The volume control, notification categories like Android and it’s high time now, the phone keypad should be T9! Auto search in the keypad as soon as you start typing numbers, matching both numbers and T9 names.

I use Apple Music too because it’s a little cheaper than Spotify. Although Spotify has a better algorithm to recommend you songs based on what you’re listening to, I’ve observed that Apple Music has also improved a lot in this domain since the past 1-2 years. Spotify also, annoyingly keeps suggesting me songs that I don’t listen to but are popular in my country. Somehow, their algorithm still hasn’t been able to learn my listening habbits.

Also, if you have an iPhone and Apple’s Airpods, Spatial Audio works great. Dolby Audio on Apple Music is also noteworthy on any pair of earphones/headphones.

And of course their Apple Music, Apple Music Classic, iCloud 50GB storage and Apple TV+ package is a good deal in my country. At 199₹ per month, which is roughly a little more than 2 Euros per month, the package is good. Apple Music and Apple Music Classic costs ₹99 per month, which is a little over 1 Euro per month while Spotify costs ₹119 per month here.

All Microsoft Apps for Web Browser, Emails, Document Scanning, Notes taking and Office, since I started from Windows Phone as my smartphone, all my default mental preferences have been set there. Moreover, Microsoft accounts syncs all data to my other phone, tab and laptop.

Here Maps and Google Maps instead of Apple Maps.

Paytm/PhonePe/Google Pay instead of Apple Pay as Apple Pay isn’t available in India.

WhatsApp, as again iMessage and FaceTime isn’t used by people who even own an iPhone in India. Most people haven’t even turned it on on their phones here.

Not just quieter, on my XR it also changes with the volume button, even though prior to iOS 17, volume keys were for media and notifications were synced with Ringtone sound level.

Notifications will work at full volume when Media Volume is full and will be muted when media volume is muted. It’s the same even for lock and unlock sounds.

Only the ringtone is free from volume key control.

A T9 keypad in the Phone Dialer, where punching numbers would start bringing the results from saved contacts.