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I’d be surprised if thumb rejection/palm rejection isn’t close to perfect by iPadOS 18.





I’m forever triggering the camera app, while locking the device, on my iPhone 15 pro max. Every day, regularly.

I click on ads by mistake on my iPhone 15 pro max. Even the iPhone SE was better, with its bottom bezel. Thumb detection on iOS is very bad.

How small are your hands?

Consider the possibility that the person here is not an adult Western man.

On top of that, just consider that there may be someone with a different body shape.

There is a really weird vibe that some folks put out trying to body shame over the internet.


I could have phrased it better but I was trying to be succinct.

Smaller hands are likely to struggle to one hand control the Pro Max.


Honestly I'm not sure you could have phrased it worse!

> Smaller hands are likely to struggle to one hand control the Pro Max.

Couldn't agree more.


"The phone is fine, it's your genetics that are the problem here"

How is that possible? The camera icon is in the bottom left corner of the screen and you use the physical lock button on the side to lock the iPhone.

Don’t shame the man with the extra digit projecting from his thenar eminence.

You can also trigger the camera by swiping right-to-left on the lock screen or from the notification pull-down.

Same.

Doesn't work well for me. Thumb gets too close to bottom, and now scrolling becomes zooming. All the time.

Well its not that they couldn't do it but the iPad has always had bezels and the apps are expecting bezels not thumb rejection. They could be but they're not built with an on screen safe area.



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