iPhone 15 Pro Max A minor criticism of all-screen iPhones

[Black_Mage]

Ever since I bought my iPhone 15 Pro Max, I have noticed that I tap the screen by accident. For example, a minute ago I picked up my phone, and the palm of my hand tapped the screen while a YouTube video was playing. Another video started playing. It's very annoying when this happens. It finally occurred to me why this is happening. All the iPhones I had before had a space around the home button with no screen, so I got used to grabbing my iPhone a certain way.

Does this mean I am against iPhones having a bigger screen-to-body ratio? No. I just need to get into the habit of grabbing the sides with my palm away from the screen so I don't accidentally tap the screen anymore. I interpret this experience as sometimes a cool design can have unintended and annoying consequences.

Have any of you had any frustrations with going from an iPhone with thick bezels to an iPhone with no bezels?

 

[eyoungren]

I have one edge to edge iPhone, my 11 Pro Max. Everything else is a 6s series or older. After 5+ years (and still going) with my 11PM I have long ago learned to pick it up by the sides.

But, the curved sides don't help. My iPhone 5, which has flat sides, is much easier (to me) to pick up by the sides than my 11 Pro Max.

All that said, I tend to place my phones in specific spots when streaming audio or video. It makes them easier to pick up, and my lifestyle and chosen profession allows me to have those specific spots.

 

[Mrbobb]

Ditto here.

Some apps, feels like I have to hold the edge of the phone with fingers as not to produce a false key press.

I miss the chin and the home button, with current phones oftentimes I don't know which way is up or down and pick up the phone upside down, am thinking of buying another case with colored buttons to help me discern orientation at a glance.

Enough, I want my iPhone4 20-anniversary edition, I will even pre-pay it.

 

[eyoungren]

I miss the chin and the home button, with current phones oftentimes I don't know which way is up or down and pick up the phone upside down, am thinking of buying another case with colored buttons to help me discern orientation at a glance.

I only experience this if I am distracted by something else and have laid my phone down on a surface temporarily. When I get back to it, then yes, I may be confused as to which end is up.

Call me anal, or anything you want, but depending on the situation, I lay my phone down in exactly the same orientation each time. Pretty easy to remember which end is up when you do that.



This is where my phone goes when I am at my desk. Vertical orientation with the top of the phone…at the top. I put my phone here in exactly the same orientation each and every time I sit down with it at my desk. When I put it back after picking it up, it goes back in the same exact orientation. Something VERY strange will have to be going on for me to reach over and find that it is upside down.

In other spots, it is laid down in exactly the same way each and every time. Again, in that case, it would be odd to find it not oriented the way I laid it down.

In short…I don't have this problem.

 

[maerz001]

I only experience this if I am distracted by something else and have laid my phone down on a surface temporarily. When I get back to it, then yes, I may be confused as to which end is up.

Call me anal, or anything you want, but depending on the situation, I lay my phone down in exactly the same orientation each time. Pretty easy to remember which end is up when you do that.

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This is where my phone goes when I am at my desk. Vertical orientation with the top of the phone…at the top. I put my phone here in exactly the same orientation each and every time I sit down with it at my desk. When I put it back after picking it up, it goes back in the same exact orientation. Something VERY strange will have to be going on for me to reach over and find that it is upside down.

In other spots, it is laid down in exactly the same way each and every time. Again, in that case, it would be odd to find it not oriented the way I laid it down.

In short…I don't have this problem.

I have very often the problem with the „slide to open camera“ when i grab it from my pocket. Shame this can’t be disabled. And then the side button for the torch can’t be used.

Offtopic: Haven’t seen a DVD/blueray in a while 😉 i think the last was a ps4 which i sold 10years ago

 

[mavis]

This happens to me all the time (iPhone 16 Pro Max). What's really annoying is that it's a clear digression from the original iPhone - Steve Jobs literally bragged, when announcing the iPhone in 2007, about how smart the display technology was - he said it "ignores unintended touches." Guess Apple forgot about that.