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For me, at least, it's not about learning new paradigms. I like different user paradigms. It's incredibly inconsistent behavior (see my first post). Is there a
by evol262 8y ago
For me, at least, it's not about learning new paradigms. I like different user paradigms.
It's incredibly inconsistent behavior (see my first post). Is there a reason why I can set the notification sounds for 150 different applications to 150 different things, but I _can't_ set the notification/alarm/ringer volume to different levels?
It speaks of problems when the first thing I needed to do on the phone was Google how to find better alarm clock than it ships with.
Is there a reason why the wifi hotspot is hit or miss? I don't know. It's probably a power saving thing somewhere. I don't care, though. When I have it turned on and no device has connected for a while, it should still be visible in a spectrum scanner without toggling it on/off, right? I guess not.
I'm not even gonna get into Touch ID (which is less reliable than the fingerprint scanner on my Nexus 5x, 4 years ago).
The speed of the phone is fine. The form factor is great. I'd be happy if it either behaved this way or that way all the time, instead of having to guess.
I've mostly gotten used to it, but that doesn't mean I think it's a good experience. It means I've learned to work around it, in the same way that I learned to work around issues on Android. I don't want to talk about the ass-backwards behavior of the search/keyboard tray, and how desperately I miss a "back" button. Try hitting the "Search" in Spotify, then deciding that you actually want to go back. It's far too many taps versus 2 on Android, and it's not intuitive.
Subjective opinion: Android (on a "Google Experience" phone) feels more consistent (breadcrumb/menu button almost always available instead of guessing which edge to swipe from, for example). And that's fine. But it's not what iOS is touted to be.