You might not need an iPhone SE if you want a phone you can use with one hand.

An Apple patent describes how in the future your iPhone could detect how it’s being held, and automatically move interface elements for optimal thumb reach. Using your left hand? Buttons move to the left. Is you thumb near the bottom right? Buttons could be there too.

Moreover, Apple says it can implement the feature with existing iPhone hardware, which means this sort of smart UI shifting could simply be an update away. Some techniques including monitoring your device’s accelerometer and gyroscope, or even track changes in signal performance as you move your thumb across the display. On the simpler side, Apple could just look at what thumb you used to log in with Touch ID.

Still, Apple says it’s considering specialized hardware, such as touch sensors on the body of the phone for extra accuracy, which would probably be the better choice in the long run. In fact, apple is considering similar technology for a future Apple Pencil too, allowing it to sense things like rotation, or letting you adjust parameters using multi-touch.

It’s one of those “hey, I thought of that first!” ideas that I’m glad to see could become a reality. Like so many others, I find the real estate afforded by larger phones to be invaluable (it’s why I’ve always been an Android guy), but have relatively small hands. That’s why manufacturers have started implementing manual one-hand modes, but they’re almost always too clunky for regular use. I’d wager most people don’t even know they exist.

A seamless, automatic one-handed mode could be a game-changer. Here’s to hoping team Android catches on.

LG hopes its 2 new flagship smartphones will turn around its $35m loss

Being an Android phone manufacturer is pretty tough for anyone — ask HTC — but it’s not looking rosy for LG either, today reporting that it lost more than $35 million selling smartphones in a single quarter of 2015.

In its earnings report today , LG said that it lost 43.8 billion South Korean Won on its phone division last quarter, which is roughly a loss of $35 million USD over the holiday period.

The company sold more than 59.7 million smartphones in 2015, but that was a measly improvement of just half a million on the previous year. Sales were up in the US by 13 percent, but down in its native market by 10 percent.

LG was making a tiny profit on smartphones when it reported earnings last year up until the third quarter, when it started hemorrhaging millions of dollars. It’s unclear what changed at this point — sales appear to be about the same levels as previously — and LG doesn’t break down the numbers further.

As a result, the company says it’ll be introducing two “flagship” phones this year to increase profitability — a statement eerily similar to what HTC said when it reported poor earnings last year.

➤ LG Earnings [PDF]

This is Sony’s new controller for VR FPS games

At its E3 press conference , Sony announced that it will launch PlayStation VR on October 13 with 50 games in tow. That includes some first-person-shooters, and it’s got a new controller to handle them better than the DualShock 4.

The PS VR Aim Controller doesn’t look like the most badass peripheral for gunplay. But it does allow for direct 1 to 1 tracking, which means that you can aim in games just as you would in real life.

It also lets games mirror the way you hold and point your weapon, which should make for a more immersive experience. If it’s anything like the Space Pirate Trainer I tried on the HTC Vive which felt totally natural, you can rest assured that it’ll be a treat.

One of the first games that will work with the PS VR Aim is Farpoint , a PS4 exclusive from San Francisco-based indie developer Impulse Gear . You can check out the trailer above.