Apple’s bigger-screen iPhones are slammed for being ‘sexist’

New York Post ^ | By Christian Gollayan

[ConservativeStatement]

When Apple released its iPhone XS line, with screens that range from 5.8 inches to 6.5 inches, they became the company’s largest phones yet. But the big screens have triggered a backlash from women who say the device is too large for the average female hand.

“Women like me with small hands who need the most secure phone for safety reasons are stuck with something they can’t hold and constantly risk dropping,” tweeted sociology professor Zeynep Tufekci, who teaches at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. “Some people like the bigger phones. Fine. Keep an alternative for the rest of us.”

[ConservativeStatement]

Men need to have smaller hands so everyone can compete./ sarc.

[Mark17]

Takes the cake, doesn’t it?

[goldstategop]

Ridiculous!

The virtual keyboard on my iPhone 7 is perfect for my baby-sized man wrists.

[Gay State Conservative]

Only the deplorables and the dregs will buy them.

[Secret Agent Man]

Yep. Totally predictable.

[goldstategop]

A bigger iPhone? Oh dear, it’s the end of the world!

[ClearCase_guy]

I thought women are EXACTLY the same as men.

Are they saying that they are special and that Apple should cater to their unique needs? Are they gonna cry about it?

[Secret Agent Man]

No one is forcing women to buy them.

Or am I missing out on some power Apple has over consumers.

Maybe stick with you current phone which I am sure is hardly taxed to its processing limits.

Almost no woman alive requires the full security options apple has on its latest phone, that is a garbage argument.

[Drew68]

“Some people like the bigger phones. Fine. Keep an alternative for the rest of us.”

They do, dumbass.

Why journalists even dignify this idiocy by writing about it?

[Secret Agent Man]

Its not just apple either, the general trend is bigger phones for better displays and easier usage.

[Newbomb Turk]

I wish apple would make a phone that doesn’t need a hundred dollar case to protect the glass back they put on everything now. I had to upgrade but this is my last iPhone. There has to be something more durable.

[NFHale]

“...sociology professor Zeynep Tufekci,...”

Yeah, THERE’S a good American name.

[Gil4]

Easy solution:

https://www.popsockets.com/

Or they can buy the smaller model.

P.S. - The old models were sexist - designed for tiny female hands instead of my mitts. (Two can play that game.)

[goldstategop]

Especially when you’re watching movies.

The iPhone is nothing more than a glorified portable computer.

[entropy12]

I bought a $39.95 ZTE smart phone. Wife bought an iPhone costing several hundred dollars. I do not see what her phone does more than mine, except she can sync phone calls with her iPad. My ZTE can do internet, video’s, transmit pictures, text messages and every phone call option imaginable. After 3 years it is still working flawlessly.

[Afterguard]

Try a.Magpul “Field”. Case. They.work

[reg45]

The iPhone X and the iPhone XS are exactly the same size the XS is 4 g heavier.

[Lurker]

“sociology professor Zeynep Tufekc”

Everything you need to know.

L

[goldstategop]

Can you install apps on it?

And download content to the hard drive?

[Always A Marine]

The text of the article does not match the New York Post’s clickbait headline. Only the headline calls the larger phone “sexist” while the text addresses criticisms offered by female consumers with legitimate user issues. To any seller, this is valuable market information.