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All Of Apple’s Foldable iPhone Prototypes Have Visible Creases, Which May Explain The Company’s Apprehension Towards A Launch (wccftech.com)

submitted 1 month ago by Alphane_Moon@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] lurch@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Most Androids have a one-handed mode, where it shrinks the display into a corner, so you can reach everything with your thumb.

[–] EngineerGaming@feddit.nl 19 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Wouldn't it be better to just, y'know, cut out the free space around it?

[–] lurch@sh.itjust.works 23 points 1 month ago (3 children)

you mean having a small phone in the first place?

[–] freeman@feddit.org 19 points 1 month ago

I miss small phones

[–] EngineerGaming@feddit.nl 8 points 1 month ago (2 children)

exactly

[–] lurch@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago

Unfortunately a lot of hardware doesn't fit into small phones yet. You can still get small Androids, but no NFC, wireless charging, fingerprint sensor, etc..

I'm writing this on a Samsung S10e, which is the smallest waterproof one with all the nice features I could get at the time. I can do most things one-handed, but need the one-handed mode to reach the 30% of the screen in top corner furthest away from my thumb. pic related:

[–] SaltySalamander@fedia.io 2 points 1 month ago

They wouldn't sell enough of them to justify making/promoting them.

[–] yogurtwrong@lemmy.world -2 points 1 month ago

I love big phones though. Smaller ones feel too claustrophobic to me

Also, from a usabity point of view, bigger screens are better for watching videos in landscape, editing text and it's easier to use the gestures and the keyboard (I don't even have fat fingers). I think only downside is ring and pinky fingers hurting after a while because of the weight

[–] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 1 month ago

Yeah, iPhones have similar modes, swipe down and the screen scrolls down you can also swipe the keyboard to either side for better access too.

I hardly ever do that though, except by accident.