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> I think the kickstand angle was designed for airplane use by short people, because the screen hardly goes back at all. Huh, in the Anandtech review they thou
by shardling 14y ago
> I think the kickstand angle was designed for airplane use by short people, because the screen hardly goes back at all.
Huh, in the Anandtech review they thought the kickstand worked well everywhere except airplanes.
- cargo8 14y agoHe mentions that this again is only for short people, aka he would have liked for it to tilt back further (see comments about the camera angle)
- what_ever 14y agoBut usually taller people will have longer hands as well. That would increase the distance of the keyboard from the user's body and so the angle should still work.
- uxp 14y agoHe addressed that issue here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4706767 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4706767 He is tall, 6'3", but moving the surface away form him enough results in it being too far away to type.
- cargo8 14y agoAlso I think people complained about this because on airplanes you probably won't have the room to do this :-\