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reachability on the plus size
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Agreed. Excellent feature that allows you to retain the same grip on your iPhone Plus without have to readjust it in your hands to navigate items at the top of the screen or any awkward holding positions that might make you prone to drop it.
Reachability -helps- but if one-handed use is very important, may not be enough.
Let's face it, the Plus screen is longer than the length of most people's thumb.
If you haven't already done so, go to an Apple store to try it out.
Never use it, I have it turned off because I trigger it accidentally sometimes.
I too eventually had to disable it, I kept activating it by accident.
Over time you just learn to handle the larger phone. The benefits outweigh the few negatives.
Over time you just learn to handle the larger phone. The benefits outweigh the few negatives.
I disabled it also and I have the smaller 4.7" display!
Some people swear by it and (I guess) some swear at it.
I don't use it a lot...but it does come in handy when only one hand's free. I can just about contort my thumb to reach the top of the screen for notifications etc, but if needed the quick double-tap on the home button is useful. Will be interesting to see how it works with the new iPhone 7/7 Plus, assuming the same kind of capacitive feel.
Once you have a big one in your hand, you'll never go back to a small one again! One-handing it is no problem.
If you are buying the plus with the intention of it being a "1 handed" phone you will be disappointed. I know people say they use it 1 handed, and you can to an extent, but it is not that effective or practical. It is a big phone and it is meant to be. The average person is going to struggle to send a text 1 handed with something in the other hand fast.
Just the 4.7", the SE or 4" phones do not.
Just the 4.7", the SE or 4" phones do not.
I use it when I'm feeling lazy, i.e. laying down in bed.
It does have it's usefulness and it isn't a gimmick.
When I went from the 5S to the 6S Plus, I thought the 6S Plus was too big. However, I like the screen real estate and couldn't see myself with a smaller screen in the future as the tradeoff is nice.
It does have it's usefulness and it isn't a gimmick.
When I went from the 5S to the 6S Plus, I thought the 6S Plus was too big. However, I like the screen real estate and couldn't see myself with a smaller screen in the future as the tradeoff is nice.
I didn't like Reachability too much but really only gave it a couple of shots. When I get the 7+ I'll try it out again.
What would be great would be if iOS allowed us a setting that toggled the location of the "home" icon location from which all others are placed. Right now that's the upper-left location. A settings toggle that pinned it to lower-right or left would allow much better one-handed use of the Plus-sized phones. It wouldn't solve every problem, but would make a dent. On my 6+ I had it jailbroken and used Homescreen Designer for this. Once I abandoned my jailbreak I used movemakr.io but eh. That's only so-so.
What would be great would be if iOS allowed us a setting that toggled the location of the "home" icon location from which all others are placed. Right now that's the upper-left location. A settings toggle that pinned it to lower-right or left would allow much better one-handed use of the Plus-sized phones. It wouldn't solve every problem, but would make a dent. On my 6+ I had it jailbroken and used Homescreen Designer for this. Once I abandoned my jailbreak I used movemakr.io but eh. That's only so-so.
I find it pretty useful in many situations, mostly when I'm using the phone one-handed. But I've also been more deliberate about where I place folders and icons (and icons in folders) to make sure the ones I use the most are within reach of my right thumb.
