Comment by spython
14 hours ago
I think it's so that the fingers holding the device don't obstruct the view/ don't get counted as touch event.
14 hours ago
I think it's so that the fingers holding the device don't obstruct the view/ don't get counted as touch event.
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'm always managing to tap the top of the phone resulting in either
- opening some app that recently used location services
Or worse
- making whatever app I'm in jump to the top of its page with no way to get back to where I was short of doing a load of scrolling
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.
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How small are your hands?
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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.
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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.