It's sitting here. New. But I'm a lefty... Will I regret keeping this because I'm left handed?

[PaulQ]

I picked up a Note 8 last night. I have 14 days. I do have to pay $35 if I return it. I've started playing around with it.

My biggest concern was that I am left-handed. I fooled with it in the store but I wasn't able to really try it because the pen was tethered to the table and it wouldn't go in the phone all the way.

If you are left-handed, have you noticed any issues with it?

(lefties will know what I mean about all sorts of issues that can come up)

 

[oditius]

Dang, did I buy a right handed phone? I guess it is a pain that the stylus is on the right side But moved the slide bar to the left side, other than that, no problems.

 

[Gary02468]

Which hand do your hold your phone in? Some use their dominant hand, some use the other so they can tap with the dominant one.

 

[PaulQ]

But moved the slide bar to the left side, other than that, no problems.

Are you left handed? I'm not sure got it. Did you move that or suggesting i move it?

You're going to get some seriously newbie questions from me..... what is the "slide bar"?

 

[Shelacios]

I don't notice any particular issues. But I probably subconsciously adjust as a lefty in a right hand world all the time anyway.

 

[jacker]

I'm a lefty and haven't had any issues using one handed.

Put on home button 3 tap for one handed use.
Put on home screen swipe down for notification shade.

2 handed is even better.

Other then that... Business as usual.

 

[Methos1979]

I'm a lefty, this phone was made for lefties! First, the fingerprint scanner position that so many loathe was made just for lefties! I carry the phone in my left front pocket so when I fish the phone out with my left hand (obviously) my index finger is positioned perfectly to place on the FPS to unlock the phone. I moved the Edge panel grab bar over to the left side since generally I hold the phone in my right hand and use my left to operate things. This is my second note and I have never noticed any issues with being left-handed. Then again (as you well-know or at least should well-know) left-handed people are vastly superior to those poor right-handed people. Nothing is ever really a challenge for us. Or maybe you're not really a lefty but rather righty trapped in a lefty's brain?

 

[MikeS1971]

I'm left handed and have only one iasue. My only issue is with the phone is the placement of the fingerprint sensor. With the way I hold the phone one handed, the sensor is too high up. It would of been better in the center about a half an inch down. If I stretch my index finger upward, it naturally lands on the center camera lens. I have to uncomfortably move my finger to the side to make contact with the sensor. Even then, most of the time I have to flip the phone over and put my finger properly on the sensor.

 

[PaulQ]

Or maybe you're not really a lefty but rather righty trapped in a lefty's brain?

I'm one of those whacked out lefties who do some things with either hand. I'm a mess.

I, like you, carry the phone in my left pocket. I agree, the unlock is seamless with the sensor placement and using your left hand.

Here's where it gets weird. I keep the phone in my left hand then use my right hand to type. If I am going to use it one-handed, I hold it and type in just my right hand.


But when it comes to using a pen, everything points to it being easier for me to pull the pen out with my right hand and use my right hand to write... like I use my right hand to type. But.... it's a pen. I use pens with my left hand.

I have to decide if the whole swapping around pen/hand thing is worth it. Sometimes I wish I was completely left handed.

In any case, it sounds like there are no deal-breakers with lefties.... like bad palm rejection using it to write left handed.

 

[Methos1979]

Yes, that is very odd that you hold with your left and do things with your right. I definitely prefer it the other way around. As such I pull the pen with left hand and write with it per the norm.

I know what you mean about us lefties being able to do things multiple ways. I bat, golf and play guitar right handed. I play hockey and tennis left handed.

I always just assumed is was part of that whole superiority thing!

 

[jimd1050]

Yes, that is very odd that you hold with your left and do things with your right. I definitely prefer it the other way around. As such I pull the pen with left hand and write with it per the norm.

I know what you mean about us lefties being able to do things multiple ways. I bat, golf and play guitar right handed. I play hockey and tennis left handed.

I always just assumed is was part of that whole superiority thing!

 

[greggb47]

You can change the layout of the screen so it flows from right to left. You will need to go into developer options and the RTL setting.
I don't know how much help it will be but give it a try. Have a good day

 

[toenail_flicker]

You can change the layout of the screen so it flows from right to left. You will need to go into developer options and the RTL setting.
I don't know how much help it will be but give it a try. Have a good day

thank you so much! I accidentally did this and then reverted because it freaked me out. afterward I was wishing I hadn't because I actually liked it. now I can have it again. I'm right handed, but the phone hurts to do things one-handed and having the icons on the right is very convenient.

 

[anon(3641385)]

As a left handed person, in order to get the pen out I hold the device in my right hand and tap push with my left. So, I'm then able to carry on as if it's a real pen, lol.

One thing re the pen though, I find I need to use it with the soft nibs, cos the firmer nibs seem scratchy. I've put that down to a gravity thing, which you'll understand cos not all pens flow for us the way they do for a right (wrong) handed person; and my downward pressure is that of a left handed person slope wise. (I don't write backhanded)

I'm somewhat ambidextrous when it comes to how I do things generally, including how I use/hold the phone, so like a lot of you have already said, the phone itself doesn't present me any user issues.

Lefties tend to be a very flexible lot, imo

(As an aside, the first time I sat next to someone writing Arabic my brain had some sort of shift, and it was like it recognised that that was how I, a left hander, should be writing, from right to left, in English, not left to right. I can't readily explain it, it was a very very comfortable brain experience)

 

[Ca_lvn]

I think the fingerprint sensor will have better placement for a Lefty don't have to reach across the camera

 

[Zello_Police]

As a lefty I don't find any gripes with the device. Fps or s pen. It's all a matter of making it work the way best works for you.

 

[srvctec]

I'm not a lefty but am ambidextrous. I hold and use my phone left handed and of course, write right handed. No issues whatsoever for me however the S-pen is probably easier for me to access since I grab it with my right hand.

 

[kirksucks]

I'm right handed by birth but being a drummer has made me ambidextrous. I was worried about the FPS and on this but I realized that I use whatever hand is free and set up both index fingerprints. Same with the SPen. I dont even think about it any more. This is such a great phone it doesnt matter.

 

[NotesAreAwesome]

Although I would rather have the S-pen on the left, I'm happy that I can put the S-Pen air command and edge panels on either side. I keep the air command on the left and the Edge panels on the right. I love the phone and have no problems as a lefty.

 

[vwite]

I'm left handed and no issues here