Landscape mode for home screen / iPhone 6 non-plussed

I recently switched from my dear old Samsung Galaxy S3 Android phone to an iPhone 6. Overall, the experience is fantastic. But one of the Android features I miss most is a surprisingly cosmetic one: the ability for the home screen to render as landscape mode.
I'd actually jailbreak my iPhone just for this one minor feature, but for various reasons, I'd prefer to not jailbreak. Nor am I going to pay for an iPhone 6 Plus for this feature--I actually like holding the smaller phone, but I want the home screen to be able to rotate nonetheless.
What's the best way to politely petition Apple to backport this feature from iPhone 6 Plus to iPhone 6?

You can make suggestions to Apple via the following link: https://www.apple.com/feedback/iphone.html

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