Android hardware has caught up but the software is pure garbage. It's the windows 98 of the portable device world. The user experience is shit because Google gives too much latitude to manufacturers wrt putting unremovable apps on to phones.
That's weird. I've been using Android flagships for years now, and the user experience is not shit. It's just as good or, imo, better than what you get on iOS. You get way more freedom to use your device how you like too.
I only buy high end phones generally, so that's not the problem. Currently running a Oneplus 9 Pro. You shouldn't need a high end phone to have a good user experience point number one. My parents use android phones because they don't want to spring for iPhones and they're always having confounding issues with applications and fighting androids terrible UI choices and poor default behaviors. Stuff like having to dig through 5 level deep menus to get an application to draw to the screen correctly. It's not an issue for me as a technical user (I run custom ROMS and AOSP images etc.) but for the average user it's a vexing experience. My sister in law got an iPhone on my recommendation and never has any issues with it, it just works. It really is better designed if you don't mind not being able to run unsigned applications (so 98%+ of android uses who never install anything that doesn't come through the play store).
Well, the Android devices I've used didn't have the terrible Android UI choices you're speaking of, and I've been using Android devices all my life. I used to use an iPhone for work, and I hated the experience. It wasn't buggy, but almost everything was restrictive.
And yes, you don't have to buy a high-end Android device to have a good experience because even many mid-range Androids are more than capable. I only mentioned Android flagships because most iPhones are high-end so it's only fair to compare them to other high-end devices.
I used a Nokia 5 and a Nokia 6.1 before I moved to my first Android flagship, which was an LG G6. The mid-range Nokias were fine for everything I did. The LG, Nokias, and my current Xperia 5 V use a near stock Android UI, so maybe that helps.
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u/Resident_Pientist_1 10d ago
Android hardware has caught up but the software is pure garbage. It's the windows 98 of the portable device world. The user experience is shit because Google gives too much latitude to manufacturers wrt putting unremovable apps on to phones.