• MicrowavedTea
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    8 months ago

    Pocket space is only half the problem. The other half is one-handed use and the flip is huge when opened.

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      8 months ago

      This is true, and honestly my biggest gripe with the phone. I don’t wear small mitts, and I can only comfortably reach 3/4 of the way up the phone. This is exacerbated by the fact that phone application design is in a very top-centric stage right now. I wonder if there’s a way I could extend the android nav bar to take up the top 1/4 of the screen…

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        8 months ago

        On Samsung devices there is an accessibility setting that gives a smaller one-hand screen when swiping down from the bottom bar. But that just feels like a waste of space when you could just have a smaller screen.

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          8 months ago

          That’s available on Pixels as well - I use it a lot even on my smaller 4a. Very handy in a pinch!

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      8 months ago

      I know it’s not everyones cup of tea but…

      I ended up buying a Pixel Fold for the Fold aspect. There’s an added benefit that it’s really short when folded so I can reach the entire screen one handed. It’s heavier and thicker than a slate phone, but I actually enjoy the folded experience way better than other phones.

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        8 months ago

        Because it’s something you use a lot for small things throughout the day. When you need to quickly answer a message or look at a map you shouldn’t need to stop and place down everything you’re holding.

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            8 months ago

            This is probably very subjective. I’d say I use my phone one-handed about 7/10 times and I’d do it more if I could. Actually I do most things one-handed when possible but I have small hands so phones are becoming an issue. There isn’t a specific reason, it’s just more convenient.

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        8 months ago

        To me that’s the exact and only purpose of a phone: for it to be a handheld portable computer. For that purpose I should be able to use it with one hand

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            8 months ago

            To me that doesn’t really compute. I like to see a lot of information on my screen and my eyes aren’t as young as they were.

            I do too, but glasses help a lot. In my use case 5" is plenty, though not with default settings: global UI size was tweaked so everything is smaller, and more fits on screen.

            I don’t really like looking at curved screens

            Neither do I, and I’m doing everything I can to avoid those phones. No feature can balance that huge con.

            Flat screens aren’t as easy to do that with especially as I like to use a case.

            Hmm, interesting. I’m using gestures too, some more than others, and with a flat screen it’s fine for me.

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                8 months ago

                True that I don’t use a case. It has fallen apart years ago and didn’t bother to get a new one. I was using gestures while I had the case, too, but I don’t remember how was it it usability.