Seriously? This is your retort? I keep telling myself I'm going to stop replying to your inane nonsense, but it's just so ridiculous I can't help myself. Yes, I use a phone like that, just like I use a desktop monitor. I use them stationary. On my desktop. I don't put them in my pocket. I don't hold them in one hand. I don't type emails on them.
It's just mind-boggling to me that a tiny 5.5" screen is considered too big to use as a phone when people have been use headsets much larger for over a hundred years. It's mind boggling that you consider typing a txt message miserable on a larger device. The larger the screen the easier it is to hit the desired keys, I really am at a loss as to how it is harder to type on a 7" screen keyboard compared to a 4" screen keyboard. And further, I don't understand how you are using your phone if you need two hands to hold it up to your ear. Maybe you could post a picture of yourself during a phone call, illustrating your need to hold your phone with both hands, so I can understand what you are trying to say.
And those larger, wired handsets weren't portable devices that went in your pocket. You seem to forget that over the course of those hundred years, until about 2005, phones kept getting smaller and smaller - and that was considered a good thing.
Again, you are not really reading what I'm saying. Of course I can type two handed on a screen the size of the note. However, more often than not, I'm operating my phone with one hand. And no - I cannot do that on a Note/2. You can say "well it's a different device, use it with two hands!" I don't want to. This is why I said, many posts ago, that this is a subjective issue - I prefer to use my phone one way, and I am perfectly entitled to that opinion. No amount of inane nonsense on a forum is going to change that, and as such, my preference is for a smaller device. Where did I say or insinuate that I needed two hands to hold it up to my ear? Now you are just putting words in my mouth, which is quite disingenuous.
Look - here is a picture of my Lumia 920. Note that the 920 has a 4.5" screen, not a 5.5" screen. Also note that my thumb barely reaches the Q - and this is not a comfortable position, the phone is shifted in my hand to reach. From this position I wouldn't be able to reach back to the other corner (the enter key / period) without shifting again. And I certainly could not reach the top of the screen from this grip - which is necessary on an Android phone to get to the notification bar. And, remember, this is on a smaller device than the Note. If I consider this phone to be on the verge of being too large and uncomfortable to use, why do you think I'd be ok with one that's even bigger?
Seriously - if this continues to boggle your mind, I don't know what to tell you. This is a very, very simple concept. Some people prefer smaller devices. Some people prefer to use their phone with one hand. Some people don't think bigger is better. Others disagree - and that's great. They can get and enjoy something like the Note. Why can't you just accept that I have different preferences from you and move on with your life?