Reachability much?

Alimar said:

Turned off. Fidget too much with the home button.

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Same. I imagine it's a great feature for some, but in most cases I either reposition my hand or just use both hands.

Tiger8 said:

Thanks, but that only works for Safari, for which anyway the back button is at the bottom. What I mean is go back in your app, go back from the inbox of one email to your mailbox overview to pick the next email. Go back from one Pandora station to switch to another one. Go back from a transaction detail in your banking app to see your account summary again.

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works fine for me in email.

Only had the iPhone 6 for about a week now, but using Reachability more and more, especially after discovering it works with notification center as well!

its a gimmick imo, and i turned it off too. interferes with other home button inputs.

How so? What home button inputs do you refer to? Just curious.

kepler20b said:

its a gimmick imo, and i turned it off too. interferes with other home button inputs.

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I use it constantly. IMO, great feature.

Used it once by mistake. Just use both hands when needed.

Like it and use it a lot, here.

Blown away? Not particularly.
I do however think it's very handy, I use it pretty much every time I pick up my phone.
I'm a woman and I have small hands, I also have a 6 Plus, and the reachability feature makes it a lot easier to reach the top half of the screen.

I never use it on my iPhone 6. Don't find much use for it.

I find myself using my other hand more often than not if I need to reach the top of the screen. I type double thumbed most of the time as it is (always have done since my first 3G).

When I can't use my other hand then I usually change my grip but considering where I live isn't too friendly I'd rather not use my phone if I haven't got both hands free, it makes the 6+ a bit too easy to snatch out of the hand.

i totally forgot that this function exists

^Same. Wish it could be used for other functions like taking a screenshot or multi-tasking.

I've got small hands but don't find myself using reachability much. It implies getting down to the home button, which is difficult in itself depending on how you're holding the phone. We've got 2 hands, so after all why not use them...

I've accidentally triggered it more times than I have intentionally it's a decent idea, but I really think having a larger form factor stumped Apple since they had put so much time into laying out an OS that was accessible with only 1 hand.

Tiger8 said:

Thanks, but that only works for Safari, for which anyway the back button is at the bottom. What I mean is go back in your app, go back from the inbox of one email to your mailbox overview to pick the next email. Go back from one Pandora station to switch to another one. Go back from a transaction detail in your banking app to see your account summary again.

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Ugh, the idea of adding a physical back button sounds like a step backwards aesthetically.

I think apple should just copy Samsung on reachability by shrinking the screen. It is much better concept than apple. No shame in copying good idea.

Sometimes I use it but really it's in the wrong place. Depending on what hand your holding the phone with the Touch ID/reachability should be in the center of the screen. Maybe they should have added a gesture/tap

I've only activated it by accident. I've developed a way of gripping my wallet case cover so I can use the Plus one handed decently when I have to. But I've always been primarily a two-handed texter and smart phone user.