A little out of passion and a little for the blog I have had several smartphones in the past, an iPhone and several Android, Samsung, Nexus, Motorola, LG models. Difficult, for me, to think of using a smartphone that is not Android, not so much because I think Google is cheaper than Apple and also better at providing a certain type of services such as Google Maps and Gmail, but above all for the usability of Android phones, which if they are not cheap cheap ones, work better and are preferred. In support of this thesis, we see here 10 annoying defects of an iPhone or, in other words, 10 reasons why users who have an Android smartphone prefer it and believe it is better than an iPhone . The article focuses on minor annoyances that come out only after a certain period of use and not on those differences between Android and iPhone more obvious, such as the fact that iOS has a locked interface, such as the lack of widgets on the screen and the fact that Android is a more open and more customizable system.
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1) Change of brightness and volume more laborious
The first annoyance with the iPhone is one of those little things that are not noticed at the beginning until they become boring. With Android, when you want to adjust the brightness of the screen or the audio volume, simply touch the cursor with your finger at one point. On iOS, however, you always have to drag it with your finger, making this change a little more laborious.
2) Annoying back button
The back button of Android, so obvious and so natural, was missing on the iPhone until the update with iOS9, where it was placed at the top left, in a very uncomfortable position, especially on a large screen. It is also very limited and never goes back one level.
3) Terrible Spotlight Search
Since Android was created by Google, number one of the internet search, it is quite obvious that Android has a better data recharge system than any other operating system. For reasons of competition and competition, in iOS the search for the Spotlight tool is powered by Bing and not by Google, making it really poor and of a very bad level. In addition, any search you do on the iPhone reports irrelevant suggestions from Siri, the installed applications, the apps that you might want to install and then at the end there is a link to search the internet via Safari.
READ: Google search from Spotlight, Safari and Siri on Mac, iPhone and iPad
4) Less immediate access to settings on iPhone
The Control Center on iOS is very similar to the Android switch menu, where you can turn things on and off like bluetooth, wifi, and adjust brightness. While, on Android, it is possible to open the general settings of the operating system from here and go directly to the settings of the wifi or bluetooth, in iOS it is always necessary instead to return to the home screen, find the settings app and then search for the various Wifi, bluetooth or other settings.
on Android, in addition, the quick settings can also be changed by choosing which buttons to display.
5) What type of iPhone am I using "> iPhone factory reset.
Fortunately, it doesn't often happen that an important app has errors that are so serious that it forces the user to do a factory reset.
7) Difficult app refunds .
Getting refunds for a purchase made on Google Play for the Android smartphone is really simple and automatic, while on the App Store it is daunting and not at all immediate.
We saw this difference in the guide for asking for refunds for purchased apps.
8) Applications cannot be hidden from the home screen.
The home screen of an Android smartphone, if you want, can also be clean and without any app on it, while that of the iPhone is a whole list of icons and this cannot be changed. In addition, with any Android launcher it is possible to hide some less used apps to prevent them from clogging the list or for privacy reasons. On iOS this cannot be done.
In another article, the trick to hide apps on iPhone and iPad by creating sub-folders,
9) With just one button, nothing is easy
Why doesn't Apple want to put fixed buttons on its devices?
The Home button on the iPhone does too many things: A short press leads to the home screen, a long press opens Siri, a double press leads to recent apps, a triple door to accessibility shortcuts (if enabled) and a double touch without pressing it leads to one-handed mode. 5 things for a single button are, objectively, too many and whoever says that the iPhone is easier to use than an Android smartphone maybe should think again.
10) A rendering engine (Safari) to view websites
Apple imposes on the iPhone the use of the Safari rendering engine to open web pages, therefore every other browser including Chrome is obliged to use this which is called UIWebView.
Basically, the change of browser is discouraged because any other browser for iPhone other than Safari can never be faster, still having to use its internal engine.
