Hi guys! I have a problem with iOS. The freaking back gesture. It’s not consistent. You often have to go to the upper part of the screen to go back and it makes you loose time and destroys the one-handed usability of the phone. It’s a severe problem especially on the Max models. I also noticed that iOS freezes the input during some animations, resulting in a even slower experience. I find myself being way faster on Android for everyday tasks and it’s a shame because iPhone has the most powerful SoC ever. Do you have any solutions? I love many things of iPhone but this problem is major, since it’s about everyday usability at all times. How can Apple ignore such a basic thing? Thank you!
Annoying for me as well, I will probably switch back to android once they have a similarly small factor phone that has a camera I like, for now there is none.
But this annoyance is less worrisome for me because at the end of the day, even though it makes little sense and will be more difficult you will remember for each app you use, what is the random back gesture that was chosen for each window.
And yes the system is slower in terms of animations, I heard people explaining it as apple wanting you to “feel the weight”, this might be an excuse but it makes me feel better because I do feel the phone is more buttery, slow but buttery smooth than android which is quick and functional
me coming from a pixel 4a and waiting for a 15 pro 256gb to arrive reading this 💀
I’m glad someone else is bothered by animations locking out input. Why can’t I use my phone while it also shows me a dumb animation of a link jumping to my tabs button because it opened in the background? Does Apple really think their animations are so important it is okay to remove user agency while they play?
Just moved from S21Ultra to 15 PM. This is my biggest issue, though notifications are a close second.
Similar sized phone but my god the Android is way easier to use one-handed. Unless iOS changes I don’t see getting used to this.
I came from the same phone and am also undecided for the long term. Gestures and notifications have me feeling like I’m less efficiently quick on my phone and I’m missing notifications because I forget to check for the hidden notifications alot of the time.
It doesn’t feel like a 120hz phone for me. It’s slower than what I’m used to.
Yep it’s terrible. Try to swipe back a few times, realise the app doesn’t support it and then have to go 2 handed to reach the top left.
Really should be system wide as there’s no cue to say it’s going to work or not.
Problem is, iPhone and iOS never had a back button. That was always left to developers to put in their apps. Apple did have guidelines for app creation, which is why the back arrow is almost always in the top left of the screen, but that is nowhere near as intuitive as a system-wide back button (or gesture).
This is one of those “it’s always been done this way” things that Apple probably won’t ever change, unfortunately. It was also my biggest gripe when I switched from Android a few years ago, and may be a reason I go back to Android.
coming from android, had a iphone 14pm a year now and no proper back gesture still pissing me off, come on apple fix that shit
Yeah. What are you gonna do? Come back to Android or stay with iPhone? I’m undecided
Undecided but them galaxy s23 ultras look really tempting