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by sidkshatriya 1010 days ago
> My daily driver weights nearly half a kilogram and has a 13,200 mAh battery that literally actually truly lasts for four days of mixed use on a charge.

> I also have an iPhone, but be fucked if I can keep hold of it, it's so light I can seem to actually get a grip on it for longer than about two minutes at a time.

Your half-kg phone has trained your motor neurons in such a way that they are not prepared when you hold a ~100g phone. I suggest mixed-interval training. Use both phones regularly (you mention the half-kg one is your daily driver). An anti-slip silicone case for your iPhone should also help.

When I hold an iPhone, it sometimes feels heavy to me. I would say my experience is more representative of the general population than yours.

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You're wrong.

I had exclusively iPhone's for ten years prior, I couldn't keep hold of any of them. A pop socket help a lot.

And I'd argue I'm not alone, how many phone screen replacements do you reckon repair shops across the globe perform every day?

They're too fragile, and too difficult to take care of.

Mixed interval training for phone holding, I sincerely hope that was a joke, but judging by the last paragraph, I'm not sure :-D
Mixed interval training for phone holding was indeed meant as a joke. Means “use both phones regularly” and you’ll get used to holding them both competently.