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[openwheel]

Those complaining about using one hand and woe is you wah wah wah.... No one uses one hand so shaddap. I see little females with iPhone 6s+. Man up and use two hands like a man.

This is a useful consumer advice. :thumbsup: Post of the year 2015.

 

[linkgoron]

Haven't had any problems using a Note 3, Note 4, Note 5, iPhone 6 Plus, or a Nexus 6P with one hand. It's even easier with Samsung phones because they put the back button on the right side, closer to your thumb. Once you adjust to a larger screen you can definitely use it with one hand.

The guy complaining about the Nexus 5 being perfect but the S6 being unusable needs to stop exaggerating:

So what if the phone is slightly taller, there's nothing on the top of the phone to even reach for.

I think that it's not the screen size that makes the difference but the real buttons vs screen buttons which effectively gives you a smaller screen

 

[ultimatebob]

That thing looks like the bastard love child of a Galaxy S3 and an iPhone 6! Please tell me that this isn't real.

 

[s44]

That's why I went lgv10. Still has the ir blaster and everything else Samsung took out.

Yeah, it would be nice if LG made even a single decent non-supersize phone, though.

 

[shabby]

The guy complaining about the Nexus 5 being perfect but the S6 being unusable needs to stop exaggerating:

So what if the phone is slightly taller, there's nothing on the top of the phone to even reach for.

The onscreen buttons are easier to reach with your thumb than the capacitive ones, i use my pinky to support the phone and now have to use my thumb to basically touch the recent button which is right above my pinky, try it its not comfortable imo.

I have a nexus 5 and had a lg g2 for a few months, its 1.7mm wider and 0.6mm taller with a 0.2" bigger screen, almost size identical right? But now i couldn't reach the pulldown toggles easily with my thumb. So yes a small difference does make a huge difference in how you use it.

 

[Kelvrick]

The onscreen buttons are easier to reach with your thumb than the capacitive ones, i use my pinky to support the phone and now have to use my thumb to basically touch the recent button which is right above my pinky, try it its not comfortable imo.

I have a nexus 5 and had a lg g2 for a few months, its 1.7mm wider and 0.6mm taller with a 0.2" bigger screen, almost size identical right? But now i couldn't reach the pulldown toggles easily with my thumb. So yes a small difference does make a huge difference in how you use it.

The other difference is that with the screen buttons, you can decide which side the "back" and the "alt tab/whatever" button is on. I usually use my phones with my left hand and the back button on the bottom right corner makes it hard to get to.

 

[shabby]

Im surprised google doesn't allow you to customize the nav buttons in aosp, think lg gives some ability but google gives nothing.

 

[jhansman]

I gave up on Samsung with the launch of the s6 and note 5. Took away too many options.

This is why I am sticking with my S5, but I played with an S6 the other day and found it very impressive. Yeah, no battery or SD card options, but that seems to be the trend now. Which makers are offering phones that let you upgrade storage or replace the battery in their flagship models?

 

[s44]

Yeah, no battery or SD card options, but that seems to be the trend now. Which makers are offering phones that let you upgrade storage or replace the battery in their flagship models?

LG, but they've abandoned the 5-5.1" size.

 

[jhansman]

LG, but they've abandoned the 5-5.1" size.

Which, in my book, is the ideal screen size for a phone. A coworker just got the Nexus 6P and the thing looks enormous. He had to get a holster for it 'cause it wouldn't fit in a front pocket. No thanks. I feel the pull of the S6, but most of it is just technolust.

 

[s44]

Which, in my book, is the ideal screen size for a phone.

Oh, I agree. S4, N5, S6... I don't understand why other manufacturers have abandoned this size.