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Re: 4 inches

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Post by majormajor »

dmauro wrote: post #9

I don't think he would be so quick to say it's worth the extra screen space if he weren't left-handed. Reaching the back button with only your right hand, even on the 3.5" screen is difficult. After switching to an iPhone 4s earlier this year I found that to be the major failing of the device: http://dmaurolizer.com/post/18478902007/ioss-major-flaw-reac...

Huh, that's interesting, I'm right handed and generally hold my phone in my left hand, so that my more dextrous hand is free to either touch the screen or do other things (like open doors).

I wonder what's more common: holding the phone in your off hand or your dominant hand?

Re: 4 inches

#32

Post by backprojection »

This is getting ridiculous. Guys, it's a smartphone, not a religious/ceremonial artifact; it doesn't warrant endless circlejerk blog posts about some frivolous 'perfect size'. This is quickly turning into a "How many angels can sit on the head of a pin?" discussion.

_Clearly_ people get along just fine either not reaching the whole screen with their thumbs, and otherwise using two hands. Big Android phones are selling very well...

Re: 4 inches

#33

Post by zbowling »

kamechan wrote: post #29
zbowling wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There is no more hardware back button on any recent android phone either and every time you rotate the screen it's in a different locations (and a different location if it's on landscape vs portrait on tablets vs phones.) It's widely inconstant on Android too. And what happens when you press also is not very consistant when what you are working isn't inherently stack based. Also having different UI contentions doesn'…

> There is no more hardware back button on any recent android phone either... Any? While the Galaxy Nexus has onscreen navigation controls now (and the Nexus7 followed suit), both the One X and the Samsung Galaxy SIII have dedicated capacitive back buttons "off screen". On the OneX the button is in the normal place (on the left) and is oddly (but in keeping with the SII) on the right on the SIII.

You can still support it sure, but the recommendation from google is to move away from them on phones. IIRC (don't quote me) on tablets, it's a requirement.

Re: 4 inches

#34

Post by viseztrance »

ilija139 wrote: post #13

"Even so, the benefits vastly outweigh the downsides." I found this a bit hypocritical. Why wasn't this the case for the Android phones in his "3.5 Inches" blog post? And as gfodor noted, this can only be worse for the iPhone, considering the location of the back button.

Apple gets a free pass.

Re: 4 inches

#35

Post by gburt »

ilija139 wrote: post #13

"Even so, the benefits vastly outweigh the downsides." I found this a bit hypocritical. Why wasn't this the case for the Android phones in his "3.5 Inches" blog post? And as gfodor noted, this can only be worse for the iPhone, considering the location of the back button.

Apple made it though, man.

Re: 4 inches

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Post by [deleted] »

majormajor wrote: post #25

So a while back the benefits didn't outweigh the "huge downside" that he found the screen size of the Galaxy SII, but now that Apple increases their screen size "the software benefits that come from that extra half an inch hugely improve the experience of using the phone." The continually disappointing thing about the iPhone coverage has been people who dismiss things as not needed until Apple gets around to implemen…

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Re: 4 inches

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Post by bryanlarsen »

Take at look at the last picture in the post, where the base of the iPhone is cupped in the hand and the thumb is using the keyboard. From that picture it really appears to me that Apple would have been better off making the iPhone wider rather than taller...

Re: 4 inches

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Post by rayiner »

My wife is miffed about the iPhone 5's larger screen, because the 3.5" screen model was at the edge of what was comfortable for her to deal with one-handed.

The "size hasn't been a problem for me!" posts in this thread are hilarious. I'm quite certain the iPhone's target demographic includes a lot more women and girls than are represented on Hacker News.

Re: 4 inches

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Post by [deleted] »

[deleted] wrote: post #37
majormajor wrote: post #25

So a while back the benefits didn't outweigh the "huge downside" that he found the screen size of the Galaxy SII, but now that Apple increases their screen size "the software benefits that come from that extra half an inch hugely improve the experience of using the phone." The continually disappointing thing about the iPhone coverage has been people who dismiss things as not needed until Apple gets around to implemen…

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