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iOS is just bad now
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I’d say feeling slow is the point where I disagree the most. Each time I pick up an Android, regardless of the processor, scroll feels awkward, unnatural. Inertia, bounce, etc. are really great implementations that make iOS feel snappy.
Childish list. There's bigger problems in the world. Why not buy another Samsung or Xiaomi and be happy?Over recent years I have usually owned both a droid and an iDevice and switched betweem them, usually that meant most time on the iPhone but over recent years that balance has shifted towards android and it got me thinking as to why that happened. iOS has always frustrated a little from the uniform home screen that you cannot change (better now but still not great) to the bluetooth audio being constrained to 250kbs, no always on display or the 2 stage unlock process that was a step back speed wise from a FPS and is even more annoying with a mask added into the mix.
I accepted though that Apple would rather sell me an apple watch than give me an always on display and would rather keep things simple for the majority of users who do no care about things like high quality audio or being able to customise their home screen, hell my Mum does not even use face unlock as she does not understand it and prefers to put a pin in!
So I always went in with my eyes open and lets be fair lots of stuff has improved, provided you do not care about how sharp a photo of a street sign is from 5 miles away then I think the iPhone has the best camera for both stills or video out there, the hardware remains terrific and they are not even stupidly more expensive than rivals anymore. My issue though is that in addition to the niggles mentioned above I think that iOS is now both badly designed and buggy and I am at the point where I genuinely do not enjoy using it anymore. Here are some examples of what I mean....
- Notifications are terrible and badges are buggy. Notifications have never been great on iOS and it has always been the case that clearing the notification and associated badge requires 2 steps but the badges are infuriating and on a daily basis now I go into the app to I think clear the badge only for it still to be there when I exit the app so it is a case of rinse and repeat
- The general UI is buggy. With a full home screen if I want to move an app about or move an app from the app library into a folder on my home screen then EVERY time the bottom right app on the home screen moves to the 2nd page and I have to move it back manually.
- The design is lazy. You could park a bus in the gap between the dock and first row of icons, I mean who at apple thought that was a good idea? Seriously if you cannot get the layout symetical then at least put any gap at the top where it matters less. We already lose a ton of screen real estate due to the notch and swipe area at the bottom.
- Accessing control centre and switching your phone off still feels way more complicated than it should andf if I take another accidental screenshot trying I might just lose it!
- Having to go to two places to change the lockscreen widgets depending on what type of widget it is well just a 🤦♂️
- Gone are the days of apps being almost always better on iOS and I am finding so many buggy apps now, from my shopping app not being able to cope with 2FA forcing me to the web page or to Newton Mail being 6 hours behind, Sonos not finding my speakers or Facebook often loading with no content requiring exit and reload and that is just off the top of my head.
- Maybe it is the lack of a high refresh rate, maybe over-bearing animations or just the OS in general but it all feels so slow too. Now I know the current iPhones are the very opposite of slow and benchmark off of the charts but in general navigation I think they feel it, almost like scrolling through treacle at times.
- Pulse Width Modulation causing headaches. This is a definiate thing, fortuneately does not affect me massively but I do notice it if I use the phone for any extended time like reading an article or something.
Now I realise this post will have people sharpening pitchforks to defend Tim and co but honestly I am at the point where I just do not think I want to use it anymore, it is just a bad OS IMO. It feels like they have just continued to build on top of springboard over and over rather than build a new OS from the ground up and the cracks are starting to show and in places it just feels really dated.
Not intending to inflame just curious to see if it is only me who feels this way??
Interesting, it's all about opinion. It is not app performance where I see it but the transitions and animations.
I have two phones.
iPhone 6S - press power button to turn off phone.
iPhone 11 - press power button and vol+ to turn off phone.
I know they had to juggle things to make up for removing buttons (no home button on the 11) but it would have made more ergonomic sense if they'd just moved Siri somewhere rather than move both Siri and Power Off.
Seems to depend on what phone you have. The SE 2020 I have, has a normal power button.
SE 2020 I use also only have a normal power button. Was not aware other models were different.
100% this. It took 4 years from launching the first plus iphone I think for them to think that a one-handed keyboard was a good idea for example. In 2021 with these huge phones icons still wrap from the top rather than the bottom and that gap, well it is just bad design.
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It would be an easy settings option right? allow a user to pick if they want the power button to trigger siri or turn the phone off.
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Nothing childish about it. And your post and tone are completely unnecessary, unwarranted and not needed.
In the quest to "improve" iOS, they only seem to add things, making it complicated and sometimes unappealing design-wise, when simplifying could solve some usability and efficiency issues. Saw this interesting article a couple of weeks ago, about a new study, and I think it applies. Say what you will about Jobs and Ive, they often opted for simple; we've gone too far in the other direction IMHO.
www.sciencenews.org
People add by default even when subtraction makes more sense
People default to addition when solving puzzles and problems, even when subtraction works better. That could underlie some modern-day excesses.
www.sciencenews.org
I wouldn’t go that far, but if that’s what you want to think I’ll take it…Whatever god is.
So less frame rates and resolutions in the camera app are better? Less options for notifications? Less functionality?In the quest to "improve" iOS, they only seem to add things, making it complicated and sometimes unappealing design-wise, when simplifying could solve some usability and efficiency issues. Saw this interesting article a couple of weeks ago, about a new study, and I think it applies. Say what you will about Jobs and Ive, they often opted for simple; we've gone too far in the other direction IMHO.
People add by default even when subtraction makes more sense
People default to addition when solving puzzles and problems, even when subtraction works better. That could underlie some modern-day excesses.
Not at all. I think I meant more about the GUI and execution of added features. Some things could be more integrated more elegantly within existing systems, streamlined, not merely built on top of what's already there.
That's actually what you do to do a hard reset. To simply power off, all you have to do is press and hold the side button along with EITHER the volume-up OR volume-down buttons.
Apple in general has gotten progressively worse over time.
Back to the Jony Ive era, such as ios 7 for example. That was a minimalist design that was certainly criticized by some on MR.
Exactly. In some ways, I think they've gone too hard in the other direction. Hard to think of examples, but the interface just seems like a morass of intersecting and overlapping access points. Don't get me wrong: I'm very happy and frequently surprised by the magic and ease of my iPhone; I just think some retrofitting new features has made some things convoluted and complicated.
I don't find the homescreen frustrating. I like the iconic look of it. I know people want to be able to change it though. I won't.
What is the issue with that? No aptx support?
It's coming. Apple never just throws in features to throw in a feature.
I personally don't find it an issue, but I know YMMV.
Never thought it was an either or situation and the AOD was not up to Apple standards.
Think you answered your own question or musing.
That's not really a benchmark for determining the overall viability of face id.
Yep, if you do get a Huawei.
As a general statement I don't agree, but I know YMMV.
I don't have an issue with notifications, nor do I think they are terrible.- Notifications are terrible and badges are buggy. Notifications have never been great on iOS and it has always been the case that clearing the notification and associated badge requires 2 steps but the badges are infuriating and on a daily basis now I go into the app to I think clear the badge only for it still to be there when I exit the app so it is a case of rinse and repeat
I don't find I have an issue editing the home screen.
What Apple does is not lazy. You may not agree with their designs.
Isn't it as easy as long pressing a button?
This may be the first legitimate gripe.
The app issue has nothing to do with Apple and everything with lazy developers. The issue is going to get much worse if the government decides to break up tech.
I don't have an issue with the lack of high refresh rate. Some things are jittery but I can't determine if it's an app or o/s issue.
I don't have an issue with PWM.
Nothing like trying to diminish any and all opinions to the contrary before they are even written!
Vote with your dollars. 100% agree.
Didn't take it any other way, except as your opinion. I generally don't feel the same about ios.
I think it also has to do with keeping iOS familiar to the masses.
You’re correct, I actually just found this out yesterday while I was experimenting. Either way works for just powering off (as long as you’re not continuing to hold down to do a hard reset) but it’s definitely faster to press the two buttons instead of up, down, then power. That’s almost as good as just one power button, I can live with that.