I feel the same way. I also really disliked the curve screen in the 3 months that I had an S7 edge. I kept registering screen touches unintentionally when holding the phone.
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I feel the same way. I also really disliked the curve screen in the 3 months that I had an S7 edge. I kept registering screen touches unintentionally when holding the phone.
I've had iPhones since the original version. I have also had my share of Galaxy phones. As much as I like the Galaxy, I always end up going back to the iPhone. My whole family uses iPhones, and the text messaging just doesn't work well with a whole group of iPhones using iMessage. I have also found battery life much better with my 7 plus than with the S7 edge I had. Samsung wins for having the better display and better looking phone, IMO. If iMessage and FaceTime ever open up to android, I will probably go with the Galaxy.
i just had a look at the 8+ at the store and my god it is gorgeous but i found the curved edges more annoying than i thought. I always wanted it, now that i actually checked it out, it seems kind of bad especially while viewing photos. It would have been better to have the image stop at the edge for things like photos or videos.
Either way, i held my iPhone 7 Plus next to it and jeeze them bezels are really redic and almost one of a kind in the year 2017
Either way, i held my iPhone 7 Plus next to it and jeeze them bezels are really redic and almost one of a kind in the year 2017
I also have an S7, not edge, without a curved screen, and I am still registering touches unintentionally due to the thin side bezels. Had to put on a case.
I have the Galaxy S8 Plus and it's great but I'm really looking forward to the iPhone X in september.
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Same here. My Galaxy S8 Plus is lag-free.
After you've used iOS, I always find it's really difficult to settle for Android. For the people who've only used Android, they are usually quite happy because they don't know any better. That's why it's very easy to step up to the iPhone but very difficult to step down to an Android phone.
But that's your opinion and other's (including that of the OP) may vary.
Personally, I started on iPhone and moved up to Android. I've tried to move back down to iPhone (bought the iPhone 7 last year) but just don't like the OS, lack of LED light, need to take an additional charger with me, lack of headphone jack etc. etc.
So, I do know better (and perhaps better than you) as I've used both systems and have settled on the one that suits me.
I definitely know which is best after extensive use of both.
Most people haven't used an iPhone because for most people they are priced too high. That's why so many people are happy to settle for Android because they haven't had the opportunity to know better. A very tiny niche of uses prefer Android over iOS, but most would prefer iOS over Android given the opportunity to pick either.
For a typical iPhone user moving to Android there is really not much of a learning curve. These IPhone users just need a launcher with rows of icons to run apps, that's all. New touchwiz can be configured like iPhone launcher. Most China brands do that as well. This makes transition to Android quite seamless for iPhone users.
Only more advanced (minority) users can appreciate or critic the capability of both OSes. But that's a discussion for another time.
I don't know about that; Android still has the legacy back and recent apps button, both of which provide a really poor navigational paradigm due to the inconsistent nature of what the back button does. According to Google, a square icon signifies recent apps. Goodness knows how such poor designs ever got to into the end product, but hey, that's Android for you.
Of all things you want to nitpick on the back button? iOS inconsistent back (up to the fancy of developers) is so much worse on so many levels. At least Android back gives breadcrumbs back navigation that follows your workflow. You rather double click on home on iPhone than simply do one tap on recent button?. Also the perpetual annoyance (that apple doesn't want to fix) is the slow scrolling speed requiring many more swipes than android to move through long pages. But hey, if you like inefficiency then you feel at home with iPhone.
Btw: another annoyance with iOS default top left back placement (plus phone with two handed use) - your palm keeps blocking screen when you tap - disturb your eyes concentration on the screen
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I find the swipe speed on Android too fast and unnatural. On the iPhone it feels like its following the relative speed of my finger and it gets faster and faster the quicker I move my finger.
And yes the Android navigational controls are awful. What is the back button going to do on this occassion? Hide the keyboard, go back one page/screen in the current app or go back to a different app? Who knows! I don't even think Google would be able to tell you what it's going to do it's that bad.
You can tell someone doesn't really know iOS that well when they talk about back buttons in the top left. Why aren't you swiping from the left? Please please please know what you're talking about before critiquing something.
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So you're prepared to throw out all your apps, handoff between your phone/mac/ipac, etc. for what?
It's a tool to do a job, iOS itself isn't meant to be "Exciting", it's a platform for apps...
You said Android back is confusing just because you don't understand. Back unwound according to the order you open activities (or forms) and not apps. Activities/forms from many apps can interlaced together.
I know about the swipe to go back in ios. It takes much more effort to do that than just hitting a button as you have to swipe properly from edge of screen. And it doesn't eliminate your palm blocking the screen momentarily when you are doing that.
You can argue how you like but the fact remains it is still much more elegant on Android .
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What swipe to go back in Safari takes more effort? That's nonsense. For the apps, on the top of the screen there is a button to be pressed. It's consistent and works well.You said Android back is confusing just because you don't understand. Back unwound according to the order you open activities (or forms) and not apps. Activities/forms from many apps can interlaced together.
I know about the swipe to go back in ios. It takes much more effort to do that than just hitting a button as you have to swipe properly from edge of screen. And it doesn't eliminate your palm blocking the screen momentarily when you are doing that.
And I prefer the scrolling speed in IOS, the phone is not a video game.
But these are just tit-for-tat details, and don't forget to mention all of this is, iyho.
You said Android back is confusing just because you don't understand. Back unwound according to the order you open activities (or forms) and not apps. Activities/forms from many apps can interlaced together.
I know about the swipe to go back in ios. It takes much more effort to do that than just hitting a button as you have to swipe properly from edge of screen. And it doesn't eliminate your palm blocking the screen momentarily when you are doing that.
No I understand how it works, I just know it's a poorly thought out navigational system because it requires you to remember what you were last doing to know what the button will do. And if you last used your phone 2 hours ago, you might not necessarily remember what you were last doing so the back button becomes a guessing game.
So yes, the fact remains that it's a poorly thought out system on Android vs how well it works on iOS. Your fanboyism is showing with you determination to desperately try and convince us that Android's navigational systems is somehow good and well thought out. Luckily, we know to ignore what you are saying because of that!
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That's your view. I dislike android personally because the UI is clunky and unintuitive and it makes the user do busy work with battery and application task management that i can just forget about on iOS.
You sounded so ignorant that I am not surprised that you may not have used Android seriously.
Just a simple use case will break your brain in iOS trying to navigate back.
Doing browsing then open fb from notification and while typing response in fb open sms from notification. And maybe extend this to more levels.
In Android I just do a back after reading SMS, I am back at typing in fb. After finish post in fb I just do a back and I am back at where I was browsing.
In iOS you have to remember what 3 things you were doing and call up task manager and cycle thru the apps again and maybe forget certain tasks you were doing before you were interrupted by notification.
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It just much faster hitting back at the bottom. It is nonsense to say it is not.
It's nonsense to say it is faster. Now, it may be your opinion it is and it maybe my opinion the back "button" at the top is logical and consistent, but that is where it ends. What is nonsense is arguing subjectivity as objectivity.You sounded so ignorant that I am not surprised that you may not have used Android seriously.
Just a simple use case will break your brain in iOS trying to navigate back.
Doing browsing then open fb from notification and while typing response in fb open sms from notification. And maybe extend this to more levels.
In Android I just do a back after reading SMS, I am back at typing in fb. After finish post in fb I just do a back and I am back at where I was browsing.
In iOS you have to remember what 3 things you were doing and call up task manager and cycle thru the apps again and maybe forget certain tasks you were doing before you were interrupted by notification.
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It just much faster hitting back at the bottom. It is nonsense to say it is not.
You sounded so ignorant that I am not surprised that you may not have used Android seriously.
Just a simple use case will break your brain in iOS trying to navigate back.
Doing browsing then open fb from notification and while typing response in fb open sms from notification. And maybe extend this to more levels.
In Android I just do a back after reading SMS, I am back at typing in fb. After finish post in fb I just do a back and I am back at where I was browsing.
In iOS you have to remember what 3 things you were doing and call up task manager and cycle thru the apps again and maybe forget certain tasks you were doing before you were interrupted by notification.
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It just much faster hitting back at the bottom. It is nonsense to say it is not.
I'm sorry you don't have enough experience of iOS to know that it is better. I would strongly advise you try it a bit more so that you can open your eyes to the better solution.