GIGANTIC Widgets: Why?

Why does nokia keep insisting on making gigantic widgets whose size lends nothing to functionality, but take up precious screen space? For instance, the clock widget, when all one needs is to simply have the date on the status bar. Or the Social widgets, where the main one is now a half homescreen in size, and has less functionality than before. Or not to mention the mail widget, again a half homescreen in size.

BellX_1 wrote:
"Display changes made to symbian Belle have been decided based upon user feedback. Nokia has carefully arranged the display to suit the majority of the consumer feedback we have received about improvements users would like to see in symbian Belle."
So the majority of customers said that they actually didn't like the product they bought with Anna on it, and asked for it to be changed completely? Can the statistics of this customer feedback survey be shared? How many users of what type of phone were asked which questions?
It would be most interesting to know what percentage of E6+Anna users gave as feedback that they would prefer to use 6 homescreens for big widgets instead of being able to fit everything on just a few, and how many asked for less usable screen area in their web browsers.
When the first generation of S^3 devices were first released many users on these forums and elsewhere stated that they would have preferred Android to Symbian. And since then, many people have continued to ask if Nokia will ever adopt Android on their smartphones.
Now that Nokia have changed the look and feel of Symbian to resemble how Android looks, feels and operates it has upset a fair amount of hardcore Symbian fans.
Having the ability to add more than three homescreens is definitely an improvement but is spoiled by the unfeasibly large widget size.
That big digital clock is ridiculous and reminds me of the one on HTC phones. It's one of the reasons I didn't get an HTC and opted for the Samsung Galaxy S instead.
The Belle update was supposed to include different sized widgets but we now know this isn't the case. According to the Belle FAQ, it states "This is not yet possible" implying that it will be possible in a future update.
Luckily for me, I haven't updated my N8 to Belle and am content to remain on Anna for the time being until such annoyances have been rectified.
All the best.
Ray.

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