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I may be the only person who has never taken the time to figure out how to intentionally call the reachability feature. I just know that sometimes everything sh

I may be the only person who has never taken the time to figure out how to intentionally call the reachability feature. I just know that sometimes everything shifts down on the screen and it has never been on purpose, and then I have to figure out how to undo it - usually by turning the screen off and back on. I am on the 11 (I think? I've lost track, but its the one with three cameras), and the screen is slightly too large for easy one-handed use, at least in my case. I might opt for the mini if/when I decided to get a new phone, but throwing $1000 at a new toy just because it's slightly more comfortable in my hand feels like a very "first-world" solution to a not-really-problem. None of the other features this phone comes with feel like they bring any extra value to my life or warrant an upgrade. But hey, newer, faster chips mean it can probably run Doom now, right?

simonklitj 6y ago
Trigger reachability by swiping down on the home bar at the bottom of the screen. Disable it by swiping up or tapping the emptiness at the top.
- kempbellt 6y ago
  Wow that was easy once it was explained... Thank you internet stranger. I can now operate the device I carry on my person all the time with a little more grace.
  - simonklitj 6y ago
    No worries. I’m sometimes thinking they ought to include a gesture tutorial when setting up the device!
1_player 6y ago
You and me both, friend. I hate reachability with a passion, for the simple fact that when I got my first iPhone I had never heard of the feature, and it's literally taken me 1 year to understand why sometimes my screen would look weird. No amount of Googling or searching the settings helped, until someone mentioned the magic keyword "Reachability". Which then was easy to disable. So it might be a cool feature, but if you don't know about it you'll go mad trying to understand what is wrong with your phone. And it's not like Apple is good at teaching users about power user gestures. I still feel I'm not using my iPhone at its full capacity yet.
- Polylactic_acid 6y ago
  I find the feature to be entirely useless. In my usual hand position I can't trigger the mode and I can't reach the back button which ios places in the top left corner for some reason.
- henrikschroder 6y ago
  That's how you disable it! Thank you!!!

simonklitj 6y ago

Trigger reachability by swiping down on the home bar at the bottom of the screen. Disable it by swiping up or tapping the emptiness at the top.

kempbellt 6y ago
Wow that was easy once it was explained... Thank you internet stranger. I can now operate the device I carry on my person all the time with a little more grace.
- simonklitj 6y ago
  No worries. I’m sometimes thinking they ought to include a gesture tutorial when setting up the device!

1_player 6y ago

You and me both, friend. I hate reachability with a passion, for the simple fact that when I got my first iPhone I had never heard of the feature, and it's literally taken me 1 year to understand why sometimes my screen would look weird. No amount of Googling or searching the settings helped, until someone mentioned the magic keyword "Reachability". Which then was easy to disable. So it might be a cool feature, but if you don't know about it you'll go mad trying to understand what is wrong with your phone. And it's not like Apple is good at teaching users about power user gestures. I still feel I'm not using my iPhone at its full capacity yet.

Polylactic_acid 6y ago
I find the feature to be entirely useless. In my usual hand position I can't trigger the mode and I can't reach the back button which ios places in the top left corner for some reason.
henrikschroder 6y ago
That's how you disable it! Thank you!!!