HTC One, too large for women/girl's hands?

[Clashman]

I've heard more than a few females say that the iphone 5 is the ideal size for them. Do you guys think the HTC one might be a little bit large for them? Will HTC lose sales to apple?

Here in Hong Kong, the phone of choice among females is a virtual tie between iPhones and Galaxy Note 2s, so I'd say the size isn't that big of a factor.

 

[mysterygirl]

There are also apps that will let you add toggles to the notification window on the One. I saw what looked like a great one in a video yesterday. Sorry I don't remember the name of it, but it was in a tips and tricks video on YouTube.

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[nancybout]

Me too, iphone for few years and I jumped off

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[mysterygirl]

I'm a woman and I can't wait to get my hands on this phone. Debated between this and the S4, and ended up preordering the One yesterday. I may get an S4 later to round out my collection

Not worried in the least about this fitting in my hands properly!

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[nancybout]

I never even wondered lol is the note 2 too big for my hand... We have hands that average for all females. I have no problem w my note 2. I left the 4s to the note 2 lol the first day ONLY I was driving and pulled over and got frustrated only cause of the difference and learning curve (easy).. But in a rush. Now it's like it's meant for my little girl hands lol.


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[Blaalad12]

Its all personal preference really,I remember thinking the s3 was too big and i have large hands, i held off buying it and eventually gave in plus later added a case to it which added even more bulk and whilst it was big, once you get used to it its manageable. I actually have been impressed with the htc one, Its similar in size to the s3 yet feels smaller in the hand and a little easier to use/reach all areas of the screen but i do have pretty big hands ha

 

[Jnorton2724]

I've heard more than a few females say that the iphone 5 is the ideal size for them. Do you guys think the HTC one might be a little bit large for them? Will HTC lose sales to apple?

I girlfriend has small hands as well but prefers the bigger HTC One. She doesn't like the small 4 inch display of the iPhone so I'd say its different depending on the person. Also, my girlfriend has never had a phone smaller then a 4.7 inch display so she's use to and comfortable with that size. Others might be used to and more comfortable with 3.5 to 4 inch display and don't take the time to get use to a larger phone. I think it has more to do with what's familiar to people rather then the actually size difference alone.

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[ollieg]

.... It is all about the UI design. That is one reason why I believe Google put the search bar at the top of stock and made it unmoveable. The way stock is, whether you hold it in your right or left hand, you can use everything one handed. Notification bar, search bar and all the icons on the main home screen can be touched easily. iOS, not so much. I don't think you would have the same result with a 4.7 to 5.5 inch screen.
.... I'm happy with 4.7 to 5 inch screens.

Actually, this gets to one of my pet peeves about the post-Gingerbread Android OS's. It used to be the menu button and all controls were along the bottom edge. Unlike with iOS my Android screen could grow larger and larger and all controls remained near my finger. Then it seemed like someone in Android development wanted to make the blasted UI feel like iOS and put menu controls along the top, complete with an iOS-esk back-arrow icon.

I wanted to ride Caltrain down to Google HQ and raise a ruckus! They needed to break out of the design thinking from a dedicated-to-small-screens-OS and give us something new and more appropriate for larger devices:

I want my notifications and menus and launchers accessible from the lower corners
I want the OS to provide left and right-hand modes
I want more radial menus than the browser's 'experimental' mode

Any of those would put an end to the too-large argument.

 

[zkSharks]

Actually, this gets to one of my pet peeves about the post-Gingerbread Android OS's. It used to be the menu button and all controls were along the bottom edge. Unlike with iOS my Android screen could grow larger and larger and all controls remained near my finger. Then it seemed like someone in Android development wanted to make the blasted UI feel like iOS and put menu controls along the top, complete with an iOS-esk back-arrow icon.

I wanted to ride Caltrain down to Google HQ and raise a ruckus! They needed to break out of the design thinking from a dedicated-to-small-screens-OS and give us something new and more appropriate for larger devices:

I want my notifications and menus and launchers accessible from the lower corners
I want the OS to provide left and right-hand modes
I want more radial menus than the browser's 'experimental' mode

Any of those would put an end to the too-large argument.

The new design language they've implemented post-ICS is very much focused at adaptation to different screen sizes, though you are correct about menu options being farther away now in many cases.

The Action Bar, for example, is modular and expandable. It will hide and show icons, labels, and overflow menu items as needed to intelligently preserve padding space in the UI while displaying as many action items as possible. Developers can choose to enable the "split Action Bar," such as it is used in the Gmail app, which moves a group of action/overflow items to an action bar at the bottom of the current Activity. The changes they made around the ICS launch work hand-in-hand with APIs such as the Fragments API, which allows one application to adapt the Activity stack and lifecycle to display more or less information on different screen sizes, in the same way the Gmail app shows message previews alongside the folders list on wider screens. The Action Bar, Fragments API, and other post-GB UI/UX changes have allowed me a lot of freedom and control over my UI while staying very much inside Google's 'vision' for Android applications. I speak as a developer, not only as a consumer.

I think the issue is more of device dimensions rather than UI/UX implementation. For example, I do have issues comfortably using Action Bar elements on the Note 2, while I have no issues on the Droid DNA. This is because ? although both are technically five-inch 'phablets' ? the DNA is not as wide as the Note 2. This is echoed in AC's review of the DNA:

There seems to have been some confusion over how to classify the Droid DNA. Folks hear "5-inch display" and think "Samsung Galaxy Note 2." And that's just not the case. The DNA is shorter and more narrow than the Note, and it's that difference in width that keeps it firmly planted in the traditional smartphone category, though it definitely is a tall phone.

Emphasis added. I think that software ease-of-use is something the manufacturers need to address in their hardware just as much as Google needs to do with their UX principles.

 

[L1V3RB1RD]

woman are always complaining about the size

 

[Gathomblipoob]

woman are always complaining about the size

I lucked out; my girlfriend likes smaller...er...screens.

 

[icyrock1]

At my high school, many girls have an S3 which is bigger than the one iirc. I haven't heard any of them complain about it's size. Though, lol it looks funny when my asian friend (she's only 5' 1) pulls out her s3. It looks huge in her hands.

 

[adriandb]

Yeah, it isn't exactly SBSettings, but you can make something similar.

 

[return_0]

Desktop, two laptops, one driving my main TV, one acting as the TV in the living room, one driving the TV in our bedroom, one acting as a server for files/VPN/etc. Aaaaaaand I'm a dork.

I prefer the term "geek." Or "awesome."

 

[return_0]

Also, according to an MKBHD video 73% of Android users in general are male, but the majority (or at least a large portion) of Note 2 users are female. That pretty much debunks the stereotype that women prefer smaller-screened phones.

 

[adriandb]

I prefer the term "geek." Or "awesome."

Well than I'm definitely a awesome.

 

[maerlim]

Is it too cliche to say it's not the size that counts, it's how you use it?

I'm talking about phones.