it's taking forever-in-a-day for the cases we ordered to get here, as well, anyway.