Create a single hand use sized device
I tried using Jolla during an international trip when you are in a hurry and one hand is always busy with e.g. holding a handle in a bus while you try to check on the map where you need to exist the bus or when you try sending a message to a friend that meets you out of the bus. And.. first Jolla device is not huge, but it's just a little too wide for single handed use (by my hand that is of quite an average size).
It's exactly the leftmost column of letters in the keyboard that you cannot press comfortably. You can sort of slide device in your hand to do it, but that's not super-easy and not really for on-the-go situations. There are similar issues with reaching the top and especially top-left parts of the screen, but with pulley menus and left-right swipes you don't need to do it that much.
You know, there is a reason why iPhone isn't going the Galaxy Note way still. It is not for everybody, some people prefer huge screens at any cost, but I really would like to have a device that fits to single hand. It can even have the same resolution that will look more "retina" just because DPI will be higher. Hopefully there are many other people like me. Vote up if you are one of them, vote down if you hate the idea and comment.
I agree with you: when I bought the device without seeing it, I was not really worried, the size difference did not seem that big, and I kind of liked the idea of a bigger screen. But, as a phone, I think the N9 size is just perfect. The Jolla is just a bit too big to be used one handed, or to put in the front jeans pocket.
It is not that bad, and most of my friends and colleagues have bigger devices yet, so maybe we have to give it some time to get comfortable using it.
mikelima ( 2013-12-31 14:08:16 +0200 )edit