10 Reasons Why Switching to iPhone is a NIGHTMARE

In this video, I bring out very very delicate and subtle user experiences that you will completely miss on the latest iPhones which are actually considered very basic in the world of #Android #iPhone14Pro #galaxys22ultra

Chatpers
00:00 Intro
00:17 No Back Button or Gesture
00:51 Poor Call Management
01:09 No Call Recording & T9 Dialing
01:50 Call Switching Nightmare
02:37 Inferior Typing Experience
03:06 No Clipboard
03:26 No Fingerprint Unlock
03:48 Poor Whatsapp Experience
04:43 No PIP Video Calling
05:12 No Scrolling Screenshots
05:44 Smaller Everyday Issues
06:29 Final Thoughts

**************************************************
You can support my channel by making purchases using links below:

Follow me on Instagram: @Mobiscrub

My Daily Tech

My Desk Setup

My PC

My Shooting Gear

Audio Gear

Subscribe to Epidemic Background Music, Sounds and Effect from:

My Todo App of choice:

Note: [Paid Links] As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Mobiscrub is a member of the Amazon Associate Program, and can earn fees from links to Amazon.

[DragonBlueSpirit]

The back function issue is something I noticed years ago on iPhones. Whenever my friends hand me over their iPhones I sometimes need to ask them "how do I make it go back?"

[Shads]

Was an iPhone user from day one. Changed to s21 ultra last year and never looked back.

[AnonymousDanny]

I've always felt like: while iPhones are considered better phones, androids are the actual smartphones

[John-gtsp]

Android to IOS?? It's like moving to a foreign country. Eventually you get used to it, but it will never be the same and you'll always long for "home".

[Eihei]

It may be silly, but the lack of the back button was is the main deal breaker for me. I just cannot get used to it, it feels counterintuitive.

[thundergus]

You are the only youtuber that talks about the real differences and useful features that people use, unlike other reviewers that keep talking about "ecosystem" and some generic stuff that everybody already knows. Big kudos to you.

[chaplain]

Got an iPhone as a company phone.
You put together a great list, the most annoying is the
- lack of a proper back button,
- the typing experience, the basic keyboard is abhorrent, and once I installed the "same" SwiftKey as I use on Android, and the iOS version is clearly inferior.
- the notification system is a lot more refined in Android
- quick settings for wifi, BT, NFC and all these are a lot better on Android

..and the list could go on, but these are the worst.
So thank you <company> for saving me from having to buy my own iPhone, now I can hate it without wasting my money.

[ClintGibbs]

Very well done. I’ve seen a lot of iOS versus android videos and this is one of the best ones I’ve seen. I switched to an iPhone about a year ago because of the video camera and airdrop to my Mac since I’m a content creator as well. But man do I miss android! Really thinking about going back when the new Pixel comes out this year for many other reasons you mentioned.

[joshuaartetagonzalez]

I recently purchased an iPhone 14 after being an Samsung user for years. I wanted to test how *productive* I can be. I used it for an intense two-week long work event and returned to Samsung 22 Plus. I 101% agree with this video. I have the exact same complaints: typing experience, convenience on WhatsApp, screenshots, the fingerprint, and much more. Literally the same complaints.

As you say, iPhones are beautiful and they're amazing, but I would say that they are not good devices for *productivity*. I can name a few other examples based on my experience with different apps/uses. Maybe you need a Part 2 for this video!

- Outlook: Emails take time to load/update. You cannot attach several documents at the same time to an email. Calendar widget isn't really useful (you can have a widget that shows your agenda for several days on Android, whereas the widget on iPhone is just today).
- OneDrive: On Android, if you select a picture o document and share to OneDrive, you can create a folder while doing it. On iPhone you cannot. It also takes longer than Android.
- Typing: I would add that it is a bit frustrating having to long-press the space bar to put the cursor in the middle of a word that you want to correct. On Android, one simple tap on the exact spot in the middle of the word does the trick. Google Keyboard predictor is pretty accurate, so you will most likely end up tapping on the correct word. On iPhone, the new word will be -added-, not -replaced-. WHY!
- Camera: On Samsung, the camera app recognizes that you have a document and it activates a "T" option to scan it and save it. On iPhone, for some annoying reason, this option is under Files. I discovered it by accident... Not so intuitive, in my opinion.
- Battery: I have heard that iPhones last longer, but that's not my experience. I have never had to rush for juice while using my Samsung, no matter how much I use it.
- Music and Video: I didn't know that you cannot easily play music files (unless you buy music). On Samsung, if you have mp3 and mp4 files, you can just play them in its native Music and Video apps. They are very convenient. On Video, you can adjust the volume and bright on the screen side, rewind and fast-forward with a swipe, and play on a window. This didn't seem possible on iPhone.
- Calculator: Samsung's calculator is AMAZING. It's just not a basic calculator, but also compares measurements for temperature, height, weight, mass, area, etc. It's super useful for international environments. No need to Google anymore.
- Alarm: On iPhone, you only have two options: Ringer and Silent (and you have to go to Settings to change Silent to vibrate or not vibrate). I really struggled with the fact that the Ringer volume is the same as the Alarm volume. I don't want my call ringtone to be as loud as my alarms'. On Android, you have different volume settings for notifications, calls, system and alarm.
- Other settings: I travel a lot and I noticed that Location services stay on on iPhone when activating Airplane Mode. I don't know if drains the battery, but you have to go to Settings to deactivate it. On Android that's just a swipe on the Notification Panel at the top, and a couple of taps.
- Animations: On iPhone, animations are but they're very slow. You can do things much faster on a regular Samsung phone.
- Screen: This is entirely personal, but a Samsung screen is significantly brighter and more vibrant than an iPhone's. It's a joy to watch videos and play games occasionally on a Samsung phone.

I can go on, but I'll stop, haha! I guess if you are an iPhone user, you most likely have been using Apple for a long time and you are just familiar with it. But Android gives people so many possibilities to be more productive and efficient.

[ASuwan]

Couldn't agree more with this video. I had an iPhone from 2009 - 2018, before jumping to Samsung. Picked up an iPhone 14, really tried my best to love it because it's a fantastic device, but once you've become accustomed to Android, everything on iOS feels like an extra couple steps or there isn't any support for it. Returned my iPhone 14 within the return window and went back to my Samsung S20 Ultra. Think I'll wait for the S23 before upgrading now

[ianokay]

This is actually a fantastic review, the best one I've seen out of hundreds online. You actually brought up that the keyboard can be remedied in 1 minute with GBoard, which I hate and is a pure disservice when people don't do, but then brought up you actually still don't find that quick remedy as sufficient. THAT is actual, real, good content. For someone in Europe, can you cover how various translation services work between the two? Is it also just a matter of installing Google Translate app on iPhone, and using photo translations ala Google Lens in Apple's camera service?

[peabargut]

I loved this video since you did great explaining all the subtle differences that lie between the two operating systems. It really felt like you used them both, and it was refreshing to hear your perspective

[bunty]

The back button is absolutely essential especially while operating with a single hand. In fact I'm so accustomed to it that I do not use gestures on my Android device and still prefer the bottom navigation tray.

[abujunayed]

So glad I watched this, after 12 years of android I was going to get the 14 Pro. But seems like they have a lot to improve in terms of basic functionality

[franciscorebelo]

Amazing your way of talking about something, your arguments, and the topics you choose. Congrats, really! I really appreciated this video

[shiroleshashank]

After going through the comments, I am sure that all Android to iOS switchers have definitely made their own "list" (I also have one in my notes section).
I am happy someone finally made a video on "the list". Otherwise all we see are comparisons on specs, hardware and the final outcomes.
But how each OS gets to the final outcome (wrt taps and swipes) is what the user experience is about and no one ever made a crib-video on it, finally I saw yours and found peace 😂

I switched back to Android btw

[ChipperHummingBird]

I made the mistake of buying an iPhone for the first time last year. (Been using this phone for 9 months now.) I bought the iPhone 14 promax and boy oh boy did I regret it almost instantaneously. I tried to return the phone, but I just missed the 14 day return window. 😭😭

There are so many” little” things that end up making using this phone a horrible experience. Here’s examples in no particular order. One super annoying feature is the fact that you’re ring volume, notification volume and alarm volume are all linked in one!! So if I don’t want my alarm to blast in the morning, I have to turn my ringer down. But if I forget to turn my ringer up, I might miss calls and vice versa. I also noticed that when you put the phone on silent mode, all of your games are suddenly muted, and you don’t hear the music that goes to the games. Another horrible feature is that when you’re on a call and you’re getting a bunch of text messages in the background, it dings audibly every time a message comes in. I was in a group chat and trying to talk to someone on the phone and it was a nightmare!! An android will simply buzz in the background. Also, as I’m trying to write this comment with the voice feature using the iPhone., per usual, the phone types a bunch of nonsense, and is not nearly as accurate as an android. Something about the software used for voice to text just does not understand context at all!!!

Trying to convert music into a ringtone, takes about 13 steps, using GarageBand vs on an android, if you use zedge, you simply select download or “set as notification/ringtone”. That’s it! ONE TOUCH. Another super annoying feature is that most of the time when you highlight a word, and want to select all of the content, there is not a feature to “select all”. On an android this feature pops up every time. You also cannot set multiple timers to my knowledge which I need a lot, especially when I’m cooking multiple things at once. You have to download an app for that and most of the time when you download an app from the App Store you have to pay a bunch of money!! You also can’t “dismiss” alarms. Dismissing an alarm silences the alarm without turning off the alarm for the next time it’s set to be used . You can turn your alarm OFF but if you forget to turn it back on then you’re up S#!+$ creek.

I’ve also noticed that the Apple store doesn’t offer certain apps, such as RT news or even US based conservative news. So it seems they want to be political and simply do not offer the option for users to get their news from whatever source they choose. The phone does not come with a charger so you will have to buy one even though you have already spent $12-$1400 on the phone. And there’s no 3.5mm headphone jack.

There is ZERO deep customization on an iPhone as it pertains to anything including how you want to set up your apps on your homepage. Everything must fall into rows, so if you’d like to have your apps, laid out a certain way with maybe a few apps in the top left corner you can’t do that. If you have an Apple Watch, you can use it with an android but if you have an android watch, you cannot use it with an iPhone. They make sure that pretty much nothing is compatible with anything except for other Apple products. Of course Apple has a great ecosystem because you CAN’T use anything else!!

The list goes ON AND ON. EVERYTHING you do on an iPhone takes extra steps. I spent $1400 outright on my 256 GB 14 promax and I regret it everyday. I will NEVER buy another iPhone. I know this is a lot, but if I can save someone from buying a really expensive POS than writing This comment is worth it. If you are an android user, please don’t buy an iPhone or you will seriously regret it.

[YasssStitch]

Aside from being spot on, I appreciate it SO MUCH that you're straight to the point and no 10 minute intro.

[GeroldHarbin-ojzr]

Man, your videos are always informative and on point! Keep it up! 👍🏾

[sn]

Absolutely agree 👍

But one Major thing missed - Shufting WhatsApp from Android to iPhone. It is a BIG BIG pain ...