Thank goodness I have a screen protector on my Air. Went hiking and already have a massive scratch on the screen protector. Phew.
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My wife is always pro max user since 12 pro max updated every generation.
Lately she is concerned that her pinky visually looks bent as an iphone pinky holder. Also started having wrist pains. She always told me the pro max is the way to go (partially because she doesn’t have anything else in tech so one big phone it is).
I am just surprised it took so long to affect the wrist.
I used hand me down pro max for 4 months, and suddenly started having a wrist pain all of a sudden. I never had wrist pain even doing weight lifting.
My theory (subjective) is leaning back to primal functions of the human as in apes. Our hands are not equipped with magsafe nor they have pinky stands. All the problems with pro max starts when people try to one hand them - which is quite natural because you would expect people to use one hand only.
So if one uses pro max strictly with 2 hands due to habit or smth else, they would be fine because weight is distributed evenly on 2 hands.
But if people one hand it, then pro max with case and screen protector gets to whopping 0.64 lbs of weight. Obviously in the grand scheme of things this is nothing because people lift more in the gym. But the difference is that phones are big part of modern person, and screen times are ever so increasing ranging from 3 hrs to 12 hrs.
One handing 0.64 lbs eventually gets the most people. And that is because we were not built to fidget around such a heavy weight 24/7 by nature.
I’ve had a few Pro Max devices over the years including the XS Max. The larger screen is more immersive, always better for viewing content and seeing things clearer, and with the ever increasing size and weight it’s taking its toll and one handed use became impossible.
The 14 Pro Max was the one that caused the most pain in my wrist and fingers. Like you said it’s only natural to want to use one hand and there’s times when only one hand was free, and this meant resting the full weight on your pinky finger. Way too much bulk and weight.
The Air has completely changed the way a larger screen feels in the hand. It’s very thin & light and the only iPhone with a larger screen that actually causes me no pain whilst holding it, even for extended periods of time resting on my pinky finger.
Because it’s so comfortable and such a joy to use I guess the downside is than I spend more time on it that I should lol.
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With the Air, I’m using again my MagSafe Wallet: the light weight make the wallet again comfortable to use (like with my glorious 12 mini), something that with the 14PM I wasn’t able to enjoy.
I have the same issue with my pinky. Plus I had pain in my pinky itself so I stopped supporting any of my devices with my pinky. I've had wrist pain, too, but I already had RSI from my desk job to begin with.
I've noticed with e-ink readers, less than 200g is okay but heavier than that and I need to find another way to support the device. Also, large bezels help a lot when trying to hold these devices.
I had tennis elbow in both for about a year, and everytime I would take a call on my 16 max, after my elbow would really hurt lol, swapped to a 16 pro and it helped a lot, thankfully all healed now, but a few grams can make a difference, well did for me anyway, and I am a 6'3 90kg male.
I never thought about how i like lighter not necessarily smaller phones until it became a problem in general in the whole world.
My xiaomi redmi note 4 pro was like 150-165 grams, for a phablet of 5.5" brick that was very light partially because of plastic. All my iphones were light until they came up with stainless steel and bigger screens.
When i put a case and screen protector, i put them once on a kitchen scale. The case was 40gr and screen protector was 15 grams. So 55 grams or third weight of an iphone spent on accessories so now the real iphone's weight need to be multiplied by 1.33 to get the real weight of the whole package.
I use the Apple ‘frosted’ clear case which I’ve found to be good. Not as thin as some of the third party options but I prefer the extra protection being clumsy and having hard flooring everywhere
If i were to guess, it takes for them 2 iterations to close the flops. 14 and 15 pluses, 12 and 13 minis and such.
I think Samsung has more agility to close up, while Apple is probably already sitting on ready air 2 plan, so they wouldn’t be able to close sinking all costs - like even their screens is order ahead contract and research by samsung, while Samsung makes displays for themselves. Almost like a 2 year rent when one is stuck paying.
It seems people just don’t care much about weight or thin anymore.
Does not help that Apple is not really advertising it.
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How did you fix your tennis elbow? I have it from my desk job just in my right elbow from using a mouse constantly.
You bought a big phone and are surprised it was not comfortable to use with one hand? 🧐
There aren't any good options anymore. I figured I'll give the Air a try in case the thinness and reduced weight helps with one-hand use. I'm not really all that surprised. It was worth a try considering many iPhone mini owners have successfully switched to the Air (they probably have bigger hands than mine).
I'm sorta okay with both the iPhone 15 Pro and 12 and the combined dimensions for the Air's backshell is smaller than those. The 2.9-3mm difference in height also didn't seem like much on paper but makes a big difference in my hand.
iPhone Air
74.7mm (width) + 2x 5.6mm (thickness) = 85.9mm
iPhone 17
71.5mm (width) + 2x 8mm (thickness) = 87.5mm
iPhone 15 Pro
70.6mm (width) + 2x 8.3mm (thickness) = 87.2mm
iPhone 12
71.5mm (width) + 2x 7.4mm (thickness) = 86.3mm
If you are willing to pay the high monetary price, I believe you will be very happy with the future folding iPhone for one-handed use when closed.
From rumors, it's even wider than the 6.9" Pro Max when folded so I doubt it.
No that's true. Wider isn't better for one-handed use.
I'm curious do you use your iPhone one-handed because you must (like when standing on a subway) or because you want to? I haven't used my iPhone with one hand in many years. I find two-hands far more natural now.