> So this is probably a really niche complaint that you and Shaq have

I developed a hypothesis when the phablets first started showing up and still feel it holds. There are two main clusters of users:

1) People who use their phone "on the go", specifically walking around and that sort of thing. Like I'm walking down the sidewalk and pull it out to check a message or see directions.

2) People who use their phone while stationary. Sitting on the couch, on the subway, on an airplane, that sort of thing.

People in group 1 generally lean towards smaller phones as the single handed usage comes in handy. You're not trying to surf the web doing this, so you don't need full usage, but you need to be able to hold it in your hand.

The people who are more stationary users don't have this restriction and they're more likely to want the full functionality when they're using it.

>A lot of people who are "mobile-only" prefer larger phones.

And a lot of people who are not prefer smaller ones.

>I've never been able to use a smart phone with one hand, even an original iphone. So this is probably a really niche complaint that you and Shaq have.

Not in the slightest. I've got a Galaxy A52, a large-ish phone for its time, and I can use it quite easily with one hand. I can't readily think of the small-hands equivalent of Shaq to compose a snarky "it's you" retort, and I'm sure it's not just you, but plenty people around you, with relatively normal hands, can use their phone with one hand.

Yes, I too remember when Shaq starred in this commercial.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Af0gtsjfy7E

I use my iPhone SE with one hand all the time, and have small-ish hands. Being able to use a phone with one hand is a fairly basic accessibility feature, not a niche ask

> I've never been able to use a smart phone with one hand, even an original iphone

The original iPhone is tiny. Are you misremembering?

I'm not Shaq and I also have this complaint. Moved recently from an iPhone 13 mini which I could easily use with one hand to a iPhone 17 Pro which I can not use with one hand.

Can confirm that I am not Shaq, but the 4S was the last phone I could use entirely one-handed (i.e. my thumb had full reach of the screen whilst my pinkie finger sat under the bottom of the phone, cradling it), and the 13 mini was the last functional size where I could reach at least part of the top of the screen with my thumb.

I can use iphone SE (3rd gen) with one hand, and I'm not Shaq either presumably.

What? Plenty of people can use the smaller iPhones with just one hand.