I bought an iPhone to go along with my Mac (which I enjoy) but I do not understand why iPhones are so hyped. I like the iPhone camera and the synergy between my Mac and iPhone, but iOS is lacking…

My list can get very long, but I’m only going to list issues that I find unacceptable in 2023:

- Some apps aren’t optimised. Example: The Gmail & Apple mail app icons show me the number of all unread emails that exist in my inbox rather than the number of unread emails since last open.

- Customisation: It’s no surprise that iOS is restrictive, but I can’t even choose where to put apps on a page. I want to move apps to one side so that they’re easier to click but this isn’t possible.

- Privacy: Apple is on your case, they wants to know what you do on every application and if you care about privacy, you will be spending a lot of time disabling tracking features.

- Modifying text: If you want to change a letter in a word, you need to press on the word until a magnifying class appears then you need to move the magnifying glass to the letter you want to change. You’re unable to click into a word to change a letter.

- Maps & Navigation: If you use a maps app like Google maps while driving, you need to hope that you don’t get a call otherwise the call screen will be displayed instead of maps and you need to manually re-open maps to see where you’re going.

I don’t know what to say… Using an iPhone makes me feel like I’m back in 2014.

Please let me know if you have any solutions to these problems!!