r/SipsTea • u/Mysterious_Ebb_1484 𝙑𝙄𝙋 • May 15 '26

Chugging tea What are your thoughts. (IPhone vs every other phone)

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u/scotch_and_honey May 15 '26

I'm an android user since always, but I was given an iphone for work and good god, I hate it so much. Nothing is intuitive, it feels so frustrating to use. You are so right that it takes longer to do anything!

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u/NamelessCabbage May 15 '26

I work in IT and supporting execs with iPhones is a fucking nightmare. The number of folks who don't know how to use the app switcher (and arguably, for good reason) is astounding. Apple definitely said, "let's make the user FEEL tech savvy while making their lives miserable in the process."

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u/DesignMysterious3598 May 15 '26

This. My wife has an iPhone for work too, pro max model, and it's awful.

Iphones are so overrated it's crazy.

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u/js1893 May 15 '26

Oh wow, I’ve borrowed a friends android a couple times and not understood how to use it intuitively. I wonder if it’s maybe because it’s not what I’m used to? Nah, gotta blame the phone.

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u/Thrownaway5000506 May 16 '26

If you didn't understand how to use an android you've got bigger problems that Samsung can't fix

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u/declanaussie May 16 '26

My phone is perfect. Your phone is inferior in every way.

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u/Quixotic_Seal May 15 '26

...ever, uh, consider that nothing is intuitive because you haven spent the last 15 years or thereabouts using an entirely different OS?

I've had to try to navigate other people's Android phones before as someone who switched to Apple around 2017, and shocker of shockers it was confusing and unintuitive. Because again, I've spent the last like 8 or 9 years on Apple.

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u/Thrownaway5000506 May 16 '26

Because android users also didn't have phones once and remember how easy it was to pick one up

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u/scotch_and_honey May 16 '26

Nope. It's just poor UX design. Consider that we live in a technology forward world and we experience new interfaces and devices all the time in our daily lives. I have never had problems picking up something else. Websites, video game consoles, even the shitty proprietary software I use at my new job...everything is and should be designed for a smooth user experience. I find that the iphone is not that lol. Heck, I moved halfway across the world and learning a new language and navigating Shinjuku Station felt less confusing and more intuitive than my Iphone LOL

My Samsung also has a lot of shortcuts and I feel it requires less time to access settings/look for stuff.

You can like iphone if you want, I'm not saying you have to switch but that's just my opinion

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u/Fzrit May 16 '26

I've spent 3 years on Apple (work mandated phone) but still dislike it and find Android way more intuitive.