Why The iPhone Keyboard Sucks

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  • Опубліковано 25 лип 2024
  • iPhone users typically enjoy their experience with the device. But one common complaint has to do with the keyboard. If you’ve switched from Android, you may’ve found yourself typing slower with more mistakes than ever before.
    So what is it about iPhone’s keyboard that cause these issues? Well, it starts with Apple favoring form over function. On most Android keyboards, its number row is at the top. With a comma and period button on either side of the space bar. That means you can type using most of the characters you need without interruption.
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  • @inenfmk
    @inenfmk Рік тому +2612

    That's exactly what I felt when I bought my first iPhone: it's inconvenient to constantly switch to type numbers, commas, and periods. I guess one day they'll introduce the number row and periods as a "revolution".

    • @Muhammed.Yaseen
      @Muhammed.Yaseen Рік тому +41

      LOLOL

    • @RabbitConfirmed
      @RabbitConfirmed Рік тому +111

      Apple will introduce a fart as a "revolution"

    • @kevin7649
      @kevin7649 Рік тому +48

      It will happen the same year you can charge & use their mouse at the same time

    • @maxonite
      @maxonite Рік тому +3

      I sorta got used to it and since I have an SE i like that the keyboard takes up little space on the display

    • @MrMattaiusify
      @MrMattaiusify Рік тому +28

      "It works like magic"

  • @os2171
    @os2171 Рік тому +3837

    This is true. The worst is that as iPhone user you take this flaws for granted, as if this is the way things should be. Thanks for bringing into conciseness

    • @BrainPermaDeD
      @BrainPermaDeD Рік тому +53

      Then the apple sheep will be a loyal sucker of Apple's ####.

    • @maxonite
      @maxonite Рік тому +25

      I personally like the iPhone keyboard. And I’ve used android for years

    • @jackjackum
      @jackjackum Рік тому +33

      @@maxonite It looks nice but some of the faults of it can be annoying at times.

    • @bornapc
      @bornapc Рік тому +12

      @@BrainPermaDeD I'm an Apple fan but I suffering this issue . I hate the auto correct but I use it because I don't like to typing with wrong spell but autocorrect is actually stupid sometimes

    • @BrainPermaDeD
      @BrainPermaDeD Рік тому +20

      @@bornapc I disabled autocorrect altogether.

  • @matticolo
    @matticolo 11 місяців тому +20

    2:33 “sometimes you have to fight with autocorrect” 😂

  • @yafi6214
    @yafi6214 6 місяців тому +10

    Disabling autocorrect is one of the very first things I do when I set up a new phone. I keep suggestions on, that’s more convenient for me whatever algorithms they use or however “smart“ it is.

    • @AndreaAustoni
      @AndreaAustoni 2 місяці тому +2

      I disable autocorrect on Android. I type in 3 or more language call the time and the phone would go crazy

  • @heyspookyboogie644
    @heyspookyboogie644 Рік тому +1501

    I could be wrong, but as I recall, the keyboard used to learn from the individual user on how they typed, what they tended to misspell, slang, etc. but at some point they switched to using a more cloud / community based learning system that based everything on the most common uses/issues for all users.
    Imo it’s definitely been worse ever since.

    • @pilotavery
      @pilotavery Рік тому +107

      Google keyboard also syncs it to your account. Text prediction is so good and sometimes it can autocorrect words like four words ago if it's extremely confident that it is misspelled based off of context. Same thing with voice typing. If you say a whole sentence, sometimes the first or second word can completely change based off of the last word you say kind of like how people hear you and then suddenly with context what they said clicks.

    • @pilotavery
      @pilotavery Рік тому +41

      Google keyboard is the best keyboard hands down.

    • @RowanBird779
      @RowanBird779 Рік тому +33

      I don't think the people at Apple realize that more complex and internet connect isn't better

    • @RealJohnO
      @RealJohnO Рік тому +20

      ⁠​⁠@@pilotavery Microsoft SwiftKey is better than Google keyboard IMO.

    • @adrianphoenix5604
      @adrianphoenix5604 Рік тому +4

      I used to love swiftkey may go back since apple got weird with theirs

  • @alirezaghaffarian9038
    @alirezaghaffarian9038 Рік тому +308

    Espacially for me who usesmultiple languages on iPhone, it is VERY frustrating as I tap the globe icon too many time when I am meant to tap the icon that takes me to the grammar symbols. When I come back, I don't have my original language, so I have to toggle back to what I was originally typing

    • @hairsiluet
      @hairsiluet Рік тому +1

      Right… ⌨️📲

    • @sussy001
      @sussy001 Рік тому +8

      You can just press and hold the globe button to change keyboards easily

    • @szilardladocki5863
      @szilardladocki5863 Рік тому +1

      you can swipe up on the globe and let go on the language that you need. This can be very useful but also causes alot of accidents for me.

    • @IOT552
      @IOT552 Рік тому +1

      Usually you don’t even need the glove cause the iPhone switches seamlessly between languages on mine?

    • @sheet3335
      @sheet3335 Рік тому

      true

  • @MP112791
    @MP112791 Рік тому +28

    spot on. This issue was relieved a bit with the use of swiftkey... but since apple now limited the use of 3rd party keyboards, the experience is truly frustrating. I do miss the android keyboard.

  • @TonyTheYouTuba
    @TonyTheYouTuba Рік тому +114

    This is something I noticed myself very consciously in the last couple of years. I’m fine with the numbers and comma being behind the button, I prefer this. But the multiple language issue and especially the autocorrect issues do affect me. Sometime I get the strangest suggestions too, accented words that I’ve never seen before and that don’t appear in either language I have active. The other big issue is the dictation symbol. I don’t use this. I don’t want to keep accidentally hitting that button, let me remove it.

    • @jakeyounglol
      @jakeyounglol Рік тому +3

      also i hate that there's an emoji key cutting the numbers key in half just bc i have multiple keyboards.

    • @TraktorTarzan
      @TraktorTarzan Рік тому +2

      comma and punctuation being hidden behind a key is dumb( i know you can double press space for punctuation, its still one extra tap) its completely unecessary and makes writing SOOOO much slower. also the predictive text on IOS is slow an unaccurate for absolutely no reason, at all.
      And it cannot handle 2 languages at once, without physically changing language. which was almost no issue on my 10 year old and 5 year old android(sometimes the algorithm learned a wrong word, but 98% of the time it was no issue)
      I got no clue why its not fixed, and its frustrating cause im kinda forced to use an iphone for the next 3 years

    • @thereisnousernameleft
      @thereisnousernameleft Рік тому +1

      as soon as you add another language the keyboard gets worse, add a third language and it's nearly unfunctional at this point. I had to disable autocorrect and suggestions and then - the keyboard mechanics itself are quite bad. I can type on an "o" and get an "i". So I investigated into this and it seems if the phone is a bit hotter the more often it takes a key next to he one touched. Also the hotter... well not hot, just warm, the device is the more stuttering I get on an iPhone 13 just using the keyboard... it's like it takes a ton of performance why ever.

    • @TonyTheYouTuba
      @TonyTheYouTuba 7 місяців тому

      @@Spiritbusters thanks, think that must be new in ios17 because I played a lot there before with no luck! But yeah can deffo do that now.

    • @georgeemerald4389
      @georgeemerald4389 5 місяців тому +3

      Why in the world would you prefer that?

  • @SchakOb
    @SchakOb Рік тому +650

    If I would get a dollar for every mistake I made with the Apple keyboard, I’d be a millionaire (from an Apple user)

    • @urmumscow3206
      @urmumscow3206 Рік тому +24

      The reason you aren’t one is because you say “a apple” you’d have no ability to save it

    • @luv4nisah
      @luv4nisah Рік тому +5

      @@urmumscow3206 LMFAOOO

    • @raheem201231
      @raheem201231 Рік тому +3

      An Apple*

    • @Manchesterunited00
      @Manchesterunited00 Рік тому +3

      @@urmumscow3206 zawg 😭😭😭😭

    • @obito9078
      @obito9078 Рік тому +9

      @@urmumscow3206 he propably wrote it on apple keyboard

  • @TamalCyrus
    @TamalCyrus Рік тому +794

    Back in the day, the biggest flex an iPhone user had , was their keyboard.
    It took me a century to open a keyboard in Android while iPhone seemed to be buttery.
    This is one area apple stopped investing or innovating.

    • @Miko36110
      @Miko36110 Рік тому +64

      Oh yeah I remember that, it would take a while to open the keyboard on Android especially third party ones!

    • @Metamine0
      @Metamine0 Рік тому +49

      In general, it feels like Apple just doesn't properly invest in software as much anymore. The constant issues with iOS 16 for a not insignificant amount of people is a testament to that

    • @user-me1mv4vy9q
      @user-me1mv4vy9q Рік тому +20

      Lol ye, ios and android has always been working on different things. Ios had been working on the smoothness and ecosystem and android was working on features and ui, and now they're both doing the opposite

    • @kevin7649
      @kevin7649 Рік тому +16

      ​@@user-me1mv4vy9q Android front loaded feature packing it's OS in the early years, and are now focusing more on qol improvements. Where Apple does the slow drip to keep adding new features that have existed for years like the always on display

    • @CyanideLucifer
      @CyanideLucifer Рік тому +34

      Apple Switched from an Innovative company that focuses on design, to a company that's solely based off of sales and Marketing. They've definitely lost their touch

  • @blackfalcon53
    @blackfalcon53 Рік тому +2

    Amazing video. Put into words so many of the irritations I had and never realised why.
    The inclusion of a period in the Safari keyboard is so pointless. Who is typing out full addresses these days not searching for them.
    Also very true about the predicative text constantly changing things I just corrected.

  • @carolinejohnsonartist5650
    @carolinejohnsonartist5650 5 місяців тому +7

    Greg, you have hit the nail on the head. I hate those problems you mention and I will NEVER get another iPhone again. Another irritating feature is that if you go to contacts - search- the last three letters of the previous search are still sitting there and you need to clear the field by hitting the cross in order to start new searech. Dont these people test drive their over marketted super expensive toys? I hope Apple looks at this.

    • @Jader13254
      @Jader13254 5 місяців тому +3

      Lmao so true. I also do not want iPhone because of this. And 1 million other reasons, like apples repair policy, walled garden and anti competitive practices.

    • @yon68
      @yon68 4 місяці тому +2

      And no real "call history"
      And return gesture super dumb
      And siri being dumb while on lockscreen : you can set an alarm but can't change music...

  • @KlassicCar98
    @KlassicCar98 Рік тому +246

    Great video. I always wondered why I struggled typing on my phone. One of the most annoying issues I had with the keyboard is autocorrect always changing the word “well” to “we’ll” no matter what the context is in this sentence. Always have to erase the apostrophe myself

    • @erikvanstenis
      @erikvanstenis Рік тому +2

      you can change that

    • @oosha2000
      @oosha2000 Рік тому +3

      Why not disable the autocorrection ?

    • @erikvanstenis
      @erikvanstenis Рік тому +1

      @@idontbegivingafuckk you can just turn off text replacement or delete it in the list

    • @DAVEROULEAUwys
      @DAVEROULEAUwys 8 місяців тому +1

      Omg yes. I thought I was going crazy. But it always changes “well” into “we’ll”. It’s so strange.

    • @carolinejohnsonartist5650
      @carolinejohnsonartist5650 8 місяців тому +1

      And there is no back back button other than to erase. SOOOO Anoying. I will never buy another iphone

  • @FloresdorfGaming
    @FloresdorfGaming Рік тому +106

    For someone who has an Android phone and an iPad, autocorrect is frustrating. I often need to fight against it.
    Gboard just learns new words I use very often and highlights things it thinks it's wrong.

    • @ItsIcedDonut
      @ItsIcedDonut Рік тому +5

      Tbf you can get g board om ios

    • @shranikdua3442
      @shranikdua3442 Рік тому +18

      @@ItsIcedDonutthe layout of gboard on ipad is worse than ipados keyboard

    • @andrejtb1
      @andrejtb1 Рік тому +10

      Not just that but also you cant even adjust the keyboard size

    • @ItsIcedDonut
      @ItsIcedDonut Рік тому +1

      @@shranikdua3442 Ah right thanks for telling me.

    • @Kevynmorgan
      @Kevynmorgan Рік тому +3

      @@ItsIcedDonut SwiftKey is better

  • @mangostickyrye
    @mangostickyrye Рік тому +2

    iPhone 14PM and Galaxy S23Ultra user/owner here. Great assessment. That's why I typically will reach for my S23Ultra way more often.
    Up until few days ago, I didn't know how to locate the degree symbol on iPhone 😂

  • @genXcripple
    @genXcripple 4 місяці тому +22

    i hate my iphone keyboard

    • @Sam25055
      @Sam25055 2 місяці тому +1

      I think it’s ok after you use it for awhile

    • @AltF-gt2fy
      @AltF-gt2fy 2 місяці тому +1

      Everybody does 😔

    • @AleksGawel
      @AleksGawel 2 місяці тому

      What if you don't have android

  • @andrewhelbigvoiceover
    @andrewhelbigvoiceover Рік тому +44

    Very very true. Switched to iphone from android a few years ago and really like it EXCEPT typing on it. So much harder... especially if you are trying to go back and edit one word you messed up or something, it's so hard to select a certain part of the text

    • @JackGesetzlos
      @JackGesetzlos 5 місяців тому +7

      Hold the space bar and move it, it can accurately select where you want

    • @AahYush
      @AahYush 5 місяців тому +7

      @@JackGesetzlos still alot of work than tapping where u wanna correct.

    • @Erdeseldw
      @Erdeseldw 5 місяців тому

      You can swipe on words to correct it btw

    • @kaneru8593
      @kaneru8593 4 місяці тому

      Can't u download Google keyboard?

    • @yon68
      @yon68 4 місяці тому

      @@kaneru8593lmao that's a closed ecosystem you can't even dowload another call app.

  • @ThebikerBross
    @ThebikerBross Рік тому +541

    As a iPhone user, this is true for sure!(thanks for the likes I’ve never had this much)

    • @bw2532
      @bw2532 Рік тому +3

      the were -> we're is for real a struggle.

    • @KobrokoHere
      @KobrokoHere Рік тому +7

      @@bw2532 I feel you, these mistakes we're always a problem with modern iphone typing. Typing texts is really inconvenient in my phone that I know use my mac for it

    • @fytgfun
      @fytgfun Рік тому +1

      by the way you can change the keyboard on iphone by just downloading gboard

    • @alexthemtaandr211weatherfa2
      @alexthemtaandr211weatherfa2 Рік тому +2

      Get the Grammarly keyboard ⌨️ and emoji is working on the current version of it

    • @Bubbaxmonster
      @Bubbaxmonster Рік тому +1

      I like the apple keyboard and I just went back to android and I like the Ghored because it's similar to apple

  • @PlanetLinuxChannel
    @PlanetLinuxChannel Рік тому

    I actually don’t mind the period being tucked away, because you can just double tap the spacebar to add one.

  • @jeffreysnyder8830
    @jeffreysnyder8830 Рік тому +2

    My iPhone almost refuses to type the word “like,” instead autocorrecting to “Lille.” I can’t remember having a reason to talk about a city in northern France, certainly not as often as I use the word “like.”

  • @joshuanesbit
    @joshuanesbit Рік тому +80

    I had a blackberry for about 2 years between 2011 and 2013 and within hours of getting it, I could type perfectly with minimal mistakes. I've had many different iphones now for ten years and still can't type without errors!

    • @marioluigi9599
      @marioluigi9599 Рік тому

      Wow apple must be dumb. After 10 years they still haven't sorted it

    • @marioluigi9599
      @marioluigi9599 Рік тому +6

      I'm guessing the people that make the iPhone don't even use it themselves. Otherwise they'd realise how bad it is

    • @dmfinpa
      @dmfinpa Рік тому +2

      Agree. I had a much better keyboard experience with Blackberries of the past than I’ve ever had on the iPhone. I wish I could get rid of Autocorrect options line and see it replaced by a numbers line.

  • @wesleyp3579
    @wesleyp3579 Рік тому +16

    2:20 happens all the time, super frustrating. I’ve also always had predictive text turned off. I can manually input the word much quicker than it would be to see it, recognize it’s correct, then tap it

  • @DHawkBeats
    @DHawkBeats 7 місяців тому

    I noticed autocorrect has been so bad since over a year, probably longer thank you for confirming my struggle

  • @LAZZAMCPE
    @LAZZAMCPE 6 місяців тому +1

    Miss using 3D Touch with keyboard

  • @o_s-24
    @o_s-24 Рік тому +93

    On samsung keyboards you can also have alternate characters (from the "numbers" section) for letter keys which makes typing even more fast. Also using the whole keyboard as a trackpad is pretty useful. Out of all the things I don't like about iphones, their keyboard is nearly at the top

    • @huzefa69
      @huzefa69 Рік тому +15

      samsung keyboard isnt that great either. Gboard is better

    • @MarcSpctr
      @MarcSpctr Рік тому +6

      ​@@huzefa69Samsung is the literal best, if you like Gboard layout, you can just change Samsung keyboards layout as you like key by key including height and width of every single key and literally make it GBoard layout.

    • @Bronyboiiiii
      @Bronyboiiiii Рік тому +9

      @@huzefa69 This might be true for the autocorrect. But what I love about samsungs keyboard is that you can replace, resize and even add or delete every button you want. That means you can put your own keyboard together without any limitations.
      You want a smaller spacebar and some special emojis there? Just change it.
      The only drawback is that everyone else hates me when they try to type with my keyboard xD

    • @neunzehnvierundachtzig
      @neunzehnvierundachtzig Рік тому +2

      Android keyboards the best in my opinion, you don't have to type, in fact im typing this using a trackpad.

    • @aadithjkrishna
      @aadithjkrishna Рік тому

      ​@Bronyboi_uwu also you can type change it to show custom things like if you type email it will just spell your email ID or whatever you change it to I think that also is really good

  • @jeskli11
    @jeskli11 Рік тому +85

    Google keyboard from App Store, although may look almost the same, is waaay better. You can customize it, predicts words much better and with the right settings of correcting you don't have to fight it at all. It also brings the comma beside the space key and offers numbers when holding the uppermost row of keys. Also allows for swipe function, which I tend to use just once in a while, but then the typing can be super fast. Surely worth trying. The only downside is Apple disables third-party keyboards in some parts of the system, then it's a nightmare to type something on Apple's keyboard after being used to Google's.

    • @niels1917
      @niels1917 Рік тому +13

      so just a bit of Android :)

    • @time2livelife
      @time2livelife Рік тому +2

      I used to use this but then they changed it so it had way more typos. I switched to the Grammarly keyboard.

    • @tihruytssgjjvsavcxtbvhj3429
      @tihruytssgjjvsavcxtbvhj3429 Рік тому +23

      SwiftKey is miles ahead of any keyboard.

    • @747simmer4
      @747simmer4 11 місяців тому

      @@time2livelifesame

    • @SanctusBacchus
      @SanctusBacchus 10 місяців тому +7

      Issue with Gboard is that the autocorrect has been broken for months now.

  • @tomekdarda
    @tomekdarda 7 місяців тому

    I noticed that when I am texting with someone having an iPhone they tend to send more short messages in short succession and not a bit longer ones, but managed by commas. The layout might contribute to that and I definitely not like it.

  • @Sakura.361
    @Sakura.361 4 місяці тому

    I love this guys vids keep it up
    ! ❤

  • @libbeytds
    @libbeytds Рік тому +4

    What frustrates me daily is placing the cursor when text is highlighted. Like in Safari, I tap on the URL bar, the entire address gets highlighted, I have to drag one of the handles to the side, tap the unhighlighted text to place the cursor and the go from there.
    Also, I just wanna be able to scroll the address itself, instead of having to rely on picking up the cursor and hold it at the edge of the screen to get to the end of the address field.

  • @stormrider01
    @stormrider01 Рік тому +14

    I came from Android and yes it sucks so much!!!
    You dind´t mention this problem:
    When I want to correct one letter of a word in a text, you can´t position the cursor right there where you tapped with the finger, no, instead the cursor always moves to the back or the front of the word and you need to manually move the corsor with the space bar by long pressing it and drag it where you want. This method is so slow and frustrating that sometimes I want to smash my phone to the wall!!

    • @V100X
      @V100X Рік тому

      Maybe pressing the text till the magnifier appears helps a bit

    • @stormrider01
      @stormrider01 Рік тому +3

      @@V100X Also too damn slow. On Android it’s instant.

    • @Ran-jd8ug
      @Ran-jd8ug 5 місяців тому

      THEN COME BACK TO ANDROID. PROBLEM SOLVED

  • @robiocraft2383
    @robiocraft2383 Рік тому

    one of the most notorious issues Ive personally faced as dual language keyboard user is that it makes the button imaginary boundary larger for its word prediction system and this constantly results in grammar mistakes no matter which language keyboard I use

  • @thirdpedalnirvana
    @thirdpedalnirvana 5 місяців тому

    I mostly miss having punctuation as long presses on the main keyboard. Quotes, parenthesis, etc were all available on swiftkey for Android by long pressing on the appropriate letter key. I use swiftkey for iOS now, which inexplicably is missing this feature and also has seriously subpar haptics. But I still use it because I can have my number row.

  • @aris1956
    @aris1956 Рік тому +18

    Often the keyboard on the iPhone, as well as the iPad (what I use most to write), is a catastrophe. When using dictation mode, most of the time it writes different things from what I say. Then another annoying problem I notice, the cursor that in most cases never stays where I put it, but jumps either to the beginning or end of the sentence.

    • @V100X
      @V100X Рік тому +2

      Try to hold the space bar to move the cursor, or hold the cursor till the magnifier appears

    • @aris1956
      @aris1956 Рік тому +2

      ⁠​⁠@@V100X I use the space bar to move the cursor, because I personally find it more practical, but as I said above the cursor often doesn't stay where I place it. Hold the cursor until the magnifier appears It works more accurately, it doesn't jump at the beginning or the end, but I find it more uncomfortable.

    • @SmitePlayz_
      @SmitePlayz_ Рік тому +1

      ​@@V100X u must be an apple fanboy. Totally makes sense that u have to waste time by holding the spacebar and slowly taking the cursor where u want instead of being able to tap anywhere and the cursor will go where u tapped.

    • @V100X
      @V100X Рік тому +1

      @@SmitePlayz_ I was just suggesting alternatives in case he she didn’t know them, makes sense?

    • @Muhammed.Yaseen
      @Muhammed.Yaseen Рік тому +2

      Yesss!!! The cursor!

  • @TheOddLia
    @TheOddLia Рік тому +4

    When I added a new keyboard language, I hated the change where the numbers & symbols button was split in half. Most of the time, I found myself tapping the emoji key instead. I've since gotten used to this, but just wish Apple could have simply put the globe icon next to the emoji icon where it originally was, instead of completely moving the emoji icon to make extra room that they already had plenty of.

  • @gblargg
    @gblargg Рік тому

    1:38 I encounter this garbage in search boxes on multiple operating systems. Quickly type a few characters and hit enter. The search tries to update as I type, but when I hit enter it uses whatever it found when it last searched, which might not have included everything I typed. So I have to type what I want, then wait a second to be sure the search results actually have been updated with that. The fix is so simple, just do a search on everything I typed, then process the enter.

  • @1Techie_
    @1Techie_ Рік тому

    The suggestive system was way better a couple of iOS’s ago… I’m glad to see u brought it up I thought that I had my settings messed up 💀

  • @jonathancineus6424
    @jonathancineus6424 Рік тому +6

    I’m glad this guy called out Apple’s flaw now. I kept wondering why I always got a period instead of a space when I was typing a sentence on Safari. 😤 😡 😠

  • @trevinodude
    @trevinodude Рік тому +6

    As someone who used to be an Android user who now uses iPhones, it’s true that I tend to make more typing mistakes as an iPhone user than I ever did when I was using a Samsung Galaxy. The way autocorrect works now is definitely a downgrade to how it worked on the Android phones I used and to older model iPhones. It’s especially annoying when I’m commenting on videos about games I enjoy, for example Mega Man Battle Network, where the MC has an uncommon name, such as Lan Hikari. There is several times I’m trying to talk about something amusing Lan did in the games or in the NT Warrior anime, and my iPhone tries to correct Lan into Alan. The fighting with autocorrect is quite annoying.

  • @johnkeepin7527
    @johnkeepin7527 10 місяців тому

    I don’t do much typing on my iPhone, but “Autocorrect” is often awkward in “Pages” as well (which I use a lot on an iMac).

  • @awleao
    @awleao Рік тому

    First video where a flaw is exposed as a flaw instead of trying to sell as a feature. I like it!

  • @Jppen
    @Jppen Рік тому +53

    You can use commas or other symbols faster by dragging from the numbers button onto the symbol you need. When you release it will automatically go back to the regular keyboard.

    • @ybbgraphicdesign
      @ybbgraphicdesign Рік тому +3

      Thanks!

    • @subsonicdeathmonkey
      @subsonicdeathmonkey Рік тому +9

      And a period by double tapping space.

    • @AncTreat5358
      @AncTreat5358 Рік тому +1

      True, but if you go too far extended characters come up and you can't get to the key you wanted. In my case, I often want to choose question mark but overshoot to exclamation after dragging from the numbers button. I have to accept an exclamation character, delete it, and try again, all because I paused too long on exclamation trying to find my right key that my finger was obscuring.

    • @orbitaljellyfish808
      @orbitaljellyfish808 Рік тому

      Thanks👏👏

    • @3lementa1
      @3lementa1 Рік тому

      Thanks for this advice!

  • @Cyril376444
    @Cyril376444 Рік тому +4

    I’ve noticed that things were worse but didn’t understand why. Thanks for this great video, and I hope Apple Pay’s attention to it.

  • @andrianarentifi1232
    @andrianarentifi1232 Рік тому

    Also the fact that it doesn't have many other functions and features like vibration when you type, a cliboard to save copied text, and some extra symbols.

  • @richmahogany1710
    @richmahogany1710 Рік тому +3

    On the other hand, the swipe to type is really good. One thing I found that helps for me when typing is to tilt the phone more towards me so that my fingers are coming down more straight on the buttons.

    • @subsonicdeathmonkey
      @subsonicdeathmonkey Рік тому

      Swipe to type seems to have a totally different predictive text and is way more accurate. So strange!

    • @debankachanda
      @debankachanda Рік тому +1

      Not really.. If you used something like gboard swipe typing in Android, you'll feel the difference.

  • @Riktooo
    @Riktooo Рік тому +14

    I switched from ANDROID to IOS 5 months ago and the keyboard was a pain to use not just because the numbers are not available on top all the time but the letters are different from any other keyboard I ever used like Samsung keyboard or Gboard
    I know that you can download Gboard on IOS but it’s not polished which is way I switch to iPhone on the first place it’s because of that polish .

    • @mobeezy81
      @mobeezy81 Рік тому +1

      I use the G board and it's better than Apple stock keyboard but like you said, it's still not polished. Swiftkey was the best but it's no longer available for iOS

    • @Riktooo
      @Riktooo Рік тому

      @@mobeezy81 it really is a shame
      But overall it’s still a very good and nice device to own so “No regrets”

  • @sebastianpoenar4249
    @sebastianpoenar4249 Рік тому

    I always thought the high number of periods I type where because I'm just bad at typing and only now I realised the safari keyboard is different..

  • @aepeess1
    @aepeess1 Рік тому +3

    But can't you press the space button 2 times to make a period ?

  • @BassedInVegas
    @BassedInVegas Рік тому +148

    Yep, totally agreed with your assessment of the iphone keyboard.
    The no numbers row above the letters is definitely extremely frustrating.
    Why Apple doesn’t put the numbers on the keyboard is just plain stupid.
    There’s been many times I think about switching back to Android just because of the dumb keyboard on the IPhone.
    The Galaxy S23 keeps looking better and better everyday when viewing the Iphone 15 rumors.
    Apple seriously needs to catch up to Samsung in many ways !!!!!!!

    • @keijijohnson9754
      @keijijohnson9754 Рік тому +8

      And with how buggy their recent version of iOS has been along with how many features they keep removing for no good reason, it really makes it clear that a switch is necessary.

    • @kevin7649
      @kevin7649 Рік тому +7

      ​@@ibraal6798 you might want a phone with a more secure version of Android

    • @SimonBauer7
      @SimonBauer7 Рік тому +4

      ​@@kevin7649 even android 8 is fine unless you are some kind of tech illiterate person.

    • @kdt110
      @kdt110 Рік тому +1

      I don't know if this would fix all your issues but can't you just switch to Gboard? I'm an android user so I really don't know.

    • @rodhashemi
      @rodhashemi Рік тому

      @@kdt110 Yes, you can. Why people don’t just do this instead of complaining so much is beyond me.

  • @NileshR12
    @NileshR12 Рік тому +3

    I've been alternating between using Gboard & SwiftKey as my primary keyboard because they have way more flexibility with the layout & more

    • @time2livelife
      @time2livelife Рік тому

      I prefer the Grammarly keyboard to Gboard.

  • @philiporeillycork
    @philiporeillycork 5 місяців тому

    OMG the period key in the search bar has been driving me nuts and I thought itnwas just me until now 😂

  • @dwad0102
    @dwad0102 Рік тому +1

    A period button isn’t needed because double tapping the space bar. Tap and hold 123 you can swipe to a comma and lift the finger to put one in.

    • @DiFF7Skyns
      @DiFF7Skyns 4 місяці тому

      "double tapping the space bar" much less convenient.
      "Tap and hold 123" can you adjust the long-press duration?

  • @NoChillMan
    @NoChillMan Рік тому +4

    As someone who switched from android and got an iPhone last year, I was able to get used to basically everything, but the keyboard is definitely not great. It would be greatly improved if you could long press the top row of letters to get numbers, and long press other letters to get common symbols, like on android. They got this right on the iPad keyboard, not sure why they don't bring it to iPhone in some form.
    I tried adding Gboard to my iPhone, but many apps will still bring up the regular keyboard instead of Gboard, and that inconsistency is more annoying than just dealing with the iPhone keyboard.

    • @Kevynmorgan
      @Kevynmorgan Рік тому

      I had that issue when I switched to SwiftKey it took a lil while until the os understood I wanted SwiftKey.. Now I rarely see the native ios keyboard

    • @barsadal1738
      @barsadal1738 Рік тому

      Seeing as how Apple has been neglecting iPads since iPadOS' launch feature-wise, it might be about time they back-port this (edit: "this": the iPad alternative character swipe function) to mainstream iOS IMO. PS: You can force all apps to use a third party keyboard if you move it to the top in the keyboard languages list, that way, because it's the first "language" option, apps will default to it first time using the keyboard. This took me way too long to figure out but it was such a pleasant surprise when I did.

  • @Octofinite
    @Octofinite Рік тому +6

    This is why I use Microsoft SwiftKey on my iPhone. Works SO much better.

  • @time2livelife
    @time2livelife Рік тому

    You can just press the space bar twice to insert a period. I do it all the time. But you can always download a third party keyboard (as long as it’s one you trust since they can see everything you type).

  • @xynonners
    @xynonners Рік тому +1

    funnily enough with the android tablet/ipad keyboard it is the exact opposite, gboard is literally the only options that has the English (PC) layout that shows as many symbols as the ipad one. The rest of the keyboards such as samsung keyboard, swiftkey, anysoft and florisboard just stretch the keys in the phone layout so large they're impossible to type on.😊

  • @SCRT
    @SCRT Рік тому +20

    If I remember correctly, there used to be a feature on the keyboard where it learned from each user's typing habits, including common misspellings, slang, and so on. However, it seems that at some point they transitioned to a more cloud-based learning system that focused on the most common usage and issues across all users. Personally, I believe the keyboard's performance has declined since then.

    • @designCred-tc1sv
      @designCred-tc1sv Рік тому +1

      Doesn't that seem to go against Apple's design language? I thought I heard more things would be shifting towards running on-device rather than cloud-based. Plus, the Neural Engines should be making phones MORE capable of predicting text than past phones.

  • @Estrius
    @Estrius Рік тому +10

    The keyboard was one of my top 3 reasons I had to switch back to Android after trying an iPhone. I attempted to use Gboard, but it's functionality is much more limited on iOS due to how Apple works that kind of stuff. It's too bad, cause I did like a lot of the UI elements to iOS, but functionality wise, it just didn't work for me.

    • @jennelynabella2241
      @jennelynabella2241 11 місяців тому +3

      Just bought an iPhone unit few days ago and it breaks my heart now. I'm annoyed with the keyboard. It's frustrating to type very slow. I wanna sell it immediately. 😢 I regret trying an iPhone.

    • @sleepy.i1
      @sleepy.i1 10 місяців тому

      Thanks for the info. I'm typing on samsung, and I was really thinking about trying an iPhone but now you got me thinking to not get one. (I'm pretty fast at typing with a few errors, but I can't stand typing very slow)

    • @kimns5301
      @kimns5301 6 місяців тому

      ​@@sleepy.i1And yet you haven't seen everything with this keyboard. The way you have to select to copy text is horribly slow and not precise. I switched back to Android 90% because of the keyboard

  • @DerLung
    @DerLung Рік тому +1

    I hope the whole autocorrect and predictive text stuff will actually get better with iOS 17. I will give it another shot as soon as the update is out but currently I just have autocorrect completely disabled because it's so bad

  • @Gamortal
    @Gamortal 6 місяців тому

    I got used to the iPhone’s keyboard after a while. It was weird using it for the first times but got used to it after a while and disabled autocorrect.

  • @mo.na.x
    @mo.na.x Рік тому +7

    I mostly use two other languages when typing and this constantly happens to me as well. I’m just surprised to see that there are so many issues with English as well, which is supposed to be the language with the most updates and the most accurate one

  • @MCHLvisual
    @MCHLvisual Рік тому +42

    Even though the apple’s keyboard can be a bit annoying, for me personally being an apple user for a long time, I’ve actually gotten used to apple’s keyboard layout. When I try to use an android keyboard, I actually find myself having more of a hard time. Of course this is just me, me personally I like apple’s keyboard.

    • @armen_kocharyan
      @armen_kocharyan Рік тому

      If you got used to shit, it doesn't mean that you don't like to eat shit

    • @vexun11
      @vexun11 Рік тому +1

      One of the main reasons I left android was I could type much faster on iOS. The s23 was pretty good though.

    • @sas408
      @sas408 Рік тому

      same here, for me its android keyboards are torture. There was touchwiz keyboard on android and its the last usable one for me. Sadly, after meizu died it just became an adware so later i figured out it was an iOS keyboard clone and bought my first iPhone. Also most of my friends say iOS keyboard is better after switching from xiaomi/samsungs

    • @dandavidson4717
      @dandavidson4717 Рік тому

      I agree that the layout is fine, but predictions, autocorrect, and swipe-typing accuracy are all extremely poor compared to others.

  • @SimpliStrawberri
    @SimpliStrawberri 3 місяці тому

    I remember a few years ago when I was on my iPad and then I found that there were little numbers and symbols above the letters, so i swiped up and I got the number/symbol above the letters so I guess that the phones should do the same

  • @adimw
    @adimw Рік тому

    Interesting that the double-tap-space to input a period (.) wasn't mentioned in the video!

  • @birklauritzen8563
    @birklauritzen8563 Рік тому +7

    Well I guess Apple saw the video lmao

  • @flopo4
    @flopo4 Рік тому +14

    i mean its kinda right, but for my personal experience, i can say that this was only a problem at the first months after switching. Now, after more than 2 years using an apple divice, i dont really feel that disadvantage. I would even say, that i'm way faster at writing than before. But the predective text thing really annoys me, especially if i'm not writing in my native language :/

    • @junoperberry
      @junoperberry Рік тому

      How many times did you have to open a separate menu while typing this

    • @flopo4
      @flopo4 Рік тому

      @@junoperberry count by yourself :D

  • @sphoo1213
    @sphoo1213 Рік тому

    The funny thing is that I have the Dvorak version of their keyboard which allows more space for “.” and “,”. Yet they purposely chose not to put a button, leaving a blank space

  • @ShelbyWatson
    @ShelbyWatson Рік тому

    I live in Louisville and for some reason, it always tries to change it to Louisvillle and it’s driving me crazy.

  • @SaltyInterlocutor
    @SaltyInterlocutor Рік тому +6

    This video validates my frustration in such a bittersweet way, lol. I switched to an iPhone last year after using Android phones for over a decade, and I have to say that everything about the transition has been an improvement - with the *very* glaring exception of the keyboard typing experience. And what's even more frustrating that all of the third-party keyboards I've tried are highly limited/flawed compared to their Android counterparts. It seems like some very simple adjustments (or even just fewer restrictions on third-party keyboards) could vastly improve the UX, but sadly it doesn't seem to be on Apple's radar.
    All that being said, I really love the new implementation of Dictation mode in iOS 16, and find myself using it more & more. I just wish it worked so seamlessly in macOS (which, at least on my M1 Macbook Air running Ventura, is so error-prone as to be essentially useless).

  • @209kranthi
    @209kranthi Рік тому +5

    Before watching the video, I was expecting you to give reasons why Apple “had to make” the keyboard suck for some “higher purpose”. 😅

    • @born2enjoy102
      @born2enjoy102 Рік тому

      'Why' meant that only but unfortunately Greg just talked about the problem and not the Why part.

    • @zakaryan2004
      @zakaryan2004 Рік тому

      @@born2enjoy102 The why part is mostly covered in the first few seconds of the video. "Apple favoring form over function". About the other issues, there isn't a "why" other than the fact that Apple's development team started producing much buggier code in the last few years, which is easily proved with iOS 16's stability.

  • @TjaVideos
    @TjaVideos 11 місяців тому +1

    the predicting words is very slow too. i use Swiftkeyboard on my Galaxy A53, while typing words come up in less than a sec. i finish my sentence in no time without mistakes.

  • @harjot1417
    @harjot1417 7 місяців тому

    Please make a video on of your favourite iOS keyboard will be waiting

  • @Raff890
    @Raff890 Рік тому +4

    I use swipe keyboard to avoid frustration and it works well for me and faster to type :)

    • @Farleigh1050
      @Farleigh1050 Рік тому

      sadly i dont have that feature on iPad :(

    • @ironspider6851
      @ironspider6851 Рік тому

      @@Farleigh1050 you can get that feature on ipad.
      1) get the keyboard on your screen
      2) take 2 fingers and zoom out (pinch) on the keyboard like you would zoom out on a photo.
      3) you would notice that the keyboard has become small.
      4) now you can swipe to text.
      5) to get back to the full size keyboard just zoom in (pinch out) just like on a photo.
      ** this only works if your iPad is running iPadOS 13 or later**

    • @Farleigh1050
      @Farleigh1050 Рік тому

      i dont like the small text

    • @Farleigh1050
      @Farleigh1050 Рік тому

      @@ironspider6851 small keyboard*

    • @edd9581
      @edd9581 Рік тому

      at least in spanish i feel that is not very precise

  • @mirzarizwanbaig9449
    @mirzarizwanbaig9449 Рік тому +17

    I've been using Microsoft swift keyboard since 2019 and it's the best iOS keyboard ❤❤❤
    Never going back to native iOS keyboard 😊

    • @sactopyrshep
      @sactopyrshep Рік тому

      How can I get this?

    • @IrfoTech
      @IrfoTech Рік тому

      Been using it since 2014. Never shifted to any other keyboard since then :)

    • @bluebirdsigma
      @bluebirdsigma Рік тому +1

      I love SwiftKey. Since it links to your MS account, your profile, including words learned, could be shared between platforms.
      The only thing I hate about it is that it seems to learn typos faster than actual words I use. I make a typo once, and then it keeps suggesting me the typo until I manually delete it from the history.

    • @ProCodeSoftware
      @ProCodeSoftware Рік тому +1

      It's discontinued

    • @evilj
      @evilj Рік тому +3

      @@ProCodeSoftware no, it's not. I just got it off the App store.

  • @lastlast2078
    @lastlast2078 Рік тому

    I find Predictive Text more often than not shows me a longer version of the word than the word I'm typing so I have to tap the longer word and delete letters. It's so annoying to type 'inv' for it to predict 'inviting' but not 'invite'.

  • @SebastianSteele
    @SebastianSteele Рік тому +1

    It always changes bus to bud. It wanted to do it there.

  • @djp1234
    @djp1234 Рік тому +4

    When the iPhone first came out, autocorrect was really good. Now it's trash.

  • @uzzzzy
    @uzzzzy Рік тому +9

    So correct, i bought an iPhone 13 pro max a year ago . The lack of the numbers on the top was the number 1 reason why i went back to s22 ultra. Samsung spoiled me with this feature. The constant switching from number to text at setup and few days of using the iPhone was so painful. Great video.

    • @braedonmorrissey7548
      @braedonmorrissey7548 Рік тому

      can we download a 3rd party keyboard that has these features? Gboard for example

    • @LinoSey
      @LinoSey Рік тому +1

      Yeah you can actually

    • @aabderrahmane
      @aabderrahmane Рік тому +2

      @@braedonmorrissey7548yes you can, that’s why I’m confused at the original comment… how can you justify switching to another phone because of something that can so easily be changed (gboard for example)

    • @IceBlueLugia
      @IceBlueLugia 6 місяців тому +1

      You could’ve just downloaded Gboard couldn’t you? I’m confused

  • @qnias6594
    @qnias6594 Рік тому

    This is very true , when I hit my first iPhone it was very frustrating. But now I gotten used to it but it doesn’t show that it’s still kinda annoying with the auto correct cause now my auto correct is gone cause I keep on fighting with the auto correct 😂

  • @reden_fx
    @reden_fx Рік тому

    When I switched from Microsoft SwiftKey to Gboard I was impressed by how well the auto correction works, it learns how you type, but often I happened to voluntarily "mispell" a word, so I disabled it, but I still mostly rely on the word prediction that does suggest words basing even on the app you're using, or at least it seems like it does. Anyway why not just use 3rd party keyboards on iPhone?

  • @SeskaPrints
    @SeskaPrints Рік тому +6

    As an iPhone user, I really like it despite the lack of a number row. Typing with commas and punctuation has become automatic, and the convenience of double tapping the space button for a full stop is great!

    • @aykhan.g
      @aykhan.g 11 місяців тому

      Literally every 100 usd android has double tap for full stop function

  • @MedicalStudentChannel
    @MedicalStudentChannel Рік тому +4

    I can say one thing: since Steve Jobs died, Apple died

  • @DisathJayasingheVideography
    @DisathJayasingheVideography 7 місяців тому +1

    That is the exact reason that I turned off Auto-Correction feature 😥😥

  • @dustyroads834
    @dustyroads834 9 місяців тому

    Thanks. I never could put my finger on why I was having so much trouble typing. Thought I was getting dyslexic or something. I just couldn’t get it to flow. Now I know. Time for Gboard I guess.

  • @xSferQx
    @xSferQx Рік тому +6

    This is exactly what I felt when I switched from Andoid and thought something is wrong with me because everyone around says iPhone keyboard is so intuitive

  • @pazo5296
    @pazo5296 Рік тому

    if you hold the number button to acces the other symbols, you can keep holding it, type the symbols you want, then release it and it automatically switches back to keyboard

  • @RetardedCosmo
    @RetardedCosmo Рік тому

    I missing a GIF search as well in those

  • @Irregular_John
    @Irregular_John 4 місяці тому

    Thank you! I remember how on iOS 11 the predictive text function actually worked as it should and remembered your spelling patterns. Now it just suggests words out of left field and it’s suggestions are that are completely inappropriate.

  • @deezpleez3832
    @deezpleez3832 Рік тому +10

    This is really something we iPhone or phone users in general take for granted. Nailed it like always!

  • @PaulMaglaya
    @PaulMaglaya Рік тому +6

    Hehehe as a trilingual Pinoy, this is so true! That's why when Apple made it possible to use third-party keyboards on iOS in September 2014, I downloaded a few of them and settled on two of them since at least 2018: Gboard by Google for English (USA) and SwiftKey (independent at first then later acquired by Microsoft in February 2016) for Iloko (aka Ilokano) and Tagalog (aka "Filipino"). 👍👌🇵🇭🇺🇸

  • @lodevandenberg5361
    @lodevandenberg5361 Рік тому

    Have been using IPhone for years now and didn’t really realise it. Probably got used to it because first pressing the 123 button to type the comma has become muscle memory.

  • @thefearlessduck
    @thefearlessduck Рік тому

    Also, the swipe functionality is only available for select languages, while gboard and swiftkey have alot more languages (Danish f.i,)

  • @user-ru2he7tm2t
    @user-ru2he7tm2t Рік тому +6

    As a multi-language user, SwiftKey on Android is literally the only feature I miss. Being able to seamlessly write in different languages within the same sentence without needing to tap anything is by far the feature I miss most.

    • @Stal_Wolf
      @Stal_Wolf Рік тому +1

      This is also possible on Gboard, I have it on right now

    • @user-ru2he7tm2t
      @user-ru2he7tm2t Рік тому

      @@Stal_Wolf Gboard on android I’m assuming?

    • @roedw
      @roedw Рік тому +3

      SwiftKey is on ios too! If it wasn't on i wouldn't use ios at all. Apple keyboard is that bad.

    • @user-ru2he7tm2t
      @user-ru2he7tm2t Рік тому +1

      @@roedw I know, but Apple severely limits the capabilities of SwiftKey on iOS that there’s no point in using it.

  • @GonzaJulii96
    @GonzaJulii96 Рік тому +8

    Greg, you should also mention that for bilingual people the iPhone's keyboard used to be more reliable and allowed us to have different languages be typed at once, now it's practically impossible, and really really frustrating to do so.

    • @time2livelife
      @time2livelife Рік тому +2

      Really? Mine always tries to insert random Vietnamese words when I’m typing in English.

  • @vinzdini
    @vinzdini Рік тому

    I had been wondering why “well” gets replaced by “we’ll” and “love” gets replaced by “live” every time I type one of those two words. It’s a relief to know that it isn’t a fault in my typing after all

  • @SophiaDerivan
    @SophiaDerivan Рік тому

    I agree. I genuinely thought something must have changed, it used to know what I was trying to say, not anymore. It also changes well to we’ll, & of to O’F, it is honestly bizarre that they would change it to an inferior result.

  • @Ward.kuwait
    @Ward.kuwait Рік тому +3

    Have no problem with the iPhone keyboard 👍🏻

  • @y4nns
    @y4nns Рік тому +5

    Honestly, I prefer the apple keyboard

  • @euclidesfernando16
    @euclidesfernando16 Рік тому

    Slide typing is the worst feature I’ve been using recently, it’s been making me type and delete several times. I just don’t quit it because I’m kinda addicted to it. 😅

  • @ElectricOrange
    @ElectricOrange Рік тому

    The multi language is super annoying the amount of times my keyboard has switched to french and then I manually have to click the back button...

  • @mazda9624
    @mazda9624 Рік тому +7

    As an owner of a Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra and iPhone XS, I like that there's a video that finally explains how I feel when using the iPhone's keyboard. I kind of just assumed that the iPhone keyboard was difficult for me to use because I used my Android significantly more (as it's my main phone), but this video shows that it's the keyboard itself that's unintuitive. Such a shame too because I used to have an iPhone 4S back in the day and I remember the keyboard being significantly better. You hit the nail right on the head when you said this was uncharacteristic of Apple.

    • @marioluigi9599
      @marioluigi9599 Рік тому

      Can you not change the keyboard on iPhone?

    • @halcyonmelancholy2711
      @halcyonmelancholy2711 Рік тому

      @@marioluigi9599 you can, i use gboard on my iphone. i think swiftkey is also available.