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I just got a new Pixel 7a a few days ago. I specifically got that one to get the smallest of the bunch. It's advertised as the smallest (and cheaper) model, phone size comparisons showed it to be indeed smaller than most competing devices and it's even listed in some "best small phones" lists.

Now it's here and it's massive. If I keep the pinkie below the phone, I literally can't reach the top of the screen at all, which is the entire notification bar - and my fingers are long! It's annoying me to the point of being just about to return it to get something like the s22 or s23, just to save those 6mm of height - which is ridiculous, as it'd end up costing me a hundred bucks extra and I won't get the free buds pro. I've been using Android since the G1 and outright refused to even consider anything else over years... But now I'm thinking about the iPhones 13 mini and se, just because I'm able to use them with one hand.

I want to like this device. So, could you people please tell me if I'm... Dunno, just doing it wrong? Like, not getting it or something? How do you pull down the notification bar in apps with one hand? How do you post those top-left buttons to close your current view? Enlighten me, please!

/edit Just in case anybody still sees this: I returned it. Went back to my s10e, which is eol and needs a charge in the afternoon, which is still annoying me less than that massive piece of hardware.

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[–] schnokobaer@feddit.de 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It’s advertised as the smallest

Is that actually the case? I've never seen them mention size in their advertising (one way or the other) and I have never considered anything after the Pixel 5 as normal sized. Yeah, they're all big, some more than others.

[–] Opafi@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Okay, so they don't call it small, granted. They do advertise the screen sizes quite prominently tough, saying "these are our three phone options and the first, bold thing we show is the size". But yeah, they don't call it small, the tech journalists do.

[–] schnokobaer@feddit.de 3 points 1 year ago

the tech journalists do

They like, lost touch, man.