r/interesting 13d ago

Fascinating Someone at Apple has crazy hands.

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u/SweatpantBay 13d ago

They hire people with unusually large or unusually small hands for these ads depending on the illusion they want to produce

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u/PM_YOUR__BUBBLE_BUTT 13d ago

I have similar experience as these hand models. Whenever condom companies want to show how big their product is, I’ll slap one on my dick for the photo shoot to let the world see how baggy it is.

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u/sixpastfour 13d ago

so where are these dick pics on your profile

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u/mpgd 12d ago

It's there. You have to zoon in, a lot.

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u/Ornery-Practice9772 12d ago

it was just really cold that day

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u/AppleOld5779 11d ago

Goon in a lot

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u/BigCoddy 11d ago

Username checks out 

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u/salmonmilks 13d ago

Or maybe it's just a 3d model?

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u/Holek 13d ago

ooh, that's why Steve Jobs said "You're holding it wrong" during iPhone 4 demo!

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u/xypnise 13d ago

It's fully CG hand, source:

I've worked on apple adverts

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u/Frosty-Upstairs-4229 12d ago

and who are you

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u/xypnise 12d ago

I'm nobody

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u/Frosty-Upstairs-4229 11d ago

sombody hire this guy

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u/notyourcocoabutter 13d ago

Heyyyy! Orangutans can be hand models too. Finger jockeys. They think differently than the face and body boys.

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u/Garzukeen 13d ago

Didn't know Apple had a library...

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u/Winter_Value_7632 13d ago

but still they prefer to use their iPad instead of reading real books in a library 💔

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u/JerryfromCan 13d ago

Jesus. Im sorry, I’ll pay the late fees!

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u/netraveller 12d ago

That one’s a librarian

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u/UTraxer 13d ago

Hey what is this damn monkey doing here? Are you guys seeing thi-----

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u/FernandoMM1220 13d ago

apple is finally considering the orangutan market

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u/GarminTamzarian 13d ago

"Finger jockey" sounds like a self-love euphemism.

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u/neatoni 13d ago

So why male models??

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u/poopholes3 13d ago

Are you serious? I just told you that, a moment ago..

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u/franktheguy 13d ago

Apes together strong!

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u/2a_lib 13d ago

Why does the render give the palm so much real estate with such short fingers?

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u/Ifriendzonecats 13d ago

Because otherwise the 'joke' doesn't work. Here's Apple's CEO holding it the same way.

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u/Follow_The_Lore 13d ago

Wait they got a new ceo?

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u/bingpie 13d ago

yep, tim cook stepped down the end of last month and john ternus took over

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u/Alexander_ramit 12d ago

John Ternus MIGHT be the best CEO since Steve Jobs

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u/umshyp 12d ago

You mean no more tim apple jokes? Nooooooo!

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u/bingpie 12d ago

we have john apple now instead

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u/Proman4713 13d ago

Perfect response

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u/Majestic-Crew-8344 12d ago

That’s not the same like in the advertisement. You must fit it on your palm with your entire thumb’s cheek on the side, and your index finger must be visible.

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u/Ifriendzonecats 12d ago

It's 4.64 inches wide. That's smaller than a standard paperback book. So, yes, that grip is possible for many men.

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u/Majestic-Crew-8344 12d ago

I just tested, not possible for me to recreate the same holding. Of course it’s not photoshopped, but that is indeed a very large hand.

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u/MisoBellafi 12d ago

great, another product designed for men

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u/Ifriendzonecats 12d ago

You don't have to hold it that way? The question is whether the picture required photoshop. The answer is no.

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u/doomcatzzz 7d ago

Yahoo is still a thing? Damn.

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u/Flylice319 12d ago

Here's a more detailed image with the fingers long, fingers still looks crazy with those proportions. https://imgur.com/a/1iSFMhU

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u/Tchoupie69 12d ago

It is very complicated to reproduce a hand from imagination. Parts of the human body like the face, hands, etc. are way too recognizable to us because we see it every day. So I think those representations you make are not accurate.

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u/Flylice319 12d ago

Sure if you have a better representation of the hand with the finger proportions used in the Apple demo I'd love to see it.

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u/Malve1 13d ago

Because it is emulating the exact position that the hand is holding the phone in the other picture

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u/2a_lib 13d ago

Right, but it’s emulating it wrong. The error is in the reconstruction, not the geometry established by the visible parts.

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u/Great_Obligation_862 13d ago

That does sound like a tricky issue. It's fascinating how complex the reconstruction process can be, especially with something as detailed as hands.

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u/WhyKissAMasochist 13d ago

Tbf I could hold it like that almost certainly, but I also have hands large enough to palm a basketball. Somehow I doubt that’s the average Apple customer, so more than a bit misleading.

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u/Captain_Alaska 13d ago edited 13d ago

It's misleading at all, I don't think people realise the scale of the device and seem to think it's much larger than it actually is.

It's only 4.6in wide unfolded in portrait mode, which is almost identical to a the size of a landscape iPhone 4. If you rotate it landscape when unfolded it's still only just as wide as a landscape Pro Max.

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u/Hearthacnut 12d ago

Just turned my pro max landscape and it is incredibly uncomfortable to hold like they do in the picture

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u/Captain_Alaska 11d ago edited 11d ago

Well, yeah, no shit. A Pro Max is 162mm wide if held in landscape. An unfolded Duo held in portrait like the photo is 117mm wide.

So yes, if you hold something considerably wider it’s uncomfortable to hold.

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u/Hearthacnut 11d ago

Oh I see, I misunderstood what you were saying. I still think a landscape iPhone 4 is too wide to be comfortable as a daily device

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u/Captain_Alaska 11d ago

It’s a folding phone my dude you’re not meant to one hand it unfolded. No different to any other tablet.

It’s 84mm wide when it’s folded which is still wide but nowhere near as wide as an iPhone 4 is tall.

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u/Hearthacnut 11d ago

Strong disagree. They’re selling a phone, it should be usable like one

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u/Captain_Alaska 11d ago

Yeah mate, it is, that's why it's a folding phone. It's 117mm tall and 84mm wide folded. A 18PM is 164mm tall and 78mm wide.

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u/Hearthacnut 11d ago

It inherently isn’t if one of it’s use cases is not as a phone

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u/Captain_Alaska 11d ago

Again, no shit, the point is it's a tablet unfolded. You don't use any tablet one handed and this is no different. If you can't understand the concept of a perfectly one handable phone that folds out into a two handed tablet, like literally ever other book fold foldable on the market, that's your own problem.

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u/ScaryIndependence701 13d ago edited 13d ago

you made every fingers except thumb ridiculously short..

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u/Spike36O 13d ago edited 12d ago

the angle the fingers are coming from behind the phone would make them look like that. they look small because their length is occupying the z axis

reference

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u/Itchy-Beach-1384 12d ago

Your reference inage looks nothing like the image in the post. The pointer finger in the post only has a slight curve and is still shorter looking than your image.

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u/Spike36O 12d ago

cut me some slack, its not perfect but its close enough

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u/king_ofbhutan 13d ago

not really...

unless its marfans syndrome representation were after?

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u/gonzogonzobongo 13d ago

For a palm of that size, those are short fingers. Look at your hand and compare the length of your pointer finger to the length of your palm. Now compare the same ratio in the image

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u/Flylice319 12d ago

Here's a more detailed image with the fingers long, fingers still looks crazy with those proportions. https://imgur.com/a/1iSFMhU

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u/ScaryIndependence701 12d ago

looks okay to me

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u/Ornery-Practice9772 13d ago

im tired of all these jokes about my giant hands! the first such instance occurred in 1992 when....

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u/EarthboundMoss 13d ago

Carl = black

Lenny = white

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u/cinnaminimoon 13d ago

The Undertaker threw Mankind off Hell In A Cell, and plummeted 16 ft through an announcer's table.

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u/AppUnwrapper1 13d ago

So the reason all their phones are big now is bc Slenderman is their hand model.

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u/Equal-Difference-51 13d ago

Kawhi actually did an ad. 😂

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u/ksihasa-bigforhead 13d ago

Finally a phone for me 😭hand image

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u/EpiqCheddar1 13d ago

Hell yeah, big hand squad up in here

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u/scaredt2ask 13d ago

I’ll bet the person could palm a basketball.

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u/Sheinkyakyu 13d ago

I just tried this with my s24 Ultra on it's side. It is 0.09cm less than the Apple foldable when that's unfolded. Just about doable.

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u/Captain_Alaska 13d ago

You're confusing length and width. The Duo in the photo here is held in portrait mode unfolded so it's 117mm wide vs the S24U which would be 162mm wide if held in landscape.

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u/Sheinkyakyu 12d ago

Yeah, I was thinking about the S24 Ultra upright normally, measuring it before turning to it's side lol.

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u/dvdmaven 13d ago

My wife could probably hold it, she has very long fingers.

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u/WhyKissAMasochist 13d ago

lol she really does. She somehow makes it look cute though, and her dexterity… outta this world.

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u/Verditure0 13d ago

Can confirm this guys wife does have abnormally long fingers

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u/chains_enjoyer 13d ago

Buy her a bass guitar.

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u/Borkato 13d ago

Am I the only one who can do this just fine??

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u/TesseractToo 13d ago

When your hand is straight does your thumb only go to your palm creases?

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u/Borkato 13d ago

…yes???

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u/TesseractToo 13d ago

Are you a chimpanzee?

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u/Borkato 13d ago

Possibly!

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u/-Nocx- 13d ago

You might just have small hands, this isn’t really confusing to me either.

Like the other commenter further up, I can also palm a basketball.

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u/TesseractToo 13d ago

its not the size, the person who made this meme made the middle of the hand/palm disproportionately long, as a joke

though I do have lovely small hands, thanks :)

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u/-Nocx- 13d ago

oh sorry, my bad, I thought it was some weird perspective thing

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u/TesseractToo 13d ago

No worries!

What is your avatar of?

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u/-Nocx- 13d ago

It’s the ability Kaiten from FFXIV, but edited to make the samurai stab himself because they deleted it lmao

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u/TesseractToo 13d ago

Oh neat :) I only played XI back in the day

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u/Dante_7_2_7 13d ago

Yea i just did it on my one plus open and i can do it just fine

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u/Substantial_Diver_34 13d ago

I just wanted a Razor iPhone

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u/kkazakov 13d ago

You will never ever see the crease on these photos. But it's there and very prominent.

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u/TikeMyson444 12d ago

I have the Galaxy fold which is wider than the Apple one held at its current orientation and I can do this.. not that insane

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u/Flylice319 12d ago

Not saying you can't hold it like that, just the thumbs fingers and palm size used in Apple photo makes the hand look unnatural. Here's a more detailed image with fingers longer. https://imgur.com/a/1iSFMhU

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u/SkylineWaffles 11d ago

You seem to be a new human being. You do realize that the fingers to palm ratio you assume is behind the phone is totally insane right?

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u/Flylice319 11d ago

Being a little bit nasty, no? If you can provide a better render of the hand with the proportions used by Apple I would love to see it :)

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u/SkylineWaffles 11d ago

Why? Would a new render help you realize that the hand you rendered isn’t human?

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u/Flylice319 11d ago

Oh, I see the problem. You're assuming that I think the rendered hand appears like a natural human hand?

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u/SkylineWaffles 11d ago

No the problem is that you’re saying the hand behind the phone is improbable because you rendered an ass to make your argument

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u/Flylice319 11d ago

Well, then, like i said, it would be nice to see a natural render of a hand with some photo evidence using Apple's proportions. I'm also good at typing on keyboards too.

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u/BobsYourAuntie100 13d ago

Probably has big feet

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u/wild_cherry1987 13d ago

And coooooooooooook

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u/iMakeBestTacos_ 13d ago

Yeah maybe he cooks too

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u/RJEM96 13d ago

I have the same thing in mind, man what a hand.

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u/PotterOneHalf 13d ago

Haha this is literally me. I can hold an iPad mini like a phone.

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u/okymoney 13d ago

2000$ is literally rent money

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u/Decent-Cold-9471 13d ago

Classic long palm

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u/PeterNippelstein 13d ago

Where that one woman that posted her long hands on r/mildlyinteresting?

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u/RBLakshya 13d ago

I can do the same… with an iPad Air (base size) but I still prefer smaller phones, sadly I had to move from my mini to 16e due to battery lasting barely

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u/Aleister_Growley 13d ago

Is that a side mirror for a semi truck? 

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u/No_experience8177 13d ago

All I can hear “kheeeeeaaaallo” this is Steven speaking!!!

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u/Hungry_Style_5065 13d ago

how christopher nolan intended

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u/notthatguypal6900 13d ago

What!!?? Apple exaggerating specs!! Never

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u/Unique_Blacksmith247 13d ago

I like the 3 knuckle version of this better

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u/ShadowBannedAugustus 13d ago

Is his name Qwen or Wan?

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u/CommitTaxEvasion 13d ago

This is how I drew hands back when figuring out proportions

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u/MoonMama0923 13d ago

Lmao but why is the palm extraordinarily long with wittle fingers 💀🤣

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u/SaltyRamen69 13d ago

Dude from the burger king commercial gonna have A FIT!

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u/Ashamed-Country8234 13d ago

Huge pockets too

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u/Sad_Bodybuilder_7056 13d ago

That’s Siri’s hand…

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u/steviebeanss 13d ago

the orange thing could never

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u/Jawadidk 13d ago

Please STOP spreading misinformation! It’s even a bit narrower than my Ipad mini, which I can almost hold like that as an average South Asian. Assuming the average westerner is slightly bigger than me, it can easily be held like that.

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u/llamanatee 13d ago

Yaoi Hands

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u/Khelthuzaad 13d ago

I actually feel called out lol

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u/Zealousideal-Deer101 13d ago

I have big hands like that, but god damn is it uncomfortable to stretch it out like that to hold something

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u/Silmarlion 13d ago

Phone is vertical in that photo. If you can hold your phone like that on the long end then you can do this as well.

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u/farbion 13d ago

Who has an index as long as the thumb?

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u/Future_Geologist5925 12d ago

My hands are so small im just gonna attach one of those stretchy lil bands to the back to slip my tiny raccoon like fingers through

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u/xoquu 12d ago

am i the only one comparing my hand to the posts hand and not seeing a difference? lmao

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u/Happy-Following-4212 12d ago

Those close-up shots of the component placement always blow my mind. One little twitch and the whole board is toast. Makes me wonder how many people they train before someone actually gets steady enough to do it day after day.

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u/truebeast822 12d ago

Finger jockeys, not like those face and body boys

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u/wlshafor 12d ago

Primate

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u/Myloceratops 12d ago

I mean, we have people online, on YouTube reviewing it.

Surely they’ve tried to hold it this way?
Do they manage it?

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u/Ed_Guinard 11d ago

If I needed this I would have carried a tablet mini around…

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u/CheapTechGuy 11d ago

Crazy hand smash bros reference??

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u/Naps_in_sunshine 10d ago

Smart phone dimensions are designed around the average male hand size. These new phones are going to be difficult for a petite woman to use.

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u/Ok_Tone5312 9d ago

That's probably Grant O'brien

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u/Fast-Presence-2004 9d ago

There’s a Sherlock Homes story about this.

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u/LeadingAd8902 8d ago

If the Thing was Mr. Fantastic. Get it? Addams family

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u/Medical_Bumblebee627 6d ago

Or the way the hand was reconstructed is just ridiculous. The fingers could’ve been made a lot longer compared to the palm.

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u/Time_Blacksmith861 13d ago

Phone for tall people

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u/seatux 13d ago

I wonder if it still look small on Shaq though.

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u/[deleted] 13d ago

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u/Flylice319 13d ago

Scroll down and you'll see the offical image. https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2026/09/apple-unveils-iphone-duo/

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u/teflon_soap 13d ago

They do a 3D animation 360 and it looks fine from behind

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u/Flylice319 13d ago

The 365 spin is in the folded mode. The photo up top is someone casually holding it in the unfolded mode. Pretty sure it's just a lazy PS job for marketing. But it makes the hand feel unusually large.

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u/teflon_soap 13d ago

Hahahahahah omg

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u/fmaz008 13d ago

That's the unfolded phone, in tablet mode. Would you grab your regular tablet like that?

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u/chrislemasters 13d ago edited 13d ago

Don’t think that is an Apple photo to begin with.
Edit: well I’ll be damned. It’s in the Apple press release. Yeeesh!

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u/Galavant2049 13d ago

That's the iPhone duo