My 2-Week Review of Galaxy After Using an iPhone
To get straight to the point, for now I think I’ll go back to iPhone. But I can see why people like it.
What I liked was multitasking and file management. The folder structure shows up as-is, and using it like a USB drive was really convenient. The camera zoom is definitely better too.
The thing I couldn’t get used to was notifications. Having to go into each app’s notification settings and tweak them one by one was such a hassle, and the default app ecosystem still felt awkward. And the ads.
Two weeks feels too short, so I’m planning to use it for another month.
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Two weeks? You wouldn't even have the finger positions down, let alone be used to it lol. If it still feels iffy after a month, it's just not for you.
I really feel you on the notification settings. At first, I almost gave up after going into every app and messing with each notification channel one by one. But searching for notification items in Settings helps a bit, and if you just set up a few important apps, you can leave the rest at their defaults without it being too much of a hassle. Just stick with it for the first month.
Well, I don’t think that’s really true for notifications. On iPhone, you also have to go into each app to adjust detailed notification settings, right? If anything, Galaxy lets you fine-tune things at the notification-channel level, so once you get used to it, that’s more convenient. After using it for two weeks, calling it “cumbersome” just seems like a matter of familiarity to me.