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Re:Apple resumes selling iPhone SE at lower $249 price on it... by mrzool on Sunday January 20, 2019 @04:38AM (#18952183)
I stopped considering my iPhone SE a “small phone” and I started considering it for what it actually is: a “just right” phone.

Ergonomically speaking, 4 inches is the right size for a device that is meant to be operated by a human hand. Phones bigger that that are grossly oversized and anti-ergonomic.

That’s just common sense (cit. Apple): https://youtu.be/O99m7lebirE

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Re:Apple resumes selling iPhone SE at lower $249 price on it... by tqkxzugoaupvwqr on Sunday January 20, 2019 @06:17AM (#18952497)
Apple introduced one-hand mode a long time ago for its bigger models which I find helps somewhat. But what I sometimes miss is a mode to permanently resize the displayed screen area to a smaller area. With the iPhone’s current mode, the screen is only lowered so the top buttons can be reached, but the lower half is moved off-screen, and the mode is limited to a few interactions after which the displayed screen is moved up again. What I miss is a mode to permanently resize the displayed screen area to a smaller one so my thumb can reach every point. I hear some Android phones have this. Would be nice to have. Even better if I can adjust the screen area’s size to fit the length of my thumb. And when I want fullscreen again, I switch to fullscreen mode.
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Re:Apple resumes selling iPhone SE at lower $249 price on it... by Nullabillity on Sunday January 20, 2019 @06:41AM (#18952584)
You can do this on Android with One-Handed Mode[1]. However, personally I prefer Reachability Cursor[2] instead, which lets you temporarily shift your finger with a gesture.

[1]: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.xda.onehan...

[2]: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.niftyui.re...

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Re:Apple resumes selling iPhone SE at lower $249 price on it... by Schwolop on Monday January 21, 2019 @10:27PM (#18965784)
Bwaaaahahahaha! I've only just now realized that's an intended feature, not a bug. I'd been wondering for close to a year now why they'd not fixed it yet, since it happened so often for me.

I think that's the nail in the coffin for me; the screens are just too damn big.

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Re:Apple resumes selling iPhone SE at lower $249 price on it... by Geee on Sunday January 20, 2019 @06:27AM (#18952531)
Losing the home button and extra bezel could probably make it ergonomic up to 4.5 inches.
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Re:Apple resumes selling iPhone SE at lower $249 price on it... by jf- on Sunday January 20, 2019 @06:32AM (#18952551)
You realise there is significant variation in the size of people’s hands? I consider a 4 inch phone so small as to be nearly unusable. Apple’s approach of having differently size phones for different people is the right one.
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Re:Apple resumes selling iPhone SE at lower $249 price on it... by jplayer01 on Sunday January 20, 2019 @07:58AM (#18952832)
Good thing he isn't asking Apple to make only 4 inch phones. The way it is now, the SE is 3 years old and isn't getting a successor, leaving those of us who like and want small phones behind.
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Re:Apple resumes selling iPhone SE at lower $249 price on it... by jf- on Sunday January 20, 2019 @12:38PM (#18954268)
> Good thing he isn't asking Apple to make only 4 inch phones.

> Phones bigger that that are grossly oversized and anti-ergonomic.

Looks like he is, actually.

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Re:Apple resumes selling iPhone SE at lower $249 price on it... by adgasf on Sunday January 20, 2019 @06:38AM (#18952572)
Agreed. But where's the updated small form-factor model?
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