Millions of iPhone owners are holding their phones wrong – you’re suffering for no reason
IT’S a simple but all too common mistake: you’re holding your iPhone wrong.
The problem needlessly affects millions of people.
It’s all linked to the gargantuan size of modern smartphones.
If you’re trying to text or use your large iPhone, you’ll almost certainly have had to hold it in very awkward positions – especially if you’re only using one hand.
We’ve all been there: painfully stretching our fingers across the screen, or pressing the iPhone at odd angles.
Thankfully Apple has two handy features that mean you never have to hold your phone in that awkward way again.
If you’re regularly holding onto a bus strap, train pole, a cup of coffee or a dog leash, you’ll definitely want to use these.
iPhone screen trick #1 – Reachability
Reachability is a little-known iPhone features that lets you quickly shift the top of the screen down.
This makes it much easier to reach the top part of the display.
Apple says: “When you use iPhone with one hand in Portrait orientation, you can use Reachability to lower the top half of the screen so it’s within easy reach of your thumb.”
The feature has been around for years, so your iPhone certainly supports it.
You’ll need an iPhone 6 or later, so any core model launched in 2014 or later will support it.
To turn it on, go into Settings and then look for Accessibility.
Now tap Touch and then toggle on the Reachability function.
So how do you use Reachability? It depends on your iPhone model.
If you’re using an iPhone with Face ID, you’ll want to swipe down on the bottom edge of the screen.
And if your iPhone has a Home button, lightly double-tap it.
When you want to return to full-screen mode, simply tap the upper half of the screen.
iPhone screen trick #2 – One-handed keyboard
That’s not the only trick your iPhone has for one-handed use.
There’s also a way to quickly shrink the keyboard – to make keys easier to reach.
First you need to go on the app you want to type in and make sure the keyboard is open.
Then look in the bottom left hand corner and touch and hold the emoji face or world symbol.
When you hold the emoji or world symbol down, a small “Keyboard Settings” box should appear and on the bottom row you will see three different keyboard symbols.
Tap the symbol on the left to get a keyboard that’s easier to type on with just your left hand.
Tap the symbol on the right to get a keyboard that’s easier to type on with just your right hand.
Once you’re finished using your one handed keyboard, you can return it to normal by holding down the bottom corner emoji or world symbol and selecting the middle keyboard option.