Iphone 5 one hand

I know this likely isn't the place for this question, but does anyone else have a problem with Apple describing the iPhone as "easy to use with one hand"? I'm a woman, and my hands are small but not that small, and there is absolutely no way that I can hold this phone so I can use it one-handed. I love the big screen, it's gorgeous, but this entire ease-of-use-one-handed campaign seems to have been thought up by a bunch of men who don't realize that hand size is not an absolute.

I have to shift the iPhone slightly in my right hand for certain tasks with my thumb. I can't keep the iPhone completely stationary after being picked up for everything with one hand, but I know what I'm able to do with my right thumb only (which is quite a bit while being left handed) would be impossible or much more difficult with the much wider and larger android devices with little or no choice but to use two hands for just about everything.
I don't have a problem with the commercial since I easily use the iPhone with a single hand for a number of tasks - with my right hand and thumb and I'm left handed. I had shoulder surgery on my left shoulder a few years ago with my left arm in a sling for a month or so. I realized then how much I could do with one hand.

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