News I ditched Android for iPhone SE for a month — here’s the pros and cons

[Skydaver]

I should probably just shut up & wait until I get the phone in my hand (we ordered two, one right after the other, to get the $200 off deal). One comes tomorrow, one comes Tuesday. Go figure.
The haptic vs physical button is no big deal for us; the home button on our Moto5GPlus is virtual.
I see my mistake; I was mixing up the home button with the back button.

Thanks for the conversation; it's been helpful!

 

[RockwellB1]

I should probably just shut up & wait until I get the phone in my hand (we ordered two, one right after the other, to get the $200 off deal). One comes tomorrow, one comes Tuesday. Go figure.
The haptic vs physical button is no big deal for us; the home button on our Moto5GPlus is virtual.
I see my mistake; I was mixing up the home button with the back button.

Thanks for the conversation; it's been helpful!

I try to help when I can since I try to keep biases out of things since I use both devices. So I'm glad I was able to help ya!

 

[vern42]

The "back" action is unified in iOS: swipe right starting at the left side of the screen. It's a system function so every app supports it by default.

 

[Jean Yus]

No ability to choose default apps, no back button or gesture, horrible notifications, the share menu or share function is also on an app by app basis, no native file manager, no camera settings without leaving the camera app... plus Google Assistant is light years ahead of siri especiallly continued conversation...and an iphone cant compete with the Google ecosystem + Android on a Pixel. No way.

 

[Jean Yus]

With regard to Apple Arcade - Android does, it is called Play Pass. $5/month gets you access to many games, apps, and other things, on the Play Store.

Android play & apple arcade games are trash. Google Stadia is where its at. I can now buy Doom Eternal & play at my dentist office, in the waiting room. All Android devices too... and touch screen controls if preferred. 1080p/60fps AAA online multiplayer gaming for free? Its insane.

 

[Spike666]

I find the back button issue to be infuriating. Every time I try to use my wife's iPad, it makes me crazy trying to figure out how to go back. Inconsistent UIs are something no device should have in 2020. I had three successive iPhones and then switched, never looked back with regret, especially when I see what goes on with my wife's iPad.

And default apps...I use no stock Android apps for primary functions - browser, email, text are all other apps. I have Mail on my Mac and find it pretty limited and use an alternative app. Modern devices shouldn't make this difficult. Same thing with launchers - although my current phone is fine as is, I used a launcher to add certain capabilities, which doesn't exist with the iPhone.

 

[maxnix]

iPhone keyboards devoid of punctuation marks certainly explains the devolvement of English in today's world.

 

[tanitani]

iPhone keyboards devoid of punctuation marks certainly explains the devolvement of English in today's world.

😆
Thank you for that observation.
Well, I read it somewhere not long ago that it's worse than I imagined: a period at the end of a text message apparently causes anxiety in younger folks.

 

[toomennypeepullaraware]

after the UK government's attempt at a contact tracker app is stymied by the iphone's ability to connect via bluetooth only when it cannot do anything else, can anyone seriously consider using this device?

 

[talltim]

after the UK government's attempt at a contact tracker app is stymied by the iphone's ability to connect via bluetooth only when it cannot do anything else, can anyone seriously consider using this device?

You make it sound like thats a bad thing...

 

[talltim]

I find the back button issue to be infuriating. Every time I try to use my wife's iPad, it makes me crazy trying to figure out how to go back. Inconsistent UIs are something no device should have in 2020. I had three successive iPhones and then switched, never looked back with regret, especially when I see what goes on with my wife's iPad.

And default apps...I use no stock Android apps for primary functions - browser, email, text are all other apps. I have Mail on my Mac and find it pretty limited and use an alternative app. Modern devices shouldn't make this difficult. Same thing with launchers - although my current phone is fine as is, I used a launcher to add certain capabilities, which doesn't exist with the iPhone.

A lot of it is what you are used to. I've never noticed an issue going back on iphone, because I am used to how to doit. On my work Android phone I am forever exiting apps because the back button is multifunction. And it took me days to find out how to go forward...

 

[talltim]

Its weird, I'd never noticed that the . and , are in the sub keyboard. And I do use them.

 

[UnicornDreams]

My wife had an iPhone and a Samsung Zoom (the camera+phone hybrid). Long story shortened, she dropped both a lot of time (let's say, she carries too many things on her hands at once, and may not always choose the safest places to leave her phones), and while her iPhone was on its fourth IPS display replacement, her Zoom didn't even have a scratch on its AMOLED screen. The point is not that AMOLED makes for more resistant displays or even that IPS just plainly sucks, but that people have no option of displays with iPhone, it's take of leave whatever Apple decides to ship with each model (and, particularly on that respect, Apple's IPS displays are the worst I have ever seen, they will probably break if you sneeze too close).