"I don't believe I can go back to the slightly smaller screen, " Mr. Fayad says.

WSJ: Phones Are a Big-Screen Hit but a Bit of a Fashion Challenge

Still, Mr. Fayad says he used to think a 3.5-inch cellphone screen was just right, until he tried the iPhone 5, which has a 4-inch screen.

WSJ: Phones Are a Big-Screen Hit but a Bit of a Fashion Challenge

Claiming that Fayad was a personal friend of hers, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice ignored her own government's boycott of the Hamas government to meet with Fayad when he visited Washington in the spring.

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