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An iPhone really doesn't "just work" if you're used to Android.

by beojan 7y ago

neuronic 7y ago
What? I moved from Android to iPhone during iPhone 7 and it didn't take more than 10mins to "get used to it". No, I can't ssh into my phone now, but whatever?
- hadlock 7y ago
  I've been struggling to use my wife's iPhone now for three years, it is like trying to read hieroglyphs. I wouldn't wish an iPhone upon any person, especially if they do fast app switching.
  - nielsbot 7y ago
    It's just a single swipe?
    - hadlock 7y ago
      You need to know that swipe gesture exists, and which direction to do it, since there's no buttons on the screen. There's no visual cues for new users.
  - girvo 7y ago
    It's quite literally as fast and exactly as many inputs as Android. They've copied each others strengths for so many years, that frankly I can't understand opinions like yours, as much as I'd like to
    - close04 7y ago
      Admittedly on (some?) Android phones switching between the last 2 used apps is a double tap of the Overview button. Marginally faster than either of the 2 methods used on iPhones (Touch/FaceID). This being said I'm sure OP's statements are just gross exaggerations based on their personal (dis)preference. Even if continuously switching between apps was their day job the difference is so small it's irrelevant. And anyone who's able to operate one of the phones is perfectly able to operate the other.
girvo 7y ago
As someone who used android from the release of the Xperia X10 up until ICS and then intermittently from then on, that’s nowhere near as true as you have confidently stated. They’re more similar than they are different.
battery_cowboy 7y ago
I trust Apple more than I trust some ROM maker not to install telemetry or something more sinister, honestly. Might be misplaced, but I can more easily trust Apple has a financial incentive, if nothing else, to not to bad shit, whereas the unknown 3rd party could be a cool person who is doing it for fun, or they could be a state-sponsored hacker trying to get as much malware on the devices of technologists as possible.
rorykoehler 7y ago
I use both on a daily basis and I'm struggling to understand what you mean?

An iPhone really doesn't "just work" if you're used to Android.

by beojan 7y ago

An iPhone really doesn't "just work" if you're used to Android.

What? I moved from Android to iPhone during iPhone 7 and it didn't take more than 10mins to "get used to it". No, I can't ssh into my phone now, but whatever?

hadlock 7y ago
I've been struggling to use my wife's iPhone now for three years, it is like trying to read hieroglyphs. I wouldn't wish an iPhone upon any person, especially if they do fast app switching.
- nielsbot 7y ago
  It's just a single swipe?
  - hadlock 7y ago
    You need to know that swipe gesture exists, and which direction to do it, since there's no buttons on the screen. There's no visual cues for new users.
- girvo 7y ago
  It's quite literally as fast and exactly as many inputs as Android. They've copied each others strengths for so many years, that frankly I can't understand opinions like yours, as much as I'd like to
  - close04 7y ago
    Admittedly on (some?) Android phones switching between the last 2 used apps is a double tap of the Overview button. Marginally faster than either of the 2 methods used on iPhones (Touch/FaceID). This being said I'm sure OP's statements are just gross exaggerations based on their personal (dis)preference. Even if continuously switching between apps was their day job the difference is so small it's irrelevant. And anyone who's able to operate one of the phones is perfectly able to operate the other.

girvo 7y ago

As someone who used android from the release of the Xperia X10 up until ICS and then intermittently from then on, that’s nowhere near as true as you have confidently stated. They’re more similar than they are different.

battery_cowboy 7y ago

I trust Apple more than I trust some ROM maker not to install telemetry or something more sinister, honestly. Might be misplaced, but I can more easily trust Apple has a financial incentive, if nothing else, to not to bad shit, whereas the unknown 3rd party could be a cool person who is doing it for fun, or they could be a state-sponsored hacker trying to get as much malware on the devices of technologists as possible.

rorykoehler 7y ago

I use both on a daily basis and I'm struggling to understand what you mean?