Will Android give me a better experience?

[convergent]

What I am saying is that if I click the email app and open it, then I click an email read it and want to go back to my inbox the back button works in a logical way, it takes me back to my inbox.

If however I click a notification that takes me directly to an email and then want to go back to the inbox the back button does not achieve this. This inconsistency is one of the things that bothers me about android. I understand that it could be considered a personal preference thing and I am fine with that, but my preference is for a consistency in the back action which iOS achieves really well with a swipe and android handles inconsistently in my opinion.

Now I understand what you are saying. There is a way to get there, its just not the back button. The back button, from my experience, takes you to the last place you were. If you came in from notifications, then the notifications was a drop down on the home page. Its a system back, not an application back. I actually like having the back option, because there isn't an easy way to go back to a prior app at all in iOS. You have to go to recent apps and select the other app again. No way to just one click back and forth.

 

[Knowimagination]

Now I understand what you are saying. There is a way to get there, its just not the back button. The back button, from my experience, takes you to the last place you were. If you came in from notifications, then the notifications was a drop down on the home page. Its a system back, not an application back. I actually like having the back option, because there isn't an easy way to go back to a prior app at all in iOS. You have to go to recent apps and select the other app again. No way to just one click back and forth.

Right but because of the system back button the actual back buttons are normally located in the top left of the screen one of the most inconvenient places to reach. Ultimately though as I said in my last post I understand and am fine with it being a preference issue, it's not something I need everyone to agree on but it is one of the things I don't like about android.

 

[convergent]

Right but because of the system back button the actual back buttons are normally located in the top left of the screen one of the most inconvenient places to reach. Ultimately though as I said in my last post I understand and am fine with it being a preference issue, it's not something I need everyone to agree on but it is one of the things I don't like about android.

Understand... little quirky things can be irritating because they keep nagging at you. I'm still too new to Android to really identify those types of things. I'm sure it will come in time.

 

[mib1800]

Right but because of the system back button the actual back buttons are normally located in the top left of the screen one of the most inconvenient places to reach. Ultimately though as I said in my last post I understand and am fine with it being a preference issue, it's not something I need everyone to agree on but it is one of the things I don't like about android.

Like the other poster had said, the global back button helps with controlled navigation. iPhone doesn't have this so you have to resort to using the task manager which is much more complicated and tedious.

An analogy with iPhone is surfing web without a back button in the browser. You can only use the "url history" list navigate.

 

[nfl46]

The app situation keeps me away from Android now a days. They simply look low quality in comparison to the iOS ones. Yes, they may have better integration but the whole design is a sore thumb for me. I prefer Reddit apps on Android in comparison to iOS, though. Plus, I'm not too keen on Android UI. It's just way too many inconsistent for me.

 

[Zaft]

The app situation keeps me away from Android now a days. They simply look low quality in comparison to the iOS ones. Yes, they may have better integration but the whole design is a sore thumb for me. I prefer Reddit apps on Android in comparison to iOS, though. Plus, I'm not too keen on Android UI. It's just way too many inconsistency for me.

I tried out an S8+ for around 2 weeks and compared to my 7 + I did not find the apps were lower quality. But I use common apps like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, ESPN, Amazon, Transit etc..

 

[convergent]

I tried out an S8+ for around 2 weeks and compared to my 7 + I did not find the apps were lower quality. But I use common apps like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, ESPN, Amazon, Transit etc..

Yeh, I'm not sure what apps he is talking about. All the ones I'm using look to be the same. The only exception is some of the banking apps haven't implemented fingerprint on Android... some do, some don't.

 

[Zaft]

Yeh, I'm not sure what apps he is talking about. All the ones I'm using look to be the same. The only exception is some of the banking apps haven't implemented fingerprint on Android... some do, some don't.

The only differences I notice are apps that follow design guidelines for each OS. For example, Amazon and Ebay follow the Material design on Android while the IOS versions follow IOS guidelines.

 

[kasakka]

I own both an iPad running iOS 11 but prefer using an Android phone (Oneplus 3 for me) because I feel Apple doesn't do as well in that area for both hardware and software. iPhones are way expensive for what they are and in real world use I don't see an iPhone 8 Plus doing anything better than my much cheaper OP3 - the iPhone just has bigger bezels. You can split hairs over things like storage and CPU performance but in everyday use you are not going to be bothered if an app takes slightly longer to open from scratch.

Softwarewise app quality is case by case. Android has MUCH better Reddit reader apps for example. Overall the stuff I would use every day is about the same on both platforms. 3rd party keyboards are better on Android, seems iOS sometimes still has issues using a 3rd party keyboard in every place.

I prefer how Android handles going back - I can expect it to always be the back button instead of that tiny, poorly padded link on top of the display you get in iOS or having to swipe around.