I take it you never saw the phone in person. Compare to candybar phones its not that might fatter or heavier. I for one like a phone with weight on it so it feels solid that's just me. And guess you haven't seen HTC new line up a few HW KB phones are coming out and soon. My touch slide is one of them. I have pretty much every HTC winmo slider and they are getting smaller and smaller every year and by smaller I mean thinner. Hell the N950 isn't too much thicker than the N9 so the whole thicker and heavier is a mute point IMO.