I agree. It's great to see that there are different paths a user can take towards being satisfied. If I remember correctly, once you hold the key you can also

I agree. It's great to see that there are different paths a user can take towards being satisfied. If I remember correctly, once you hold the key you can also use the number underneath to select the character (as in "long press e, press 2"). I've since disabled that long-hold thing because this allows me faster text repetition (eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee... in all its glorious uselessness), but I am glad Apple thought about the UX for different types of users there.