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The iPhone 6 Plus is just too big - as big as my hand. I bet, you can't sit down with this monster in your pocket. Stop making it wider and higher!

by polym 12y ago

k-mcgrady 12y ago
Look at how popular the Galaxy Note is. I don't understand those people, but they love it. And I think the iPhone 6 Plus is actually smaller than a Note.
- CocaKoala 12y ago
  A friend of mine has the Note, I think; he loves it. It fits his hand perfectly. For reference, I literally cannot use his phone one-handed; I can't hold it and reach all the way across the screen with my thumb. I'm a small dude and he's a big one, and some devices are just designed for the opposite extreme.
  - k-mcgrady 12y ago
    I can't reach the top of the iPhone 5s screen one handed. I've given up on one-handed use. I have a friend with the note who actually uses a stylus with it. I don't get it but he really loves that phone.
    - CocaKoala 12y ago
      I'm actually still on an iPhone 4; maybe I'll try my wife's 5 and see if I can reach the top.
- LaikaF 12y ago
  My father was an early adopter of the Galaxy Note. It really comes down to how big you can make words on the screen for him. Old people don't like having to squint at their phones.
- polym 12y ago
  Wow, according to Wiki the iPhone 6 Plus is even taller! The Galaxy Note Edge is slimmer, though. I wouldn't buy it, can't carry it around - forget cycling. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy_Note_Edge http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy_Note_Edge 151.3 mm (5.96 in) H 82.4 mm (3.24 in) W 8.3 mm (0.33 in) D vs iPhone 6 Plus 158.1 mm (6.22 in) H 77.8 mm (3.06 in) W 7.1 mm (0.28 in) D
dragonwriter 12y ago
Uh, then don't get it. It's not like they aren't releasing a smaller phone called the iPhone 6 as well. Plenty of people with small hands are big fans of Samsung's Galaxy Note series, so maybe not everyone else in the market hag the same ergonomic preferences you do.
- zenojevski 12y ago
  There's a huge price for that, fragmentation. Not only it is implied apps should develop a specific layout just for it, but IIRC it also has a different viewport size which is not a multiple. On top of that, the 6 already reports a new viewport width in the browser, which I guess it can't be helped though.
  - dragonwriter 12y ago
    > There's a huge price for that, fragmentation. Android's much more fragmented and yet hasn't had any trouble making gains. As much as Apple and Apple-boosters have made of fragmentation as some great cost, actual market experience hasn't really born that out in terms of selling handsets. It does make things more difficult for developers, sure.

The iPhone 6 Plus is just too big - as big as my hand. I bet, you can't sit down with this monster in your pocket. Stop making it wider and higher!

by polym 12y ago

The iPhone 6 Plus is just too big - as big as my hand. I bet, you can't sit down with this monster in your pocket. Stop making it wider and higher!

k-mcgrady 12y ago

Look at how popular the Galaxy Note is. I don't understand those people, but they love it. And I think the iPhone 6 Plus is actually smaller than a Note.

CocaKoala 12y ago
A friend of mine has the Note, I think; he loves it. It fits his hand perfectly. For reference, I literally cannot use his phone one-handed; I can't hold it and reach all the way across the screen with my thumb. I'm a small dude and he's a big one, and some devices are just designed for the opposite extreme.
- k-mcgrady 12y ago
  I can't reach the top of the iPhone 5s screen one handed. I've given up on one-handed use. I have a friend with the note who actually uses a stylus with it. I don't get it but he really loves that phone.
  - CocaKoala 12y ago
    I'm actually still on an iPhone 4; maybe I'll try my wife's 5 and see if I can reach the top.
LaikaF 12y ago
My father was an early adopter of the Galaxy Note. It really comes down to how big you can make words on the screen for him. Old people don't like having to squint at their phones.
polym 12y ago
Wow, according to Wiki the iPhone 6 Plus is even taller! The Galaxy Note Edge is slimmer, though. I wouldn't buy it, can't carry it around - forget cycling. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy_Note_Edge http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy_Note_Edge 151.3 mm (5.96 in) H 82.4 mm (3.24 in) W 8.3 mm (0.33 in) D vs iPhone 6 Plus 158.1 mm (6.22 in) H 77.8 mm (3.06 in) W 7.1 mm (0.28 in) D

dragonwriter 12y ago

Uh, then don't get it. It's not like they aren't releasing a smaller phone called the iPhone 6 as well. Plenty of people with small hands are big fans of Samsung's Galaxy Note series, so maybe not everyone else in the market hag the same ergonomic preferences you do.

zenojevski 12y ago
There's a huge price for that, fragmentation. Not only it is implied apps should develop a specific layout just for it, but IIRC it also has a different viewport size which is not a multiple. On top of that, the 6 already reports a new viewport width in the browser, which I guess it can't be helped though.
- dragonwriter 12y ago
  > There's a huge price for that, fragmentation. Android's much more fragmented and yet hasn't had any trouble making gains. As much as Apple and Apple-boosters have made of fragmentation as some great cost, actual market experience hasn't really born that out in terms of selling handsets. It does make things more difficult for developers, sure.