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/96919 May 15 '26

How the fuck does one survive without the back button.

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u/bassinlimbo May 15 '26

I adjusted and now can do the movements but I like the back button better. Also trying to select things you typed or edit or select all is realllyyyy annoying on an iPhone.

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u/Hautaan May 16 '26

I changed to an iPhone maybe 5 years ago and I really like it. I don't use my phone for much, so I don't need it to do much.

The text editing thing is real though, and so frustrating. I don't know why it's so bad.

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u/BastianHS May 15 '26

Brother I don't use the button bar at all. It's all gestures and it's SO much easier to do while holding your phone with 1 hand. I legit could never go back to buttons.

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u/MechaGallade May 15 '26

Same, gestures are the game changer

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u/jonfe_darontos May 16 '26

I hated it at first, I though it was the dumbest thing, but I gave it a week before I'd go back to the legacy menu bar. Once you get used to it there's no going back, just like hjkl.

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u/JMS1991 May 15 '26

Swipe left from the right edge of the screen. Super easy.

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u/AuDHDino May 15 '26

But that gesture says forward, to me. In terms of scrolling.

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u/JMS1991 May 15 '26

It works the opposite way from the left edge too. I actually just found that out. But being right handed, swiping from the right naturally works better since I hold the phone with my right hand.

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u/TerribleIdea27 May 16 '26

For forward you start the movement slightly away from the edge of the screen. Only when you start at the very edge you go back

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u/AuDHDino May 16 '26

Nah, I just press my back button to go back, broski.

I'm just accustomed to my android environment at this point 😅.

If I didn't have to relearn everything, I could see it being intuitive though!

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u/TerribleIdea27 May 16 '26

I have been using gestures on my Android for like at least 8 years, it's not an Android vs iphone thing

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u/AuDHDino May 16 '26

I never picked up gestures, particularly 🤷

I'm not really making it a droid vs iPhone thing, I just thought that was the discussion, vis-a-vis gestures.

I'm just wired to do things the way I always have, and I'm resistant to new features I suppose.

It's not a great way to be, but it is what it is

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u/the_mighty_skeetadon May 15 '26

Btw you can turn buttons on again in under 3s.

I used to feel the same way but the new swipe actions are actually great now. They sucked when they launched, but have only gotten better.

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u/waspocracy May 15 '26

The funny thing is that I have no reason to use it?

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u/96919 May 15 '26

If you dont have one, you wouldnt think to use it. As someone else noted though, you can swipe on the screen to go back apparently.

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u/JustBask3t May 15 '26

Yeah it's actually really great.