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As another employer, thanks for explaining appropriate boss etiquette. It’s really important for us to respect our employees’ ability to be off the clock when they’re not getting paid. It’s not cool to text people when they are off the clock. It’s essentially stealing their time. It is sad how profoundly moving it was for me to hear you mentioned this very basic courtesy. It sounds like your team is well treated. Strong work

1. To get to wifi settings, just long press the wifi icon on your control center 2. To search contacts just swipe down from your home screen to search for anything 3. You can long-press the space bar, it will act as a mouse to control the cursor when typing 4. You can schedule a sms from shortcuts (animations)

I totally agree with the three deal breakers. The 4th for me is lack of proper file management on the iPhone. 5th is Notification management. I try to live and accomplish much with my notifications without delving into the apps. So for emails and texts, the ability to respond and delete from the notification is paramount. Non negotiable.

Really great article as I’m phone hopper who currently is back on my Pixel 8 from the iPhone 14 Pro. Some really goods points and comparisons made but what really grinds my gears of difference is the inability to dismiss an alarm in iOS. With Andorid if I wake before my alarm goes off all I have to do is swipe down tap the alarm notification and select dismiss. This turns off the upcoming alarm but leaves the alarm on for the next day needed. This is important since if I wake prior to my alarm with an iPhone I’d have to turn that alarm off so as to not wake my partner and hope with the business of the day I remember to turn the alarm back on; frustrating! Oh, and on a last note way to drop known acquaintances; while I don’t know the person personally, they’re very popular, admired by millions so you must be fairly cool as well 👏

Some of these “issues” actually have pretty quick work arounds. For example, if you messed up a word on iPhone, and you need to get your cursor inside the word, you can hold down the spacebar which will gray out the keyboard and allow you to move the cursor with your finger wherever you want. Which is actually a plus for me as an iPhone user, because my fat thumb isn’t going to accurately place the cursor on my screen. Whereas having my thumb on the spacebar keeps it away from the cursor while I adjust it. I absolutely agree with the green vs blue text colors though, completely unnecessary.

That notification telling you when your alarm is about to go off is legit the most useful thing for me. I’ve never missed an alarm with that feature. Also being able to turn off your alarm 30m before it goes off is useful too. I really like Apple products. Apple silicon Macbooks, the apple watches and airpods are all amazing but I just can’t get into iOS.

Here’s a few tips for people having the same complaints: 3:00 You can flick it down so it opens fully without draggin it the whole length of the iphone. It still opens the whole thing but atleast its faster. 4:45 You can hold the wifi icon to expand it and press “open wifi settings” or “open bluetooth settings”. Still takes a lot of clicks but atleast you dont have to search for the app. 6:16 You can press the spacebar and the keyboard will turn itu a trackpad, its actually much more convenient and accurate imo because i have fat fingers 8:48 You can hold the notification to show the full message or email or whatever it is without reading it. This works with other messaging apps and its pretty useful. You can even open chats without reading them by long pressing. You can quickly open websites, enlarge images, read something quickly, etc. Holding something on the iphone does a lot. Overall, this is a great article explaining the good stuff that apple got right, their stupid quirks, and amazing android features that us iphone users probably have to wait a decade to get implemented lmao. The scheduled messages is probably a feature that made me want to switch the most because i keep forgetting to reply to someone.

When it comes to the deal breakers, the most disappointing missing feature on the iPhone is not displaying how many hours are left once you set an alarm. This has been a complaint from many iPhone users since the iPhone 6 and Apple as advanced as they are with technology still can’t give their customers this simple yet effective feature.

7. Try long pressing the space bar. Btw, it was so much better with 3D Touch (actually the best thing about 3D Touch). You were able to do what you can do now with the space bar but you could also select a word or multiple words by pressing anywhere on your keyboard and dragging, and it was so quick, it was just so nice, it’s the One reason why I did not want to let go of my iPhone XS and then they disable it by software😮‍💨

The deal breaker for me is the notifications management on iOS. I don’t want to be disturbed by annoying offers and deals notifications from different e-commerce websites so I can selectively turn them off. And also making a specific notification website silent is a lifesaver and can reduce many of your distractions. Also, iOS doesn’t group notifications from the same app. Frustrating tbh.

If you long press the spacebar then slide your finger left or right, it will move your cursor smoothly without having to click the text itself. Also, all of these are exactly how I feel. I’ve been an android user since the Nexus One and recently gave an iPhone a try. Even the date on the shade is a gripe I’ve had.

Some tips which might be useful: – For quick access to setting, you can long press the quick toggle panel in control center and it will bring up additional options (long press WiFi, BT, etc. will bring up even more options) – For quickly editing text, you can long press the Spacebar button and use the keyboard as a trackpad to position your cursor. It’s pretty easy to use. – I don’t really use Gmail app but native email notifications will let you long press on it to view more. You can also long press on a mail in the native mail app and it will “pop-up” (technically “peek”) to let you read without marking it as read. I have both iPhone and Android (as a software engineer). They will both be as fast as each other in most task once you get used to it.

I also was a lifetime android user and tried switching to iPhone when the 15 came out. I echo most of this and want to double down on the entire notification system in general. Strongly prefer android and the ability to see what notifications are not dealt with in the menu bar is something I really miss.

as an android user, all the words that zack said is relatable. i mean its true, especially, theres a lot of clicks to get into what i want and also the annoying back button. maybe for an iphone user didnt find that kind of issue but as an android user for a long long time its definitely a problem, cause we used to get anything anywhere easily. all these issues that zack described its considered small things, but im totally understand what zack felt.

I’ve had the same experiences and thoughts when playing around with an iphone deciding if I wanted to switch. The beauty about having multiple ways of doing things like we can on android is we find these workflows that align for a faster and more efficient experience that works for what we want to do rather than just adapting to and dealing with their defined workflow and functionality.

Wow. I am Apple guy, all of my devices are Apple, and it’s wonderful how they play together. I cannot just go buy Android phone as it would not fit into my ecosystem (password sync, Apple Pay card syc, and so on). But listening to your 7+3 gripes, you are absolutely right. For most of them I was nodding my head and going “yep, that’s bloody annoying”. You are spot on, and I don’t know why Apple doesn’t tweak this stuff, it’s just software, they could fix it. But your main point about scheduled texts, my god, what a great feature. I solve that by putting my text into my To Do app, and have my To Do app remind me in the morning that I have to send this block of text to my colleagues. But the fact there isn’t a native text scheduling is iiiiin– saaane.

As a long time Android user that’s now a happy iPhone user, some of these are valid but many more are incorrect or just silly. I do miss some of the customization, but being able to text full-size photos and entire articles is incredible. I almost never encounter bugs. I’m annoyed at Apple’s lack of innovation lately but appreciate how polished the product is.

Hey Jerry and Android crowd – a little easter-egg function in almost all androids is that use can use the spacebar as a horizontal scroll in text input in any app like a touchpad. Super handy if you don’t want your figure over the text and want precise cursor control… which I find saves me a few seconds every time I need that kind of control.

You covered 2 of my 3 biggest caveats to ios: no universal back gesture/button, not informative and interactive notifications that stack very weirdly on top of each other. My 3rd one is that you can’t put icons anywhere you want on the home screen, and they start from top left, as you put it correctly, about 5 inches further than i want them to be.

The flashlight on samsung does the same little thingy for the intensity, just click on the name “flashlight” instead of the icon, or just long press on the icon 😉 also pressing on just the name instead of the icon shows you some more settings on different options, like do not disturb, power save, etc

For the cursor issue, you can long press the spacebar and get the cursor to move anywhere you want it. Also you can long press notifications to read them without marking them as read (generally). But yeah I agree that iPhone generally takes longer to get things done and the lack of information like charging time sucks. That message scheduling is so cool

The scheduled text message feature is definitely a huge miss. Working night shift I like to send notes to dayshift but I don’t want to send them at 1 AM in the morning. So I have to write them down on a note which leaves the opportunity of completely forgetting about it. Then, on the other hand sleeping during the day, I sometimes want to send people a text, but I’m not sure if they’ll get back to it in a few seconds or a few hours. I don’t want them responding two hours later while I’m sleeping and then they have to wait another six hours until I can respond back.

Dialer being so limited was something annoying to me too. Dialer is one of those core apps we use a lot, so it should look good and most importantly work right. I can’t believe it just doesn’t work same way on Android, like you said – there’s no point in having letters on that dialpad if we can’t search by name. There are some issues with messaging app, it’s very limited eg if I keep a lot of messages and want to scroll to specific date, Android helps me with that, showing small date tooltip when scrolling. I can also easily jump to most recent messages (there’s icon displayed with some kind of up arrow if I navigated away from recent messages). iPhone doesn’t do any of those things. I’m not up to date with current looks of iMessage app on iOS, but last time I was using it (few months ago) the UI looked dated, some elements being cramped. Samsung dialer and messages app look way better, especially with recent OneUI update which brought nicer system font. I’m not a Samsung fanboy, I dislike a lot of things in my S23, but I think that iPhones could be way better with some software tweaks.

Both phones allow you to move the cursor to a specific point by long-pressing the space bar on the keyboard. However, it can be difficult to pinpoint the exact location on an iPhone. Furthermore, the automatic text correction on the iPhone can be problematic. I completely agree with all of your points. As someone who has recently tried using an iPhone for the first time, I have mixed feelings about it. The biggest issue for me is the inconsistent user experience with the rewind action, across different apps. As a result, I have decided to switch back to using an Android phone, I’m just choosing the right one.

Good review. There are some things in the “iffy” section that are user error – but your point still stands, a new user to this system also wouldn’t be able to do these things. Two that come to mind quickly while I’m writing: Moving between letters while texting: Hold down on the space bar and you can move the cursor. Changing wifi: you already showed the menu by swiping down on the top right, you can then long press on the wifi or bluetooth icons to open their settings (and the app in full if you like)

Have you tried gesture navigation on Android? I personally like the google pixel implementation the best. Literally right where your thumb is sitting while you’re holding the phone works perfectly with a quick flick to go back no matter where you are in the UI. Also switching between apps on a pixel is extremely quick with a simple swipe back and forth at the bottom. Another thing you didn’t touch on is the long press on the space bar on iOS to move your cursor anywhere you want. You can do the same thing by long pressing the space bar and swiping left or right to move your cursor on pixel phones.

Massive respect for respecting your employees and not texting them outside of their work hours. This is something that many employers seemingly have forgotten about with the advent of real-time messaging and smartphones. It’s something that puts their employees in a weird spot since they can’t really confront them without causing an unpleasant situation. My boss has called me sometimes after 9 pm in the evening, and while I like him, it’s something that I really dislike because it can ruin a whole evening with, for example, your significant other.

such a concise and on point article. i fully agree with you about the things you mentioned. my deal breakers for iPhone is. my lg v40 has a microSD slot, i can plug it to my PC as a USB storage device also android has a file manager where i can choose manually where to save/copy files there is split screen features and pop out window. also i prefer having the headphone jack still and sound quality on the v40 through the cable in my opinion is unmatched by any Bluetooth headset. then a few more features that are handy on android being able to connect to wifi while simultaneously create a hotspot for my other device. so it’s a pass through intermediate connection for bunch of other devices i have already set up with my hotspot. and they all get redirected to use wifi with simplicity. also i can use my phone to charge other usb powered things, other phones, when in need. overall battery life has been drastically better on any android phone i used vs any iPhone phone i tried. and lastly, I prefer thr GUI and customizations on android over apple. apple will still look like apple no matter what you change in the settings. in android there is far more room to make bigger changes.

Another thing I encountered as an iffy thing that added up when I tried using an iPhone was volume settings. On iPhone there is one volume for everything, unless you use the mute switch for calls/notifications. On Android I have a seperate slider for Calls, Notifications, Media, System Sounds, and even specific apps.

You can hold the notification to view the whole thing. You can even reply from there. Out of all of the stuff, this seems kind of like your android experience poking through. On android you hit the dropdown on the notification (even in the clip of you doing it). On the iPhone, they don’t often use drop downs. If you’re used to the interface, a tap and hold is just as obvious as that dropdown to view more on android.

What I’ve learned about phone switching in this article is that when we stay with our devices for a certain amount of time, we would develop habits around using that certain device. The other side might sometimes seems like “the grass is greener” for some time and when we switch everything feels just wrong. It’s not just something simple as changing from one phone to another, it’s changing from a complete set of tools and habits to another, which takes time and drains energy. However it is exciting to swap around once in a while. I’ve been using iphones for over a decade and develop apps for iOS. After using an “about-to-be-thrown-away” android device from my family member for a few weeks I’m back in my childhood days of tweaking settings and customizing stuff around the phone, everything is so fresh. It makes me appreciate what both sides are trying to do, and helps me understand why apple and iOS have such a distinct flavor and user base.

Regarding some of your iPhone shortcomings (coming from an Android user who also has an iPhone on the side): – You can pin the Settings app to your dock (like I do) or any of your home screens. – A widget that shows the date (like the Calendar widget) pinned to the home screen will keep the date a home screen swipe away at all times. This is honestly the better way of doing it on Android as well (I use Samsung Weather but Weawow is also good) – Setting the alarm via the Sleep settings helps you visualize exactly for how long you will sleep every time you set an alarm, as it shows both the wakeup time and the sleep duration – Regarding the “unread” thing with Gmail, I don’t use gmail (I use Outlook) but I’m pretty sure you can use swipe gestures on your inbox to quickly mark items as unread. There should be an option in the Gmail settings to customize the swipe actions.

I’ve seen different reviews of people switching over but your review and experience has been amongst the most interesting for me personally to view. I’m an iPhone user through and through but I also love Android and Samsung. If I could, maybe I’d have both, haha. But I agree with your qualms with iOS and iPhone. Extremely valid concerns that sometimes I dislike (the cursor, inconsistent back action/gestures – I always liked Apple for their design consistency and clearly the back action was an oversight for them). Thanks for sharing!

I use a Pixel 8 Pro and have been using Android smartphones since 2014. I agree with Zach on almost every point, however my biggest reason I don’t use an iPhone is customization of the Home screen. Still don’t understand why Apple won’t let you place apps exactly where you want them to be without every other app shifting around with it.

The text message scheduling and the click into a word are the only ones I relate to, as iPhone user (ex-Android). The text scheduling just came to iPhone, though! Also, it is nice to click next to a word, as well. There’s definitely times where the situation would be reversed and it’s annoying to try to click in between words. The other things just sounds like you are used to Android OS. It was like that for me with certain things switching to Mac years ago. Now I find Windows incredibly cumbersome.

Great article as always and as an iPhone user, these are great points. Would love to be able to schedule texts! One thing you can do in iOS is basically use spotlight search for everything. I never go into the dialer. Just swipe down, type name and hit the call, FaceTime or text. I get to apps this way too, settings included. If you know exactly where you want to go in settings (cellular settings for example), you can type that and it usually will take you there Also, the gmail app does have a mark read/unread button if you’re in the message, but yeah, can’t do that from the notification screen. I manage emails just like you do but of course, I have to be in the app.

I just got a new 15 Pro Max. The last iphone I had was 4s 🙂 Instant frustration indeed. Thinking of returning it because everything takes just a bit more attention to use. Also, it feels slower than my Motorola Edge 2022. It feels just a bit sleepy and extra animations seem to be taking longer. But the biggest frustration is the absence of a split screen. Such a simple thing to make. App Store has lots of third-party split-screen apps, they function well but the best one is like $13 per month subscription! Anyway, there are so many things to improve, but for some reason, apple knows better.

I have had an iPhone provided by my company for a little over a year now, and I’ve found the exact same things as you have. I was really interested to try it out as I’d never used anything from Apple’s ecosystem before, but it just wasn’t what I’d come to expect. I had always heard it was a better interface, more intuitive, etc., but I personally found it a little inefficient and almost irritating at times. As someone with a background in tech and who grew up through the transition to what we have now, I’m usually pretty quick to get the hang of new software or hardware, but I’ve had to reduce my iPhone usage to just a work number for my business contacts. I’ll be really interested to see what you think of the Flip, as I love the idea but also can’t help but feel I’d ruin the screen within the first few months. I hope for an awesome surprise and that it holds up well for you!

With One UI, an even quicker way of playing with settings is in the Taskbar itself, if you want shortcuts to certain features, VS going to general settings. In older versions, choose the setting you want to play with: ex. Bluetooth you can touch the word of the setting and go straight into deeper settings for it. Touching the icon switches it on/off. In newer versions, a touch for toggle, long press for deeper settings. Also, with article calling on newer Android phones/Samsung it’s just as easy. One icon for regular call, and one for article call with Google Meet. Built into the factory phone app. Flashlight dimmer has been there on older phones like yours, but was an extra step. Newer phones like the flip and the S series have it right in the sub-menu. Hope this helps.

another thing you missed is that, on Android, the keyboard requires so much less clicks to type things out, my grandpa switched from his Samsung to an Apple and he really hates it since his password goes from 8 clicks on Android to 16 clicks on Apple, and there is no way to customize your Apple keyboard to be like an Android keyboard

For reading the emails within the notification center, you can hold down the notification and it expands the preview out, and it also gives you options to mark it as unread or archive the email. And for notifications, instead of setting the notification grouping to automatic like it is by default, going “by app” grouping instead does help for keeping notifications more organizing.

It was nice to see a review from just everyday usage and not comparing spec numbers and hardware/software. I bounce back and forth a lot myself and agree with everything you said. The iPhone does have a few tricks to help with some of the iffy points but android still does a much better job at being user friendly.

As an iPhone user who has been using the iPhone for a few years, I really agree with this article, for me the thing that bothers me most about the iPhone is the “Low Battery” popup, which simply appears in the middle of the screen and stops everything we are doing. and the fact that there is no option to automatically activate low battery mode when the battery is low.

I love your opinions man. It’s so relatable and refreshing. I’m so tired of perusal the same reviews in which other youtubers talks about tech,like,as a product,but not from a normal user’s point of view,users,who don’t like to play games,who doesn’t care about the ecosystem,but just want a tool that works,and helps with their daily life and productivity. Everything you said made total sense. iPhone fan boys might disagree,but whatever. I would like to see more such opinions on phones. Love your work. Have a great new year Jerry.