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A bug which affected only left handed users

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Re: A bug which affected only left handed users

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Post by gambiting »

robin_reala wrote: post #69
gambiting wrote: post #63

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Correct, they are still bigger than the mini. But compared to what seems to be the industry standard of 6.8" they are positively miniature.

They’re considerably bigger than even the normal non-Mini iPhone. They’re only just smaller than the iPhone 17 Pro Max: https://phonesized.com/compare/#1863,2767,2760,2738,2736

You're comparing wrong models though? X9 and X300 Pro are both much larger than the phones I mentioned.

(I've just noticed you also used wrong models in your original comparison - while both phones are larger than the mini, the difference isn't as large as your link suggests)

Re: A bug which affected only left handed users

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Post by gambiting »

dvdkon wrote: post #70
gambiting wrote: post #63

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Correct, they are still bigger than the mini. But compared to what seems to be the industry standard of 6.8" they are positively miniature.

They're also bigger than the base Samsung S26. They're not small even in comparison to other Android phones.

Base S26 is almost exactly the same size though?

https://m.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone1=14456&idPhone2=...

The X9S Pro is half a milimeter taller.

Re: A bug which affected only left handed users

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Post by not-kinsale-joe »

naikrovek wrote: post #40

As a lefty, his tongue in cheek derision toward lefties still pisses me off genuinely. I’m old enough to have been smacked around by a teacher as a kid for writing with my left hand. Right-handed bias is EVERYWHERE. Everywhere. Right-handed people will never notice it until they look for it, and even then it’s hard to see. So yeah I am sure the ribbing is nothing more than “a sensible chuckle” for right-handed people…

I am left handed and and it did not bother me at all. Probably because you seem to have faced discrimination and I never have.

Re: A bug which affected only left handed users

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Post by BrenBarn »

Zecc wrote: post #66
BrenBarn wrote: post #30

I had to read this a couple times and look at the comments here before I realized they were talking about scrolling on a phone. I was like "who scrolls with their thumb?"

Trackballs are a thing as well.

That's actually the first thing that came to my mind when reading about thumb scrolling, since I use a trackball. But that wouldn't explain why left or right handed scrolling would be different.

Re: A bug which affected only left handed users

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Post by lostlogin »

what wrote: post #46
lostlogin wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I’m 196cm tall and can’t use one handed. It is ridiculous. Bring back normal sized iPhones.

Why do you mention your height but not the size of your hands? Maybe you just have small hands?

I assure you, I’m don’t have tiny hands like Trump.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politic...

Re: A bug which affected only left handed users

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Post by tom_ »

gambiting wrote: post #71
robin_reala wrote: post #69

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They’re considerably bigger than even the normal non-Mini iPhone. They’re only just smaller than the iPhone 17 Pro Max: https://phonesized.com/compare/#1863,2767,2760,2738,2736

You're comparing wrong models though? X9 and X300 Pro are both much larger than the phones I mentioned. (I've just noticed you also used wrong models in your original comparison - while both phones are larger than the mini, the difference isn't as large as your link suggests)

The iPhone is normal phone size width and depth, but it's meaningfully shorter than just about everything else. It doesn't sound like much on paper but I've always found it adds up once in a pocket. (All dimensions height x width x depth, in mm, rounded up to the nearest mm)

* iPhone Mini: 132 x 72 x 8 (https://support.apple.com/en-gb/111877)

These two alternatives are noticeably larger:

* Vivo X300: 151 × 72 × 8 (https://www.vivo.com/in/products/param/x300)

* Oppo X9S: 157 x 74 x 8 (https://www.oppo.com/en/smartphones/series-find-x/find-x9s/s...)

In fact, they're more like the size of the full size iPhone, which, if you're sticking with your iPhone Mini because the iPhone is annoyingly large, means they're too large.

* iPhone 17: 150 x 72 x 8 (https://www.apple.com/uk/iphone-17/specs/)

Re: A bug which affected only left handed users

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Post by embedding-shape »

Exoristos wrote: post #39
w-ll wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Will the do a batter replacement for a 13mini? i just cracked my last new-in-box fore battery issues.

You can do it yourself[0]. 0. https://www.ifixit.com/products/iphone-13-mini-battery

Word of caution, it seems kind of difficult, I had Apple replace my iPhone 12 Mini and they broke the screen in the process (so got a free screen replacement too), so seems a lot harder than it used to be, think I did it myself back in the 3GS days last time and seems its way more brittle today.

Re: A bug which affected only left handed users

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Post by embedding-shape »

DOGMATICA wrote: post #51
robin_reala wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There’s at least 3 of us still on iPhone 13 Minis, and I plan to keep it going until Apple caves and makes a sensibly sized phone again.

god, I have a 12 mini and I don't know what I'm going to do when it dies. my attempts at finding a vaguely modern name-brand android phone that's a similar size have concluded in zero phones and a sense of overwhelming dread

Same, on a 12 Mini right now, been looking for phones (any OS) that has similar size for maybe the last 2 years, and while some Xperia models have come close to the right size, everyone is still aiming for "bigger === better" it seems. Can't wait for the pendulum to switch back to smaller phones again...

Re: A bug which affected only left handed users

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Post by tetrisgm »

naikrovek wrote: post #40

As a lefty, his tongue in cheek derision toward lefties still pisses me off genuinely. I’m old enough to have been smacked around by a teacher as a kid for writing with my left hand. Right-handed bias is EVERYWHERE. Everywhere. Right-handed people will never notice it until they look for it, and even then it’s hard to see. So yeah I am sure the ribbing is nothing more than “a sensible chuckle” for right-handed people…

Yep

Re: A bug which affected only left handed users

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Post by tetrisgm »

what wrote: post #49
naikrovek wrote: post #40

As a lefty, his tongue in cheek derision toward lefties still pisses me off genuinely. I’m old enough to have been smacked around by a teacher as a kid for writing with my left hand. Right-handed bias is EVERYWHERE. Everywhere. Right-handed people will never notice it until they look for it, and even then it’s hard to see. So yeah I am sure the ribbing is nothing more than “a sensible chuckle” for right-handed people…

Can you elaborate on this “right handed bias”? I can’t think of anything other than a can opener where it might matter?

The industrial design and the UI design of all things tends to default to the 85% of people who are right handed and aren’t aware of potential limitations.

This is translated into issues into the items others have listed.

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