Hi guys, I read everywhere that according to a lot of people Android with the One UI is the best operating system for phones on the planet and is infinitely better than iOS for countless reasons. I ask a question to those who have full knowledge of the facts because they use the two systems (iOS 17 & One UI 6) on a daily basis, thus knowing them in the smallest detail of real use: why is the One UI indisputably superior to the iPhone, which therefore does not have a shred of sense compared to Galaxy? What are the real-world details that make the iPhone a significantly poorer product than the Galaxy? Thanks to those who will want to answer!
You basically can’t do the simplest tasks such as going back one window easily on an iOS. Bought the iPad recently and to be honest the operating system is a massive failure. Don’t wanna go into details but the general every day usage on Android is 10x better
I think the lack of back button was a much bigger issue when the iPhone still had a home button. Ever since they switched to gestures, you can basically just swipe from the edge of the screen to go back and swipe across the homebar on the bottom to go back to your last app or other apps easy.
I had an iPhone for a long time, but I’m on an S23 Ultra now. With the back gestures iOS had, it really doesn’t feel that different to me having a dedicated back button/gesture.
One thing I’ve found funny is that I see so many recommending ditching the digital nav buttons on One UI for gestures instead to free up screen space, and at that point navigating and going back are practically identical to how they work on iOS now.
You can’t? I just swipe from the side.
Exactly, and that must be why every major business, corporation, hospitals, banks and restaurants that uses tablets (which is the majority) only use iPads. They are certainly not using Android tablets.
The Android tablet experience is beyond subpar imo. Most just feel like stretched out phones
The galaxy tab is the first I’ve actually felt comparable to an iPad, but I still get the random app that isn’t designed for anything other than a phone which goes into portrait and is super small
they just use a single web interface or an internal app, they don’t use ipads like regular people use it. that’s not a comparison. Not to discredit Ipad has incredible battery life.
Yea when I sold solar we used iPads. I bought a 13 pro max as well. Dreadful to me but I guess if you have only used apple you might like it but android is just so much better imo. 13 pro max lasted a few months then back on eBay. I believe all the businesses use apple because they believe it is more secure and under the false pretense that apple is more reliable. Apple is definitely super laggy and buggy when just a couple models old in their tablets and their phones. Not a fan at all. My parents iPhone 11’s lag and glitch more than anything. I got them 13’s for Christmas. I’d rather get them on Samsung but they’re used to the iPhone. It’s all they’ve ever known.
I found using my iPad extremely easy to interact and navigate with; so easy that I use the tablet more than my Windows PC - for simple tasks, like web browsing, music, Youtube, etc.
I also switched from Samsung to iPhone, as iOS is so much simpler and easier to use. It’s definitely inferior to One UI, but for me is more than enough. I also love Face ID, another reason for me buying the iPhone.
I figured I’d get an iPhone 15 pro max and give it a try since I got a Macbook air because of how good it is compared to windows laptops. Noped out of ios after 2 days. Couldnt stand no back button, the inconsistent menus, no settings in apps, inconsistent looking apps. I mean how in XXI century can I not highlight a word by double tapping it? The most simple tasks like downloading a couple files and emailing them were a burden. Never trying ios again
Have you tried navigating through “folders”? You better know in advance where you’re going lol
I’m going to cop it on this sub (this thread just came up in my feed) but everything you described is what my experience of android has been. Just utter pain to use with lots of bugs.
Btw the reason there’s no back button on iOS is because you use gestures instead, it frees up screen real estate and is far more intuitive.
Ok ok now go on with the flaming I’m ready 😶
iOS gestures and intuitive can’t be used in the same sentence IMO, gesture that does not work in all apps/scenarios, and it’s on the wrong side of screen 💀
After I did try iOS myself I know why apple fans like small phones so much, coz you can’t use a bigger one with one hand, it is just so bad
Oh, I have a back button and I also have no buttons on the bottom so the whole screen is free to show whatever I want. How about the top where iphone uses like a cm of screen to cover the “island”? The apple way of implementing no back is stupid and the top left fake back to the previous app is the pinnacle of stupid design.
To be fair the island is interactive so you aren’t losing space at the top, well, I guess I should say it doesn’t feel like you’re losing space because obviously it does house some cutouts. It works really well from a UI perspective :)
The top left corner previous app icon doesn’t need to be used as you can simply swipe horizontally along the bottom of the screen. Or if you prefer give it a little upward motion without lifting and then you get a dock-like view to switch between any open apps.
Different OS means different designs, you went in expecting an Android but didn’t get it. It’s the same frustration when someone used to Windows/Mac/Linux try a different OS.
Did you notice I wrote i got myself a macbook? And Im still using a windows pc at home. Yeah, I changed a bunch of things (how the hell is right button not on by default?), yeah i still don’t like a few things but other things i do enjoy very much. It’s just that with macbook i could change A LOT so that the experience is much more to my liking. With iphone you either use the shitty design or gtfo.
Yup I noticed, and wrote my comment after. I work with different OS’s (and desktop environments in Linux), and phones. I also felt that frustration at first, because I kept expecting those other OS’s to be Windows/Android. My thought process was always like “in Windows this would be simpler”, “in windows this wouldn’t happen”, “in windows…” you get the idea. It only stopped when I started to learn how I’m supposed to work in each environment.
And the vibe I got from your comment was that same frustration.
For example:
Apps made for iphone are designed around this, so is the OS. There isn’t a back button so most/all apps will have one, and the OS expects you to use gestures to minimize or change apps. Trust me, I “get it”, I also missed this button at first. But then I “got” how iOS works and it’s just different.
It’s in the Settings app. It’s weird coming from Android and these things being in different places, but it’s not worse or better, it’s just different.
Maybe things changed meanwhile, but on my Samsung Note I also had this problem. The only way to circumvent it at the time was by using the S-pen. On iOS, you can take a screenshot and then select the words that you want.
I don’t get this one to be honest, as I’m unaware how you do it, but the process for me is pretty similar, if not simpler. Once you download a file, click on the downloads symbol, click on it. Then hold, press share, select mail or any other email app that you use. Done. So I’m guessing you were expecting to do this a certain way like you do on Android, but it’s not. So you got frustrated.
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To be clear, I’m not saying that you’re wrong in preferring one over the other, I’m not saying “nuh uh, iOS better”, I’m not saying you should give it a second chance.
What I’m saying is that they’re different, they require different workflows, and people get frustrated and call it bad because they try to use the same workflow that they used in another OS and expect it to work.