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!
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.