The iPhone Keyboard – Make It or Break It (2022)

Re:The iPhone Keyboard – Make It or Break It (2022) by knolan on Saturday January 14, 2023 @04:23AM (#34378719)

I’ve an old iPod touch from 2010 knocking about still. The kids play local music on it and mess about with its camera. It’s not connected to the internet. The battery is not up to much anymore but it works incredibly well still.

I’m shocked by how much better the keyboard experience is on it compared to my iPhone 11 Pro. Typing just feels accurate. I’m constantly mistyping on my iPhone and it always autocorrects the most basic typos to some random capitalised name or bizzare word. It’s infuriating.

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Re:The iPhone Keyboard – Make It or Break It (2022) by bdcravens on Saturday January 14, 2023 @04:42AM (#34378828)

I'm glad I'm not alone in that perception

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Re:The iPhone Keyboard – Make It or Break It (2022) by kahnclusions on Saturday January 14, 2023 @05:09AM (#34378968)

You’re not alone. I am utterly baffled and infuriated with typing on my iPhone 12 Pro.

I used to think typing on old iPhones was amazing. But over the past several years there is a noticeable decline. It constantly makes the most bizarre and unhelpful corrections.

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Re:The iPhone Keyboard – Make It or Break It (2022) by ihatepython on Saturday January 14, 2023 @05:29AM (#34379095)

The situation should improve, now that ChatGPT has been released.

It's only a matter of time until it gets integrated with the keyboard.

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Re:The iPhone Keyboard – Make It or Break It (2022) by SimDeBeau on Saturday January 14, 2023 @05:36AM (#34379129)

Perhaps the reason they keyboard feels worse is the keyboard getting too “smart” already rather than being too dumb. But could also be an uncanny valley style curve, where “a little bit smart” is worse than both dumb and very smart.

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Re:The iPhone Keyboard – Make It or Break It (2022) by geysersam on Saturday January 14, 2023 @05:11AM (#34378975)

Can you not install alternative keyboard apps on iPhones?

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Re:The iPhone Keyboard – Make It or Break It (2022) by djxfade on Saturday January 14, 2023 @05:34AM (#34379114)

Yes you can

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Re:The iPhone Keyboard – Make It or Break It (2022) by kahnclusions on Saturday January 14, 2023 @07:44AM (#34379866)

But they’re glitchy and sometimes slow to open (I presume because they’re trying to access the network)

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Re:The iPhone Keyboard – Make It or Break It (2022) by IndySun on Saturday January 14, 2023 @05:30AM (#34379096)

Yes. Search T9.

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Re:The iPhone Keyboard – Make It or Break It (2022) by shusaku on Saturday January 14, 2023 @05:25AM (#34379066)

I was glad to read this, I feel the same. Deep down I’ve been dreading that the cause is just me getting old…

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