As a person who has used 15 years of Android and other devices but not iPhones, here are my quick notes on it based on a couple of hours of first use:
- Absolutely love the quality-feel it has
- Unpopular opinion, but the keyboard is much better on an iPhone than on Android phones once you get hang of it
- The UI... I'm in love. No bad sides of it. I don't even want to change anything.
- The screen is so crisp
Things I need to accept:
- The bottom swipe bar, can't disable or hide it. Well, most of the Android phones nowadays have it as well. I guess it's good for accessibility reasons
- There is no right swipe gesture (back), but then again the back button is always near thumb, well designed. I will get used to it.
- There is no fingerprint unlock. On Android phones where there was a face unlock I always disabled it because I was used to fingerprint. I need to get used to this, but I notice immediately I don't even miss the fingerprint now because face unlock is much better on iPhones. It actually shows the indicator about the unlock as where Android just feels it's "unlocked" and leaves you feeling uncertain did you even lock it. Apple makes sure with micro interactions. It's smooth.
- Did I mention already, the UI is fabulous! Android has infuriating UI mistakes (see attached image). As an UI designer/developer iPhone is joy to use.
Will report more later... gotta install more apps... #iPhone #Android #SmartPhones #Tech
