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For those with larger phones, how do you handle them without grip accessories?

Do you cave and use both hands? Do you take the chance and try to use them one-handed when more actively using them? Or do you ultimately submit and get an accessory to kinda help, at least with keeping a hold of them?

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a few other answers:just use both hands, get an accessory, and/or balance on pinky and develop the toughest pinky imaginable ::: spoiler bonus: find some smol phone you like and savor it for as long as it works

chairman ,

Amen. And this is also exactly why I only drink my tea with this…

https://feddit.nl/pictrs/image/f903aac9-a1d2-42cf-9e42-5f04ca7f7b23.jpeg

CaptainBlagbird ,
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And wine… https://gif-free.com/uploads/posts/2017-05/1495863980_party-hard.gif

radiated ,

I have big hands.

Still ,
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big hands make 6.7 inch phones seem small

user91 ,

I choose the largest screen size my hand can comfortably wrangle

Metacortechs ,

Big ass hands

sanguinepar ,
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Big ass-hands?

Metacortechs ,

Hyphen omitted intentionally to let the reader decide which reading would bring them more joy.

sanguinepar ,
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Ha! :-)

eee ,

I tried a bunch of things - popsockets, elastic band things, i even pasted high-friction grip tape to the sides and back of the phone directly.

After 2 years, I just went out and got a smaller phone lol

PrincessLeiasCat ,

Same. Sometimes while laying in bed my cat drapes herself across my arm, and it was impossible to use it with just one hand. I didn’t have the reach.

Starb3an ,

I drop it. A lot.

Anticorp ,

I just rest the phone on my pinky, hold it with the other 3 fingers behind it, and use my thumb. When I got a bigger phone it made my pinky sore for a few days and then it got strong enough. I use both hands to type.

BloodSlut ,

long fingor

ALostInquirer OP ,

100% imagining this as wearing a finger extension to help

betwixthewires ,

I don’t. Popsocket all the way. Even big men with big hands can’t one hand these phones anymore.

I want a small phone with an OLED 1080 display that is supported by lineage OS and has a headphone jack. That’s all I want, I don’t care about processor or ram being mid, mediocre camera is fine, I need decent storage though, or an SD slot.

Sludgeyy ,

I have a s22+

I always get told I have piano fingers

I used to use a popsocket, but I switched to a phone wallet

Back, Home, and Recent tabs are all on the bottom with a simple swipe up.

I keep my phone resting on my pinky

With it like that, my thumb can reach 2/3 of the way to the top.

Placing my pinky under the phone, I can reach my thumb to the top left corner.

Most of the time, I never need to reach up there

But as for typing, I typed this whole thing one handed

I enjoy the big screen

RecursiveParadox ,
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Thank you for the actual, technical explanation.

Sludgeyy ,

My girlfriend loves her iPhone mini

She has small baby hands

I can curl my fingers over the tops of hers if we matched up hands

Mini feels so small in my hands and I don’t know if it’s just the different keyboard, but I can’t type on it very well

So I could even see that as a downside of me going to a smaller phone

vivavideri ,

I thought popsockets were SO FUCKING STUPID…until I tried one.

I succumbed. I have tiny hands. Tiny, prematurely achy hands. The popsocket helps so much, and they send coupons occasionally for mounts.

Bonus: if your popsocket slides around on your mount, stick a rubber band on it or dunk it in plastidip, you’re welcome lol

eee ,

it’s annoying in your pocket and when using wireless charging though

vivavideri ,

You got me on wireless charging (I have a spidgen case that pops right off if I need to use the backside of the phone, but I’m sure something like an OtterBox would be an UNBELIEVABLE pain in the ass), but they do make a popsocket that helps a little with pocket shenanigans.

It still catches some in girljeans but that’s mostly because SMALL POCKETS SUCK. My note20 slides in just fine in the dudepants I have lol

eee ,

idk, after a while I realised I shouldn’t be fighting so hard to use my phone. I use my phone one handed a lot on public transit so it got to the point where I decided I should actually get a phone that fits my needs, instead of trying to work around the issues with my phone.

Got the smallest samsung flagship and I’ve been really happy with it.

TheButtonJustSpins ,

Popsocket makes wireless chargers with holes in the center so you can still use them. Limiting, but functional.

WhoRoger ,
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I have a case with a ring/stand. I also often use one-handed mode in the keyboard or in the UI.

RisingSwell ,

My right hand can read like 60% of the screen easily so I just touch the bottom half and read the top half.

I do swipe back a page a lot though, because my thumb moves in an arc and my phone often thingks that means I’m swiping sideways instead of vertical.

Kaliax ,

I run a PopSocket on my S22Ultra (no case) and keep a couple of these around:

PopSockets Flexible Phone Mount - Black a.co/d/0aYtsed

When bent correctly for different orientations it’s absolutely fantastic, and can make interacting with the S-Pen highly ergonomic. Adapt and overcome!

FartsWithAnAccent ,
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I guess just big hands? I use a case which improve grips, but also makes the phone largerer, but IMO it’s worth the extra protection.

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