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0 pointspier257mo ago0 comments

I've been using Android for years but for reasons recently switched to an iPhone.

I gotta say Android is superior in a number of things like call and SMS spam.

Also typing on iOS is a frustrating experience. I type "Im" and the iOS keyboard won't offer "I'm" as a correction option. I've even tried using the Google Keyboard on iOS and the multilingual predictions are just not as good as on Android.

I would have preferred to get a Pixel but Google doesn't distribute their physical products where I live.

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jpalawaga7mo ago

The keyboard is completely nonsensical. I really don't understand how iPhone keyboard is so bad. Even if you install the Google Keyboard, iPhone keyboard is still bad.

I can't fathom what is going on here, but I really dislike typing on an iPhone. It drives me bananas. Completely obvious suggestions are never made. Android--you can just faceroll on the keyboard a bit and it'll have everything perfect. I thought I was really good at fast text input on mobile devices until I switched to an iPhone and then realized that Google's ML and autocorrect integration is just way better in this area.

frollogaston7mo ago

I've been using iPhones since the original, somewhere around the iPhone 6 they screwed up the keyboard and never fixed it. Not just the recommendations but even the typing itself.

pier25OP7mo ago

On Android I rarely had typos (and never used autocorrect) but on iOS I make constant mistakes. And I mean constant. It's rare when I type a word without a typo.

makeitdouble7mo ago

FTWIW the keys' hitboxes aren't at the displayed area, but at the expected landing area.

I'm slightly making up the exact bias, but for instance it will be assumed the user lands a touch slightly above the actual key, as the finger hides the target and Apple's heuristics expect some overshooting.

In comparison people used to the iPhone's heuristics might have a harder time on android.

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JamesSwift7mo ago

I had the exact same experience when switching to iphone. Hasnt gotten better after... 4 years now? It actually seems to be getting worse, if anything.

SirMaster7mo ago

I just tried this on my iPhone, and as soon as I press the space bar after typing Im, it adds the apostrophe automatically FWIW.

DANmode7mo ago

Being dumb is cute on iOS.

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