Re:Touching the back wall of the Apple store
by sheiyei on Monday June 30, 2025 @02:51AM
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"if you haven’t played with one it makes sense to use it at the store as research"
Yep. Iphones are sluggish by design in so many ways, that I would lose my mind using one for my personal life. Scrolling on an iPhone is a bafflingly terrible experience, because they limit the speed so much you can't move around at a reasonable speed.
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Re:Touching the back wall of the Apple store
by leakycap on Monday June 30, 2025 @02:59AM
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What are you comparing this to? I have a slew of phones near me and when I pick up an Android device it usually feels like a stuttery mess multiple times in regular use, even compared to a basic prepaid iPhone SE from 2022 which might only be 60Hz but doesn't randomly jerk around and freeze like every 120Hz Android seems to do
Re:Touching the back wall of the Apple store
by vladvasiliu on Monday June 30, 2025 @03:05AM
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I'm baffled by your comment. I specifically recall getting some new Samsungs at work two years ago, so I got one to play with for a little. I was shocked by how janky scrolling felt. Just going through the android settings screen, there were "hiccups" and there was a clear lag between my finger moving and the screen moving. My iphone 7 felt so much smoother, although much older and "crufty", as opposed to the Samsung being brand new and "untouched". It was a then-current mid-range model, don't remember which one specifically.
Re:Touching the back wall of the Apple store
by mslansn on Monday June 30, 2025 @03:32AM
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You were meant to replace that iphone 3GS over 10 years ago...
Can you even disable UI animations on an iphone? It's the first thing I do on any phone or OS, and using a device with it enabled just feel like walking through mud.