As you can see in the GIF above, a double - touch on the home button (don't press the home button, just touch it twice) invokes
reachability on all iPhones with a home button.
Not exact matches
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Reachability» is another feature that you would not have seen
on earlier, smaller iPhone models.
It then utilizes contemporary tools in complex networks to assess several dynamics
on the system, particularly, the flow of goods and other relief efforts, and quantify the
reachability of critical loci within a geographic area where a disaster has struck.
Educators are witnessing how file sharing
on cloud applications, digital textbooks, and online note taking software improves their
reachability.
As far as port, sensor, and button placement is concerned:
on the back, we have our main camera sensor and a LED flash, there's no heart - rate sensor
on the A series;
on the front, we have our proximity and ambient light sensors, a front - facing camera, earpiece, display, back and recent app capacitive keys, and a home button with an integrated touch - based fingerprint sensor (A5 and A7 only);
on the bottom, there's a microphone, 3.5 mm headphone jack, MicroUSB port, and the speaker grille;
on the top, we have nothing other than the secondary microphone, and, just like the new GS7, there's no IR blaster
on board; and the volume buttons are located
on the left side of the aluminium frame, while the power button is located
on the right side — all three buttons are very tactile with excellent
reachability and positioning.
A swipe upwards to go back to the Home screen works from within any app, and
Reachability can be enabled in Settings and accessed by swiping downwards
on the bar at the bottom of the display.
To use
Reachability you have to flick down
on the Home indicator.
Meizu took a dig at Apple for failing the UX
on the bigger iPhone 6 Plus, claims MX5 has a better UX for screen
reachability
To turn it
on, go to Settings > General > Accessibility, scroll down and tap
Reachability, then turn it
on.
Apple's «Plus» size
Reachability feature to enable you to pull down stuff at the top of the screen (that, to be honest, we always invoked by mistake) is no longer
on by default here, but it is there if you want it.
Now that the iPhone X is out in the wild, we know that
Reachability lives
on the iPhone X.
Here, turn
on the
Reachability option by tapping
on the toggle.
Once you enable
Reachability, you activate it by swiping down
on the bottom of the iPhone X display.
There is literally no point in trimming the fat
on the top, if the bottom bezel, the only bezel that actually affects us ability and
reachability of the screen, is still a solid CM thick or more.
Open Settings - > General - > Accessibility and turn
on Reachability.
If you're right - handed, and thus wear your watch
on your left arm, many payment terminals are
on the wrong side for easy
reachability.
The new feature is very similar to Apple's
reachability option
on the iPhone 6 Plus which allows you to reposition the contents of the screen in the lower half of the screen so that you can reach poorly - placed buttons with one hand while holding the phone.
Even though we found the 4.7 - inch screen easy enough to use one - handed, we could see how
Reachability would be helpful
on the iPhone 6 Plus.
Holding it one - handed, while resting my little finger
on the base of the device, I can do most things easily enough, especially when using the two - taps -
on - the home - button
Reachability mode to bring the top of the screen down to within your thumb's reach.