IMHO yes. It makes one-handing game-playing a pain, but for videos, walls of text, and the like, I love it. Disclaimer: had a Samsung Note II and hated it. So clearly it's not the form factor that was bugging me...

Yes, for me certainly so. I rarely talk on the phone, I mostly text, browse the web, play games, or read. All of those things are much nicer on the bigger phone.

I wish it was slightly bigger (thinking 6" or 6.5")