For those with larger phones, how do you handle them without grip accessories?

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Do you cave and use both hands? Do you take the chance and try to use them one-handed when more actively using them? Or do you ultimately submit and get an accessory to kinda help, at least with keeping a hold of them?

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::: spoiler a few other answers: just use both hands, get an accessory, and/or balance on pinky and develop the toughest pinky imaginable ::: spoiler bonus: find some smol phone you like and savor it for as long as it works :::

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I quickly shift my hand to the top of the screen to access my notifications. I have gotten used to it by this point, but I still really miss phones that are usable by only one hand.

S22+

I can drag my thumb down anywhere on my home screen to bring down the notifications. Then notifications are in bottom 2/3 of screen.

There is hardly a reason I need to reach the top 1/3 of my phone

Something like typing in a URL in a web browser

But that small inconvenience where I have to shift my hand isn't worth me losing a big screen

I can still do everything one handed

Some of these features aren't on my model, the Galaxy A32.

Settings, Display, Home Screen, Swipe Down for Notification Panel

I would have thought every Samsung device had it

Try searching for "Swipe Down for Notification Panel"

No no, I meant that swiping down from anywhere on the screen to bring the notifications isn't available on my model; only swiping down from the top edge works

On an A32 4G if I'm on homescreen I can swipe down anywhere to open notifications drawer.

If I'm in an app though yeah, it's top or nothing

I tried this, it just opens the "All Apps" menu despite having a dedicated button to do that enabled.