For those with larger phones, how do you handle them without grip accessories?

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• dustyData@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Why are all the options so defeatists? Using both hands is not caving in, using a pop socket or whatever accessory is not a failure, you are not being submitted. What is this, competitive smart phone use?

  I use my phone one handed like 80% of the time. I use both hands to type long texts exclusively. I would hold it with both hands if I’m watching a long YouTube video as it’s more comfortable. It’s just a standard 6.5" phone, my hands are not even large at all. I do agree that more significantly different sizes of phones should be an option.

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  • ALostInquirer@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    What is this, competitive smart phone use?

    No, but the options are defeatist because they reflect my feelings related to the broad design trends of phones being bigger, and my preference for handling a phone one-handed. For me personally, it’s caving in (and frankly just clumsy feeling) to have to use both hands to handle phones (mainly in portrait orientation) that are in a weird size range that’s almost too big but not so much so that they’re no longer portable.

    Also in my opinion while it’s absolutely **not ** a personal failure to use an accessory to help handle larger phones, it simply is a design failure. It’s like having to put a label on a door to tell people how to open it, that’s courtesy of a design failure that made opening the door ambiguous.

    Anyway, 6.5" is a large phone to me, so that being a “standard” is why the phrasing is so defeatist. You’re stuck in an awkward compromise if you want a device more capable, get some less powerful but smaller option (e.g. Jelly), or something that even on the smaller end is still relatively large (e.g. Zenfone 8/9).

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    • eee@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      For me, the samsung flagships have been a godsend - small enough to use one-handed, yet powerful.

      People hate on Samsung but the UI has improved over the past few years, and whatever bloat they have can mostly be uninstalled now.

      As a bonus, I like the Samsung quick toggles much, much more than the pixel ones.

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    • dustyData@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Buy a Z flip. Foldables are the current answer of the industry to your pledge.

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• zakobjoa@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  ʙɪɢ ʜᴀɴᴅ

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  • SnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Hands so big people cant see a glass when I’m holding it

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    • lars@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I used to have a president who described their hands like this.

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• betwixthewires@lemmy.basedcount.com ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I don’t. Popsocket all the way. Even big men with big hands can’t one hand these phones anymore.

  I want a small phone with an OLED 1080 display that is supported by lineage OS and has a headphone jack. That’s all I want, I don’t care about processor or ram being mid, mediocre camera is fine, I need decent storage though, or an SD slot.

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  • Sludgeyy@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I have a s22+

    I always get told I have piano fingers

    I used to use a popsocket, but I switched to a phone wallet

    Back, Home, and Recent tabs are all on the bottom with a simple swipe up.

    I keep my phone resting on my pinky

    With it like that, my thumb can reach 2/3 of the way to the top.

    Placing my pinky under the phone, I can reach my thumb to the top left corner.

    Most of the time, I never need to reach up there

    But as for typing, I typed this whole thing one handed

    I enjoy the big screen

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    • RecursiveParadox@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Thank you for the actual, technical explanation.

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• Metacortechs@lemmy.stellarvortex.com ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Big ass hands

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  • sanguinepar@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Big ass-hands?

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    • Metacortechs@lemmy.stellarvortex.com ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Hyphen omitted intentionally to let the reader decide which reading would bring them more joy.

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• DontTreadOnBigfoot@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I got ahead of it by growing big hands years ago

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• eee@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I tried a bunch of things - popsockets, elastic band things, i even pasted high-friction grip tape to the sides and back of the phone directly.

  After 2 years, I just went out and got a smaller phone lol

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  • PrincessLeiasCat@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Same. Sometimes while laying in bed my cat drapes herself across my arm, and it was impossible to use it with just one hand. I didn’t have the reach.

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• RamSwamson@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Corner wedged into bottom of palm with index finger supporting the top corner and remaining fingers supporting the back, thumb to navigate.

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  • Caligvla@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    And the bottom rests on the pinky.

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    • TheCrispyDud@kbin.social ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I've actually got a callus on the inside portion of my pinky from my phone resting there all the time.

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• vivavideri@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I thought popsockets were SO FUCKING STUPID…until I tried one.

  I succumbed. I have tiny hands. Tiny, prematurely achy hands. The popsocket helps so much, and they send coupons occasionally for mounts.

  Bonus: if your popsocket slides around on your mount, stick a rubber band on it or dunk it in plastidip, you’re welcome lol

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  • eee@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    it’s annoying in your pocket and when using wireless charging though

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    • vivavideri@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      You got me on wireless charging (I have a spidgen case that pops right off if I need to use the backside of the phone, but I’m sure something like an OtterBox would be an UNBELIEVABLE pain in the ass), but they do make a popsocket that helps a little with pocket shenanigans.

      It still catches some in girljeans but that’s mostly because SMALL POCKETS SUCK. My note20 slides in just fine in the dudepants I have lol

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    • TheButtonJustSpins@infosec.pub ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Popsocket makes wireless chargers with holes in the center so you can still use them. Limiting, but functional.

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• csfirecracker@lemmyf.uk ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I use it one-handed. My pinky supports the bottom of the phone, rest of the fingers support the back, I navigate with my thumb. If I need to type for an extended period of time I use both thumbs to type more quickly.

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  • Eufalconimorph@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Same, I’ve tiny hands and a Note 9. Works fine.

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• radiated@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I have big hands.

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• chairman@feddit.nl ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Amen. And this is also exactly why I only drink my tea with this…

  Image

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  • CaptainBlagbird@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    And wine… Image

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• Kolanaki@yiffit.net ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I have equally large hands.

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• CAPSLOCKFTW@feddit.de ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I have large hands.

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  • cobysev@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Same, large hands here. Smaller phones are uncomfortable.

    On the flip side, my wife gets the smaller version of our phones because she has tiny hands. Her hands get cramps from holding up larger phones and she has mild tendonitis in her wrists from previous large/heavy phones.

    She also has to shop for shoes in the kids’ aisles, so you know… she’s kind of a petite person all around.

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• Linuturk@lemmy.onitato.com ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Pop socket life. I have a magsafe case for my Pixel 7 Pro and the magnetic pop socket. I can pull it off when I want and wireless charge.

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  • atrielienz@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Haven’t bought a popsocket in awhile. Didn’t know they had a magnetic one. Gonna check that out.

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    • donslaught@unilem.org ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      They actually just released new magsafe popsockets like a couple weeks ago including new accessories like wireless chargers to work with the new popsocket on your phone.

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• empireOfLove@lemmy.one ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I just have big fucking hands

  A Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra fits just about right with no case.

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• BloodSlut@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  long fingor

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  • ALostInquirer@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    100% imagining this as wearing a finger extension to help

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• Vaggumon@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I’m legally blind, so I try to get the biggest screen I can and probably use it way different then someone who can actually see normally. I just upgraded to the Pixel 7 Pro and the way I do things, I tend to rest the bottom of the phone against my chest, and support the upper end in my palm. while using my other hand to navigate.

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• RisingSwell@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  My right hand can read like 60% of the screen easily so I just touch the bottom half and read the top half.

  I do swipe back a page a lot though, because my thumb moves in an arc and my phone often thingks that means I’m swiping sideways instead of vertical.

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• iforgotmyinstance@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I use a pop socket to handle my phone one handed. Sometimes I type with both thumbs.

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  • Orbituary@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Didn’t read the question very well, eh?

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    • CrayonRosary@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Didn’t read the post body very well, eh?

      Or do you ultimately submit and get an accessory to kinda help, at least with keeping a hold of them?

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• DeadNinja@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  OnePlus8 - pinky.

  For most apps I have opted for “toolbar at the bottom”. Along with my pinky, it works at least for me.

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• utg@mander.xyz ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  A couple of things help me:

  1. Having bigger hands for a start
  2. Native gestures
  3. Extra gestures using specific apps

  That last one is the best deal

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• biggetit@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  S22+ Highly recommend the quick cursor app:

  play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.quickcu…

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• scarabic@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I caved after dropping my iPhone max until I broke it. I’d like the extra size but there is a practical limit.

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• SkinnyTimmy@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Carefully

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• Starb3an@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I drop it. A lot.

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• WhoRoger@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I have a case with a ring/stand. I also often use one-handed mode in the keyboard or in the UI.

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• Kaliax@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I run a PopSocket on my S22Ultra (no case) and keep a couple of these around:

  PopSockets Flexible Phone Mount - Black a.co/d/0aYtsed

  When bent correctly for different orientations it’s absolutely fantastic, and can make interacting with the S-Pen highly ergonomic. Adapt and overcome!

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• rikudou@lemmings.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I do one of the following:

  • I use it with both hands
  • I use it one-handed if everything I need is reachable
  • I switch to single-handed mode (don’t know if it’s a Samsung-only feature or an Android one in general)
  • I use it with a S-Pen

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• otter@lemmy.ca ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  An accessory is pretty good, some of them can flatten out flush with the phone so that you can still use stands / wireless charging

  The cloth ones are more comfortable but they my plastic/metal ones feel more secure imo

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• nocturne213@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  What do you consider a larger phone? I have an iPhone 14 Pro, it is slightly smaller (more just a different form factor) than my previous device, the Moto Z 4. I have a case, but have always had a case all the way back to my LG that was the size of an iPod. I do not use any other holding device.

  If I do not feel comfortable holding and using it in the environment I am at I put it into my pocket for the time being. When we walk our dogs I usually never take it out because one of my dogs is notorious at yanking the leash if we stop for too long (my sister and I trade plant and other nature photos a lot). A lot of times we walk on a dirt path, I am more comfortable with it out there than I am when we walk the dogs in town and we are on an asphalt path.

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  • ALostInquirer@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    That’s right on the edge of larger to me looking at the dimensions. It’s not super comfortable but not as bad as the Max might be imo. I can say that without having one as I currently have a phone around the same dimensions and it’s workable but I’d honestly like it somewhat smaller (both in length/width).

    Tbh I feel like the iPod Touch (6th/7th gen I think) are right around the sweet spot in terms of dimensions for me personally, albeit I suspect those probably suck for folks with larger hands.

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