Hello guys! Just wanted to make a little post about my thoughts from coming back to iOS with an iPhone 13 Mini from a Pixel 5.
I was using a Pixel 5 for about a year with its Android 14. The experience were really good overall. Good performance, good camera, good battery life.
I bought the pixel exactly as my 13 Mini, refurbished from Amazon.
Android 14 is a little old but it's really good optimized and it didn't feel like a heavy OS for the Pixel and here is why I feel disappointed from iOS 18.. it just feel terrible. I see lag in the keyboard, the performance in general of the phone just doesn't feel good. Unlucky me that the phone came with iOS 18 pre installed because if I could downgrade to iOS 17, I definitely would've do it. Battery life is just garbage (battery life is 91%), I can hardly get one day of battery when with the Pixel I could get nearly 2 complete days.
The system just don't feel polished. The apps open slower compared to the Pixel, the animations, I don't know.. just doesn't fell like the iOS I remember.
I think that apple is making the gap between iOS devices a lot more bigger for those without Apple Intelligence capable chip. And of course, those with an old device like a 13 Mini, the penalty for using a modern version is bigger than ever.
Can you guys feel the same? Are you using an old iPhone? I'm thinking of go back to my Pixel 5 and buy a 8a or a 9a in the future to get the updates.
I just feel disappointed in general. The iPhone 13 Mini is one of the most beautiful devices out there but the software is horrible. I don't know what to expect with iOS 26 and that glass interface. For me is just the definitive wall to separate those with an old devices, form those with a AI capable chip.
Sorry for this little rant. Maybe my days with iPhone just came to an end.
I was using a Pixel 5 for about a year with its Android 14. The experience were really good overall. Good performance, good camera, good battery life.
I bought the pixel exactly as my 13 Mini, refurbished from Amazon.
Android 14 is a little old but it's really good optimized and it didn't feel like a heavy OS for the Pixel and here is why I feel disappointed from iOS 18.. it just feel terrible. I see lag in the keyboard, the performance in general of the phone just doesn't feel good. Unlucky me that the phone came with iOS 18 pre installed because if I could downgrade to iOS 17, I definitely would've do it. Battery life is just garbage (battery life is 91%), I can hardly get one day of battery when with the Pixel I could get nearly 2 complete days.
The system just don't feel polished. The apps open slower compared to the Pixel, the animations, I don't know.. just doesn't fell like the iOS I remember.
I think that apple is making the gap between iOS devices a lot more bigger for those without Apple Intelligence capable chip. And of course, those with an old device like a 13 Mini, the penalty for using a modern version is bigger than ever.
Can you guys feel the same? Are you using an old iPhone? I'm thinking of go back to my Pixel 5 and buy a 8a or a 9a in the future to get the updates.
I just feel disappointed in general. The iPhone 13 Mini is one of the most beautiful devices out there but the software is horrible. I don't know what to expect with iOS 26 and that glass interface. For me is just the definitive wall to separate those with an old devices, form those with a AI capable chip.
Sorry for this little rant. Maybe my days with iPhone just came to an end.
