Threads like these are important because they reveal small issues in OS that usually don't come to light otherwise since people are just used to working around them. For example I had no idea that iOS dialer didn't allow a cursor for editing numbers, that's just dumb.
To me people suggesting that you need to root or jailbreak your phone tells that there are some glaring issues with the OS. Before Android Lollipop I felt rooting was very much necessary because the system didn't work as one would like. Now my main beef on stock Android is that the yellow charging LED cannot be turned off (whoever came up with that in the first place is an idiot - who wants a bright light in their bedroom during the night?).
Likewise iOS has made big strides from iOS 6 when I abandoned the iPhone for Android due to various issues requiring jailbreak fixes. Out of those two big ones are still standing though: Lack of a filesystem and ability to set default apps. While the former is a design choice, the latter is just Apple refusing to give their customers the option. There is really nothing preventing changing default assigned apps. Being able to pick your default browser or default email client should be a standard feature. A simplified file manager would be beneficial for having a single location to manage all your files regardless of their type. Being able to use the device as a glorified USB stick should be possible as well for the times you need to transfer a file. iTunes is **** software and thankfully not that necessary nowadays.
Safari scrolling is also rather infuriating to me in iOS. Chrome is fast and requires minimal effort even on very long pages, Safari's scroll moves so few lines on one flick that getting to the bottom of a very long page is a tremendous effort. That said I wouldn't mind if both Android and iOS browsers came with a "go to end of page" feature in some form.
The back button is highly useful in Android as it always lets you navigate back in whatever app you are using. It's always in the same location and its position works decently in larger phones as well. iOS so far does not seem to fully take into account this need. While the back button is not always completely 100% on Android either (for example on Facebook Messenger I seem to often get multiple panels of a conversation with the same person when hitting back a few times), it is much better than what I've seen on iOS. Going forward both operating systems probably have to rethink the approach as phones are now becoming quite unwieldy to use one handed.
In my experience Android is more pleasant on a phone but iOS on a tablet. I own devices with both. While my post may seem very pro-Android I do acknowledge it has a bunch of issues of its own. For now it does work quite acceptably for my needs (mainly web browsing, Facebook and messaging).
To me people suggesting that you need to root or jailbreak your phone tells that there are some glaring issues with the OS. Before Android Lollipop I felt rooting was very much necessary because the system didn't work as one would like. Now my main beef on stock Android is that the yellow charging LED cannot be turned off (whoever came up with that in the first place is an idiot - who wants a bright light in their bedroom during the night?).
Likewise iOS has made big strides from iOS 6 when I abandoned the iPhone for Android due to various issues requiring jailbreak fixes. Out of those two big ones are still standing though: Lack of a filesystem and ability to set default apps. While the former is a design choice, the latter is just Apple refusing to give their customers the option. There is really nothing preventing changing default assigned apps. Being able to pick your default browser or default email client should be a standard feature. A simplified file manager would be beneficial for having a single location to manage all your files regardless of their type. Being able to use the device as a glorified USB stick should be possible as well for the times you need to transfer a file. iTunes is **** software and thankfully not that necessary nowadays.
Safari scrolling is also rather infuriating to me in iOS. Chrome is fast and requires minimal effort even on very long pages, Safari's scroll moves so few lines on one flick that getting to the bottom of a very long page is a tremendous effort. That said I wouldn't mind if both Android and iOS browsers came with a "go to end of page" feature in some form.
The back button is highly useful in Android as it always lets you navigate back in whatever app you are using. It's always in the same location and its position works decently in larger phones as well. iOS so far does not seem to fully take into account this need. While the back button is not always completely 100% on Android either (for example on Facebook Messenger I seem to often get multiple panels of a conversation with the same person when hitting back a few times), it is much better than what I've seen on iOS. Going forward both operating systems probably have to rethink the approach as phones are now becoming quite unwieldy to use one handed.
In my experience Android is more pleasant on a phone but iOS on a tablet. I own devices with both. While my post may seem very pro-Android I do acknowledge it has a bunch of issues of its own. For now it does work quite acceptably for my needs (mainly web browsing, Facebook and messaging).
