rowmyboatI got the damn iPhone 15 today and honest to fuck I am going to do a murder.
Unlike every cell phone I've ever had, it does not come with a two-prong wall plug. Only the usbc cord. Expecting you to have things to stick one of the ends in. Literally if the man did not leave a charging cable for his phone on a power strip next to my bed I would not be able to charge this thing.
Swiping down from the center of the screen does something different from swiping down from the right of the screen, seemingly more or less a tiny, non-configurable subset thereof. It took me like half an hour to figure this out and I was starting to think the damn thing had some absurd bug or something.
If you don't use face ID (ha, no fuckin way), unlocking it is a couple really awkward motions. Also really awkward motion is closing apps. These both feel like dark patterns to me. The first to try to get you to use biometrics, the second to get you to leave apps running in the background all the time. *jazzhands* Data!
Not having a home button is literally the worst idea ever.
And it wants to upgrade to iOS 26, which is the terrible liquid glass one. At least it seems that the 15 doesn't support the AI/apple intelligence 🙄 parts of 26? So that's something, I guess. And why I got the 15.
"We've got eleventy billion AI users a month!!" Yeah, that's because you made it an integral part of a fucking phone and users can't uninstall it and are all using it by accident and unwittingly.
Ok, I don't hate Liquid Glass as a look and feel. I actually have zero feelings about it at all, it's just another period change of *waves hand at technology*
Maybe like 1% in the positive column, because it has muted some of the attention grabbing brightness of a smart phone. Good job, apple, you've inadvertently done the exact opposite of what you meant to do.
Ok, no, I hate it. There's too much movement. When you unlock it, all the app icons going flying into place. Instead of just being there.
I think this describes pretty well the whole "get a new iPhone to replace the one from 2019" experience I've been having. https://www.terrygodier.com/the-last-quiet-thing/ascii
Audrey Farnum@rowmyboat In accessibility/touch settings, there is a feature called back tap where you can assign functions to either double tapping or tripple tapping the back of the phone. Using it as a home button is one of the options. As I recall from when I tried it, I found it to be pretty sensitive so it would activate in my pocket or bag which I found annoying. Your mileage may vary. It's an option if you can't get over the awkwardness of the gestures. I eventually got over it but I do miss the home button. It is much more efficient than silly gestures.