Okay, more poison...
Initially it feels too big and unstable to hold and operate with one hand. Then I bought a clear silicone case for it and suddenly this worry disappeared
1. the metal and glass phone is too slippery and cold to touch but adding the silicone case thickens the edges to add enough friction that the hold feels secure and safe now.
2. you know people are afraid of height and so they act funny when on a very high buiding ledge like those Charlie Chaplin movies
but once you add a safety railing and even add a safety net below, suddenly they are not afraid to sing and dance even. That's what the silicone case does for the Mi Max, with the sureness of the friction grip, I dare to stretch out my thumb for those one hand scrolling and reading. With the added protection in case of falling, I feel so at ease using the phone now. My Note 3 fell so many times on hard flooring that I lost count already but each time the silicone case protected it very well. Sometimes I was so worried when it fell and bounce twice...toing...toing...so loud was the fall...yet luckily it survived...now for 3 years...
3. so...be not afraid of BIG...humans are born with uncanny abilities to adapt to use good tools.
Of course there are disadvantages. My biggest complaint now is that MIUI8 global takes too long to come out for my 128GB model. The China Rom MIUI7 that I'm using now is choked full of China oriented apps. I'm bilingual so I still keep them just to see what they are doing. So far it's mostly China oriented news and entertainment, could be relevant since our local TV has so much China made shows. But then these shows are too over the top and the officially mandatory patriotism feels like propaganda so I'm going to delete them when I get the Global ROM later.
Initially it feels too big and unstable to hold and operate with one hand. Then I bought a clear silicone case for it and suddenly this worry disappeared
1. the metal and glass phone is too slippery and cold to touch but adding the silicone case thickens the edges to add enough friction that the hold feels secure and safe now.
2. you know people are afraid of height and so they act funny when on a very high buiding ledge like those Charlie Chaplin movies
but once you add a safety railing and even add a safety net below, suddenly they are not afraid to sing and dance even. That's what the silicone case does for the Mi Max, with the sureness of the friction grip, I dare to stretch out my thumb for those one hand scrolling and reading. With the added protection in case of falling, I feel so at ease using the phone now. My Note 3 fell so many times on hard flooring that I lost count already but each time the silicone case protected it very well. Sometimes I was so worried when it fell and bounce twice...toing...toing...so loud was the fall...yet luckily it survived...now for 3 years...3. so...be not afraid of BIG...humans are born with uncanny abilities to adapt to use good tools.
Of course there are disadvantages. My biggest complaint now is that MIUI8 global takes too long to come out for my 128GB model. The China Rom MIUI7 that I'm using now is choked full of China oriented apps. I'm bilingual so I still keep them just to see what they are doing. So far it's mostly China oriented news and entertainment, could be relevant since our local TV has so much China made shows. But then these shows are too over the top and the officially mandatory patriotism feels like propaganda so I'm going to delete them when I get the Global ROM later.
