The Lumia 640 XL is an excellent smartphone for those that don't mind the extra size. I've delayed writing this review for a week or so for a very selfish reason. The Lumia 640 XL that I've been testing is a review unit and once this review is complete I have to ship it back. I don't want to give up this smartphone.

Truth told, I've never been a fan of big phones. I've been very vocal about that. There's nothing more comical to me than watching people in public get a phone call only to stick something the size of a cinderblock to their ear. I call them purse phones, because you clearly can't carry these things in a front pocket. Even in my First Look article for the Lumia 640 XL, I bashed the size of this device, comparing it against the HP Stream 7 and the Kindle Voyage. But, that was from my initial impressions after hefting the phone from its packaging like unsheathing a massive medieval sword.