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> A Samsung A40 for example is barely larger than this new iPhone SE, but has a 5.9 inch display A major pro of having a smaller phone is being able to reach a
by orangepanda 7y ago
> A Samsung A40 for example is barely larger than this new iPhone SE, but has a 5.9 inch display
A major pro of having a smaller phone is being able to reach anywhere on the _screen_ with just a thumb. While A40 and SE may have the same physical form factor, the former does not achieve this.
- graeme 7y agoYup. This is the central point that big phone people don't understand about small phone people. It isn't phone width. It's screen size. Usually when using a phone one handed I'm not even touching the other side.
- jdietrich 7y agoMost Android distributions (including Samsung's) have a one-handed mode that enables a gesture to shrink the screen into one of the bottom corners.
- findthewords 7y agoThat is an ugly hack. We can do much more.
- findthewords 7y agoWhat your thumb can and cannot do is down to the human-computer interface. Shift the active area within thumb reach. Innovate.