Why The iPhone Keyboard Sucks

iPhone users typically enjoy their experience with the device. But one common complaint has to do with the keyboard. If you’ve switched from Android, you may’ve found yourself typing slower with more mistakes than ever before.

So what is it about iPhone’s keyboard that cause these issues? Well, it starts with Apple favoring form over function. On most Android keyboards, its number row is at the top. With a comma and period button on either side of the space bar. That means you can type using most of the characters you need without interruption.

[inenfmk]

That's exactly what I felt when I bought my first iPhone: it's inconvenient to constantly switch to type numbers, commas, and periods. I guess one day they'll introduce the number row and periods as a "revolution".

[os]

This is true. The worst is that as iPhone user you take this flaws for granted, as if this is the way things should be. Thanks for bringing into conciseness

[heyspookyboogie]

I could be wrong, but as I recall, the keyboard used to learn from the individual user on how they typed, what they tended to misspell, slang, etc. but at some point they switched to using a more cloud / community based learning system that based everything on the most common uses/issues for all users.

Imo it’s definitely been worse ever since.

[matticolo]

2:33 “sometimes you have to fight with autocorrect” 😂

[MP]

spot on. This issue was relieved a bit with the use of swiftkey... but since apple now limited the use of 3rd party keyboards, the experience is truly frustrating. I do miss the android keyboard.

[KlassicCar]

Great video. I always wondered why I struggled typing on my phone. One of the most annoying issues I had with the keyboard is autocorrect always changing the word “well” to “we’ll” no matter what the context is in this sentence. Always have to erase the apostrophe myself

[SchakOb]

If I would get a dollar for every mistake I made with the Apple keyboard, I’d be a millionaire (from an Apple user)

[TamalCyrus]

Back in the day, the biggest flex an iPhone user had, was their keyboard.

It took me a century to open a keyboard in Android while iPhone seemed to be buttery.

This is one area apple stopped investing or innovating.

[MedicalStudentChannel]

I can say one thing: since Steve Jobs died, Apple died

[yafi]

Disabling autocorrect is one of the very first things I do when I set up a new phone. I keep suggestions on, that’s more convenient for me whatever algorithms they use or however “smart“ it is.

[andrewhelbigvoiceover]

Very very true. Switched to iphone from android a few years ago and really like it EXCEPT typing on it. So much harder... especially if you are trying to go back and edit one word you messed up or something, it's so hard to select a certain part of the text

[alirezaghaffarian]

Espacially for me who usesmultiple languages on iPhone, it is VERY frustrating as I tap the globe icon too many time when I am meant to tap the icon that takes me to the grammar symbols. When I come back, I don't have my original language, so I have to toggle back to what I was originally typing

[Bross]

As a iPhone user, this is true for sure!(thanks for the likes I’ve never had this much)

[TonyTheYouTuba]

This is something I noticed myself very consciously in the last couple of years. I’m fine with the numbers and comma being behind the button, I prefer this. But the multiple language issue and especially the autocorrect issues do affect me. Sometime I get the strangest suggestions too, accented words that I’ve never seen before and that don’t appear in either language I have active. The other big issue is the dictation symbol. I don’t use this. I don’t want to keep accidentally hitting that button, let me remove it.

[Nightflyer]

Apple should be embarrassed to ship this useless keyboard with "premium" devices. No number row, no expected shortcuts on keys, essential punctuation hidden, atrocious dictation, and haptic feedback so weak it's virtually imperceptible. On top of that, if you switch to SwiftKey or Gboard for a better experience, voice dictation on those keyboards struggles with basic capitalization and grammar rules - of course, because Apple MAKES it that way. Glad someone made a post about this. It blows my mind that these gargoyles have the audacity to insult their users so blatantly.

[FloresdorfGaming]

For someone who has an Android phone and an iPad, autocorrect is frustrating. I often need to fight against it.
Gboard just learns new words I use very often and highlights things it thinks it's wrong.

[joshuanesbit]

I had a blackberry for about 2 years between 2011 and 2013 and within hours of getting it, I could type perfectly with minimal mistakes. I've had many different iphones now for ten years and still can't type without errors!

[stormrider]

I came from Android and yes it sucks so much!!!

You dind´t mention this problem:
When I want to correct one letter of a word in a text, you can´t position the cursor right there where you tapped with the finger, no, instead the cursor always moves to the back or the front of the word and you need to manually move the corsor with the space bar by long pressing it and drag it where you want. This method is so slow and frustrating that sometimes I want to smash my phone to the wall!!

[iquanyin]

this barely even scratches the surface of all the crap it does, but it hits some highlights. thanks for making it. please everyone, send this to tim cook. maybe if he sees it a million times he’s decide to actually listen to users for once.

[jeffreysnyder]

My iPhone almost refuses to type the word “like, ” instead autocorrecting to “Lille.” I can’t remember having a reason to talk about a city in northern France, certainly not as often as I use the word “like.”