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Re:Making Google Sans Flex by vbezhenar on Friday December 19, 2025 @05:22AM (#46324217)
Original iPhone got design right.

I don't think there's a single modern smartphone that I like. My latest favourite smartphone was iPhone 4S. No camera bump. Perfect size, fits well in my hand, operable with one thumb. Perfect display size, enough to present all information I need. Perfectly usable without ugly case.

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Re:Making Google Sans Flex by makeitdouble on Friday December 19, 2025 @06:23AM (#46324588)
> Perfectly usable without ugly case.

Why would you buy an ugly case and not a clean and well designed, functional one ?

If you liked the original iPhone design, getting a rounded and hand fitting case would be the go too IMHO (on the size difference, there's no way out at this point)

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Re:Making Google Sans Flex by skydhash on Friday December 19, 2025 @07:02AM (#46324898)
My previous phone was the iphone 8. It’s trully a world of difference in usability compared to the iPhone 13 I’m using now. I have big hands, so I can ise the latter one-handed, but a lot of people I’ve seen don’t.
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Re:Making Google Sans Flex by Angostura on Friday December 19, 2025 @08:11AM (#46325429)
Why not the excellent iPhone 13 Mini?
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Re:Making Google Sans Flex by RankingMember on Friday December 19, 2025 @09:57AM (#46326529)
My only beef with that one was the slippery soap-bar edges if used without a case. Otherwise, yep, perfect size, disappears in pocket.
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Re:Making Google Sans Flex by jdboyd on Friday December 19, 2025 @04:49PM (#46331355)
My favorite phone of all time (based on hand feel and appearance) was the OnePlus One. It had its software problems, but every phone I've held since then has been a disappointment in the hand.
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