Surprising no one?
Yep, and Android also suffers from plenty of malware within the Play Store. I’d rather a company focus on combating that than worrying so much about minor features.
Ok. And android still sucks compared to Apple. Always full of bloatware and can never get updated or long term support. Only the Google phones have a decent OS
So you most likely wanted to say “and Samsung still sucks compared to Apple?” Google phones also run Android, you know.
Samsung has even cut most of the horseshit out. My S22 had like a few Samsung apps, they live in a folder and I never see them. But that is similar to all of the Apple apps you couldn’t remove either (don’t know if that’s changed, haven’t had an iPhone since the 4)
Like math notes. And handwriting fonts. And a customisable control centre. And phone mirroring. And locking apps natively. And pretty much all of Apple Intelligence (particularly Genmoji because I want a hyena emoji and Unicode doesn’t have one).
Hold on. This control centre thing is really annoying me over here on Android. iOS separates notifications and control centre into two separate groups. I have to swipe down twice on Android to do what took a single swipe on iOS. On top of this, clearing all notifications closes the drawer after a delay, automatically. Why? I can close it faster myself, and sometimes, I want it to stay open, but NOPE!
And then the control centre itself. Volume control just… doesn’t exist (key word: CONTROL). Brightness (which I use often) is all the way at the top, rather than the middle. Then, the control centre is split into PAGES at HALF SIZE, and they’re all just wide rectangular buttons. Then, no volume control. What the HELL is this!? I could long press to get an easy brightness slider for my torch, everything internet related was quickly accessible in a single square, and now you’re telling me iOS is even FURTHER ahead?
Did I mention there’s NO. VOLUME. CONTROL. I have to press a volume button, then a tiny on-screen button after that, and then I get sliders after I wait for the menu to pop up. Granted, that’s sliders (plural), but fuck me. This one HURTS. I sometimes find the buttons a little bit too stiff, so I usually use on-screen controls during screen on, and buttons while off.
So much for owning my phone, since I can barely change any of this, and I can only see the way my control centre looks after I’ve edited it.
FUCK!
This absolute abhorrence. The Gods forsake this wretched control centre design. It is genuinely agonising using this afterthought of an interface. This cannot stand.
I hate Apple and love Android but I can see the value in all the stuff you said. Doesn’t make me want to change teams but just letting you know there is an Android fanboy that sees value in what you said.
That doesn’t sound like my phone. Have you tried launchers? Or it could be specific to your manufacturer. That’s part of the problem with android - too many manufacturers wanting to customise their interface without a clear idea of what good UX is
I use Niagra. Launchers are home screen only. And, as long as I use anything related to stock Android, I’m stuck with this.
I have to swipe down twice on Android to do what took a single swipe on iOS.
swipe down with two fingers
This… works. Ultimately one of the smaller issues (and different swipe regions are just easier), but it’s a little faster.
Yooo that’s fire
Does your Android phone get 5+ years of software support?
7+ actually
*from the manufacturer
My last brand new Pixel phone had debug strings in the user interface and the UI was not responsive. It’s the daily annoyances and details that made me get an iPhone. Comparisons have been stupid since the beginning of smartphones.
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Me watching WWDC: “Android already does that.”
Me watching Google I/O “iOS already does that.”
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I would argue that it’s the nature of having a mature and complex product. Adding new stuff is hard because you have a lot of legacy code / UX that you have to accommodate for. You need to move slower because it’s easier to break stuff in a more mature product.
I’d also argue that Apple and Google’s research teams are generally hearing the similar stuff out of their end users, so it’s to be expected that both companies are going to prioritize similar functionality.
That was my experience when I’ve worked on massive products. The complexity of the product impacts development speed, and shared understandings of user desires results in similar feature sets between competitors.
Windows phone 10 had most of these things in 2015
It had everything except apps.
Ouch
Qnx had a lot of features before windows phone in 2013.
That’s great! Competition in this space is working to improve both.
Instead of this stupid fanboy shit of Android vs iOS, we should celebrate an actual success in development.
Cool. Good for Android users.
Nobody cares nerds. Nobody.
Except one: be good at what does
Android is 5 years ahead of iPhone 60% of the time
Been that way for a long long time now.
I know this is an old feature, but do we have the NFC money transfer thingy?
I mean the one where you touch other phone with your phone and transfer money.
If we do I am unaware of it, I use AOSP.
I think Google Pay used to have something similar, until Google axed the whole thing in favor of Google Wallet
… And that is why competition and “stealing features” is always good, being Apple’s or Google’s competition.
i still like my android but i do wish they would get back to prioritising widgets again, like apple has done - and get developers to do it as well.
i also like apple watch over my samsung watch. i think the apple watch is top in it’s class - that combined with apple fitness+.
if apple could set defaults, use actual browsers (like android), and have an open in menu like android, i’d switch. i don’t think i could ever get used to apple’s notifications though. android is still superior there.
I’ve switch between iOS and Android, but good news on one of those you can set your default browser now on iOS.
not the same, though; browsers are still webkit.
also you can’t set phone or messaging or other defaults. in android, i can not have a default and get a pop up every time (or use linksheet) to ask how i want to open something
