IOS5 - The back button is all that’s missing now (and a decent home screen)

I recently switched from the iPhone to Android, and every point he made I agree with -- except in reverse.

On android I have three different contact lists all with different UI and features. For example: in the phone app my features are "Search" and "Add to Speed Dial", in the texting app my options are "Search" and "Display Group", in the Contacts app I have a bunch of options(the only one of the contact lists that can add new contacts). I must physically close out my phone app in order to add a contact, and thats just silly.

The android notifications are annoying because they don't work well. Right now my mail has 5 notifications and no unread messages, as soon as I open the mail app the notifications disappear and then reappear a few minutes later. Not only that, but I probably have at least 20 other notifications since every app adds its own notifications. Sure I could go and set up each app individually to not have notifications, but I'd prefer if things just worked.

I'm pretty impartial to the back button, I was used to having it in the UI and after switching I didn't like the android's way of doing things. After months of using the android I now think this is purely a matter of personal preference.

My dad have had phones since they where actually carried around. He has been trough most of the phones you can imagine including several versions of Android.

It wasn't until he got the iPhone that he stopped asking me about how to do things. He also recently replaced his laptop with an iPad. For the first time he is actually able to install applications himself.

The iPhone isn't perfect and not everything is as elegant as you would want it. But claiming that Android is superior in user experience (which the OP seem to imply) is simply absurd.

So you like what the Android do, you have gotten used to the Android you know the ins and outs, you have control of the OS worthy of a geek and then you have to change... Of course you are going to hate every second of the iPhone.

Just as I of course hated every second with the android phones I have had because I have been used to the iPhone.

But the real test is people like my father. People who are not attached to any specific phone and judge them by metrics very unlike the power users.

Yes I know there are people who started on the iphone and loved the Android and vice versa.

I still dislike the way Android forces you to pull down a very small strip of the screen on the top, so I was slightly disgusted when I saw iOS5 does the same now, hopefully the gesture picks up a much larger area for Apples implementation