I do find the years where the big-phone has a notable camera improvement frustrating. Because I like the fancy camera, but am at best ambivalent about the really big phones. So I'm tempted, but really just wish I could know I was getting "the best possible phone-camera" by buying the middle model.
Even though "it's huge so we could fit better optics and sensors in" is a completely reasonable position for a device manufacturer to take...
Reading the review says to me that, given that I have never been able to sell myself on the plus-sized models, the regular Pro model is almost as good for most purposes. So if I buy one of this year's family, that's probably what it will be. Of course, I have plenty of other cameras so this is a supplement in any case.
Even though "it's huge so we could fit better optics and sensors in" is a completely reasonable position for a device manufacturer to take...