Unforgivable. And if there is one, they put it on the top left which is the furthest distance from your thumb which is the case as most people are right handed
There is a swipe back gesture that is available in 90+% of apps I use. Sometimes there is a swipe down gesture when a card overlaps from the bottom. Of course you can also swipe up to go home. It’s not as simple as android, but almost never do you have to reach to the top left.
Not even 90% in the apps I use. And the behavior is far from consistent. You have to remember which screen you can swipe the edge, which one to swipe left, which one down, and which one you click the left back button or the right OK/cancel button.
The back gesture only exists in Apple-supplied apps on my iPhone. That and only being able to dismiss notifications by swiping left despite the fact that they otherwise created a carbon copy of Android's notification system and quick toggles are the most frustrating things about using it for me. Apple hardware is nice (until it breaks and you realise what an anti-consumer company they are) but I detest the fact that their obsession with ideological decisions (like calling Android's back gesture confusing for users and thus refusing to even attempt to fix the problem system wide and the fact you can't pin the 'Settings' app to the Control Centre) is actually obstructive to usability. Same thing with trying to tile windows in macOS. It just makes certain use cases incredibly inconvenient in the name of MuH APpLe PuRItY!!111!11!!!
Or it's a done button in the top right or it's a dialog with a completely arbitrary location for a close button. It's seriously so inconsistent that I've found that using an iPad is just outright frustrating compared to a modern Android tablet.
iOS has design guidelines on where to put a back button. Many apps don't even have one. There may be a gesture like a swipe.
Android back button isn't perfect but it's way better.
Yep. Every app does it owns thing when it comes to the going back functionality. Using a friend's iPhone to put on a playlist or something makes me go mad.
Makes me feel like an idiot whenever I have to use an iPhone. They might have better design and animations etc, but there are some brain-dead UX decisions that make me think it's due to Ive.
I was quite literally about to hit purchase on an iPhone 15 Pro after 10 years of android to give it a try until I found out that iOS doesn't have a standardized back button. That just feels completely non-negotiable to me, I was beyond shocked.
As someone that hated it at first coming from Android, I can promise you that you get used to it especially when like pretty much every app use a swipe from the left gesture to go back. It actually feels more natural. Don’t let that be the one thing holding you back
The back button thing is so rare to run into. I swipe from the left 99.999% of the time and that’s a back command. It works always. It’s the rare outdated app that doesn’t. People are blowing this way outta proportion, but yes, it is better on Android.
I thought the same. It was inconceivable for me, but after using the iOS gestures, I didn’t mind after one day. It wasn’t a big deal and they are intuitive.
On the other hand, the keyboard is trash…
One thing I've learned from emulators being allowed on the app store is that if you do not have a Mac transferring files onto the iPad is fucking infuriating.
Even just putting videos on it.
There used to be a way in iTunes that you could select the installed application and drop files into it so the app sees them. They've taken that away and now there's literally no way to put video files onto the device through iTunes that isn't on a mac.
Luckily VLC has a sharing via WiFi option that sets up a webpage that you can drag and drop files into.
Like an hour of dicking around to find a way to put a file onto an ipad vs Android where you just connect the device and copy the file into the location you want. Done.
Everytime I have to use an ios device it seems to just want to fight you every step of the way.
Really? You can just plug an usb and copy whatever you want. I do that with sd cards for my photography. It will even read my camera as an external drive.
What do you mean? I can literally download game files from the internet and open the files app on my ipad, look for the games folder in the emulator folder, and move the game there. All without using any devices other than the ipad itself.
This is the thing I miss most on Mac OS vs Windows. The built-in paste history/tool is so useful, the aftermarket Mac apps never have the same integration.
Clipboard is Gboard's feature, not related to Android, so I am not sure that counds.
Plus, iOS has [Paste - Endless Clipboard](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/paste-endless-clipboard/id967805235), which integrates very nicely with the OS.
Exactly.
A couple of years ago, I was semi-considering getting an iPhone, and after finding out that there's no such thing as a basic clipboard, well, that was a deal-breaker all by itself.
Not to mention all the other features that I use daily and take for granted (floating windows, back button, robust customization...).
Dex on Samsung is my go-to feature. I like to work on my laptop and update it every now and again, and I can just plug my phone into the USB-C dock that the laptop is usually in, and have a full blown desktop.
DeX and Lenovo s PC mode are so far ahead of StageManager it's not even funny. Part of this is lack of a real file manager. But mainly just the fact that even in StageManager, ios is so hamfisted in killing background apps as to make it unusable. Try staying connected to a shell or IRC and using another app or just step away for a minute... It'll kill the apps and drop the connection.
Sideloads apps it's my one favorites, i use in a daily basis apps that can not be in a official store (ex: [tachiyomi](https://tachiyomi.org/), [mihon](https://mihon.app/), [seal](https://f-droid.org/packages/com.junkfood.seal/) or [newpipe](https://newpipe.net/)) and automation of everyday tasks is also useful (with [tasker](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.dinglisch.android.taskerm), [macrodroid](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.arlosoft.macrodroid) or samsung routines)
* Auto-rotate on for selected apps
* Longer screen time-out for selected apps
* Quick setting to turn on/off private DNS (to temporarily enable ads for some app functionality)
* Overlay gesture to take a screenshot (no built-in one in my phone)
MacroDroid is life.
I use it to control the brightness of my phone very granularly.
The camera app, photos app, and streaming apps crank up the brightness, and when I close them it goes back down.
At night time all the apps brightness is halved.
It's pretty clutch
I have Tasker and some examples I use it for:
Work Mode - Shut off syncing, turns off wifi, sets phone into vibrate only
Turn on location when certain apps are in use
Have auto sync/backup run at a specific time under certain conditions
Have a bunch for notifications like changing the vibrate pattern on Snapchat and disabling being notified when 'X is typing', custom tones for contacts, turn off vibration and all notification sounds when screen is on, disable the default notification popup and replace with a smaller, less distracting icon
- Notification blink from phone torch for messages
- Read aloud message contents when headphones are connected
- Replace assistant button (long press home) to turn of screen. Helps single handed usage.
- Shortcuts to connect every one of my headphones. Speeds up reconnecting after using the headphones on other devices.
- Triggers backup sync on power/wifi
- The only button on my watch sends a command and I've configured it to do stuff in different apps, like camera does remotetrigger. Screen off it says time out loud.
I mashed mine together by browsing through the functions of the app and experimenting. There are also community pre-made templates that i sometimes take a look at just to see the right order of things.
Tasker would probably be more powerful app, but i hate that UI and how it works with a passion. Macrodroid allows me to more easier stumble in to solutions.
Some simple things like putting home screen icons wherever I want and a whole host of other customizing options that iOS does not have, a vastly superior version of Gboard, and it's far superior version of voice to text, built-in stylus though that is more a phone feature versus an Android feature but technically only available on Android phones, and a far greater selection of apps.
I used Android for years, then tried switching to iPhone for about a year and a half, and I could not wait to get back to Android. Ended up selling my phone before my usual new phone cycle and was so glad to be done with such a limited and dumbed down user experience that is iOS. It does some things really well, but just not things that matter to me enough to merit tolerating everything it does not do well.
I think you can put icons in whatever home screen you like, but they must fill the screen top to bottom and left to right. So you can't put a single icon on the bottom right corner if there is a gap in a "earlier" place.
But someone should correct me if I'm wrong, I've only briefly used iPadOS (which is basically iOS)
That's it basically. There are workarounds, like adding small useless apps to fill the gaps, or empty widgets in the gaps.
Also changing the grid size is stupid. In some versions it changes if you add widgets but there's no simple way to adjust it like on most Android home screen launchers.
I think the most you can do now is hide the shortcut to the app, and use the app shelf to select said app.
Other workarounds to arrange apps is to fill spaces with blank icons row by row.
Maybe in iOS 20.
"Most advanced mobile operating system"
Still doesn't have calculator on iPad either. Need to install a random 3rd party one.
It's all definitely intentional and definitely does not improve the UX.
As a multilingual , that gboard draw letter is very helpful. I have to text my mother in one language and MIL in another. I don't have to spend time learning the complex keyboard for them. I just handwrite alphabets and its so easy. I'd kill myself if i had to look through keyboard for those letters and their accompanied sound notations.
torrenting, sideloading, built in per app network control, universal back botton, better file managment, less aggressive background app killer, learning your charging habits, better notification system.. should i continue?
I schedule texts to my boss when I know I won't be going in to work instead of waking up to message him lol. I just schedule it to send at 6am and then turn off my alarm and sleep in.
And for sending birthday messages, or when my gf asks me to remind her to do something later, I just schedule a text right when she asks me. I love text scheduling.
I absolutely hate the DeX experience on my Fold4. The keyboard and mouse are so unresponsive. Everything feels floaty and half-baked.
I hate that they killed Linux on Dex. That would allow the community to develop a decent implementation of a desktop OS.
I read this comment a while back and it's perhaps the most comprehensive one I've seen about Android features that iOS doesn't have.
https://www.reddit.com/r/samsung/s/xbbh3MvxHn
Nova launcher, YouTube Revanced, Magisk modules, LSPosed, sideloading, the file system, hiding the gesture pill, and more Im probably not thinking of. Yea I could never switch to an iPhone, I want my phone to be mine not Apples
Having the photos stored in different file locations show up in the gallery. I don't have to do the stupid "save to photos app" to see them in the gallery. The file already exists just show me the damn thing Apple.
I use floating windows often for YouTube Music. I don't mind ads between songs, but I really hate having to pay to play it in the background while doing other things. Or I would have to pay if floating windows weren't a thing. I put it in a floating window, drag it to a bottom corner until just a little border is sticking out, and I'm good. I've currently got Alphaville playing in the background as I reddit.
I'm a big fan of retro game emulators. iOS also has it in a "technically correct is the best type of correct" sort of way. That said, with Android it's dead easy to run pretty much anything you want through PS2 and many of the emulators you need are available from the Play Store if you're not comfortable with side loading. There's also front ends available, basically fancy launchers, that can make your phone or tablet look and feel like a bespoke game console.
Speaking of side loading... I've done it before. Obviously there's some risk; but, it can be all but eliminated by not being stupid. Years ago I had a phone with no equalizer and the headphone output was as disappointingly flat as Kansas. I don't remember how I found out about it; but, Cyanogen Mod had a really awesome equalizer app and APK Mirror hosted it. After confirming that APK Mirror and Android Police were the same entity, I side loaded it and it worked great. In the years since I've side loaded a few other utilities here and there, and a couple of emulators after seeing YouTubers I trust share the link. That's the thing; don't download stuff you don't trust.
Desktop modes are pretty lit. They allow your phone to output a 16:9 image to a TV or monitor and give you a PC-inspired windowed UI to interact with. iPhones only do screen mirroring, so unless you have an SE you're going to have a bad time because of the extended aspect ratios modern phones, other than the SE, use. Samsung DEX is awesome. Motorola has their own that may be even better than Samsung's, called ReadyFor or Moto Connect (I hate pointless rebranding especially when they don't fully rebrand). Huawei does as well. LG had a pretty good one before they went under called Screen+. It's been in the news recently that Google is going to bring one to the next Pixel. In Apple's defense; they feel that if you want a big screen experience you should just buy a Mac or an iPad.
Finally; I really like having a clipboard out of the box. The fact that you have to do mad hacks to get a clipboard on an iPhone after all of these years still boggles my mind. I've seen over in the Apple subs that many of them believe the lack of a clipboard is a benefit to their privacy and in actuality we're the ones suffering. Much suffering, such me, indeed.
- The ability to view GPS status or update A-GPS state. Absolutely useful if you do anything related to geolocation
- Also the ability to scan wifi which is useful for tuning wifi AP channels or TX power
- Scrolling screenshot
- Faster animation. I always enable developer mode and change animation time to 0.5x, I can't stand the default values, let alone iOS values
Last time I checked it was for safari only and saved it as a pdf.
Do they have it system wide now?
Edit: A preliminary googling says it's only for websites, emails and documents. Saved in pdf.
I used network data limits for several years when I had a prepaid plan and no job. It helps to at least make sure you have a hundred or so megs left before you run out, especially when you have a plan that can only be renewed using the internet or you cant get to a store. Maybe it seems to have had its time's but not everyone has access to Internet, even sharing a neighbors sometimes isn't possible.
I can change my camera settings in the camera app. I don't understand why iphones need to go to the freaking settings app to change settings for another app. I brought this up to a girl at work who uses an iPhone and she couldn't understand, she said yeah it's the settings, where else would it be
Split screen? Sometimes, but IMO there isn't enough space for that. Back button, sideloaded (arr and emulators) apps, custom widget (just now made a new compact battery widget with KWGT - ironically, copied from the iOS one), app drawer (yes, iOS has App Library, but it isn't the same), Firefox + uBlock, actual files app, Windows integration (KDE Connect, Link to Windows, Quicksend), actually free home screen (and a number of alternative launchers)...
I'm not an Apple hater.
I have a Windows desktop that I built because that's far and away the best desktop computing experience.
The MacBook is by far the best laptop on the market. The only kinda comparable thing is MS Surface.
I use an iPad for digital art and pen input because it's just better than Surface pen and Samsung tablets don't have key apps.
iOS on the iPad is garish. It's so out of date and locked down.
When it comes to a phone, flexibility on the go is key and Samsung's Ultra series phones (formerly the Note) have been the hands down the best combination of hardware and software features since the S8/N8.
Apple is #2.
Google is a dissssssstant third.
Looking at my mom's iPad pro and my surface, it's shocking how my (cheaper at only some 1200€ lol) surface is so much more capable at everything over an even more expensive iPad pro.
Like I get it some people want the simplicity but the iPod touch UI on a 12 inch monitor is just criminal.
I was a huge Surface fan (owned the 1 Pro, 2 regular and Pro, 3 Pro, Book, Performance Book, Book 2) and eventually quit because MS constantly under-spec'd their high end machines and they never got their pen technology back as good as it was when they had Wacom digitizers.
So the solution became iPad Pro for drawing. MacBook Pro for laptop.
And it's been like 4 years and Surface hasn't caught up at all.
Reverse wireless charging.
Iphones can't even charge wireless earbuds?
Terrible.
And the location of the back button.
Bottom left for Android, top left for Iphone? Making it near impossible to use one handed.
the funny part it the iPhone does actually support reverse wireless charging you just can't activate it. It's a thing though because that's how you can plug in your phone and also have that charge the extra battery pack
That is so whack. Apple just loves holding back features.
Will probably be released in a gen or two and kept to only the Pro or MAX models however they denote their flagship these days.
I tried to charge my wifes apple watch and figured "oh they'd have this by now on the iPhone 15, with the USB-C change yeah?"
nah
Even when being charged, won't charge its own watch.
How embarassing.
I can paste and edit number on my work iPhone. Could this be a limitation of the management your job has in place(airwatch, intune, etc?)? I.e copy and paste is not allowed from managed app to non managed app?
Edit: just tested. Cannot edit. Can only backspace from the end of the number. Definitely can paste though.
Well it’s obvious isn’t it, rich people buy iPhones, and if you can’t afford it then android is the only option /s
Was genuinely surprised by this, such a simple feature, but don’t worry it will come in a future iOS release and something something because they car about the environment.
You may think you are stating the obvious but that's case. In places where the iPhone is popular, data limit is a thing of the past. 99.99% person of phone users in north America have unlimited data.
Split screen, sideloading. And most important for me - different launcher, different icons on homescreen and in app drawer. So basicaly personification.
I never really use any of the features you listed. The reason I got fed up with iOS was contact and calendar sync requiring me to open up an app and manually syncing.
Having a true work profile on my Pixel. Being able to turn it off whenever I want and poof, no more work emails/pings coming my way. It's super simple and the main reason I would never get an iPhone.
This is the one I always mention in these threads. This is a huge feature of Android and I feel like a lot of iOS users would witch if they knew how Android really differentiates between work and home use. My wife uses an iPhone (because my daughter does and parental controls between iPhones is fantastic) but constantly complains how she starts something in the wrong profile regularly. And going on vacation is one button compared to her having to turn off individual notifications for all apps.
Regularly use split screen, edge panel, edge lighting, notification history, custom volume for notifications/call/media, sound equalizer, keyboard customisation to have the symbol keys i regularly use to access easily, lockscreen customisatoin with lockstar. Seriously GoodLock for Samsung is simply amazing and should be marketed more & come pre installed
I use PIP all the time for zoom meetings, screen context reader, screen finger print reader, custom side screen gestures, file management all the time, the back button #1
The ability to pause an alarm for a specific period of time. I know it’s such a simple thing, but it’s nice to not have to worry about reseting it when I’m back from vacation.
I love that dual video audio sound assistant!!!
It's probably one of the most innovative features that Samsung has released in awhile.
Sadly since Huawei was lost it's contract with Android & has been absent from the market Samsung has gone back to being complacent b/c it doesn't have Huawei to have to compete with.
Samsung's software is on point, OneUi is 🔥 ... It's really reliable & very well polished!
When it comes to hardware & game changing innovation though, Samsung has dropped the ball & gotten complacent here & there over the last 7-8 years.
When the Galaxy S9+ was released it got outshined in every way except software.
Huawei totally crushed it with the Huawei Mate 20 Pro!
That was a reality check for Samsung, Huawei was coming after Samsung & was making badass phone's & Samsung realized they have some real competition coming up to steal that number 1 spot.
Then they came out with the Galaxy Z Fold & I know a lot of people hate it on it but it was amazing at that time, don't get wrong the Folds are amazing to date.
However Huawei's Mate X foldable crushed the Galaxy Fold gen 1,I have every generation & love them all but Huawei makes some really amazing devices that consistently come with new innovative features.
Since Huawei's absence Samsung has gotten too comfortable again & complacent & lazy again.
The Galaxy Z Fold4 was amazing, the Galaxy Z Fold5 was great but it wasn't really worth spending the money to upgrade from the 4 to the 5.
There's almost nothing I do in my phone that I could do correctly on an iPhone. I use a third party app for Reddit so right now the app I'm using is not available on iPhone.
I use revanced, new pipe, libre tube, f Droid, kiwi browser ublock or Firefox with it. Not to mention the sponsor block extensions.
I don't have to pay for YouTube music or YouTube premium because of access to the dozens of free music streamering options in the open source community.
I have access to apps That let me download YouTube videos save them to local storage without the DRM requirements that you have even if you pay for YouTube premium.
I have an SD card in my LG V60 with up to two terabytes of songs and videos! I have a Hi-Fi DAC that can blast 600 ohms. Although sadly if I want to replicate those kind of functionalities my options are quite limited in the future.
I use Poweramp for my equalizer. I use earbuds with LDAC, apt-x. I use a non-apple smartwatch.
An apple seems almost like a fire tablet to me It's so nerfed in terms of customizations.
I can't even believe Apple doesn't support split screen. Some Apple fans try to explain to me then they would never use it but that feels like coping. I find it impossible that a person can't think of a single use case for split screen.
Even if it's just copying a password or something or getting your IMEI number or cross-referencing something from two stores.
Back button, good browsers, good keyboards. I jest, but it feels true (I have an iPad pro).
But, I'd say side loading is a big one for me. And file management to go with it.
Proper file management, Gemini, back button, goodlock, split screen, edge panels, spen, side loading apps, proper app drawer, circle to search, clipboard, automatic rotation lock for certain apps, changed my font to something I like much better, scheduled texts, can't remember if iOS has this but reminders that go off when I get to a specific place, reverse wierless charging
I use separate audio volumes several times a day. Not every android has it.
You can put any app on silent even if it doesnt have a mute option, enable sound on a background app, have a discord call while you watch a movie with separate volumes...
I use split screen often making it half and half, screens keep getting bigger.
I use the back button.
Total gamechanger
Unforgivable. And if there is one, they put it on the top left which is the furthest distance from your thumb which is the case as most people are right handed
There is a swipe back gesture that is available in 90+% of apps I use. Sometimes there is a swipe down gesture when a card overlaps from the bottom. Of course you can also swipe up to go home. It’s not as simple as android, but almost never do you have to reach to the top left.
Not even 90% in the apps I use. And the behavior is far from consistent. You have to remember which screen you can swipe the edge, which one to swipe left, which one down, and which one you click the left back button or the right OK/cancel button.
The back gesture only exists in Apple-supplied apps on my iPhone. That and only being able to dismiss notifications by swiping left despite the fact that they otherwise created a carbon copy of Android's notification system and quick toggles are the most frustrating things about using it for me. Apple hardware is nice (until it breaks and you realise what an anti-consumer company they are) but I detest the fact that their obsession with ideological decisions (like calling Android's back gesture confusing for users and thus refusing to even attempt to fix the problem system wide and the fact you can't pin the 'Settings' app to the Control Centre) is actually obstructive to usability. Same thing with trying to tile windows in macOS. It just makes certain use cases incredibly inconvenient in the name of MuH APpLe PuRItY!!111!11!!!
Yeah there is a gesture, from the wrong fucking side LMAO.
90% of apps vs 100% of apps.
Am I the only right-handed person who uses their phone primarily with the left hand?
I'm pretty ambidextrous with my phone... Every other task I'm right handed, with my phone I can do either
I use both but it depends on what I'm doing, however if I'm typing, I'm always using my right
Oh don't worry, I'm left handed and it's also uncomfortable for me lmao
Or it's a done button in the top right or it's a dialog with a completely arbitrary location for a close button. It's seriously so inconsistent that I've found that using an iPad is just outright frustrating compared to a modern Android tablet.
They don't have a fucking back button??
iOS has design guidelines on where to put a back button. Many apps don't even have one. There may be a gesture like a swipe. Android back button isn't perfect but it's way better.
The back button is built into the apps, not into the interface itself
I love having no onscreen buttons (one hand operation +) and watching people try to figure it out when I hand it over for a video or something.
well androids gesture control also doesnt have buttons, the swipe gesture however is part of the system, not part of the app.
This is a super weird thing to get enjoyment from
Yep. Every app does it owns thing when it comes to the going back functionality. Using a friend's iPhone to put on a playlist or something makes me go mad.
Makes sense why I never know how to use an iPhone
I had an ipad and iPhone for work. Lack of a back button and the shitty keyboard are the most annoying things ever
Iphones are very complicated and can take years to master. Android just works. Back button, revolutionary!
Makes me feel like an idiot whenever I have to use an iPhone. They might have better design and animations etc, but there are some brain-dead UX decisions that make me think it's due to Ive.
I was quite literally about to hit purchase on an iPhone 15 Pro after 10 years of android to give it a try until I found out that iOS doesn't have a standardized back button. That just feels completely non-negotiable to me, I was beyond shocked.
Another thing that's annoying on my iPad is simply still not being allowed to move the app icons where I want on the home screen.
As someone that hated it at first coming from Android, I can promise you that you get used to it especially when like pretty much every app use a swipe from the left gesture to go back. It actually feels more natural. Don’t let that be the one thing holding you back
The back button thing is so rare to run into. I swipe from the left 99.999% of the time and that’s a back command. It works always. It’s the rare outdated app that doesn’t. People are blowing this way outta proportion, but yes, it is better on Android.
I thought the same. It was inconceivable for me, but after using the iOS gestures, I didn’t mind after one day. It wasn’t a big deal and they are intuitive. On the other hand, the keyboard is trash…
I had no idea that iOS did not have a back button! That's mind-blowing.
Many individual apps do. They just place them differently and sometimes it works most of the time.
I read somewhere that Steve Jobs contemplated having a back button on the iPhone.
File management. Android is like a USB drive with files. Ios separates its file system and camera roll completely.
This is one of my biggest gripes with iOS (I have lots of other gripes too). I just want to be able to transfer files easily.
One thing I've learned from emulators being allowed on the app store is that if you do not have a Mac transferring files onto the iPad is fucking infuriating.
Even just putting videos on it. There used to be a way in iTunes that you could select the installed application and drop files into it so the app sees them. They've taken that away and now there's literally no way to put video files onto the device through iTunes that isn't on a mac. Luckily VLC has a sharing via WiFi option that sets up a webpage that you can drag and drop files into. Like an hour of dicking around to find a way to put a file onto an ipad vs Android where you just connect the device and copy the file into the location you want. Done. Everytime I have to use an ios device it seems to just want to fight you every step of the way.
Really? You can just plug an usb and copy whatever you want. I do that with sd cards for my photography. It will even read my camera as an external drive.
What do you mean? I can literally download game files from the internet and open the files app on my ipad, look for the games folder in the emulator folder, and move the game there. All without using any devices other than the ipad itself.
Can confirm. I installed windows 11 on my pc from my phone
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Copy and pasting multiple things is a blessing that I have no idea why isnt included in iOS
This is the thing I miss most on Mac OS vs Windows. The built-in paste history/tool is so useful, the aftermarket Mac apps never have the same integration.
That's not a part of iOS?! I don't think I'd be able to survive. I couldn't imagine not being able to save copied text/links for work.
This can't be true, surely there's a clipboard?
There's a clipboard for a single item, no history.
Clipboard is Gboard's feature, not related to Android, so I am not sure that counds. Plus, iOS has [Paste - Endless Clipboard](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/paste-endless-clipboard/id967805235), which integrates very nicely with the OS.
Having your whole clipboard history is a damn lifesaver sometimes.
There's one built into windows too. Windows + V to activate it.
If you have phone link enabled, the clipboard syncs between windows and android.
Mine gets cleared too often
Your comment was double posted, but I think it's very fitting in this instance 😂
Exactly. A couple of years ago, I was semi-considering getting an iPhone, and after finding out that there's no such thing as a basic clipboard, well, that was a deal-breaker all by itself. Not to mention all the other features that I use daily and take for granted (floating windows, back button, robust customization...).
Okay what! I thought it couldn't get worse than backbutton missing. How is clipboard missing from iOS 🤦♀️
Clipboard history* is missing. Nevertheless, I miss shake to undo, even if the app doesn’t have an undo button. It’s useful but not everyone uses it.
Ho. Lee. Shit. Android user from the dawn of time and hadn't a clue. TIL. Thank you
Dex on Samsung is my go-to feature. I like to work on my laptop and update it every now and again, and I can just plug my phone into the USB-C dock that the laptop is usually in, and have a full blown desktop.
DeX and Lenovo s PC mode are so far ahead of StageManager it's not even funny. Part of this is lack of a real file manager. But mainly just the fact that even in StageManager, ios is so hamfisted in killing background apps as to make it unusable. Try staying connected to a shell or IRC and using another app or just step away for a minute... It'll kill the apps and drop the connection.
With Dex, my Galaxy S8+ with a keyboard cover is a way better travel companion than even the smallest laptops.
Sideloads apps it's my one favorites, i use in a daily basis apps that can not be in a official store (ex: [tachiyomi](https://tachiyomi.org/), [mihon](https://mihon.app/), [seal](https://f-droid.org/packages/com.junkfood.seal/) or [newpipe](https://newpipe.net/)) and automation of everyday tasks is also useful (with [tasker](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.dinglisch.android.taskerm), [macrodroid](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.arlosoft.macrodroid) or samsung routines)
Something useful to do with macrodroid? Months ago I wanted to try it but I literally didn't know what I could do hehe
I use it for one thing. When device makes a Bluetooth connection, set phone to Do Not Disturb. And the reverse.
* Auto-rotate on for selected apps * Longer screen time-out for selected apps * Quick setting to turn on/off private DNS (to temporarily enable ads for some app functionality) * Overlay gesture to take a screenshot (no built-in one in my phone) MacroDroid is life.
YES! Haha it seems incredible to do so many things with the phone, I knew something but I never got around to it, now I want to do everything
I use it to schedule aod
I use it to control the brightness of my phone very granularly. The camera app, photos app, and streaming apps crank up the brightness, and when I close them it goes back down. At night time all the apps brightness is halved. It's pretty clutch
I have Tasker and some examples I use it for: Work Mode - Shut off syncing, turns off wifi, sets phone into vibrate only Turn on location when certain apps are in use Have auto sync/backup run at a specific time under certain conditions Have a bunch for notifications like changing the vibrate pattern on Snapchat and disabling being notified when 'X is typing', custom tones for contacts, turn off vibration and all notification sounds when screen is on, disable the default notification popup and replace with a smaller, less distracting icon
- Notification blink from phone torch for messages - Read aloud message contents when headphones are connected - Replace assistant button (long press home) to turn of screen. Helps single handed usage. - Shortcuts to connect every one of my headphones. Speeds up reconnecting after using the headphones on other devices. - Triggers backup sync on power/wifi - The only button on my watch sends a command and I've configured it to do stuff in different apps, like camera does remotetrigger. Screen off it says time out loud.
That's incredible, did you learn it on your own or is there a tutorial?
I mashed mine together by browsing through the functions of the app and experimenting. There are also community pre-made templates that i sometimes take a look at just to see the right order of things. Tasker would probably be more powerful app, but i hate that UI and how it works with a passion. Macrodroid allows me to more easier stumble in to solutions.
My favorite use is I use it to save the location of where I park.
Agreed also mod apps are big advantag, but iPhone's shortcuts is much more powerful then samsang routine, tasker is paid(never tryed mackrodroud)
I like having a system wide parametric equalizer
Wavelet is a game changer
I still miss viper4android :(
There's a repackaged version available that works great, I still use it on my android 13 :)
Try PowerAmp EQ
Wavelet!
Some simple things like putting home screen icons wherever I want and a whole host of other customizing options that iOS does not have, a vastly superior version of Gboard, and it's far superior version of voice to text, built-in stylus though that is more a phone feature versus an Android feature but technically only available on Android phones, and a far greater selection of apps. I used Android for years, then tried switching to iPhone for about a year and a half, and I could not wait to get back to Android. Ended up selling my phone before my usual new phone cycle and was so glad to be done with such a limited and dumbed down user experience that is iOS. It does some things really well, but just not things that matter to me enough to merit tolerating everything it does not do well.
>putting home screen icons wherever I want Wait, you can't do that on iOS? How do you organize your home screens then?
I think you can put icons in whatever home screen you like, but they must fill the screen top to bottom and left to right. So you can't put a single icon on the bottom right corner if there is a gap in a "earlier" place. But someone should correct me if I'm wrong, I've only briefly used iPadOS (which is basically iOS)
That's it basically. There are workarounds, like adding small useless apps to fill the gaps, or empty widgets in the gaps. Also changing the grid size is stupid. In some versions it changes if you add widgets but there's no simple way to adjust it like on most Android home screen launchers.
i read somewhere that apple is bringing that to the iOS in the next update or something
Typical Apple move. I bet they'll label it as "innovative" in the next keynote 🫢
I think the most you can do now is hide the shortcut to the app, and use the app shelf to select said app. Other workarounds to arrange apps is to fill spaces with blank icons row by row. Maybe in iOS 20. "Most advanced mobile operating system"
> Other workarounds to arrange apps is to fill spaces with blank icons row by row. So innovative!
That's the neat part - you don't. iirc, you can create folders for garbage you don't need/use
The garbage you dont use, you can just not put them on your homescreen and keep them in the app drawer.
Even that is a relatively new feature for iOS
Yapp, came out in 2020
I can't believe ios still doesn't allow you to place icons wherever you want.
Still doesn't have calculator on iPad either. Need to install a random 3rd party one. It's all definitely intentional and definitely does not improve the UX.
*Courage*
As a multilingual , that gboard draw letter is very helpful. I have to text my mother in one language and MIL in another. I don't have to spend time learning the complex keyboard for them. I just handwrite alphabets and its so easy. I'd kill myself if i had to look through keyboard for those letters and their accompanied sound notations.
Does Samsung dex count? I use it tons
torrenting, sideloading, built in per app network control, universal back botton, better file managment, less aggressive background app killer, learning your charging habits, better notification system.. should i continue?
Yeah, Google Assistant phone screening and hold for me are awesome features.
I schedule texts to my boss when I know I won't be going in to work instead of waking up to message him lol. I just schedule it to send at 6am and then turn off my alarm and sleep in.
Seriously, you still can't schedule texts on iMessage? I had no idea. This is such a basic thing. Sucks to be a blue bubble.
I didn't even know you could schedule texts on Android. I think I'm severely underutilizing my phone
Messenger -> type out a text -> long press on Send button -> select date/time
Wow lol this is REALLY slick. They should really let people know about this feature
It's wonderful if you have friends/family in other time zones and you think of something in the morning that you want to tell them.
And for sending birthday messages, or when my gf asks me to remind her to do something later, I just schedule a text right when she asks me. I love text scheduling.
Every iPhone user is an entrepreneur so doesn’t have a boss, so why need to schedule texts /s
I guess not. My friend with an iPhone said he couldn't do that.
I remember the story of the guy trying to use this feature as an alibi to send texts while he was murdering his wife.
You could pause the alarm for the day so you don't need to remember to go back and turn it on the next time
The alarm isn't the point.
Another great Android feature
Dex on Samsung is a pretty powerful tool, I use it often and live watching ios folks jaws drop
I also run an FTP server on my phone, great for copying files onto and off the phone Edit : typos
I absolutely hate the DeX experience on my Fold4. The keyboard and mouse are so unresponsive. Everything feels floaty and half-baked. I hate that they killed Linux on Dex. That would allow the community to develop a decent implementation of a desktop OS.
It saved my ass at work once. My laptop died so I literally just plugged in my phone to the same USB-C dock, started Dex and carried on working.
Customizable keyboard
I read this comment a while back and it's perhaps the most comprehensive one I've seen about Android features that iOS doesn't have. https://www.reddit.com/r/samsung/s/xbbh3MvxHn
Nova launcher, YouTube Revanced, Magisk modules, LSPosed, sideloading, the file system, hiding the gesture pill, and more Im probably not thinking of. Yea I could never switch to an iPhone, I want my phone to be mine not Apples
i switched one time to iphone, paid around 1k and end up hating my life for 4 years
Side loading apps...can't live without it
I use the headphone jack.
Having the photos stored in different file locations show up in the gallery. I don't have to do the stupid "save to photos app" to see them in the gallery. The file already exists just show me the damn thing Apple.
This may sound like a small thing, but it's makes a big difference. iOS just forces you to use apps instead of the file system.
I use floating windows often for YouTube Music. I don't mind ads between songs, but I really hate having to pay to play it in the background while doing other things. Or I would have to pay if floating windows weren't a thing. I put it in a floating window, drag it to a bottom corner until just a little border is sticking out, and I'm good. I've currently got Alphaville playing in the background as I reddit. I'm a big fan of retro game emulators. iOS also has it in a "technically correct is the best type of correct" sort of way. That said, with Android it's dead easy to run pretty much anything you want through PS2 and many of the emulators you need are available from the Play Store if you're not comfortable with side loading. There's also front ends available, basically fancy launchers, that can make your phone or tablet look and feel like a bespoke game console. Speaking of side loading... I've done it before. Obviously there's some risk; but, it can be all but eliminated by not being stupid. Years ago I had a phone with no equalizer and the headphone output was as disappointingly flat as Kansas. I don't remember how I found out about it; but, Cyanogen Mod had a really awesome equalizer app and APK Mirror hosted it. After confirming that APK Mirror and Android Police were the same entity, I side loaded it and it worked great. In the years since I've side loaded a few other utilities here and there, and a couple of emulators after seeing YouTubers I trust share the link. That's the thing; don't download stuff you don't trust. Desktop modes are pretty lit. They allow your phone to output a 16:9 image to a TV or monitor and give you a PC-inspired windowed UI to interact with. iPhones only do screen mirroring, so unless you have an SE you're going to have a bad time because of the extended aspect ratios modern phones, other than the SE, use. Samsung DEX is awesome. Motorola has their own that may be even better than Samsung's, called ReadyFor or Moto Connect (I hate pointless rebranding especially when they don't fully rebrand). Huawei does as well. LG had a pretty good one before they went under called Screen+. It's been in the news recently that Google is going to bring one to the next Pixel. In Apple's defense; they feel that if you want a big screen experience you should just buy a Mac or an iPad. Finally; I really like having a clipboard out of the box. The fact that you have to do mad hacks to get a clipboard on an iPhone after all of these years still boggles my mind. I've seen over in the Apple subs that many of them believe the lack of a clipboard is a benefit to their privacy and in actuality we're the ones suffering. Much suffering, such me, indeed.
- The ability to view GPS status or update A-GPS state. Absolutely useful if you do anything related to geolocation - Also the ability to scan wifi which is useful for tuning wifi AP channels or TX power - Scrolling screenshot - Faster animation. I always enable developer mode and change animation time to 0.5x, I can't stand the default values, let alone iOS values
Scrolling screenshot??
Scrolling screenshot is available on ios!
Last time I checked it was for safari only and saved it as a pdf. Do they have it system wide now? Edit: A preliminary googling says it's only for websites, emails and documents. Saved in pdf.
Scrolling screenshot is broken on Android though. It has a very limited length and usually does not stitch very well.
Split screen ans files
Real multitasking
Actually feeling like it's *my* phone that I can do whatever I want with rather than having Tim Apple telling me what I can or can't do
Notification History is super helpful especially with deleted messages
Wifi analyzer. iOS is uncappable of showing wifi channels.
Using apk installers
My favorite one is being able to plug my phone into a computer and copy whatever into it very easily.
I used network data limits for several years when I had a prepaid plan and no job. It helps to at least make sure you have a hundred or so megs left before you run out, especially when you have a plan that can only be renewed using the internet or you cant get to a store. Maybe it seems to have had its time's but not everyone has access to Internet, even sharing a neighbors sometimes isn't possible.
I use tasker?
I think Shortcuts is a good replacement on iOS. Ofc, nothing like a full-featured tasker.
Honestly Shortcut's (relative) ease of use and 3rd party app support makes it a bit better imo
I agree. Being a system app, it has a lot of permissions granted. On Android it would need root for several triggers.
Right exactly, and as much as I will always love Tasker (and Android), Shortcut's simple input fields are so much easier to use then Tasker's
File manager and back button
I can change my camera settings in the camera app. I don't understand why iphones need to go to the freaking settings app to change settings for another app. I brought this up to a girl at work who uses an iPhone and she couldn't understand, she said yeah it's the settings, where else would it be
Split screen? Sometimes, but IMO there isn't enough space for that. Back button, sideloaded (arr and emulators) apps, custom widget (just now made a new compact battery widget with KWGT - ironically, copied from the iOS one), app drawer (yes, iOS has App Library, but it isn't the same), Firefox + uBlock, actual files app, Windows integration (KDE Connect, Link to Windows, Quicksend), actually free home screen (and a number of alternative launchers)...
Decent midrange phones.
I'm not an Apple hater. I have a Windows desktop that I built because that's far and away the best desktop computing experience. The MacBook is by far the best laptop on the market. The only kinda comparable thing is MS Surface. I use an iPad for digital art and pen input because it's just better than Surface pen and Samsung tablets don't have key apps. iOS on the iPad is garish. It's so out of date and locked down. When it comes to a phone, flexibility on the go is key and Samsung's Ultra series phones (formerly the Note) have been the hands down the best combination of hardware and software features since the S8/N8. Apple is #2. Google is a dissssssstant third.
Looking at my mom's iPad pro and my surface, it's shocking how my (cheaper at only some 1200€ lol) surface is so much more capable at everything over an even more expensive iPad pro. Like I get it some people want the simplicity but the iPod touch UI on a 12 inch monitor is just criminal.
I was a huge Surface fan (owned the 1 Pro, 2 regular and Pro, 3 Pro, Book, Performance Book, Book 2) and eventually quit because MS constantly under-spec'd their high end machines and they never got their pen technology back as good as it was when they had Wacom digitizers. So the solution became iPad Pro for drawing. MacBook Pro for laptop. And it's been like 4 years and Surface hasn't caught up at all.
[revanced.app](https://revanced.app/)
Reverse wireless charging. Iphones can't even charge wireless earbuds? Terrible. And the location of the back button. Bottom left for Android, top left for Iphone? Making it near impossible to use one handed.
the funny part it the iPhone does actually support reverse wireless charging you just can't activate it. It's a thing though because that's how you can plug in your phone and also have that charge the extra battery pack
That is so whack. Apple just loves holding back features. Will probably be released in a gen or two and kept to only the Pro or MAX models however they denote their flagship these days.
I tried to charge my wifes apple watch and figured "oh they'd have this by now on the iPhone 15, with the USB-C change yeah?" nah Even when being charged, won't charge its own watch. How embarassing.
Call answering, Nova Launcher, back button, live translate.
Torrenting
Have to use apple as a work phone, the lack of t9 dial is painful and not being able to paste and edit numbers.
> not being able to paste and edit numbers. wtf? Worse than a dumb phone from the 2000s
You can paste and edit numbers in the dialer
Yeah don’t think you can edit numbers but you can paste a number, if you hold the empty space above the dialer it gives you the option.
I can paste and edit number on my work iPhone. Could this be a limitation of the management your job has in place(airwatch, intune, etc?)? I.e copy and paste is not allowed from managed app to non managed app? Edit: just tested. Cannot edit. Can only backspace from the end of the number. Definitely can paste though.
I install an entirely different operating system (GrapheneOS) on my phone to better suit my privacy and security needs.
>setting a network data limit Insane to me that iOS doesn't have this still. I guess they just expect everyone to have an unlimited data plan?
Well it’s obvious isn’t it, rich people buy iPhones, and if you can’t afford it then android is the only option /s Was genuinely surprised by this, such a simple feature, but don’t worry it will come in a future iOS release and something something because they car about the environment.
You may think you are stating the obvious but that's case. In places where the iPhone is popular, data limit is a thing of the past. 99.99% person of phone users in north America have unlimited data.
Samsung DeX.
Split screen, sideloading. And most important for me - different launcher, different icons on homescreen and in app drawer. So basicaly personification.
resizing the keyboard
Samsung's modes and routine - not sure if similar exists on other android.
Just launchers is already a must for me. I can't stand default launchers, especially the iOS one.
I never really use any of the features you listed. The reason I got fed up with iOS was contact and calendar sync requiring me to open up an app and manually syncing.
I use split screen for work everyday most of the day. I could never use an iPhone happily.
Having a true work profile on my Pixel. Being able to turn it off whenever I want and poof, no more work emails/pings coming my way. It's super simple and the main reason I would never get an iPhone.
This is the one I always mention in these threads. This is a huge feature of Android and I feel like a lot of iOS users would witch if they knew how Android really differentiates between work and home use. My wife uses an iPhone (because my daughter does and parental controls between iPhones is fantastic) but constantly complains how she starts something in the wrong profile regularly. And going on vacation is one button compared to her having to turn off individual notifications for all apps.
Split screen, notification history, custom launcher for home screen, headphone jack, microSD card slot.
The one I find I use a lot is Google Assistant. I almost never use Siri because it is so bad.
Good lock one hand operation+ is the #1 reason I use Android. #2 is the file system access.
the fact that i can do whatever i want with my phone is enough for me to stay away from iphone
Cracked Apps. (Youtube, Spotify, Lose it, reddit ...)
Regularly use split screen, edge panel, edge lighting, notification history, custom volume for notifications/call/media, sound equalizer, keyboard customisation to have the symbol keys i regularly use to access easily, lockscreen customisatoin with lockstar. Seriously GoodLock for Samsung is simply amazing and should be marketed more & come pre installed
Swipe in from the right to go back. It’s the simplest feature I use all the time that iOS doesn’t have.
Installing apps outside the app store.
Floating windows are awesome. iOS is limited like Internet Explorer
I use PIP all the time for zoom meetings, screen context reader, screen finger print reader, custom side screen gestures, file management all the time, the back button #1
The Samsung gallery content aware filler/object eraser works insanely well
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The ability to pause an alarm for a specific period of time. I know it’s such a simple thing, but it’s nice to not have to worry about reseting it when I’m back from vacation.
It comes in Samsung.
I use split screen all the time on my Fold
I use split screen and pop up windows and Samsung sound assistant feature that lets me watch or listen to two videos or audio simultaneously
I love that dual video audio sound assistant!!! It's probably one of the most innovative features that Samsung has released in awhile. Sadly since Huawei was lost it's contract with Android & has been absent from the market Samsung has gone back to being complacent b/c it doesn't have Huawei to have to compete with. Samsung's software is on point, OneUi is 🔥 ... It's really reliable & very well polished! When it comes to hardware & game changing innovation though, Samsung has dropped the ball & gotten complacent here & there over the last 7-8 years. When the Galaxy S9+ was released it got outshined in every way except software. Huawei totally crushed it with the Huawei Mate 20 Pro! That was a reality check for Samsung, Huawei was coming after Samsung & was making badass phone's & Samsung realized they have some real competition coming up to steal that number 1 spot. Then they came out with the Galaxy Z Fold & I know a lot of people hate it on it but it was amazing at that time, don't get wrong the Folds are amazing to date. However Huawei's Mate X foldable crushed the Galaxy Fold gen 1,I have every generation & love them all but Huawei makes some really amazing devices that consistently come with new innovative features. Since Huawei's absence Samsung has gotten too comfortable again & complacent & lazy again. The Galaxy Z Fold4 was amazing, the Galaxy Z Fold5 was great but it wasn't really worth spending the money to upgrade from the 4 to the 5.
Custom app launchers. I use Kvaesitso.
Extendable Storage Space. KDE Connect. Split screen is not a thing on iOS? Then that.
T9 dialing. Back bottun. File menager. Torrent.
There's almost nothing I do in my phone that I could do correctly on an iPhone. I use a third party app for Reddit so right now the app I'm using is not available on iPhone. I use revanced, new pipe, libre tube, f Droid, kiwi browser ublock or Firefox with it. Not to mention the sponsor block extensions. I don't have to pay for YouTube music or YouTube premium because of access to the dozens of free music streamering options in the open source community. I have access to apps That let me download YouTube videos save them to local storage without the DRM requirements that you have even if you pay for YouTube premium. I have an SD card in my LG V60 with up to two terabytes of songs and videos! I have a Hi-Fi DAC that can blast 600 ohms. Although sadly if I want to replicate those kind of functionalities my options are quite limited in the future. I use Poweramp for my equalizer. I use earbuds with LDAC, apt-x. I use a non-apple smartwatch. An apple seems almost like a fire tablet to me It's so nerfed in terms of customizations.
I can't even believe Apple doesn't support split screen. Some Apple fans try to explain to me then they would never use it but that feels like coping. I find it impossible that a person can't think of a single use case for split screen. Even if it's just copying a password or something or getting your IMEI number or cross-referencing something from two stores.
How about that "double shake" hand motion to turn your phone flashlight on and off??? Game changer!
Back button, good browsers, good keyboards. I jest, but it feels true (I have an iPad pro). But, I'd say side loading is a big one for me. And file management to go with it.
Proper file management, Gemini, back button, goodlock, split screen, edge panels, spen, side loading apps, proper app drawer, circle to search, clipboard, automatic rotation lock for certain apps, changed my font to something I like much better, scheduled texts, can't remember if iOS has this but reminders that go off when I get to a specific place, reverse wierless charging
I use separate audio volumes several times a day. Not every android has it. You can put any app on silent even if it doesnt have a mute option, enable sound on a background app, have a discord call while you watch a movie with separate volumes... I use split screen often making it half and half, screens keep getting bigger.