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Why are all the options so defeatists? Using both hands is not caving in, using a pop socket or whatever accessory is not a failure, you are not being submitted. What is this, competitive smart phone use?
I use my phone one handed like 80% of the time. I use both hands to type long texts exclusively. I would hold it with both hands if I'm watching a long YouTube video as it's more comfortable. It's just a standard 6.5" phone, my hands are not even large at all. I do agree that more significantly different sizes of phones should be an option.
What is this, competitive smart phone use?
No, but the options are defeatist because they reflect my feelings related to the broad design trends of phones being bigger, and my preference for handling a phone one-handed. For me personally, it's caving in (and frankly just clumsy feeling) to have to use both hands to handle phones (in portrait orientation) that are in a weird size range that's almost too big but not so much so that they're no longer portable.
Also in my opinion while it's absolutely not a personal failure to use an accessory to help handle larger phones, it simply is a design failure. It's like having to put a label on a door to tell people how to open it, that's courtesy of a design failure that made opening the door ambiguous.
Anyway, 6.5" is a large phone to me, so that being a "standard" is why the phrasing is so defeatist. You're stuck in an awkward compromise if you want a device capable and comfortable: get some less powerful but smaller option (e.g. Jelly), or something that even on the smaller end is still relatively large (e.g. Zenfone 8/9).
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I don't. Popsocket all the way. Even big men with big hands can't one hand these phones anymore.
I want a small phone with an OLED 1080 display that is supported by lineage OS and has a headphone jack. That's all I want, I don't care about processor or ram being mid, mediocre camera is fine, I need decent storage though, or an SD slot.
I have a s22+
I always get told I have piano fingers
I used to use a popsocket, but I switched to a phone wallet
Back, Home, and Recent tabs are all on the bottom with a simple swipe up.
I keep my phone resting on my pinky
With it like that, my thumb can reach 2/3 of the way to the top.
Placing my pinky under the phone, I can reach my thumb to the top left corner.
Most of the time, I never need to reach up there
But as for typing, I typed this whole thing one handed
I enjoy the big screen
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Big ass hands
Hyphen omitted intentionally to let the reader decide which reading would bring them more joy.
Ha! :-)
I got ahead of it by growing big hands years ago
big hands make 6.7 inch phones seem small
Corner wedged into bottom of palm with index finger supporting the top corner and remaining fingers supporting the back, thumb to navigate.
And the bottom rests on the pinky.
I've actually got a callus on the inside portion of my pinky from my phone resting there all the time.
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I just rest the phone on my pinky, hold it with the other 3 fingers behind it, and use my thumb. When I got a bigger phone it made my pinky sore for a few days and then it got strong enough. I use both hands to type.
I tried a bunch of things - popsockets, elastic band things, i even pasted high-friction grip tape to the sides and back of the phone directly.
After 2 years, I just went out and got a smaller phone lol
Same. Sometimes while laying in bed my cat drapes herself across my arm, and it was impossible to use it with just one hand. I didn’t have the reach.
I thought popsockets were SO FUCKING STUPID......until I tried one.
I succumbed. I have tiny hands. Tiny, prematurely achy hands. The popsocket helps so much, and they send coupons occasionally for mounts.
Bonus: if your popsocket slides around on your mount, stick a rubber band on it or dunk it in plastidip, you're welcome lol
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I have big hands.
I use it one-handed. My pinky supports the bottom of the phone, rest of the fingers support the back, I navigate with my thumb. If I need to type for an extended period of time I use both thumbs to type more quickly. I use the Galaxy Note 10+ which I think is well into being considered a large phone
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I use a pop socket to handle my phone one handed. Sometimes I type with both thumbs.
Edit: I use a s23 ultra and it's probably one of the heaviest phones I've had.
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I have large hands.
Same, large hands here. Smaller phones are uncomfortable.
On the flip side, my wife gets the smaller version of our phones because she has tiny hands. Her hands get cramps from holding up larger phones and she has mild tendonitis in her wrists from previous large/heavy phones.
She also has to shop for shoes in the kids' aisles, so you know... she's kind of a petite person all around.
I just have big fucking hands
A Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra fits just about right with no case.
I have equally large hands. I actually get the larger phones because the smaller/average ones cramp my hands trying to hold them in a way that I'm not covering the screen.
I'm legally blind, so I try to get the biggest screen I can and probably use it way different then someone who can actually see normally. I just upgraded to the Pixel 7 Pro and the way I do things, I tend to rest the bottom of the phone against my chest, and support the upper end in my palm. while using my other hand to navigate.
long fingor
100% imagining this as wearing a finger extension to help
My right hand can read like 60% of the screen easily so I just touch the bottom half and read the top half.
I do swipe back a page a lot though, because my thumb moves in an arc and my phone often thingks that means I'm swiping sideways instead of vertical.
Pop socket life. I have a magsafe case for my Pixel 7 Pro and the magnetic pop socket. I can pull it off when I want and wireless charge.
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Carefully
I caved after dropping my iPhone max until I broke it. I’d like the extra size but there is a practical limit.
I just use two hands, is it really that hard to do? I've been using the bigger iphone for ages now since whenever they were introduced and I like it, I can't imagine ever going back to a small baby phone.
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S22+ Highly recommend the quick cursor app:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.quickcursor
OnePlus8 - pinky.
For most apps I have opted for "toolbar at the bottom". Along with my pinky, it works at least for me.
And I have large hands too, but that's besides the point.
I run a PopSocket on my S22Ultra (no case) and keep a couple of these around:
PopSockets Flexible Phone Mount - Black https://a.co/d/0aYtsed
When bent correctly for different orientations it's absolutely fantastic, and can make interacting with the S-Pen highly ergonomic. Adapt and overcome!
I have a case with a ring/stand. I also often use one-handed mode in the keyboard or in the UI.
I quickly shift my hand to the top of the screen to access my notifications. I have gotten used to it by this point, but I still really miss phones that are usable by only one hand.
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A couple of things help me:
- Having bigger hands for a start
- Native gestures
- Extra gestures using specific apps
That last one is the best deal
What do you consider a larger phone? I have an iPhone 14 Pro, it is slightly smaller (more just a different form factor) than my previous device, the Moto Z 4. I have a case, but have always had a case all the way back to my LG that was the size of an iPod. I do not use any other holding device.
If I do not feel comfortable holding and using it in the environment I am at I put it into my pocket for the time being. When we walk our dogs I usually never take it out because one of my dogs is notorious at yanking the leash if we stop for too long (my sister and I trade plant and other nature photos a lot). A lot of times we walk on a dirt path, I am more comfortable with it out there than I am when we walk the dogs in town and we are on an asphalt path.
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I drop it. A lot.
I do one of the following:
- I use it with both hands
- I use it one-handed if everything I need is reachable
- I switch to single-handed mode (don't know if it's a Samsung-only feature or an Android one in general)
- I use it with a S-Pen
An accessory is pretty good, some of them can flatten out flush with the phone so that you can still use stands / wireless charging. Out of those, the cloth ones are more comfortable but the plastic/metal one felt more secure imo
I found that I was getting pain in my hands/wrist with my most recent phone because of how big and heavy it's gotten. Especially with the case
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