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Agree! There should be a couple of different form factors? I got an iPhone 13 mini specifically because I hate the giant phones. My hands aren't small or weak (

Agree! There should be a couple of different form factors? I got an iPhone 13 mini specifically because I hate the giant phones. My hands aren't small or weak (I do chinups and push ups, practically have to as maintenance to prevent nerve pain, muscle pain, low circulation with all the typing I do), but why do I need to ruin my finger nerves and muscles and wrist carrying and using a GigantoPhone. I find phone use to be way worse for my biomechanical finger-hand-wrist health than typing on a HHKB. But also...I think this would be hilarious (in a good way) if this (thankfully anachronistic throwback) repairability really took off and in the next 3 years Apple releases a budget / or premium( prolly premium? knowing Apple hehe ) set of products like a framework style repairable moddable laptop, and a "wePhone" that you can swap parts and mod. Truly I think there's a cool cyberfunk future in there somewhere. TikTokking teens showing off their latest phone mods, builds and hacks (and holoscreens). I mean they already "discovered" the flip phone and went mad. I think this is waiting to happen :) ;p

grujicd 4y ago
I don't know about iPhone, but Android has navigation gestures where you sweep from edge for back, from bottm for home and few more. I started to get thumb pain from light of small phone (S10e), and pain went away after switching to these gestures. Yes, these gestures have slight issues in some cases but you can't argue with RSI. Took a day or two to get used to. I assume pain came from scretching thumb too much for reaching controls on the bottom. So give it a chance if your phone supports something like that.
hot_gril 4y ago
Even the 12/13 mini is bigger than the iPhone 5, which was considered the biggest phone a regular person could use comfortably with one hand.
- graderjs 4y ago
  Yeah! I had a 5S. I loved that little guy. Another reason I got the mini for the angles like the 5S. How much bigger is it? 13 is okay. But I should make it go back to 5S size
  - hot_gril 4y ago
    The phone sizes aren't that much different. 5: 123.8 x 58.6 x 7.6 mm 12 mini: 131.5 x 64.2 x 7.4 mm The more important difference is, the 12 mini screen is 5.42" diagonal instead of 4" like the 5. This is maybe marketed as a benefit, but it means I can't comfortably reach the entire screen during one-handed use.
    - graderjs 4y ago
      Mmm, yeah I thought they felt similar. A little different. Screen size, yeah maybe that affects the reach of the finger. Gotta keep the hands loose and clean, not get them twisted up. Thanks! :) ;p xx ;p
    - rfoo 4y ago
      The more important difference is 58.6mm vs 64.2mm width. 5.6 mm is a lot. I can't hold phones with >68mm width reliably and drop them constantly. I just wish vendors can make small (or long, like Sony) phones.
  - wkjagt 4y ago
    I still use my SE (first gen) which is the same form factor. I love this phone, and I regret the day it’ll be so far behind the latest supported iOS that I have to stop using it.
    - hot_gril 4y ago
      I regret not buying an original SE instead of my 12 mini. Was in too much of a rush to comb the used market.
      - graderjs 4y ago
        SE is still the only one with touch. Which is very cool. I also considered it...but I didn't like the rounded corners anymore, if it had the original square ones, then def! Also lack of blue. Picky! :)

grujicd 4y ago

I don't know about iPhone, but Android has navigation gestures where you sweep from edge for back, from bottm for home and few more. I started to get thumb pain from light of small phone (S10e), and pain went away after switching to these gestures. Yes, these gestures have slight issues in some cases but you can't argue with RSI. Took a day or two to get used to. I assume pain came from scretching thumb too much for reaching controls on the bottom. So give it a chance if your phone supports something like that.

hot_gril 4y ago

Even the 12/13 mini is bigger than the iPhone 5, which was considered the biggest phone a regular person could use comfortably with one hand.

graderjs 4y ago
Yeah! I had a 5S. I loved that little guy. Another reason I got the mini for the angles like the 5S. How much bigger is it? 13 is okay. But I should make it go back to 5S size
- hot_gril 4y ago
  The phone sizes aren't that much different. 5: 123.8 x 58.6 x 7.6 mm 12 mini: 131.5 x 64.2 x 7.4 mm The more important difference is, the 12 mini screen is 5.42" diagonal instead of 4" like the 5. This is maybe marketed as a benefit, but it means I can't comfortably reach the entire screen during one-handed use.
  - graderjs 4y ago
    Mmm, yeah I thought they felt similar. A little different. Screen size, yeah maybe that affects the reach of the finger. Gotta keep the hands loose and clean, not get them twisted up. Thanks! :) ;p xx ;p
  - rfoo 4y ago
    The more important difference is 58.6mm vs 64.2mm width. 5.6 mm is a lot. I can't hold phones with >68mm width reliably and drop them constantly. I just wish vendors can make small (or long, like Sony) phones.
- wkjagt 4y ago
  I still use my SE (first gen) which is the same form factor. I love this phone, and I regret the day it’ll be so far behind the latest supported iOS that I have to stop using it.
  - hot_gril 4y ago
    I regret not buying an original SE instead of my 12 mini. Was in too much of a rush to comb the used market.
    - graderjs 4y ago
      SE is still the only one with touch. Which is very cool. I also considered it...but I didn't like the rounded corners anymore, if it had the original square ones, then def! Also lack of blue. Picky! :)