As someone who went from Android to iOS to make communicating with my client base easier, I 100% agree with every single point you made, which is rare for me. Check your panic logs, does it show a "wifid" error causing the restart? Because this is a huge issue people (including myself) have been dealing with FOR YEARS that Apple has yet to acknowledge. Would love to see a deep dive into this.
@@IanDresarie I actually like that because it made things specific. Tap on word to select the word, and use hold space bar to control the cursor. iOS cursor control is so great because it acts like a mouse compared to Android being fixed line by line.
Good news: You can! Just tap and hold (and the magnifying thingy pops up, then slide for exact location) I actually didn't know about holding the spacebar to trackpad... 😅 -edit: it's 'a' way to do it, never said it's better/smart. Just trying to help, geez.
This is something I didn't really understand for never having had an iphone. Say you made a spelling mistake 3 words back, do you not just click in front of the letter with the error and backspace it??
As a convert-Apple user, I miss the little “do you wanna rotate your screen?” button that Android shows in the corner when you rotate the phone with rotation locked. Only being able to lock portrait and not landscape is stupid
I'm pretty sure that's relatively new but OMG it's so clutch! I love it! Also relatively new is the volume control mentioned in this video. Which is also super useful!
28 วันที่ผ่านมา +128
Oh yes. I have rotation turned off since this feature was introduced in Android
17:23 as an iOS Developer, this is a setting we can control and set to lock a specific rotation. We have 4 checkboxes, which are, portrait, upside down, landscape left and landscape right. In theory, you could lock it to be only upside down. In this case, this seems to be a decision made by the developers of Jetpack Joyride to lock it to a landscape orientation, presumably to stop it from automatically rotating on accident when playing the game. (Which would play a whole animation, therefor stopping the game flow) As a long time iOS fan and developer, I do however not see any reason why they shouldn't have a landscape mode for lock orientation, so your point still stands. But I just wanted to make this case clear.
not sure if that's true. He showed it in landscape in the other orientation. It's only when he goes to another app, and then back into JJ does it get locked to the other one.
@@krophiquon yes, my point still stands. The game has it locked to landscape right. So if you open it in landscape left, because the game set it to only work in landscape right, it will be “upside down”. If you as a developer set it to work in both landscape directions it would flip the game.
@@pareshpadhi2454 yes, that’s what I said at the end of my comment. I agree with him, I just wanted to make sure that people know, that this option exists for developers and why they might have made that choice. (The game developers in this case). Like I said, I totally agree that this should be a system setting. I can probably guess why apple did not do this, because they like basically everything to be in portrait mode. However who cares, they should implement it, just so it’s an option if you need it.
Came here to add this comment, many games for some reason are checked landscape "right" or "left" only, that was a dev choice. Not defending the issue with other apps and etc, but this would be the reason for this issue in many situations
This video is absolutely fantastic! These are things that have caught my attention for a long time but often go unnoticed. I've been using an iPhone 13 Mini for 1.5 years now. Before that, I was a Samsung Galaxy S10e user. As someone with ADHD, I usually can't multitask while talking to someone-like sending a file or typing something. But Samsung's UI was so intuitive and fast that I could quickly send a file or jot something down in just 5-10 seconds, even while talking to someone. The back button, faster animations, and full support for SwiftKey's suggestions made this possible. Plus, the audio quality was much better. The iPhone, on the other hand, delivers a terrible experience. It feels so sluggish.
I'm glad someone addressed the landscape oriented problem. As a left handed person I somehow always opened something "wrong" showing the app upside down. The flip was almost every time from muscle memory. Just let me hold it how I want.
I don't have a an iPhone 16, but I do have iOS 18, and I have never run into it not "doing a barrel roll" to point the way I want it. I'm trying to figure out if its a problem with the 16 or maybe only with certain apps. I can even rotate it within some games and it will adapt just fine.
Yeah I have a Google Pixel and when You have auto rotate turned off and you flip your phone it will show a little circle in the corner with the rotation logo and if you click it then it will lock you into that orientation. It's very intuitive and it shows up quickly for a few seconds and then goes away if you don't to rotate your phone. This is what apple should do for orientation lock (The Google Pixel has Auto-rotation and Orientation Lock).
I have to say I've never run into my iPhone not flipping over to whichever way I'm using it might be an app issue To be clear iPhones do have problems with not letting you rotate some things other than portrate
14:15 I just upgraded yesterday from iPhone 11 to 16 Pro…took me 20 mins to figure out how to add my various email accounts and calendars to the new phone. You were not alone Linus, and I’ve been iPhone since my Nokia N97!
Damn, from 11 to 16 pro must feel like a real upgrade though. Don't remember each iteration well, but it adds up over the years. Not to mention the new battery alone
You don't realize how nice a back button is until you try to hunt for the little x in the corner of an ad. Most ads dismiss the ad on back press when their timer is up, and some terribly designed ones forget to lock that functionality for the delay!
I honestly hate gesture controls in general, because even if I know them well there are decent chances they may not work as intended. I enable classic three buttons on the bottom on all my androids and use them without thinking and without failing. And yes, having back button at hand at all times is great.
Hello, newish iPhone user here. I can from Android and miss it so much….. But I am so happy that other people understand my frustration with moving icons on iOS!!! I tried explaining it to my wife one day. She has never used anything but an iPhone and has no idea what I’m talking about. I also find web browsing to be super frustrating. I was a die hard Firefox user until I switched but being forced to either use Safari or an inferior version of Firefox was so hard. I bounced from browser to browser and eventually settled on just using Safari… then they released 18 and I have to relearn certain aspects. I switched to Brave. But it never felt like home and so much of it was just bloat. I don’t need a brave wallet, or Leo. I eventually came back to Firefox on iOS but still have to use Brave for websites that are unable without content blocking. Why can’t Apple just allow non WebKit browsers so we can have Firefox, or even Chrome. The way they were meant to be. I can’t justify purchasing a new phone right now. But I can’t wait to switch back to Android.
As an iOS user, this was a very fair critique. Not being able to tap to place the cursor in text infuriates me beyond belief, especially considering you used to be able to!! All it does is highlight the word, then you get stuck in a highlighting loop no matter how or where you tap. It's SO ANNOYING!!!
This is why i miss 3d touch. Being able to hard-press on the keyboard for the cursor instead of using the spacebar was so much better, and then hard-pressing again to select, a godsend. I hope they bring it back but i'm not holding my breath
8:50, nope, not an iOS 18 bug. This has been an issue with iOS for ages now alongside the keyboard click sounds going from inaudible to super loud in a split second. Apple has never fixed it and I don’t think they care to.
Trillion dollar company they need a few more years to iron out small bugs. I mean adding localization to all the countries where they sell their products took em 20 years
the keyboard in apple is shit, not being able to tap between the words, not able to have a separate num pad, period and comma above the keyboard, no long press symbols and even the gboard which is so much better in android be so bad in iphone. android allows you to customize the lag and delay in 0.1 ms accuracy and ios doesn't have anything
At work I have to use an iPad and since I work in a french speaking environment as a non-french speaker, I am mixing my mother tongue german with english and a bit of french - on Android, no problem, just tell the Auto-COrrect that you are using these three languages and you're good to go. But Apple (just very recently) gives me the availability to choose just two languages for auto-correct, and of course I very often are in the wrong mode (geen, enfr, gefr) and some words get corrected wrongfully. The whole typing experience is horrible as an Android User for 13 years and it's nice to see that it's not just me.
Been using 15 pro for more than a year now, couldn't replace my 6x cheaper Realme with it, main reason - typing experience was horribly downgrade in iPhone, like unintuitive, unproductive and extremely dumb, very bad UX. I can't emphasize on how much I hate typing in iPhone, even with a purchased 3rd party keyboard and is the major reason why it's still my secondary phone which I use only for taking photos now and then.
This. Moved to Apple when my wife convinced me that her and kids already use it so why not me. Well... the correction seems to at times choose the language quite randomly whci can be a frustrating experience when it doesn't work as it should.
Autocorrect on iOS (and I assume iPadOS) used to be super good for multiple languages, but within the last 2-4 years it seems to have been completely broken. Right now the behaviour also seems to change significantly between every minor update, too. The other day I had the AUDACITY of trying to write a single sentence in French on iOS without going out of my way to switch to the French keyboard, and my phone decided that - in the middle of a full French sentence - autocorrecting "vrai visage" to "braindead visage" was a good idea. Yikes.
Considering everyone and their mother talks about how well tuned everything is on iOS/iPadOS, I find it appalling that using a non-English keyboard layout makes the split keyboard in landscape mode on iPad split in the wrong place (between H and J on a QWERTY layout).
@@MrQwertyman111 Swiftkey on android works amazingly for this. I am learning German so I added it to my keyboard and it flawlessly works between both languages, even if I switch back and forth in the same sentence
This video is so accurate to my 2mo expedition into Apple-land earlier this year, as a long-time Android user: lots of small gimmicks being just annoying enough that they turned me away from switching permanently.
@@EternalDetracting He would've stayed with Apple in that case, pal :^) And I love the fact that everytime someone talks about IQ they're the most daft person on the room and you're great example of that :'D
@@MoxHex I'm genuinely flabbergasted that it's not a thing. Never spent a day with iOS, but was always taking it for granted. Just as other features like... Moving stuff around, which is, apparently, new
If you actually use an iPhone it becomes intuitive to go back, when switching to ios from android I felt the same way at first, but it actually ends up feeling a lot more natural on ios than androids implementation with time
You don't want to know how many times I've asked my mom or dad when I'm using their phone to do stuff (you know, the super child of household electronics thing) and I'm fiddling on how to go back, then have to ask: "How do you go back on this damn thing?" 7:23 and onward had me pointing at the screen non stop like leonardo dicaprio
Audio is weird on iOS and I'm glad you acknowledged it. My keyboard tap sounds would sometimes go absolutely berzerk and blast at full volume. It's suuuper embarrassing especially if I'm sitting in line somewhere and all the sudden my phone goes TAP TAP TAP.
omg yes the keyboard sound also goes REALLY loud for me alot.... ive had my iphone on mute now for 2 weeks cause of it , why does this happen?? its insanely annoying.. gosh i miss my samsung flip. thinking about switching back, ive had my iphone for months now and i get more and more sick of it the longer i have it :(
This video feels so validating. I swapped from android to iOS two years ago, after using android for like 10 years straight. I noticed almost instantly all the same issues you have had and I firmly will say that I beleive that most android phones are way easier to use, and way more user friendly than iPhones are today. Which is wild, because I literally always heard from my friends with iPhones that my phone was too complicated.... but really, it just had more options lol. It worked how I wanted it to, not how apple wanted me to use it. Regardless... still using my iPhone 13 mini cause it's the best tiny phone available and still getting updates.
Same here man even I just switched to a iPhone 13 temporarily till I buy a new android coz my current one broke and holy hell is it a pain in the ass to deal with ios and the so much stuff which is missing as he said in the video
I use both the mini 13 and Samsung s24. The s24 is by far the best Samsung since the s20. But apple is so far behind I am now having 60hrtz issues when I use my mini. Why couldn't they adopt 120hrtz. Even the 15 regular is 60hrtz. Come on apple. It gives me motion sickness now.
@@robertt9342 So basically, most android phones are trash because there are tons more android phones. If there is one shit company making alot of shit IOS phones aside from apple, half of IOS phones would be garbage.
9:20 I also enabled the Samsung feature that allows you to manage the sound of the apps individually, it's a game changer to not have every app under "media".
Never really an issue for me, but I’d see the appeal to having a control center for different volumes. Do I want media volume to change? Change it while media is playing Do I want system volume to change? Change it while media is not playing
@@_purge9488I get your point, but the thing is I don't want my phone to go full blast on opening a video in public, just because I forgot to turn the volume down last time I was watching something. I would like to adjust the media volume BEFORE I open a video. This actually explains why when I hear someone's go full blast in public, it's always an iPhone.
There is no back gesture. SOME apps code a swipe-from-edge gesture to navigate backwards. But ALL apps will have an actual back button in the UI. If you struggled with navigating backwards on the iPhone, then you are remedial.
I am so glad you brought up how terrible the back button is on the iPhone. It's insane the amount of effort you have to put into keeping track of how to go back
@@Asniper the thing is, swipe back for Android ALWAYS works. With iOS its 50/50. And with a controlled ecosystem like Apple, I’m boggled why they wont address this.
I've had both ecosystem's. I get why apple users like apple, its simple and works well with their eco system of products and gets the main things you want done. Android on the other hand allows for more freedom and is innovative with their features but just because the feature is there does not mean it works well. But androids tend to have better refresh rates and tech for a lower cost. So over all i get where both sides come from and I cant hate on either side. Get what you like and works for your day to day but neither side is superior.
60HZ does also just hurt Your Eyes if You had 90, 120 or even more HZ. That was a no go for Me after a Pixel 7 Pro and a S22 Ultra in the same Price Range as this 60HZ iPhones... Scrolling felt like My iPhone was stoned af
@@AgentLokVokun unless you have normal size fingers, miss it and accidentally start or open something (JUST left of it) instead. For me what sums Apple up is "design and looks over practicality and flexibility". This is a topic throughout the whoe video. Apple dceides how you "should" use it. And if you don't like it, bad luck. IF you like it, apple is very nice and very convenient. But i like the somewhat messy freedom of Android (or Windows) over Apple.
11:00 didn’t even mention the fact that very, very often, even when you tell iOS autocorrect that yes, that is what I meant to type and click the x next to the suggested edit, the bubble goes away as if it’s heard, then *autocorrects to that suggestion anyway* when you hit the space bar. Absolutely infuriating.
@@Fish_-ce6kk I was surprised he didn’t complain more about the auto correct. It’s one of my biggest gripes. Not only do I have to fight it to let me type a non standard word (or even just a different word than the keyboard wants) but often times when I’m one or two letter off for a misspelling it doesn’t auto correct and acts like it has no idea what word I could possibly be trying to type despite being so close!
Every year, I think about switching from my long term Android life to an iOS phone. Then I start thinking about all the points that have been mentioned in this video and I give up. I will never accept a phone that doesn't let me use it the way I want to.
LMFAO 😂 I love this video! One of the main reasons that I haven't given iPhones a try is the inconsistent and unintuitive back button and gestures. After watching this, I found so many more reasons to stay on the Android side. Thank you, Linus!
@7:05 The "going back" on iOS is so incredibly non-intuitive. But putting all the different types of calls in one place is a GREAT idea. And @18:20 whenever I talk about "I want it my way," all my Apple fan's tell me "why are you so caught up about xyz customization?" But you nailed it. After I walk away from the store, it's MY phone.
if only there was a button, say at the bottom of the screen for example, that acted as a back button no matter the app. just a idea tho doubt it will ever happen
@@hansangb The point you make about "why are you so caught up about.." is THE line I always hear from my friends using iOS. They always say it's amazing, intuitive, makes so much sense etc. But when you point out annoyances - which there are plenty of - the answer is always that it's a non issue because you will just have to get used to it or just don't expect to use the device this way
My brief experience with attempting to daily MacOS was basically exactly this. "How do I...?" questions greeted with mocking "why would you want to do that, idiot?" responses
the ability to easily rotate the screen even though it's rotation locked by just pressing the one button that pops up in the corner of the screen is great
@@malaki4519 Well it never felt much of an issue either on my older 14 Pro. But with android, it is not an issue on any games I have played so far and that is what makes me happy. Not having to face an issue at all is way better than facing it sometimes
I have always used Android devices. A couple of years ago, however, I switched to iOS. I had my phone, tablet, and Apple Watch. It wasn't a difficult transition. I disliked some details, but overall I was satisfied. I recently switched back to Android because my iPad failed (suddenly it turned off and never turned on again) and my iPhone XS was very old. Now I have a Galaxy S22 Ultra, and I have rediscovered Android features that an Apple user can only dream of. I feel like I have total control and can use it to its full potential. With the iPhone, I felt too limited by Apple's usage model. The only thing I miss is the Apple Watch-always fluid, reliable, and intelligent. But for everything else, Android for life!
Pretty same experience for me. Always Android, made the switch once for maybe a year. It was... fine, I guess. I'm pretty basic in my smart phone usage though, easy to please. Probably my favorite thing about it was the battery life.
And Samsung doesn’t let you do much things, especially in control panel, force you to use that big, ugly and fixed (not re-configurable) wifi and bluetooth pretty much like apple and ios manner. So you are not in that much control on Samsung, just telling. There are so much better options when it comes to customize and take control on your device.
@myolgiden one UI 7 gonna enable you to move the Wifi and BT button but I do relate. I hate that they separate Wifi and BT out from the rest of the functions. Its annoying that its taking up the space and we can't remove it on one UI 6
Just so you know, the feature you talk about at 01:46 has been present in Samsung phones for a while now. You just yeet whatever video or pop-up window to the side and it stays out of the screen with a small edge of the content visible. Maybe it's time to come back to the Fold?
@@rexyian3432 Tbh, S24 Ultra costs the same as an iPhone 16 Pro at release, but the difference is that a Samsung is going to be discounted sooner and steeper than an iPhone.
Perhaps the most annoying thing about these issues is how easy they would be to fix. A handful of options and tweaks that don’t even have to be the default behavior; just something to opt into if it’s our preferred way of doing things.
Yup. The jailbreak community for forever had very very simple coded tweaks to fix all of these little annoinces and it made iOS fun. Now we can’t even get a jailbreak :(
The thing is, iPhones have a large user base. If you change something that has been the same for years, people are going to be angry about it. It's understandable why changes don't happen, I've never used an iPhone and I can't imagine ever switching.
It's the same as with apps and websites etc... If the UI was "fixed" and intuitive and quick and all good, the devs would be out of jobs apart from the security guys who work on sec patches. So they keep it broken to be able to tweak here and there with new editions. 😉
I was honestly on the fence about going back to an Iphone after being in the Google Pixel lineup for so long. But seeing half of these problems and being surprised they were even problems, answered that for me. I mean, not even matching your scroll rate? That is insane. I don't think I would ever go back to an IOS experience if something that basic was not fixed.
I was gonna say xiaomi rednote. Needed a new phone after mine was stolen and I got the xiaomi rednote 13 pro basically just cause of the headphone jack while also being a very modern smartphone.
While were on the topic, as a self-proclaimed "audiophile"... cables suck, and 99.9999% of the time, I don't need *the best audio quality ever* (if I'm relegated to using my phone, I'm probably not in a sufficiently ideal listening environment to hear the difference anyway), and hyper-crisp mic quality benefits anybody but the person speaking. I'm not looking to listen to nuanced classical music on the bus, and I'm not looking to make high-quality content with a built-in mic on anything. So, there's a lot of hate about there not being headphone jacks anymore, and I think it's kind of silly. If I really must have a wired connection, dongles exist.
I had no idea I could long press the spacebar to easily reposition the cursor on my iPhone. That’s actually a game changer for me, trying to tap the screen to do it was so damn frustrating.
On Android I was trying to think of ways they could add in a way to swipe through letters and I thought "the space bar would actually work great for that since it's wide and has no swipe gesture" and then I tried it and it swiped through letters cause it was already a feature... Wish I learned about it sooner. But it was also kinda a surreal moment
I'm a little over a month into having my first iPhone after living in Android land for the last 10+ years, and this video is so so validating. There are so many little quality of life things that simply work better on Android and it's making me look forward to switching back down the road
I'm in the same boat. All of these little QoL things are pretty annoying, knowing what im missing from android. But I am super happy with the 2 main reasons I switched which was focus modes and siri shortcuts. Android has no equivalent of either, unless you try to count tasker, but that app is so hard to manage it feels like you need a 300 page manual open on your desk just to understand what all the cryptic functions do, and what the edge cases are. Also, the siri suggestions app widget has actually gotten pretty good at guessing what app I want to open next given time of day and location and such.
I also daily both for work and I have for nearly a decade now. If I could never touch an iOS device again, I would. Theirs nothing better QOL wise about it. Android will do every feature and have better control over the function of said feature.@@FinishHim90
@@kronik907 what are you talking about? Samsung has Modes and Routines, which is literally exactly exactly the same as sire routines, and if you don't have a Samsung, you can always use Google routines. The only thing about Ios focus mode is that you can have multiple. Otherwise it's exactly the same on any android.
@@bobbybaeX Yes, its the multiple part that I really wanted. Also modes and routines is cool but lacks most of the features I wanted from siri shortcuts. With shortcuts, I can create entire menus of actions from a single icon press and can do things like pull info from my clipboard or take text input and push it into other 3rd party apps etc. focus modes and siri shortcuts genuinely have no comparision on android, and I've only had my very first iphone for less than 3 months, after over 10 years of being a power user on samsung & sony phones. I know what I'm giving up and what I want from the iphone, and please dont talk down to me like I have no idea about android.
17:39 I would like to add, that although I do like that it orients in any direction like Android, there are times when I am playing upside down, like hanging over the edge of a sofa or bed, and cannot get it to stay upside down. Android has this covered since I just download and app that forces the screen to orient the way I want in these edge case scenarios. Apple, I'm certain wouldn't allow an app that kind of control over their OS functions.
Android does definetely have problems with orientation too but they have a clever solution in a form of a button in right bottom corner (i dont know if iphone has such). At least for me, button works great. I generally have auto orientation turned off on my phone, but if you tilt your phone, button to change orientation in the corner still appears, so this way my phone doesn't change orientation randomly, when i lie down for example, but only when i need to
Apple used to have this problem solved with orientation lock, but as he pointed out, they severely crippled it a long time ago. It’s also infuriated my many times because I know I used to be able to lock it…
A missed opportunity to wear the Steve turtleneck for this review. Last portion of the video made me wonder about whether dual running an iPhone 16 as the main and a Samsung A-series as the identity verification and more sensitive data backup device would fix some of the unintuitive issues listed.
I did this a few years ago, my wife moved from an iPhone 8 to a new (13 I think) and I asked to borrow her phone for a month before giving to one of our kids. Most of the stuff you said I agree with, some basic tasks on Android were hard to do on the iPhone and that rotation thing, OMG after a week I was ready to give up. Going menus deep to find a single setting....really ? Can I really customize anything deeply? Nope, every iphone almost looks exactly the same, really? Yea, I went back to Android and will never turn back, and even the funnier part of it, I loved the interface of Windows Phone (who remembers that??), so I use a loader for that but, all the of the backbone is Android. I get the live tiles from Windows phone (new emails/texts show up on the home screen), the start menu with the list of apps (even new apps on the top to get rid of all the "added apps after an update") in order, you can even select a letter like in Windows to get right to an app and get all the Android advantages. It REALLY is the best of both worlds. Again, its' MY phone and how I like to use it and IOS is not and will never be for me.
I can't believe you didn't notice one of the most basic table stakes that IOS doesn't allow. Try typing in a number into the Phone app, then say you missed a digit or got one wrong you can't cursor to just that number, you have to delete all the way back to the wrong number and start again from there. Very annoying if you are making international calls and need to add the country code after pasting in a number. I can't believe the IOS design team are so blind. They should absolutely be hiring design engineers from other countries and they should use both iPhones and androids.
Coming from an Android (Specifically Samsung) enthusiast, I'd also love to see a Video on an Apple fan from the company that tries android for 30 days. Let's see which things they loved and completely hated about android. Maybe there's some features and quality of life things that make iphones just that tad bit better for other people Edit: He said it in the end.. i'm Hopeful for that to come through
Don’t know about now, as I’ve used just Apple for about 8 years now. Prior to that though, I was a former Apple user using Android. I used my Android phone for about 2 years, but I couldn’t wait to eventually move away from my Android phone and back to Apple mostly because of Apps. It seemed like Android had a lot more free options that were absolutely awful compared to the $1 or $2 apps on Apple. The paid versions on Apple in many cases didn’t exist at all on Android. So on one hand I had more free options, but they all felt terrible. I would be curious if the app environment has changed over the years… though at this point I have so much habit and muscle memory built up in Apple that I’m unlikely to switch. The differences in the OS and stuff, like Linus talk about here, didn’t really matter to me. I could and did get used to either one.
Everytime a friend hands me his new iPhone (he gets from/for work) and shows me some new features, I am like, "Ohh ok, that is actually cooler on iPhone." (Like the haptic feedback for iPhone/watch hits just different. Or if some features drop that get added 1-2 years later to android.) But every time I bump into these inconsistencies that wants me to throw that thing into the wall, he is just laughing his ass off and says "have been there."
I’ve switched between them both every few years. I’d say that the vanilla android on pixels is easily my favourite phone OS. Currently on an iPhone for a couple of years and it was oneUI that pushed me here. It’s so bloated and messy IMO. Feature rich but I didn’t find myself using half of it and getting annoyed at the other half
Longtime iPhone user here: The volume of notifications and sounds are constantly going up. Sometimes one day later, sometimes one month later. This is what I experienced since I bought the 13 Pro fairly new, and I now have a 16 Pro Max for around two weeks, and on the new phone, I already had to turn down the volume twice. It's making me furious sometimes. I don't like loud alarms for waking up, so you can imagine my face when in the morning my alarm suddenly goes off full volume. Yikes. BTW good video, thx for sharing your thoughts. :)
This is one of those things that just never even occurred to me, because the last time I tried to turn on sounds on my ip13 the button was stuck because it'd been turned off for who knows how long. Media volume seems to just crank up by itself so now I'm just instinctively clicking the volume down button every time there might be sound coming from whatever I'm viewing.
Im pretty sure you misclick on the volume button outside of media so the ringer goes up but you dont put it down. Just my theory bcs this never happened to me
@@Borovski213 no, I'm pretty sure, I don't. My phone is always in silent mode (bc I have an Apple Watch on my hand), and I never set all the way up the volume of the notifications and alarms. In fact, I always set it back to around 1/3, but after some time, it climbs back to max.
In settings you can set individual volumes for system sounds vs media. If you don't do this. they will go up the volume gets turned up. Sometimes from software bugs with third party Apps like Facebook or Instagram, but also because you have turned the volume up during a phone call or music playback etc
As an apple only user forever, thank you for calling out the orientation lock thing at the end as the most important change. I've been wanting it changed for so long
As Linus said, give the other side of the fence an honest try and you may be surprised. You can't appreciate features that you've never been exposed to in the first place. Your phone life could explode with QOL.
Oh my god. This is so much of what I experienced. The audio issues, cranking the living room speakers to full blast, the UI inconsistencies and many more. It is good to hear that it is not just me.
"it just works" = "this is the only thing I've ever used and I'm used to its shortcomings" Android for me "just works" too. But that's because I'm so used to it at this point that I'm sure there're a lot of small annoying things that I don't think about.
This is why I have an ipad pro 2024 M4 for most use cases, an android phone, and a Mac Mini M4 for everything non gaming, but also testing games and sending feedback to developers, so it can hopefully be a Windows gaming pc replacement at some point. I don’t actually ever game anymore, cause I’m so tired of games not being flawless and perfect, so I can’t enjoy them anymore.
i started out android and it never just worked for me lol.. my phones were always crashing freezing overheating some apps just would work on my particular phone.. its been probably 10 years now since i had a android but thats where i would say it just works.. its does everything its supposed to do with out much error
aren't these two exactly the same attitude? :D "used to its shortcomings" sounds very similar to "at this point I'm sure there's a lot of small annoying things that I don't think about"
and tbh these are phrases that could be used by anyone towards any tool/device that they are very familiar with and know their needs, eg. not punching down a little nail with a screwdriver, but with a hammer, and most probably not a sledgehammer, but a small, fitting one.
that "phone, teams, whatsapp" triple whammy was the equivalent of an anxiety nuclear bomb after hearing all three notification tones go off in succession
My biggest grip with using an iPhone is the keyboard. I can't stand not having numbers and basic punctuation on the main keyboard. Installing SwiftKeys or GBoard seems to be hacky at best - often the phone will switch back to the standard Apple keyboard, or sometimes an even further stripped down keyboard. I just want my preferred keyboard layout all the time!
That suddenly loud audio in Carplay! My wife's iPhone 13 does that, too. It happens in our Subaru and Toyota, so it does seem like an Apple-side issue.
@@CarsSimplified if you have Amazon Alexa app installed try removing that... I bet it will resolve your issue.... Ask me how long it took me to work that out 😕
As someone that switched to iPhone a little over 3 years ago when I’m listening to a song and then on in a call the volume RAMPS UP TO MAX WITH THE MUSIC PLAYING FOR A SECOND THEN PAUSES THE MUSIC AND PLAYS THE CALL AUDIO. It driving me nuts, it’s happens every now and then but still.
As someone who also tried using an iphone a few years ago, I do like that everything is straightforward and just easy to use. However, as an Android user, having an iphone it just felt like i was handcuffed, not being able to do the basic level of customization was a massive killer for me. I didnt last a week with the iphone and went straight back to Android. I just wish Android was as optimised as iOS, becasue Apple have nailed that aspect.
Even on My Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra, I also feel like Android 14 with One UI 6.1 is also easy to use and there is more flexibility about apps and customization. Beyond that, I could probably say that the iPhone 4S was one of the easiest phones to use especially on its earlier software.
Android is quite optimised. Android does more things than iphone that is why it breaks sometimes. ios is not optimised. ios have worse bugs than android. ios does less things so that is why it appears to be more optimised but it is not actually
@GaneshMKarhale that's why I like Samsung phones better. I have the Galaxy S21 Ultra as my main phone. The only Apple devices that I have are the iPhone 4S from 2011 and the 1st gen iPod touch from 2007.
"straightforward and just easy to use" I really find it strange that people say that to describe iOS. I would describe iOS as convoluted, inconsistent and generally bad designed.
If it wasn't for the optimisation and the secure FaceID, I'd have gone back to Android the very next day! The apps also look and feel better on iOS, at least to me. But the main reason for staying on iOS is security. I don't know why but I just feel so much more secure on iOS than Android.
I’m surprised you didn’t notice how bad searching in settings is. Sometimes I search for something and it won’t show up even though I searched for the exact setting name.
Ohh yes i have faced the same issue idk whats wrong with search… i type the exact word and still it wont show… on the contrary in android even if you type something related to that thing it will understand and show you the required thing, even though you have not typed even the single word from that required results…. Such a blissful experience in android 😊
Maybe your using search from main Home Screen instead of going to settings and using the search there instead. The main Home Screen search doesn’t check settings, it’s for apps, web
I don't know if Linus ran into this one but my girlfriend and I both ROLL OUR EYES every time either of our iPhones start clicking REALLY FKIN LOUD while typing. And that's pretty often.
You can turn it off. I turned mine off and made it to where each click gives me haptic feedback. Sort of like a real click. Idk just my preference for click feedback.
I hate the random loud clicking. Happens randomly on my 15 pro max ONLY if Discord is running. If I kill Discord, max volume typing noise instantly stops.
I had to use an iphone for my work, and some tasks required to go through several different screens sometimes hundreds of times. The animation delay between each and every single screen not only slowed me down to less than half of how fast I could do it, it also drove me up the wall.
Would never happen, on iPhone your mute switch is a physical toggle located above the volume rocker allowing you instantly & discreetly silence the phone anytime without even needing to see the screen Oh wait they got rid of that 🙃
That would never happen because on iPhone the mute switch is a physical toggle above the volume rocker, allowing you to quickly & discreetly mute all sounds without even needing to see the screen Oh, oh wait no, they got rid of that 🙃
5:45 SPOT ON. The lack of a universal "back" gesture or button on iPhone is a tremendous hassle for my elderly clients and coworkers. Some of my time spent interfacing with elderly clients involves helping them to navigate their phones, and I can SEE how frustrating and inconsistent the iPhone user experience is in their performance. I would expect the Android user to be maybe more informed generally, but many of my elderly clients bought an iPhone specifically because they thought it was the "easy to use" option. I wouldn't in good conscience recommend the iPhone that way anymore, among the other obvious reasons
face ID + Keychain and seamless syncing between other apple devices. That alone makes apple products superior for the elderly. I personally don't use apple products for my own devices but I'd much rather help an elderly person with an iPhone than an android any day.
The lack of a back button is the reason alone I would pick an Android tablet for my work next time. I save PDFs to Onedrive so I can bring them up on my iPad in the field. Whenever I want another file, I'll end up frantically tapping the screen to make the back button appear, just so I can go back to the folder and open the next PDF. It's infuriating.
@@TheChemisch sure, what about user interface. Shouldn't that be an equally important point to consider, especially for an elder person. I neither know any elderly, facing similar issue nor I know much about Apple interface. But a person who interacts with elderly people frequently says that this is a commonly affecting issue, I would like to believe the same. Security and easier unlocking is important, sure. But more important is using the device itself, imo. Then again, I have always been on the other side, what dop I know?
Migrating from Android to iOS was hell. If you miss the restore WhatsApp on the first pass you can NEVER RESTORE your Android WhatsApp chat history ever again. It’s insanity.
hey, are you sure about that? I just missed it from migrating my s22 to a new iphone, I was thinking on resetting the iphone again and make another try lol
The landscape orientation works in only one way because if you are lying down, you technically hold your phone vertically if you're watching a video, so it doesn't flip it into portrait mode.In an android, this would make it rotate back to portrait if the phone was held in any orientation vertically, whereas the iPhone knows that it is being used like that (user is lying down on their side, holding the phone vertically but using it horizontally) so it does not flip it back to vertical position/portrait mode if the phone is being held vertically with its earpiece speaker at the bottom.
In an android if your screen orientation is locked it will ask you if you want to rotate your orientation with a small button in a corner of your screen. And honestly this makes so much sense, i think apple 100% should add this feature to ios
no android I've ever seen turns the screen vertically upside down, there are only 3 orientations possible, if you're watching something horizontally and turns the earpiece speaker to the bottom it'll keep it on the horizontal. iphone should let you watch anything on both sides, there are no excuses
18:15 Apple strongly disagrees with that. Apple wants to be in control of the experience until the phone reaches the landfill. And it's customers don't seem to have a problem with that sentiment.
We don’t have a problem with it because they way it works already is the way we want it to work. Why would I complain about not being able to change something if I’m never going to want to change it?
re: 7:28 As a left handed person, I hate the “swipe in from left to go back” feature. Every time I swipe up or down at a slight angle, my phone goes back. In some apps (looking at you Twitter) there is a refresh that triggers and going forward is no longer an option. What I was looking at is now lost. In other apps whatever it was starts over. Turning the swiping to go back and forward feature off should be an accessibility toggle at a bare minimum!
As a right handed person with early arthritis, I had the same issue when I didn't bend my thumb when I swiped. I eventually moved to Android where I could disable that feature in favor of the touch buttons.
How do you go back if both swipes do the same thing on Android? Do you have to go find the back button? What if the app you're in doesn't have a back button?
@@MisakaMikotoDesu with android swiping left or right on the screen goes back. if the app doesnt have a back it will either do 1 of 2 things. minimize the app. or do nothing.
@MisakaMikotoDesu Android gives you multiple options to choose. If you dont like swiping, you can apply buttons instead. They will show up for every app
@@MisakaMikotoDesuthere's ALWAYS a back button in android - it's an OS level feature and part of the basic GUI like the home bar on an iphone. and you don't have to go "find" the button - it becomes muscle memory (like the ios back swipe) almost immediately after you start using the device; but unlike the iphone gesture which - as linus mentioned - doesn't always do what you expected it to, the android back button _always_ works pretty much exactly as you expect it to every single time.
Tip: If you're deep in a hierarchy of screens like Settings and want to go back multiple levels up, hold the back button and it will show the hierarchy up to the top level.
@@Supremax67 Not really what anyone was talking about here. This was focused on UX and overall experience. I totally agree with you (except for the protection, I’ve seen no issues with that) but it’s not relevant.
@AeroGloryYT It is very relevant. Would you buy a car that had a dead body in it? Car specs is meaningless if you don't look at the overall picture. Otherwise, that's just tunnel vision.
@@Supremax67 Especially for the average consumer who isn’t very tech savvy these things are deal breakers. I HATE the right to repair stuff but I still use a MacBook and an iPhone. In some ways the proprietary aspect of Apple devices helps make it more “seamless”. I really enjoy the “It Just Works” aspect of it, that is the way I can rely on programs to work and the OS to not crash.
Linus. I'm so glad to see this video.. These are my same complaints after switching to Iphone after years of phoning around. Some things are better like you've said. I've been able to make more meaningful content because of the simplicity of the camera and its user interface. But, at least once or twice a day, I find myself in a situation where I have to close a window just to get out of it. I end up in a digital box that I have to destroy or crawl out of. I'm constantly frustrated by the fact that I STILL can't share a contact from an icon within the texting app!! I have to exit my message screen, find the contacts, share the contact using a separate message.... It's the dumbest thing I've ever had to do while texting. And I can think of much worse things I've done while texting! I still think it's a great piece of machinery and the design Is always quality but, yeah, it's frustrating sometimes.
15:15 oh God, so silly, but this was the literal reason I went back to Android. Why oh why, Apple, don't you fix the scroll on your OS? The weirdest part is scrolling on macOS is brilliant.
just out of curiosity, do you know about the scroll bar? that you can press it when it appears and go as fast as you want? (I know its a pretty unknown feature, very "intuitive")
Haven't touched iOS since the iPhone 4S and was genuinely unaware about the scrolling I already wasn't really planning on buying an iPhone anytime soon but your comment is probably the nail in the coffin that guarantees I never buy one ever lol
Glad someone saud this.. 9:40 the Iphone keyboard is the worst keyboard ever. Backspacing anything feels like a Grandpa with a stick coming down the stairs.. I immediately downloaded Google Keyboard and I'm not going back.. Absolutely no customization. Looking for COMMA takes two cliks.. it's infuriating 😂😂
I think you made the best point about intuitive design on WAN show when you said that "intuitive" doesn't actually mean intuitive anymore. It just means whatever we have gotten the most used to. In that sense, a lot of iPhone design is pretty intuitive to me, while I have a hard time understanding the settings of my Samsung tablet. There are definitely things that I agree with you on in this video, as someone who has had an iPhone for 12 years. But the design choices make more sense to me, having seen where we came from along the way versus not daily driving an android.
@@gschweiger I've always had a problem with the phrase "common sense". Adding "requires common experience" wraps a lot of my thoughts into something simple. I really like it thanks!
Is it though, i can install any app on android and i know there is a back button at the bottom right of the screen. i can install a new app on IOS and it can have back button at the top-right on one screen and then on the next screen it can be on the top-left. So lets say now i want to go back, i will first need to go to top-left and then i will have to go to top right. On android i will tap the back button twice on the same spot. So which is more intuitive? Tapping same spot twice with zero thumb displacement or going from one corner to another covering significant thumb displacement. Also you need to pay attention to the screen to locate the next back button. While on android you dont need to. I can close my eyes and press the back button twice. You cant do that on IOS. That is why the intuition comes from. "But the design choices make more sense to me" Some genuine questions for you. 1: How does the inconsistency in the back button makes sense to you? 2: How does the Volume settings make sense to you? 3: How does it makes sense to have things burried in the settings app. Should i be able to change my camera resolution from the camera app itself instead of going and seraching the settings app. 4: How do you make sense of the inconsistent rotation settings.? 5: How does it make sense to not have a file manager?
The two things that annoy me most about iOS is the fact that you cannot tap to put the cursor in the middle of a word and the abysmal app icon placement (which they made WORSE) with their half hearted “fix”
@@krim7 you actually can put the cursor in the middle by: - tap and hold the cursor, then you can move to anywhere, or - tap and hold the space bar to navigate the text
The wild part is that, it was possible in iOS to tap in the middle of a word. I did it in my 3GS and first few months in my X. Then suddenly after one update, I can no longer do it.
@@krim7 you must have the tiniest fingers that uses a smart phone. There’s not a chance I could ever tap and put my cursor exactly where I want it. Tap and hold and then drag puts it exactly where I want every time instead tap, damn not there, tap again, crap, tap.
.5 animations on Android was the best thing I found years ago. I can never go back at this point. I love you guys actually found an old iphone with the account settings as Linus mentioned. It was wild listening to the WAN show with this topic and quite a many iphone chatters were simultaneously getting their mind blown while calling Linus wrong.
Let's not talk about Android here. We all know you can do almost anything in Android, half of what you want, just using the available settings already.
As an iPhone user, I've started getting sick of Apple's iOS as I feel like it was already getting too buggy, but now with iOS 18, its even worse. Genuinely never wanted to switch to Android more in my life than I do now. Don't get me wrong, I like alot of things about iOS I really do, but it almost feels like Apple doesn't trust me to use my own phone sometimes with design decisions they make.
I'd say if you want the sort of 'Apple'y feel, go with Nothing. I wouldn't recommend the Pixel or Samsung. Rn the best phone no matter the price point is the Vivo X200 Pro, and its only 700 bucks
Why even stress about it. You can get an Android phone any day and just switch. It's not that hard. Should you choose Mac, Linux or Windows? I use all three and BTW. I often carry two phones.
iOS user here Kinda hitting that point where they just need to have a “0 new features” update that just fixes things Half of the iPhone apps don’t work in landscape even though they look fine on iPad Universal back gesture would be nice (universal gestures by themselves since swiping right does different things depending on the app mostly devs doing it differently) Setting really could be reorganized to make more sense PiP from a slide over app just doesn’t work you need to go full screen switch to PiP and go back to what you were doing Better volume control would be nice
17:35, as an iOS user for 10 years and plays a lot of mobile games you can 100% put in both possible land scape orientation, must be a jet pack joy ride lock or an iOS 18 bug, I have never experienced this
There's one particularly frustrating issue (or perhaps an intentional feature) If iCloud storage runs out while Photos Sync is enabled with the "Optimize Photos" option selected, things get tricky. If you happen to turn off Photos Sync in this situation, you lose access to your backed-up photos (on that iPhone) because storage is full. You can't re-enable Photos Sync unless you either clear storage or purchase more. To make matters worse, you also can't switch from "Optimize Photos" to "Download Originals" unless Photos Sync is turned on. This leaves you with only two options: Buy more iCloud storage. Manually back up all the non-synced photos elsewhere, delete them from your device, and then re-enable backup. This is just 1 of the issue (Maybe a feature from Apple's perspective) i noticed Note: I used iPhone few years for the work related. I can never imagine using it as personal device.
The fact that the Note9 from 2018 is still not a complete dumpsterfire next to the iPhone (feature and speed-wise) is ridiculous. Shows how good that phone was (is?).
In some ways it's more feature rich than even modern Samsung phones because you get the SD card and the headphone jack and MST. Variable aperture. I wish they would just make the same damn phone but give it a matte finish instead of glossy and put an eight gen two in there or something and call it the Note 9 classic.
@@linkinlovprkyeah I mean the only thing that bugs me about using my Note 9, which I do occasionally is just that Android 10 is now getting to the point with some software won't support it. Most I mean even to this day you can still get all the LLMS work on it and revanced and new pipe and pretty much every open source app. I actually kind of like the fact that there's no material you and the widgets take up less space.
@@michaelcorcoran8768 It’s cheaper for the manufacturers too, and they have the ability to profit off of higher capacity models. Ex, nand costing a few dollars at most, is up charged to 50-100 usd for the privilege of storage increase. That’s why they too prefer it. That being said, does anyone, except actual power users even need a microsd slot anymore? I don’t think the majority of users are going to ever need 256gb+ storage on a phone, let alone an _extra_ 512-1tb by a microsd. Phones today(expect the ones by stupidly limited arbitrarily by manufacturers) are almost default at 128/256gb now. Especially as most people change phones around the 5 year mark. I doubt many people are buying 512gb+ phones, but if they do they have a solid use case for it and I don’t think lack of an sd card slot would change their decision.
15:10 I remember being there and watching the Apple fanboy collective claiming everything Linus was doing was wrong and that any suggestions mentioned would "make the iPhone an Android phone." Sorry, not sorry... but some Apple users need a major reality check; A total lack of options is not magically better, and your way is not the inherit perfect way for someone else.
It's just that they can't accept that the iPhone isn't perfect and when "some outsider" comes along and judges it ,saying this and that. They have to bark back.
Yeah, well you gotta take the log out of your own eye (a million different android versions doing things a million different ways) before taking the spec out of someone else's eye (it doesn't work like android).
@@nathanross4036as some who's used a OnePlus, Google, LG, and Currently Samsung phone before, it's just Apple that keeps doing their own specific unique thing. Since most Android features are from stock Android, pretty much every Android phone will have it. And even then, the only time each Android phone will be unique, is a gimmick that most don't need, or in software design.
@@nathanross4036funny thing is, my Android works how I WANT it to work. If something is bothering me, there's likely an option to change it to my liking and then pretty much all apps obey that decision
Good points. Basically everything I had problems with IOS myself. So many little things that don't make sense. Only things you missed imo is finding things like "find on page" and "request desktop site". Oh and for some reason they won't let you view photos without metadata on sd card readers too, like they just don't show up on the sd card.
As someone with 2 phones, one google pixel for personal use and one iphone for work use, I 100% agree with all the negatives you have said, it is just so inconsistent.... I really dont know what apple users mean by it just works
to be fair, most apple users have been with apple since they started getting smartphones- that’s why. we know how apple products work & our brains are wired to understand them immediately in a way someone coming into one from android wouldn’t
@@lightworthy Absolutely on point, an android user can never ever convert to ios seamlessly since there will always be some kind of small missing feature in ios no matter how customisable they get.
@@ShadowGardennnn exactly! and conversely, androids are SO customizable and not one standard that it’s overwhelming for many apple users who just prefer their phone to be simple and/or don’t want to think about their phone setup and customization & have a learning curve to do so. i’ve actually heard that one a LOT from apple > android users who end up switching back again bc each brand is for VERY different demographics with different use cases!
I havent watched LTT videos in a long time, but right off the bat the audio and video quality are to a standard that immediately raise the standard for everyone else
To be fair, I felt the audio quality in this video is also unique. Especially when compared to typical LTT videos. I barely recognized his voice initially.
I got to hold many iPhones in my two years of working for a mobile retail store. Never grew to like it. But it did infuriate me a couple of times... My colleague once asked me if I could help him with his alarm ringtone. Being an extremely light sleeper, all his iPhone ringtones would wake him up with a shock, instantly blasting music at the loudest possible level. I couldn't find any gradual volume increase so I was like OK, I'll make you a custom ringtone. I downloaded so birds chirping from youtube, fired up FL Studio, did a little automation for volume so it goes from silent to higher volume over time. Oh oops, I can't just use any audio I loaded on the phone for a ringtone? Well excuse me iPhone okay I guess I'll use your damn app to make a 30 second clip I can then use. Finall, set it up and thinking I am crazy, alarm goes off, the birds chirping as loud as possible, it will hurt your ears loud right from the start... I doublecheck the audio I rendered, nope, it's gradually increasing. WHY THE HELL DO YOU NORMALIZE AUDIO APPLE. I gave up at that point, screw this, I was so happy to have an android phone. Never want to see an apple device.
Thanks for sharing your experience. It's like apple devs are intentionally trolling Android users. I really think some one is having a good laugh right about now. 😂
Yeah, alarm volume being tied to ringtone volume is very annoying. I created two time specific automations/shortcuts whatever to lower my volume at night and raise it up in the morning after my alarm
@@flyingspydr But that's not even the issue. The issue is that it doesn't even offer audio getting gradual louder to begin with. It just normalizes even specficially tailored track to ALWAYS be set at a certain audio level and therefor literally prevents a track from slowly going from 1db to 25db in the span of ~15-20 seconds, literally removing any actual workaround and just blasting audio out at whatever max level you've chosen. Before reading that I didn't even know that any software exists that'd do that as it's just dumb to begin with.
First of all..... THANK YOU!.. I've been an Android user for as long as Android has been out, the closest I've ever been to iOS is when the first iPod Touch came out (not long after the first iPhone) Lately I've been getting a little itch about giving an iPhone a try, and I've been even looking at buying not the newest but perhaps a 15 pro. Heck!! After watching your video I realize how I take for granted so many things and features on my S24 Ultra. As simple as the keyboard and rotation of the screen and such as you mentioned.. And You made me realize I was about to make a big mistake, Thanks for your video!! Great work!!
Linus sold me fent behind the walmart the other day
which walmart? asking for a friend.
@@Carl-le6po you too ?
@@eanyon2 the one
Only geeks find this funny
not again :(
As someone who went from Android to iOS to make communicating with my client base easier, I 100% agree with every single point you made, which is rare for me. Check your panic logs, does it show a "wifid" error causing the restart? Because this is a huge issue people (including myself) have been dealing with FOR YEARS that Apple has yet to acknowledge. Would love to see a deep dive into this.
Yeah, a video on the issue would be nice
The greatest technician that's ever lived
Could this be the greatest technician, you have ever seen?
ITS THE GREATEST TEHXNICITION THATS EVER LIVED
not even his tiny raccoon-like fingers can solve that problem
OMG THAT WHOLE "you can't tap the cursor into the middle of a word" THING DRIVES ME INSANE
@@IanDresarie I actually like that because it made things specific. Tap on word to select the word, and use hold space bar to control the cursor. iOS cursor control is so great because it acts like a mouse compared to Android being fixed line by line.
Good news: You can! Just tap and hold (and the magnifying thingy pops up, then slide for exact location) I actually didn't know about holding the spacebar to trackpad... 😅
-edit: it's 'a' way to do it, never said it's better/smart. Just trying to help, geez.
wow that is still a problem 10 years later, common Apple L
This is something I didn't really understand for never having had an iphone. Say you made a spelling mistake 3 words back, do you not just click in front of the letter with the error and backspace it??
I long press the space bar to allow me to move the cursor like a trackpad
It's wild how every TH-camr ALWAYS makes a Disclaimer "Please chill, Please don't kill me" before they talk about the tiniest negative thing.
It's sad what society has come to, so this is basically required to say nowadays.
Because Apple fanboys act the same way as Democrats 😂
@@ElvisChibunduChrist dude you literally went and did the thing
@@Leo9ine Did I lie?
@@xyoxus It's not really a new thing, there's always been fanboys with strong opinions
As a convert-Apple user, I miss the little “do you wanna rotate your screen?” button that Android shows in the corner when you rotate the phone with rotation locked. Only being able to lock portrait and not landscape is stupid
Why did you convert to appleism?😢 What's wrong with Android?
One of my favourite useful features. I used it thousands of times by now.
I'm pretty sure that's relatively new but OMG it's so clutch! I love it!
Also relatively new is the volume control mentioned in this video. Which is also super useful!
Oh yes. I have rotation turned off since this feature was introduced in Android
@@AgentOrange96 yeah those were introduced in android 11
He wants the LG wing back
best he will get is a 2000 style flip if reddit has a say in that.
Well, there's also Sharp now
Been using the R8s Pro for a while now. Gotta say, it's pretty good, especially since I got it at a discount
Bruh you wild for saying that lol!
I want LG back, but you can keep the Wing.
I only went to Samsung when my LG V30 got ran over by a car. At that point LG stopped making phones. I now have a Samsung A33, but I still miss my LG.
17:23 as an iOS Developer, this is a setting we can control and set to lock a specific rotation. We have 4 checkboxes, which are, portrait, upside down, landscape left and landscape right. In theory, you could lock it to be only upside down. In this case, this seems to be a decision made by the developers of Jetpack Joyride to lock it to a landscape orientation, presumably to stop it from automatically rotating on accident when playing the game. (Which would play a whole animation, therefor stopping the game flow) As a long time iOS fan and developer, I do however not see any reason why they shouldn't have a landscape mode for lock orientation, so your point still stands. But I just wanted to make this case clear.
not sure if that's true. He showed it in landscape in the other orientation. It's only when he goes to another app, and then back into JJ does it get locked to the other one.
In another developer's comment, Linus replied that he still needs this as a system setting wide implementation.
@@krophiquon yes, my point still stands. The game has it locked to landscape right. So if you open it in landscape left, because the game set it to only work in landscape right, it will be “upside down”. If you as a developer set it to work in both landscape directions it would flip the game.
@@pareshpadhi2454 yes, that’s what I said at the end of my comment. I agree with him, I just wanted to make sure that people know, that this option exists for developers and why they might have made that choice. (The game developers in this case). Like I said, I totally agree that this should be a system setting.
I can probably guess why apple did not do this, because they like basically everything to be in portrait mode. However who cares, they should implement it, just so it’s an option if you need it.
Came here to add this comment, many games for some reason are checked landscape "right" or "left" only, that was a dev choice. Not defending the issue with other apps and etc, but this would be the reason for this issue in many situations
This video is absolutely fantastic! These are things that have caught my attention for a long time but often go unnoticed. I've been using an iPhone 13 Mini for 1.5 years now. Before that, I was a Samsung Galaxy S10e user. As someone with ADHD, I usually can't multitask while talking to someone-like sending a file or typing something. But Samsung's UI was so intuitive and fast that I could quickly send a file or jot something down in just 5-10 seconds, even while talking to someone. The back button, faster animations, and full support for SwiftKey's suggestions made this possible. Plus, the audio quality was much better. The iPhone, on the other hand, delivers a terrible experience. It feels so sluggish.
I'm glad someone addressed the landscape oriented problem. As a left handed person I somehow always opened something "wrong" showing the app upside down. The flip was almost every time from muscle memory. Just let me hold it how I want.
As a fellow leftie, I 1000% agree with you. It can be so annoying.
I don't have a an iPhone 16, but I do have iOS 18, and I have never run into it not "doing a barrel roll" to point the way I want it. I'm trying to figure out if its a problem with the 16 or maybe only with certain apps. I can even rotate it within some games and it will adapt just fine.
Yeah I have a Google Pixel and when You have auto rotate turned off and you flip your phone it will show a little circle in the corner with the rotation logo and if you click it then it will lock you into that orientation. It's very intuitive and it shows up quickly for a few seconds and then goes away if you don't to rotate your phone. This is what apple should do for orientation lock (The Google Pixel has Auto-rotation and Orientation Lock).
Yea, I didnt know this and im a righty. But I hold phone with left hand and ride skatboards goofy for being a right hander.
I have to say I've never run into my iPhone not flipping over to whichever way I'm using it might be an app issue
To be clear iPhones do have problems with not letting you rotate some things other than portrate
14:15 I just upgraded yesterday from iPhone 11 to 16 Pro…took me 20 mins to figure out how to add my various email accounts and calendars to the new phone. You were not alone Linus, and I’ve been iPhone since my Nokia N97!
Accounts are inside Contacts app settings
@@sklynexdLet's go against common design language
Damn, from 11 to 16 pro must feel like a real upgrade though. Don't remember each iteration well, but it adds up over the years.
Not to mention the new battery alone
didn't you backup and restore? When I get a new phone, I don't have to setup accounts again from scratch.
Really? PEBKAC.
You don't realize how nice a back button is until you try to hunt for the little x in the corner of an ad. Most ads dismiss the ad on back press when their timer is up, and some terribly designed ones forget to lock that functionality for the delay!
I've encountered those. They must do that so that they get accidental clicks to thus get paid.
I honestly hate gesture controls in general, because even if I know them well there are decent chances they may not work as intended. I enable classic three buttons on the bottom on all my androids and use them without thinking and without failing. And yes, having back button at hand at all times is great.
Wait, you don't have adblock on your phone? That would be an instant dealbreaker for me.
i’ve had ads have the X button in the top of the screen where i can’t click and have to close the entire app and reload
tf you talking about? You can swift left.
Hello, newish iPhone user here. I can from Android and miss it so much….. But I am so happy that other people understand my frustration with moving icons on iOS!!! I tried explaining it to my wife one day. She has never used anything but an iPhone and has no idea what I’m talking about. I also find web browsing to be super frustrating. I was a die hard Firefox user until I switched but being forced to either use Safari or an inferior version of Firefox was so hard. I bounced from browser to browser and eventually settled on just using Safari… then they released 18 and I have to relearn certain aspects. I switched to Brave. But it never felt like home and so much of it was just bloat. I don’t need a brave wallet, or Leo. I eventually came back to Firefox on iOS but still have to use Brave for websites that are unable without content blocking. Why can’t Apple just allow non WebKit browsers so we can have Firefox, or even Chrome. The way they were meant to be. I can’t justify purchasing a new phone right now. But I can’t wait to switch back to Android.
As an iOS user, this was a very fair critique. Not being able to tap to place the cursor in text infuriates me beyond belief, especially considering you used to be able to!! All it does is highlight the word, then you get stuck in a highlighting loop no matter how or where you tap. It's SO ANNOYING!!!
Agreed
Never thought it was a problem, just hold down. Makes it more accurate too.
You can accurately place your cursor by sliding back or forth on the spacebar, you can do it on both android and iOS but yeah it's not intuitive
Wow I just learned this. Thank you kind stranger.
This is why i miss 3d touch. Being able to hard-press on the keyboard for the cursor instead of using the spacebar was so much better, and then hard-pressing again to select, a godsend. I hope they bring it back but i'm not holding my breath
8:50, nope, not an iOS 18 bug. This has been an issue with iOS for ages now alongside the keyboard click sounds going from inaudible to super loud in a split second.
Apple has never fixed it and I don’t think they care to.
Trillion dollar company they need a few more years to iron out small bugs. I mean adding localization to all the countries where they sell their products took em 20 years
Small Indie Company
i never really liked keyboard clicks so i just have it disabled,
but man, that would drive anyone insane
@@JaceKeller pretty sure they'll fix it after 5 years and announce it as a feature
the keyboard in apple is shit, not being able to tap between the words, not able to have a separate num pad, period and comma above the keyboard, no long press symbols and even the gboard which is so much better in android be so bad in iphone. android allows you to customize the lag and delay in 0.1 ms accuracy and ios doesn't have anything
At work I have to use an iPad and since I work in a french speaking environment as a non-french speaker, I am mixing my mother tongue german with english and a bit of french - on Android, no problem, just tell the Auto-COrrect that you are using these three languages and you're good to go.
But Apple (just very recently) gives me the availability to choose just two languages for auto-correct, and of course I very often are in the wrong mode (geen, enfr, gefr) and some words get corrected wrongfully.
The whole typing experience is horrible as an Android User for 13 years and it's nice to see that it's not just me.
Been using 15 pro for more than a year now, couldn't replace my 6x cheaper Realme with it, main reason - typing experience was horribly downgrade in iPhone, like unintuitive, unproductive and extremely dumb, very bad UX. I can't emphasize on how much I hate typing in iPhone, even with a purchased 3rd party keyboard and is the major reason why it's still my secondary phone which I use only for taking photos now and then.
This. Moved to Apple when my wife convinced me that her and kids already use it so why not me. Well... the correction seems to at times choose the language quite randomly whci can be a frustrating experience when it doesn't work as it should.
Autocorrect on iOS (and I assume iPadOS) used to be super good for multiple languages, but within the last 2-4 years it seems to have been completely broken. Right now the behaviour also seems to change significantly between every minor update, too. The other day I had the AUDACITY of trying to write a single sentence in French on iOS without going out of my way to switch to the French keyboard, and my phone decided that - in the middle of a full French sentence - autocorrecting "vrai visage" to "braindead visage" was a good idea. Yikes.
Considering everyone and their mother talks about how well tuned everything is on iOS/iPadOS, I find it appalling that using a non-English keyboard layout makes the split keyboard in landscape mode on iPad split in the wrong place (between H and J on a QWERTY layout).
@@MrQwertyman111 Swiftkey on android works amazingly for this. I am learning German so I added it to my keyboard and it flawlessly works between both languages, even if I switch back and forth in the same sentence
This video is so accurate to my 2mo expedition into Apple-land earlier this year, as a long-time Android user: lots of small gimmicks being just annoying enough that they turned me away from switching permanently.
???? You have 75 IQ max
@EternalDetracting is literally the other way around lol. Apple fanboys are VERY rarely the smartest people in the room.
@@EternalDetracting ???
@@EternalDetracting Lol if he have 75 IQ then you have -10, Apple sucks
@@EternalDetracting He would've stayed with Apple in that case, pal :^)
And I love the fact that everytime someone talks about IQ they're the most daft person on the room and you're great example of that :'D
The universal button is the single greatest thing Android has over Apple.
@@MoxHex I'm genuinely flabbergasted that it's not a thing. Never spent a day with iOS, but was always taking it for granted. Just as other features like... Moving stuff around, which is, apparently, new
If you actually use an iPhone it becomes intuitive to go back, when switching to ios from android I felt the same way at first, but it actually ends up feeling a lot more natural on ios than androids implementation with time
You don't want to know how many times I've asked my mom or dad when I'm using their phone to do stuff (you know, the super child of household electronics thing) and I'm fiddling on how to go back, then have to ask: "How do you go back on this damn thing?"
7:23 and onward had me pointing at the screen non stop like leonardo dicaprio
@@MoxHex but Android "back" looks like shit( very bad
even there gesture control back button is miles better than whatever apple cooked
Audio is weird on iOS and I'm glad you acknowledged it. My keyboard tap sounds would sometimes go absolutely berzerk and blast at full volume. It's suuuper embarrassing especially if I'm sitting in line somewhere and all the sudden my phone goes TAP TAP TAP.
omg yes the keyboard sound also goes REALLY loud for me alot.... ive had my iphone on mute now for 2 weeks cause of it , why does this happen?? its insanely annoying.. gosh i miss my samsung flip. thinking about switching back, ive had my iphone for months now and i get more and more sick of it the longer i have it :(
This is interesting to hear/read. my iPhone is a on mute 100% of the time so I would not have known this would be an issue for people.
Lmao, so it is an iOS bug affecting ppl globally and not just me
I thought I was the only one!
I’ve only noticed this in the past couple of weeks. Will probably be fixed soon
This video feels so validating.
I swapped from android to iOS two years ago, after using android for like 10 years straight. I noticed almost instantly all the same issues you have had and I firmly will say that I beleive that most android phones are way easier to use, and way more user friendly than iPhones are today. Which is wild, because I literally always heard from my friends with iPhones that my phone was too complicated.... but really, it just had more options lol. It worked how I wanted it to, not how apple wanted me to use it.
Regardless... still using my iPhone 13 mini cause it's the best tiny phone available and still getting updates.
Same here man even I just switched to a iPhone 13 temporarily till I buy a new android coz my current one broke and holy hell is it a pain in the ass to deal with ios and the so much stuff which is missing as he said in the video
I use both the mini 13 and Samsung s24. The s24 is by far the best Samsung since the s20. But apple is so far behind I am now having 60hrtz issues when I use my mini. Why couldn't they adopt 120hrtz. Even the 15 regular is 60hrtz. Come on apple. It gives me motion sickness now.
It is when you read articles . On iPhone the 60hrtz kills the experience. On my Samsung I can slowly scroll and read without screen lag.
I’d argue that “most” android phones are much worse, mainly because they are cheap garbage phones that are either out of date or run super poorly.
@@robertt9342 So basically, most android phones are trash because there are tons more android phones.
If there is one shit company making alot of shit IOS phones aside from apple, half of IOS phones would be garbage.
Legitimately the back button on my first Samsung is what sold me and kept me staying since the iPhone 6 or 7. I need that back button
9:20 I also enabled the Samsung feature that allows you to manage the sound of the apps individually, it's a game changer to not have every app under "media".
same, great for playing music with TH-cam going as well
@jaxon_hill I use it for games and duolingo with spotify playing. Also disabled auto-mute for duolingo. Gotta love having options.
Same, my partner has a pixel and it's crazy how far ahead Samsung is on software
@@WimmleI have this on a Motorola which claims to be stock android 13, strange a pixel wouldn't have it
What tool let's you do that?
I was 5 minutes into the video before I realised Linus' sleeves shirt sleeves are different colours...
must be saving on energy as well, non ironed T Shirt and a body warmer
@@nemesisgaming8360 it’s just ‘shot on IPhone’
what the hell I just realized
I thought half of my screen is in True Color.
@@nemesisgaming8360 its the Mac Address shirt
That camera dip maneuver is honestly hilarious.
If I dip, you dip, we dip.
@@ollimartikainen indonesia banned iphone 16
@@Teddyponsel2626 who cares
@@icephoenix5466 you care
@@Teddyponsel2626ok
Spot on analysis. Fair and valid. It's crazy to think that after all this time you can't do these basic things.
As a prior android user and a current iOS carrier, the volume adjustability issue is my biggest pet peeve and haunts me daily
If I recall rightly, that's an OS X weakness too - you need a third party app to be able to independently adjust the volume of different programs.
I’ve never had an issue
Never really an issue for me, but I’d see the appeal to having a control center for different volumes.
Do I want media volume to change?
Change it while media is playing
Do I want system volume to change?
Change it while media is not playing
@@_purge9488mean, u need to change it all time plus the animation that smooth and slow
@@_purge9488I get your point, but the thing is I don't want my phone to go full blast on opening a video in public, just because I forgot to turn the volume down last time I was watching something. I would like to adjust the media volume BEFORE I open a video.
This actually explains why when I hear someone's go full blast in public, it's always an iPhone.
The back gesture not being consistent is what got me to go from a 16 pro to a pixel 9 pro after only 2 days on the iphone
wow
thats been on iphone since the first iphone though lol
The back buttons annoys me, i hope the just add swipe to go back instead of trying to find the back button in each apps
There is no back gesture. SOME apps code a swipe-from-edge gesture to navigate backwards. But ALL apps will have an actual back button in the UI. If you struggled with navigating backwards on the iPhone, then you are remedial.
@Applest2oApples Of course people like this that use iphone and defend it
I am so glad you brought up how terrible the back button is on the iPhone. It's insane the amount of effort you have to put into keeping track of how to go back
... its always at the top left? unless you're using an app that isn't following the HIG
@@AsniperAndroid users complain that iOS isn’t Android. What else is new? 😂
Android's swipe to go back functionality is incredibly underrated. Especially on a bigger screen device.
I’ve never had this issue 🤷♂️
@@Asniper the thing is, swipe back for Android ALWAYS works. With iOS its 50/50. And with a controlled ecosystem like Apple, I’m boggled why they wont address this.
I've had both ecosystem's. I get why apple users like apple, its simple and works well with their eco system of products and gets the main things you want done. Android on the other hand allows for more freedom and is innovative with their features but just because the feature is there does not mean it works well. But androids tend to have better refresh rates and tech for a lower cost. So over all i get where both sides come from and I cant hate on either side. Get what you like and works for your day to day but neither side is superior.
I'm happy that Linus addressed the scrolling speed issues. It drove me crazy when i switched to an iphone.
60HZ does also just hurt Your Eyes if You had 90, 120 or even more HZ. That was a no go for Me after a Pixel 7 Pro and a S22 Ultra in the same Price Range as this 60HZ iPhones... Scrolling felt like My iPhone was stoned af
@@M1U5T0N3 but pro model
You can press and hold the scroll bar when it pops up and scroll at any speed you want.
@@AgentLokVokun unless you have normal size fingers, miss it and accidentally start or open something (JUST left of it) instead.
For me what sums Apple up is "design and looks over practicality and flexibility". This is a topic throughout the whoe video. Apple dceides how you "should" use it. And if you don't like it, bad luck. IF you like it, apple is very nice and very convenient. But i like the somewhat messy freedom of Android (or Windows) over Apple.
@@AgentLokVokun that's just DUMB apple fanboid. you can easily do the same in windows why even invent a scroll wheel or two finger swipe in trackpads.
11:00 didn’t even mention the fact that very, very often, even when you tell iOS autocorrect that yes, that is what I meant to type and click the x next to the suggested edit, the bubble goes away as if it’s heard, then *autocorrects to that suggestion anyway* when you hit the space bar. Absolutely infuriating.
@@Fish_-ce6kk I was surprised he didn’t complain more about the auto correct. It’s one of my biggest gripes. Not only do I have to fight it to let me type a non standard word (or even just a different word than the keyboard wants) but often times when I’m one or two letter off for a misspelling it doesn’t auto correct and acts like it has no idea what word I could possibly be trying to type despite being so close!
Is this still existing? I'm using an iPhone 5 for my job that is frustratingly doing the same.
Every year, I think about switching from my long term Android life to an iOS phone. Then I start thinking about all the points that have been mentioned in this video and I give up. I will never accept a phone that doesn't let me use it the way I want to.
@@fhreire 😂😂 We Love You ... We Android Community
Good move. Apple is such hot garbage im amazed people even use it. That's the power of marketing
Just own both
@@vagabond1845 Gimme the money
@@rickyrat42069it's a pocket PC with a phone built in tho..
LMFAO 😂 I love this video!
One of the main reasons that I haven't given iPhones a try is the inconsistent and unintuitive back button and gestures. After watching this, I found so many more reasons to stay on the Android side. Thank you, Linus!
@7:05 The "going back" on iOS is so incredibly non-intuitive. But putting all the different types of calls in one place is a GREAT idea. And @18:20 whenever I talk about "I want it my way," all my Apple fan's tell me "why are you so caught up about xyz customization?" But you nailed it. After I walk away from the store, it's MY phone.
if only there was a button, say at the bottom of the screen for example, that acted as a back button no matter the app. just a idea tho doubt it will ever happen
And this is why apple is inferior to Android
@@hansangb The point you make about "why are you so caught up about.." is THE line I always hear from my friends using iOS. They always say it's amazing, intuitive, makes so much sense etc. But when you point out annoyances - which there are plenty of - the answer is always that it's a non issue because you will just have to get used to it or just don't expect to use the device this way
My brief experience with attempting to daily MacOS was basically exactly this.
"How do I...?" questions greeted with mocking "why would you want to do that, idiot?" responses
@@JamesScholesUK I view android users as going to a nice steak restaurant and asking for a bottle of ketchup and a chocolate milkshake
I had never thought about the screen rotate issue until I switched to Android recently and I just cannot look at my iPhone the same anymore
@@normaneshuchi5474 enjoy the big library of open source apks
the ability to easily rotate the screen even though it's rotation locked by just pressing the one button that pops up in the corner of the screen is great
Oh my God I never knew this! I usually leave my phone on auto rotate. Knowing this is such a game changer!
I only have that issue on certain games…. So I don’t believe it’s completely an iPhone issue. I daily a 15 pro max
@@malaki4519 Well it never felt much of an issue either on my older 14 Pro. But with android, it is not an issue on any games I have played so far and that is what makes me happy. Not having to face an issue at all is way better than facing it sometimes
I have always used Android devices. A couple of years ago, however, I switched to iOS. I had my phone, tablet, and Apple Watch. It wasn't a difficult transition. I disliked some details, but overall I was satisfied. I recently switched back to Android because my iPad failed (suddenly it turned off and never turned on again) and my iPhone XS was very old. Now I have a Galaxy S22 Ultra, and I have rediscovered Android features that an Apple user can only dream of. I feel like I have total control and can use it to its full potential. With the iPhone, I felt too limited by Apple's usage model. The only thing I miss is the Apple Watch-always fluid, reliable, and intelligent. But for everything else, Android for life!
Pretty same experience for me. Always Android, made the switch once for maybe a year. It was... fine, I guess. I'm pretty basic in my smart phone usage though, easy to please. Probably my favorite thing about it was the battery life.
had Android, then iOS and it was honestly limiting and cheeks (especially during IPH6 time) , so I went back and will never try again
And Samsung doesn’t let you do much things, especially in control panel, force you to use that big, ugly and fixed (not re-configurable) wifi and bluetooth pretty much like apple and ios manner.
So you are not in that much control on Samsung, just telling. There are so much better options when it comes to customize and take control on your device.
but bro, you switched to one of the worst performing efficiency chip ever produced. See you on the S25
@myolgiden one UI 7 gonna enable you to move the Wifi and BT button but I do relate. I hate that they separate Wifi and BT out from the rest of the functions. Its annoying that its taking up the space and we can't remove it on one UI 6
FINALLY SOMEONE BROUGHT UP THE JETPACK JOYRIDE ISSUE
Its like that with every game
Just so you know, the feature you talk about at 01:46 has been present in Samsung phones for a while now. You just yeet whatever video or pop-up window to the side and it stays out of the screen with a small edge of the content visible. Maybe it's time to come back to the Fold?
This feature is also implemented in my poco x3 pro, so I've never thought about it as something unique
I did not know that, I've been annoyed in the past that it couldn't be moved out of the way like that. Thanks for the tip
You know I just had to try and yep my oneplus 9 has this aswell
It's an android feature
It's already a feature on any android phone I know since the dawn of age anyway, I mean now we can do that to every floating apps
Dealbreakers:
- Apple keyboard
- inconsistent back gesture
- orientation lock
you forgot the back button and more...
@@mutebivation yeah... and no clipboard history is crazy. I use that all the time.
And no volume mixer...
And the price
@@rexyian3432 Tbh, S24 Ultra costs the same as an iPhone 16 Pro at release, but the difference is that a Samsung is going to be discounted sooner and steeper than an iPhone.
It's finally here! After countless rants on WAN I've been so hyped for this video (and the WAN after it)
agreed, I like the WAN rants but this "condensed" video in comparison is very nice
Yep! Really looking forward to the WAN tomorrow!!
Jonathan looks different somehow.
@ArturoTabera lolll
Great review,
and I must say, your online merch store is amazing and hilarious! 😂
I am so happy you addressed how sluggish iPhones feel. I have felt that way for years.
strangs, i've always found it to be the other way round
Same. The worst part is that it's so random. Sometimes it's just fine, sometimes... The animations seem to drag down.
@@DeckedSneeze709it feels slow because of animations and unnecessary animations.
@@hasanagera Not to mention only 60 refresh rate
@@SKK329the pro has 120hz….
Perhaps the most annoying thing about these issues is how easy they would be to fix. A handful of options and tweaks that don’t even have to be the default behavior; just something to opt into if it’s our preferred way of doing things.
Yup. The jailbreak community for forever had very very simple coded tweaks to fix all of these little annoinces and it made iOS fun. Now we can’t even get a jailbreak :(
The thing is, iPhones have a large user base. If you change something that has been the same for years, people are going to be angry about it. It's understandable why changes don't happen, I've never used an iPhone and I can't imagine ever switching.
It's the same as with apps and websites etc... If the UI was "fixed" and intuitive and quick and all good, the devs would be out of jobs apart from the security guys who work on sec patches. So they keep it broken to be able to tweak here and there with new editions. 😉
Apple only has 28% of the market share worldwide.
@@jessecv saying “only” to 28 percent is crazy
I was honestly on the fence about going back to an Iphone after being in the Google Pixel lineup for so long. But seeing half of these problems and being surprised they were even problems, answered that for me. I mean, not even matching your scroll rate? That is insane. I don't think I would ever go back to an IOS experience if something that basic was not fixed.
Pixel gang. Got my 4A 5G in 2021 and still using it, I love it.
It's so they can cheap out on the screen that's about it. They refuse to go up to 120hz or higher.
Pixel 8 pro with Graphene Os babyyyyy
So nice, and so much more customizable and secure than IOS
@@smallbutdeadly931 Are payments still an issue?
Meanwhile, I switched from a Pixel to an iPhone and don’t ever plan on going back. To each their own!
I love the visual of all the apps going into the pocket like that. Thank you whoever thought of that!
18:52 a smartphone with a HEADPHONE JACK? In 2024? Must be a Sony Xperia...
Maybe Xiaomi Redmi Note series
Yes probably 1 mk V or mk VI
What's wrong with a sony xperia?
I was gonna say xiaomi rednote. Needed a new phone after mine was stolen and I got the xiaomi rednote 13 pro basically just cause of the headphone jack while also being a very modern smartphone.
While were on the topic, as a self-proclaimed "audiophile"... cables suck, and 99.9999% of the time, I don't need *the best audio quality ever* (if I'm relegated to using my phone, I'm probably not in a sufficiently ideal listening environment to hear the difference anyway), and hyper-crisp mic quality benefits anybody but the person speaking. I'm not looking to listen to nuanced classical music on the bus, and I'm not looking to make high-quality content with a built-in mic on anything.
So, there's a lot of hate about there not being headphone jacks anymore, and I think it's kind of silly. If I really must have a wired connection, dongles exist.
I had no idea I could long press the spacebar to easily reposition the cursor on my iPhone. That’s actually a game changer for me, trying to tap the screen to do it was so damn frustrating.
Still sucks using the trick you will notice it takes a bunch of swipes to move though a single word
On Android I was trying to think of ways they could add in a way to swipe through letters and I thought "the space bar would actually work great for that since it's wide and has no swipe gesture" and then I tried it and it swiped through letters cause it was already a feature... Wish I learned about it sooner. But it was also kinda a surreal moment
Does Swiftkey for iOS not have arrow keys (or the default keyboard for that matter)? That's such a simple thing to implement imho
It doesn’t have to be just the space bar either, the entire empty space below the keyboard works as well!!!
@jadinc77 Android you can swipe or tap on letter you want to change easily. It was there for decades before even apple implemented.
I'm a little over a month into having my first iPhone after living in Android land for the last 10+ years, and this video is so so validating. There are so many little quality of life things that simply work better on Android and it's making me look forward to switching back down the road
I carry flagships of both flavors daily. You’re going to miss QoL from IOS if/when you switch back.
Neither sucks and both have advantages.
I'm in the same boat. All of these little QoL things are pretty annoying, knowing what im missing from android. But I am super happy with the 2 main reasons I switched which was focus modes and siri shortcuts. Android has no equivalent of either, unless you try to count tasker, but that app is so hard to manage it feels like you need a 300 page manual open on your desk just to understand what all the cryptic functions do, and what the edge cases are. Also, the siri suggestions app widget has actually gotten pretty good at guessing what app I want to open next given time of day and location and such.
I also daily both for work and I have for nearly a decade now. If I could never touch an iOS device again, I would. Theirs nothing better QOL wise about it. Android will do every feature and have better control over the function of said feature.@@FinishHim90
@@kronik907 what are you talking about? Samsung has Modes and Routines, which is literally exactly exactly the same as sire routines, and if you don't have a Samsung, you can always use Google routines.
The only thing about Ios focus mode is that you can have multiple. Otherwise it's exactly the same on any android.
@@bobbybaeX Yes, its the multiple part that I really wanted. Also modes and routines is cool but lacks most of the features I wanted from siri shortcuts. With shortcuts, I can create entire menus of actions from a single icon press and can do things like pull info from my clipboard or take text input and push it into other 3rd party apps etc. focus modes and siri shortcuts genuinely have no comparision on android, and I've only had my very first iphone for less than 3 months, after over 10 years of being a power user on samsung & sony phones. I know what I'm giving up and what I want from the iphone, and please dont talk down to me like I have no idea about android.
17:39 I would like to add, that although I do like that it orients in any direction like Android, there are times when I am playing upside down, like hanging over the edge of a sofa or bed, and cannot get it to stay upside down. Android has this covered since I just download and app that forces the screen to orient the way I want in these edge case scenarios. Apple, I'm certain wouldn't allow an app that kind of control over their OS functions.
Android does definetely have problems with orientation too but they have a clever solution in a form of a button in right bottom corner (i dont know if iphone has such). At least for me, button works great. I generally have auto orientation turned off on my phone, but if you tilt your phone, button to change orientation in the corner still appears, so this way my phone doesn't change orientation randomly, when i lie down for example, but only when i need to
Apple used to have this problem solved with orientation lock, but as he pointed out, they severely crippled it a long time ago. It’s also infuriated my many times because I know I used to be able to lock it…
i usualy first orient the screen in a way i want and then use orientationj lock to have it like that
A missed opportunity to wear the Steve turtleneck for this review.
Last portion of the video made me wonder about whether dual running an iPhone 16 as the main and a Samsung A-series as the identity verification and more sensitive data backup device would fix some of the unintuitive issues listed.
this is great until you realize that splitting your time between two phones is a total headache
His older thumbnail was that (channel icon thumbnail)
So run two phones and two phone bills to achieve what one device can do on it's own? Apple users are hilarious...
or get a decent android and you don't even need the iphone anymore?
“Buy a different phone” to solve an intuition issue on one device is *crazy*
I did this a few years ago, my wife moved from an iPhone 8 to a new (13 I think) and I asked to borrow her phone for a month before giving to one of our kids. Most of the stuff you said I agree with, some basic tasks on Android were hard to do on the iPhone and that rotation thing, OMG after a week I was ready to give up. Going menus deep to find a single setting....really ? Can I really customize anything deeply? Nope, every iphone almost looks exactly the same, really?
Yea, I went back to Android and will never turn back, and even the funnier part of it, I loved the interface of Windows Phone (who remembers that??), so I use a loader for that but, all the of the backbone is Android. I get the live tiles from Windows phone (new emails/texts show up on the home screen), the start menu with the list of apps (even new apps on the top to get rid of all the "added apps after an update") in order, you can even select a letter like in Windows to get right to an app and get all the Android advantages. It REALLY is the best of both worlds.
Again, its' MY phone and how I like to use it and IOS is not and will never be for me.
I can't believe you didn't notice one of the most basic table stakes that IOS doesn't allow. Try typing in a number into the Phone app, then say you missed a digit or got one wrong you can't cursor to just that number, you have to delete all the way back to the wrong number and start again from there. Very annoying if you are making international calls and need to add the country code after pasting in a number. I can't believe the IOS design team are so blind. They should absolutely be hiring design engineers from other countries and they should use both iPhones and androids.
And it's been like that since iphone 1.0!
if you just hold the space bar you can move the line itself exactly where youd like
@@leethetoad3273 except there is no spacebar when you are in numpad mode
@@leethetoad3273 bruh there are no spacebar in the frickin dialer
that’s a first world problem right there
this banter is just so satisfying to watch
18:37 average Apple fanboy activities
As an Apple fanboy, can confirm.
@@MillennialMidwest 😂😂😂
Coming from an Android (Specifically Samsung) enthusiast, I'd also love to see a Video on an Apple fan from the company that tries android for 30 days.
Let's see which things they loved and completely hated about android. Maybe there's some features and quality of life things that make iphones just that tad bit better for other people
Edit: He said it in the end.. i'm Hopeful for that to come through
Don’t know about now, as I’ve used just Apple for about 8 years now. Prior to that though, I was a former Apple user using Android.
I used my Android phone for about 2 years, but I couldn’t wait to eventually move away from my Android phone and back to Apple mostly because of Apps. It seemed like Android had a lot more free options that were absolutely awful compared to the $1 or $2 apps on Apple. The paid versions on Apple in many cases didn’t exist at all on Android. So on one hand I had more free options, but they all felt terrible.
I would be curious if the app environment has changed over the years… though at this point I have so much habit and muscle memory built up in Apple that I’m unlikely to switch.
The differences in the OS and stuff, like Linus talk about here, didn’t really matter to me. I could and did get used to either one.
Everyone I've seen do it on other channels ends in, I love android it does everything better but I'm sticking with IOS..
Everytime a friend hands me his new iPhone (he gets from/for work) and shows me some new features, I am like, "Ohh ok, that is actually cooler on iPhone." (Like the haptic feedback for iPhone/watch hits just different. Or if some features drop that get added 1-2 years later to android.)
But every time I bump into these inconsistencies that wants me to throw that thing into the wall, he is just laughing his ass off and says "have been there."
I’ve switched between them both every few years. I’d say that the vanilla android on pixels is easily my favourite phone OS.
Currently on an iPhone for a couple of years and it was oneUI that pushed me here. It’s so bloated and messy IMO. Feature rich but I didn’t find myself using half of it and getting annoyed at the other half
Only question is which flavour of Android... the Google Pixel's or the Samsung's or even MIUI (not that it will clear for company use)
The CEO being in the background in that design is kinda funny
And it has hope written on it from that obama poster
This man needs a trophy running an iPhone for _thirty whole days_
What an awful, mindbending month that must have been
2:09 that teams sound made heart rise 😅
@@adithk855 I was thinking the same thing!!!
Me too. Litrally looked at my desktop 😅
OMG, me too. Though I already shutdown my pc but the reflex to look at it when I heared that. Hahaha
Longtime iPhone user here: The volume of notifications and sounds are constantly going up. Sometimes one day later, sometimes one month later. This is what I experienced since I bought the 13 Pro fairly new, and I now have a 16 Pro Max for around two weeks, and on the new phone, I already had to turn down the volume twice. It's making me furious sometimes. I don't like loud alarms for waking up, so you can imagine my face when in the morning my alarm suddenly goes off full volume. Yikes. BTW good video, thx for sharing your thoughts. :)
This is one of those things that just never even occurred to me, because the last time I tried to turn on sounds on my ip13 the button was stuck because it'd been turned off for who knows how long. Media volume seems to just crank up by itself so now I'm just instinctively clicking the volume down button every time there might be sound coming from whatever I'm viewing.
Im pretty sure you misclick on the volume button outside of media so the ringer goes up but you dont put it down. Just my theory bcs this never happened to me
@@Borovski213 no, I'm pretty sure, I don't. My phone is always in silent mode (bc I have an Apple Watch on my hand), and I never set all the way up the volume of the notifications and alarms. In fact, I always set it back to around 1/3, but after some time, it climbs back to max.
In settings you can set individual volumes for system sounds vs media. If you don't do this. they will go up the volume gets turned up. Sometimes from software bugs with third party Apps like Facebook or Instagram, but also because you have turned the volume up during a phone call or music playback etc
As an apple only user forever, thank you for calling out the orientation lock thing at the end as the most important change. I've been wanting it changed for so long
As Linus said, give the other side of the fence an honest try and you may be surprised. You can't appreciate features that you've never been exposed to in the first place. Your phone life could explode with QOL.
As an Apple only user, you should be prepared to continue waiting 😊😂
I could’ve sworn I used to be able to landscape lock my iPhone years ago, but I guess I just mixed it up with the iPad I had
@@martineriksson03not on the iPhone, only with jailbreak
@@martineriksson03The old Plus models with a home button had that feature. I miss the home screen rotation on iPhone.
Oh my god. This is so much of what I experienced. The audio issues, cranking the living room speakers to full blast, the UI inconsistencies and many more. It is good to hear that it is not just me.
"it just works" = "this is the only thing I've ever used and I'm used to its shortcomings"
Android for me "just works" too. But that's because I'm so used to it at this point that I'm sure there're a lot of small annoying things that I don't think about.
This is why I have an ipad pro 2024 M4 for most use cases, an android phone, and a Mac Mini M4 for everything non gaming, but also testing games and sending feedback to developers, so it can hopefully be a Windows gaming pc replacement at some point. I don’t actually ever game anymore, cause I’m so tired of games not being flawless and perfect, so I can’t enjoy them anymore.
i started out android and it never just worked for me lol.. my phones were always crashing freezing overheating some apps just would work on my particular phone.. its been probably 10 years now since i had a android but thats where i would say it just works.. its does everything its supposed to do with out much error
aren't these two exactly the same attitude? :D "used to its shortcomings" sounds very similar to "at this point I'm sure there's a lot of small annoying things that I don't think about"
and tbh these are phrases that could be used by anyone towards any tool/device that they are very familiar with and know their needs, eg. not punching down a little nail with a screwdriver, but with a hammer, and most probably not a sledgehammer, but a small, fitting one.
@@mlodykot yes. They're saying "it just works" is a garbage statement.
“I don’t struggle with fine motor control”
Editors the drop montage please! 11:24
Hey!! in his defense, he fails in coarse motor control, not fine. 😂😂
that "phone, teams, whatsapp" triple whammy was the equivalent of an anxiety nuclear bomb after hearing all three notification tones go off in succession
Customise your notifications sounds. I don't know what the normal WhatsApp notification sound even is
My biggest grip with using an iPhone is the keyboard. I can't stand not having numbers and basic punctuation on the main keyboard. Installing SwiftKeys or GBoard seems to be hacky at best - often the phone will switch back to the standard Apple keyboard, or sometimes an even further stripped down keyboard. I just want my preferred keyboard layout all the time!
That suddenly loud audio in Carplay! My wife's iPhone 13 does that, too. It happens in our Subaru and Toyota, so it does seem like an Apple-side issue.
I get the same thing in windows when my headphones reconnect. I think it’s a volume instruction coming over Bluetooth from the audio device.
It's not just with carplay, noticed my girlfriend's iPhone doing this frequently with Tesla over a standard Bluetooth connection
It is happening with my Iphone SE 2022 in my 2018 Volkswagen. Does not happen with my wifes iphone 12. Hate those jumpscares when someone calls.
@@CarsSimplified if you have Amazon Alexa app installed try removing that... I bet it will resolve your issue.... Ask me how long it took me to work that out 😕
Me too on my 15 PM in my Mitsubishi Outlander and my sister Honda CRV smh
As someone that switched to iPhone a little over 3 years ago when I’m listening to a song and then on in a call the volume RAMPS UP TO MAX WITH THE MUSIC PLAYING FOR A SECOND THEN PAUSES THE MUSIC AND PLAYS THE CALL AUDIO. It driving me nuts, it’s happens every now and then but still.
As someone who also tried using an iphone a few years ago, I do like that everything is straightforward and just easy to use. However, as an Android user, having an iphone it just felt like i was handcuffed, not being able to do the basic level of customization was a massive killer for me. I didnt last a week with the iphone and went straight back to Android. I just wish Android was as optimised as iOS, becasue Apple have nailed that aspect.
Even on My Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra, I also feel like Android 14 with One UI 6.1 is also easy to use and there is more flexibility about apps and customization. Beyond that, I could probably say that the iPhone 4S was one of the easiest phones to use especially on its earlier software.
Android is quite optimised. Android does more things than iphone that is why it breaks sometimes. ios is not optimised. ios have worse bugs than android. ios does less things so that is why it appears to be more optimised but it is not actually
@GaneshMKarhale that's why I like Samsung phones better. I have the Galaxy S21 Ultra as my main phone. The only Apple devices that I have are the iPhone 4S from 2011 and the 1st gen iPod touch from 2007.
"straightforward and just easy to use" I really find it strange that people say that to describe iOS.
I would describe iOS as convoluted, inconsistent and generally bad designed.
If it wasn't for the optimisation and the secure FaceID, I'd have gone back to Android the very next day! The apps also look and feel better on iOS, at least to me.
But the main reason for staying on iOS is security. I don't know why but I just feel so much more secure on iOS than Android.
OMG the keyboard bit, long press for extra symbols and notation is such a huge daily android advantage...
I’m surprised you didn’t notice how bad searching in settings is. Sometimes I search for something and it won’t show up even though I searched for the exact setting name.
Ohh yes i have faced the same issue idk whats wrong with search… i type the exact word and still it wont show… on the contrary in android even if you type something related to that thing it will understand and show you the required thing, even though you have not typed even the single word from that required results…. Such a blissful experience in android 😊
Maybe your using search from main Home Screen instead of going to settings and using the search there instead. The main Home Screen search doesn’t check settings, it’s for apps, web
@@danmbradleyno he’s entirely right here, the search in settings is often useless
Any proof which setting you guys couldn’t find , just for me to re try and validate .
Maybe Microsoft built that search feature for them? That's a standard feature in the start menu etc.
I don't know if Linus ran into this one but my girlfriend and I both ROLL OUR EYES every time either of our iPhones start clicking REALLY FKIN LOUD while typing. And that's pretty often.
You can turn it off.
I turned mine off and made it to where each click gives me haptic feedback. Sort of like a real click. Idk just my preference for click feedback.
@ Yeah I did for a few years but I like the sound now lol
@@ToniLeys ya i like the sound too lmao. But i do wonder why it gets super loud randomly also
@@artoro8 old bug like from 10 years ago or so
I hate the random loud clicking. Happens randomly on my 15 pro max ONLY if Discord is running. If I kill Discord, max volume typing noise instantly stops.
2:04 you know your mind is cooked when your body responds to these sounds, clenching teeth, closing eyes, looking to the side...
I paused the video to check the messages LUL
My blood pressure noticeably rose when I heard the Teams sound.
Teams sound gave me mild PTSD
I always look for this comment. I literally wince when I hear that sound.
the teams sound is gonna be a non insignificant cause of heart attacks in like 20 years im sure
I had to use an iphone for my work, and some tasks required to go through several different screens sometimes hundreds of times. The animation delay between each and every single screen not only slowed me down to less than half of how fast I could do it, it also drove me up the wall.
8:43 Imagine trying to escape a killer and your iPhone exposes your location in the dead silence against your will lmao
Would never happen, on iPhone your mute switch is a physical toggle located above the volume rocker allowing you instantly & discreetly silence the phone anytime without even needing to see the screen
Oh wait they got rid of that 🙃
That would never happen because on iPhone the mute switch is a physical toggle above the volume rocker, allowing you to quickly & discreetly mute all sounds without even needing to see the screen
Oh, oh wait no, they got rid of that 🙃
@@alexphelps7042 lmao 🤣
in that case you probably can't sue them cuz you use an iPhone
@@alexphelps7042 no they didn't. they just started to allow you to change the function of the switch.
5:45 SPOT ON. The lack of a universal "back" gesture or button on iPhone is a tremendous hassle for my elderly clients and coworkers. Some of my time spent interfacing with elderly clients involves helping them to navigate their phones, and I can SEE how frustrating and inconsistent the iPhone user experience is in their performance. I would expect the Android user to be maybe more informed generally, but many of my elderly clients bought an iPhone specifically because they thought it was the "easy to use" option. I wouldn't in good conscience recommend the iPhone that way anymore, among the other obvious reasons
face ID + Keychain and seamless syncing between other apple devices. That alone makes apple products superior for the elderly. I personally don't use apple products for my own devices but I'd much rather help an elderly person with an iPhone than an android any day.
The lack of a back button is the reason alone I would pick an Android tablet for my work next time. I save PDFs to Onedrive so I can bring them up on my iPad in the field. Whenever I want another file, I'll end up frantically tapping the screen to make the back button appear, just so I can go back to the folder and open the next PDF. It's infuriating.
@@TheChemisch sure, what about user interface. Shouldn't that be an equally important point to consider, especially for an elder person. I neither know any elderly, facing similar issue nor I know much about Apple interface. But a person who interacts with elderly people frequently says that this is a commonly affecting issue, I would like to believe the same.
Security and easier unlocking is important, sure. But more important is using the device itself, imo. Then again, I have always been on the other side, what dop I know?
@@TheChemischI don't know what Keychain is but what's wrong with using a fingerprint scanner? My elderly mother has zero problem with that.
@@TheChemisch As if password managers, finger print readers and face unlock didn't exist anywhere else... 🙄
Migrating from Android to iOS was hell. If you miss the restore WhatsApp on the first pass you can NEVER RESTORE your Android WhatsApp chat history ever again. It’s insanity.
hey, are you sure about that? I just missed it from migrating my s22 to a new iphone, I was thinking on resetting the iphone again and make another try lol
@@pingyburrito yes, it’s only possible once during setup. I missed that one too
That issue also exists for android to android. That’s a whatsapp problem
@@jimmyboy1582 exactly.
This gets me crazy when I think about it
The landscape orientation works in only one way because if you are lying down, you technically hold your phone vertically if you're watching a video, so it doesn't flip it into portrait mode.In an android, this would make it rotate back to portrait if the phone was held in any orientation vertically, whereas the iPhone knows that it is being used like that (user is lying down on their side, holding the phone vertically but using it horizontally) so it does not flip it back to vertical position/portrait mode if the phone is being held vertically with its earpiece speaker at the bottom.
In an android if your screen orientation is locked it will ask you if you want to rotate your orientation with a small button in a corner of your screen. And honestly this makes so much sense, i think apple 100% should add this feature to ios
@ that feature would be useful, yes.
no android I've ever seen turns the screen vertically upside down, there are only 3 orientations possible, if you're watching something horizontally and turns the earpiece speaker to the bottom it'll keep it on the horizontal. iphone should let you watch anything on both sides, there are no excuses
18:15 Apple strongly disagrees with that. Apple wants to be in control of the experience until the phone reaches the landfill. And it's customers don't seem to have a problem with that sentiment.
sadly
We don’t have a problem with it because they way it works already is the way we want it to work. Why would I complain about not being able to change something if I’m never going to want to change it?
thats why so many people love it. It just works out of the box (for the most part) and also looks great
@@friedcatfood If Apple changes tomorrow, you'll explain the same thing.
@@whysoloco i never had a phone who did not work out of the box. what an argument
re: 7:28
As a left handed person, I hate the “swipe in from left to go back” feature. Every time I swipe up or down at a slight angle, my phone goes back. In some apps (looking at you Twitter) there is a refresh that triggers and going forward is no longer an option. What I was looking at is now lost. In other apps whatever it was starts over.
Turning the swiping to go back and forward feature off should be an accessibility toggle at a bare minimum!
As a right handed person with early arthritis, I had the same issue when I didn't bend my thumb when I swiped. I eventually moved to Android where I could disable that feature in favor of the touch buttons.
How do you go back if both swipes do the same thing on Android? Do you have to go find the back button? What if the app you're in doesn't have a back button?
@@MisakaMikotoDesu with android swiping left or right on the screen goes back. if the app doesnt have a back it will either do 1 of 2 things. minimize the app. or do nothing.
@MisakaMikotoDesu Android gives you multiple options to choose. If you dont like swiping, you can apply buttons instead. They will show up for every app
@@MisakaMikotoDesuthere's ALWAYS a back button in android - it's an OS level feature and part of the basic GUI like the home bar on an iphone. and you don't have to go "find" the button - it becomes muscle memory (like the ios back swipe) almost immediately after you start using the device; but unlike the iphone gesture which - as linus mentioned - doesn't always do what you expected it to, the android back button _always_ works pretty much exactly as you expect it to every single time.
Tip: If you're deep in a hierarchy of screens like Settings and want to go back multiple levels up, hold the back button and it will show the hierarchy up to the top level.
You got a solution for the rights of repair problem? Or the overpriced devices? How about the proprietary protection they add to their devices?
Bandaid on a flesh wound but still a very cool feature I didn't know about :)
Would've been handy when I tried an iPhone like two years ago
@@Supremax67 Not really what anyone was talking about here. This was focused on UX and overall experience. I totally agree with you (except for the protection, I’ve seen no issues with that) but it’s not relevant.
@AeroGloryYT It is very relevant. Would you buy a car that had a dead body in it? Car specs is meaningless if you don't look at the overall picture. Otherwise, that's just tunnel vision.
@@Supremax67 Especially for the average consumer who isn’t very tech savvy these things are deal breakers. I HATE the right to repair stuff but I still use a MacBook and an iPhone. In some ways the proprietary aspect of Apple devices helps make it more “seamless”. I really enjoy the “It Just Works” aspect of it, that is the way I can rely on programs to work and the OS to not crash.
Linus. I'm so glad to see this video.. These are my same complaints after switching to Iphone after years of phoning around. Some things are better like you've said. I've been able to make more meaningful content because of the simplicity of the camera and its user interface. But, at least once or twice a day, I find myself in a situation where I have to close a window just to get out of it. I end up in a digital box that I have to destroy or crawl out of. I'm constantly frustrated by the fact that I STILL can't share a contact from an icon within the texting app!! I have to exit my message screen, find the contacts, share the contact using a separate message.... It's the dumbest thing I've ever had to do while texting. And I can think of much worse things I've done while texting!
I still think it's a great piece of machinery and the design Is always quality but, yeah, it's frustrating sometimes.
15:15 oh God, so silly, but this was the literal reason I went back to Android. Why oh why, Apple, don't you fix the scroll on your OS? The weirdest part is scrolling on macOS is brilliant.
just out of curiosity, do you know about the scroll bar? that you can press it when it appears and go as fast as you want? (I know its a pretty unknown feature, very "intuitive")
Haven't touched iOS since the iPhone 4S and was genuinely unaware about the scrolling
I already wasn't really planning on buying an iPhone anytime soon but your comment is probably the nail in the coffin that guarantees I never buy one ever lol
Glad someone saud this.. 9:40 the Iphone keyboard is the worst keyboard ever. Backspacing anything feels like a Grandpa with a stick coming down the stairs.. I immediately downloaded Google Keyboard and I'm not going back.. Absolutely no customization. Looking for COMMA takes two cliks.. it's infuriating 😂😂
I think you made the best point about intuitive design on WAN show when you said that "intuitive" doesn't actually mean intuitive anymore. It just means whatever we have gotten the most used to. In that sense, a lot of iPhone design is pretty intuitive to me, while I have a hard time understanding the settings of my Samsung tablet. There are definitely things that I agree with you on in this video, as someone who has had an iPhone for 12 years. But the design choices make more sense to me, having seen where we came from along the way versus not daily driving an android.
Exactly. Common sense requires common experience. Or in other words, Intuitiveness requires experience.
if achieving the same task on one device requires more work or is harder to do than another, its considered less intuitive.
@@gschweiger I've always had a problem with the phrase "common sense". Adding "requires common experience" wraps a lot of my thoughts into something simple. I really like it thanks!
Is it though, i can install any app on android and i know there is a back button at the bottom right of the screen. i can install a new app on IOS and it can have back button at the top-right on one screen and then on the next screen it can be on the top-left. So lets say now i want to go back, i will first need to go to top-left and then i will have to go to top right. On android i will tap the back button twice on the same spot. So which is more intuitive? Tapping same spot twice with zero thumb displacement or going from one corner to another covering significant thumb displacement. Also you need to pay attention to the screen to locate the next back button. While on android you dont need to. I can close my eyes and press the back button twice. You cant do that on IOS. That is why the intuition comes from.
"But the design choices make more sense to me"
Some genuine questions for you.
1: How does the inconsistency in the back button makes sense to you?
2: How does the Volume settings make sense to you?
3: How does it makes sense to have things burried in the settings app. Should i be able to change my camera resolution from the camera app itself instead of going and seraching the settings app.
4: How do you make sense of the inconsistent rotation settings.?
5: How does it make sense to not have a file manager?
You bring up a lot of good points in this video. Been thinking of going back to android after I'm done running my iphone into the ground.
The two things that annoy me most about iOS is the fact that you cannot tap to put the cursor in the middle of a word and the abysmal app icon placement (which they made WORSE) with their half hearted “fix”
@@krim7 you actually can put the cursor in the middle by:
- tap and hold the cursor, then you can move to anywhere, or
- tap and hold the space bar to navigate the text
The wild part is that, it was possible in iOS to tap in the middle of a word. I did it in my 3GS and first few months in my X. Then suddenly after one update, I can no longer do it.
@ I know that. I think it is more complicated & less efficient than just tapping where you want the cursor to go. :)
It would be nice if it took user input, instead of rejecting it.
@@krim7 you must have the tiniest fingers that uses a smart phone. There’s not a chance I could ever tap and put my cursor exactly where I want it. Tap and hold and then drag puts it exactly where I want every time instead tap, damn not there, tap again, crap, tap.
.5 animations on Android was the best thing I found years ago. I can never go back at this point.
I love you guys actually found an old iphone with the account settings as Linus mentioned. It was wild listening to the WAN show with this topic and quite a many iphone chatters were simultaneously getting their mind blown while calling Linus wrong.
Let's not talk about Android here. We all know you can do almost anything in Android, half of what you want, just using the available settings already.
Can't wait for the upcoming Wan show now
As an iPhone user, I've started getting sick of Apple's iOS as I feel like it was already getting too buggy, but now with iOS 18, its even worse. Genuinely never wanted to switch to Android more in my life than I do now. Don't get me wrong, I like alot of things about iOS I really do, but it almost feels like Apple doesn't trust me to use my own phone sometimes with design decisions they make.
Yes. Come to Android and enjoy some variety. U just can't tell iPhones apart until u get like a full 3D view of them 🙆🏻♂️
IOS18 is shit indeed. I bought the fold but I keep coming back to the iPhone because also using Airpods, iPad and a MacBook.
I'd say if you want the sort of 'Apple'y feel, go with Nothing. I wouldn't recommend the Pixel or Samsung. Rn the best phone no matter the price point is the Vivo X200 Pro, and its only 700 bucks
Why even stress about it. You can get an Android phone any day and just switch. It's not that hard.
Should you choose Mac, Linux or Windows? I use all three and BTW. I often carry two phones.
iOS user here
Kinda hitting that point where they just need to have a “0 new features” update that just fixes things
Half of the iPhone apps don’t work in landscape even though they look fine on iPad
Universal back gesture would be nice (universal gestures by themselves since swiping right does different things depending on the app mostly devs doing it differently)
Setting really could be reorganized to make more sense
PiP from a slide over app just doesn’t work you need to go full screen switch to PiP and go back to what you were doing
Better volume control would be nice
i hate there is no clipboard for the keyboard
9:25 anyone else turn of keyboard sounds 15years ago and never looked back?😂
17:35, as an iOS user for 10 years and plays a lot of mobile games you can 100% put in both possible land scape orientation, must be a jet pack joy ride lock or an iOS 18 bug, I have never experienced this
Wan show gonna be lit
There's one particularly frustrating issue (or perhaps an intentional feature)
If iCloud storage runs out while Photos Sync is enabled with the "Optimize Photos" option selected, things get tricky. If you happen to turn off Photos Sync in this situation, you lose access to your backed-up photos (on that iPhone) because storage is full. You can't re-enable Photos Sync unless you either clear storage or purchase more. To make matters worse, you also can't switch from "Optimize Photos" to "Download Originals" unless Photos Sync is turned on.
This leaves you with only two options:
Buy more iCloud storage.
Manually back up all the non-synced photos elsewhere, delete them from your device, and then re-enable backup.
This is just 1 of the issue (Maybe a feature from Apple's perspective) i noticed
Note: I used iPhone few years for the work related. I can never imagine using it as personal device.
The fact that the Note9 from 2018 is still not a complete dumpsterfire next to the iPhone (feature and speed-wise) is ridiculous. Shows how good that phone was (is?).
I haven't wanted to pay for a new upgrade and have just stuck with my note 9, besides a bit a burn in, its honestly been a great phone.
I only just upgraded to the S24 Ultra because of the dated camera and poor battery health of my Note 9. It truly was an amazing phone.
In some ways it's more feature rich than even modern Samsung phones because you get the SD card and the headphone jack and MST. Variable aperture. I wish they would just make the same damn phone but give it a matte finish instead of glossy and put an eight gen two in there or something and call it the Note 9 classic.
@@linkinlovprkyeah I mean the only thing that bugs me about using my Note 9, which I do occasionally is just that Android 10 is now getting to the point with some software won't support it. Most I mean even to this day you can still get all the LLMS work on it and revanced and new pipe and pretty much every open source app. I actually kind of like the fact that there's no material you and the widgets take up less space.
@@michaelcorcoran8768 It’s cheaper for the manufacturers too, and they have the ability to profit off of higher capacity models. Ex, nand costing a few dollars at most, is up charged to 50-100 usd for the privilege of storage increase. That’s why they too prefer it. That being said, does anyone, except actual power users even need a microsd slot anymore? I don’t think the majority of users are going to ever need 256gb+ storage on a phone, let alone an _extra_ 512-1tb by a microsd. Phones today(expect the ones by stupidly limited arbitrarily by manufacturers) are almost default at 128/256gb now. Especially as most people change phones around the 5 year mark.
I doubt many people are buying 512gb+ phones, but if they do they have a solid use case for it and I don’t think lack of an sd card slot would change their decision.
15:30 ah, that's how they hide 60 Hz
15:10 I remember being there and watching the Apple fanboy collective claiming everything Linus was doing was wrong and that any suggestions mentioned would "make the iPhone an Android phone." Sorry, not sorry... but some Apple users need a major reality check; A total lack of options is not magically better, and your way is not the inherit perfect way for someone else.
It's just that they can't accept that the iPhone isn't perfect and when "some outsider" comes along and judges it ,saying this and that. They have to bark back.
Yeah, well you gotta take the log out of your own eye (a million different android versions doing things a million different ways) before taking the spec out of someone else's eye (it doesn't work like android).
@@nathanross4036as some who's used a OnePlus, Google, LG, and Currently Samsung phone before, it's just Apple that keeps doing their own specific unique thing. Since most Android features are from stock Android, pretty much every Android phone will have it. And even then, the only time each Android phone will be unique, is a gimmick that most don't need, or in software design.
@@nathanross4036funny thing is, my Android works how I WANT it to work. If something is bothering me, there's likely an option to change it to my liking and then pretty much all apps obey that decision
@@nathanross4036android has been pretty consistent about the basics for years
Good points. Basically everything I had problems with IOS myself. So many little things that don't make sense. Only things you missed imo is finding things like "find on page" and "request desktop site". Oh and for some reason they won't let you view photos without metadata on sd card readers too, like they just don't show up on the sd card.
As someone with 2 phones, one google pixel for personal use and one iphone for work use, I 100% agree with all the negatives you have said, it is just so inconsistent.... I really dont know what apple users mean by it just works
I have exactly the same scenario.
I usually come back with "yes that would be true 10 years ago".
to be fair, most apple users have been with apple since they started getting smartphones- that’s why. we know how apple products work & our brains are wired to understand them immediately in a way someone coming into one from android wouldn’t
@@lightworthy Absolutely on point, an android user can never ever convert to ios seamlessly since there will always be some kind of small missing feature in ios no matter how customisable they get.
@@ShadowGardennnn exactly! and conversely, androids are SO customizable and not one standard that it’s overwhelming for many apple users who just prefer their phone to be simple and/or don’t want to think about their phone setup and customization & have a learning curve to do so. i’ve actually heard that one a LOT from apple > android users who end up switching back again bc each brand is for VERY different demographics with different use cases!
@@lightworthyexactly, I compare iOS and android to the types of motor vehicle people might get.
I havent watched LTT videos in a long time, but right off the bat the audio and video quality are to a standard that immediately raise the standard for everyone else
To be fair, I felt the audio quality in this video is also unique. Especially when compared to typical LTT videos. I barely recognized his voice initially.
I got to hold many iPhones in my two years of working for a mobile retail store. Never grew to like it.
But it did infuriate me a couple of times...
My colleague once asked me if I could help him with his alarm ringtone. Being an extremely light sleeper, all his iPhone ringtones would wake him up with a shock, instantly blasting music at the loudest possible level.
I couldn't find any gradual volume increase so I was like OK, I'll make you a custom ringtone.
I downloaded so birds chirping from youtube, fired up FL Studio, did a little automation for volume so it goes from silent to higher volume over time. Oh oops, I can't just use any audio I loaded on the phone for a ringtone? Well excuse me iPhone okay I guess I'll use your damn app to make a 30 second clip I can then use. Finall, set it up and thinking I am crazy, alarm goes off, the birds chirping as loud as possible, it will hurt your ears loud right from the start... I doublecheck the audio I rendered, nope, it's gradually increasing.
WHY THE HELL DO YOU NORMALIZE AUDIO APPLE. I gave up at that point, screw this, I was so happy to have an android phone. Never want to see an apple device.
my gf's iphone also does this like "you need to evacuate now!!!"-volume
Thanks for sharing your experience.
It's like apple devs are intentionally trolling Android users. I really think some one is having a good laugh right about now. 😂
@dpcdpc11 Apple does this to its own users. and they lose potential new customers.
Yeah, alarm volume being tied to ringtone volume is very annoying. I created two time specific automations/shortcuts whatever to lower my volume at night and raise it up in the morning after my alarm
@@flyingspydr But that's not even the issue.
The issue is that it doesn't even offer audio getting gradual louder to begin with. It just normalizes even specficially tailored track to ALWAYS be set at a certain audio level and therefor literally prevents a track from slowly going from 1db to 25db in the span of ~15-20 seconds, literally removing any actual workaround and just blasting audio out at whatever max level you've chosen.
Before reading that I didn't even know that any software exists that'd do that as it's just dumb to begin with.
First of all..... THANK YOU!.. I've been an Android user for as long as Android has been out, the closest I've ever been to iOS is when the first iPod Touch came out (not long after the first iPhone)
Lately I've been getting a little itch about giving an iPhone a try, and I've been even looking at buying not the newest but perhaps a 15 pro. Heck!! After watching your video I realize how I take for granted so many things and features on my S24 Ultra. As simple as the keyboard and rotation of the screen and such as you mentioned..
And You made me realize I was about to make a big mistake, Thanks for your video!! Great work!!