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Answering single handed on me iPhone 12 mini on latest iOS π
It is a great small phone!
That was discontinued after two iterations. Was going to switch to ios just for their mini range after years of Android, then saw that they got rid of small phones as well. Like, what would I gain by switching ecosystems if I know that the next phone is still going to be huge?
BTW, I settled for an S24, which is considered "small" now but still way too big, but at least Samsung has a decent one handed mode that doesn't hide half of your screen like ios or stock android but instead decreases the whole screen to bearable sizes:
Still feels like the damn clown mask meme, where, after years of increasing phone sizes, they now add a stupid software feature to virtually decrease screen size to remain usable.
Yes, and that is kinda sad
Yes, it makes only sense if you value small phone with OK power right now high enough and donβt care about apple AI. -> I would prefer very much a phone with that size, power and efficiency running on mainland linux kernel with only inline modules(drivers)
Yea, I guess, in some years, when my current iPhone dies, I have to switch to a bigger phone as well.. Hopefully, there will be a hood open solution until then (I am considering DIY myself a phone using a compute module with modem sticked to it π)
Agree very much to last statement!
I second this.
Answering the phone single-handed sounds like it should be possible on even the largest of phones. No problem for me using a Pixel 9 Pro, although it's not a very big phone of course.