Even
with Reachability, it's still somewhat cumbersome to have to double tap every time you want a screen to come down to meet your thumb, but at least the iPhone gives an option if you need to do some things with one hand.
The new option would allow users to be reached via an email address, and help
with reachability.
Not exact matches
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.
The phone feels very sturdy (in part due to the thickness), the materials feel premium and the ergonomics are very good for a large and thick device,
with good button placement and
reachability.
I have relatively small hands, and I had a lot of trouble using the device, even
with Apple's
Reachability feature that lets you better reach content towards the top of the screen by double - tapping the home button.
Easier accessibility is something Apple has dabbled in
with the iPhone 6 and its
Reachability feature so no doubt many more people will begin to recognize and appreciate these features, even if they have been around for a while (the Ascend Mate 1 also had a one - handed UI).
With this, the company claims that users can do more with the button, including multitasking, accessibility and reachability functions, as well as support for Siri and Apple
With this, the company claims that users can do more
with the button, including multitasking, accessibility and reachability functions, as well as support for Siri and Apple
with the button, including multitasking, accessibility and
reachability functions, as well as support for Siri and Apple Pay.
The
reachability mode, say it
with me, SUCKS.
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.
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.
Microsoft also added
reachability feature like Apple so that you can use the big screen
with one hand.