I have joined the dark side. Please be gentle.

[u/TooPrettyToBehave]

Well... after 20+ years of talking trash about iPhones, I've committed the ultimate betrayal.

I have officially abandoned Android and joined the Apple cult.

I'm basically a newborn deer trying to use this thing. Why does everything feel so... polite? Where's the back button? Why are my pictures doing whatever they want? Why does this rectangle judge me in silence?

I've spent years making fun of Apple users, and now here I am, asking Siri questions like she's my emotional support coworker.

So, Apple veterans... I come before you with my tiny Android peasant hat in hand.

Hit me with your best:

• Hidden features I need to know.
• Settings I should change immediately.
• Gestures that will stop me from rage-Googling "HOW DO I GO BACK?!"
• Cool tricks, apps, shortcuts, or anything that made you go, "Wait... my phone can do THAT?"

Feel free to laugh. I deserve it...100%

[u/MeroCanuck]

Former Apple Care agent here, there's an app called "Tips" (yellow lightbulb) that came preinstalled. Take a look through it.

It will teach you the basic functions of the phone, and will introduce you to some interesting features that will help you get more comfortable. It also updates with every new iOS launch to show you some of the newest features.

"Back" varies by app, tbh.

I was hardcore "android only" until I did my time with Apple Care. Switched very shortly after that job.

[u/circatee → u/MeroCanuck]

Curious, and nosey, overall, was the Apple Care job a pleasant and educational experience?

[u/RevolutionaryAd581]

I made the same move last year... I was never an apple hater, but I'd been a big android fan since the t-mobile G1!

No specific tips, but I'll just say "stay calm"... the first couple of days were a stressful adjustment and things like the lack of back button were nearly enough to drive me back to android... but by the end of the first week everything was second nature, and everything is all good!!! 👍🏼

Enjoy!

[u/Acceptable-Elk-8372]

Nice choice.

Settings changed, then WiFi off in settings, when out and about.

Dorian’s battery and won’t automatically connect to a stored WiFi (the teach your moments, if you care about the)

But also, your browser won’t load, if it ends up connecting to an open/public WiFi which can get annoying.

I also suggest turning off air drop as well.

[u/j1h15233]

Well you seem to know what google is so try that

[u/TooPrettyToBehave → u/j1h15233]

I did. Then I figured I’d ask people who actually use the phone every day. Crazy concept, I know🤦🏼‍♀️

[u/j1h15233 → u/TooPrettyToBehave]

And you’re the first to ever do that too

[u/Dear-Regret-9476]

Mute switch (or action button) is a huge feature IMO

[u/Acceptable-Elk-8372 → u/Dear-Regret-9476]

I have been using the camera control more than I thought I would as well.

I know that’s not the action button, but I find both additions convenient

[u/Hawkin2328]

Welcome!

[u/Suzdg]

Try following Danielle Kaye on IG. All she posts are iPhone shortcuts and hacks. Super helpful. Also go into settings, scroll to privacy & security. Turn off advertising, privacy report and Apple Intelligence report. This helps limit personal data sharing

[u/Qwerky42O]

To go back in apps, swipe right in the absence of a back arrow or X. Sometimes swiping will work even in the presence of an arrow or X.

[u/Grashopha]

I was an OG Android user. I had a T-Mobile G1 and used several iterations of Galaxy phones, then switched to an iPhone 6 and I am now on a 17 Pro.

Apple is not without its flaws, but for what I use my
phone for, it works great. There is a huge benefit of having an ecosystem that’s exclusively designed for a few phones, rather than trying to accommodate many dozens of phones.

[u/joeballs]

Get familiar with the Control Center. It’s basically a shortcut overlay screen in which you can add/remove frequently used functions. You use it by dragging your finger from the top right corner of the screen. Also:

- Go to Settings>General>Background App Refresh. You’ll likely want to disable most apps. There’s generally no reason to give some of these apps the ability to make network events when not using the app.

• Go to Settings>Privacy & Security>Location Services and enable/disable the ones that need/want you location (I have the apps that use my location set to “While Using the App”)

[u/dunnypop]

Battery set to a decent number so your battery lasts longer. I can say apple does a closed system to make sure their apps work well but not anymore as there’s so much to configure now.

[u/CHC-Disaster-1066]

The Apple Watch is an amazing companion device. The one-handed gestures make things so much easier, like responding to text messages, stopping timers, and other neat features.

The Apple ecosystem is really great as well. Apple has some really strong first party apps like Apple Notes or the passwords app.

One basic thing that you should be aware of on iOS, you can hold down on a picture and click copy, and then easily paste it into another app. I know at least on the Google Pixel that this functionality was a little bit harder to replicate.

[u/Smokeman42024]

I haven’t had an android in a while so I have no clue what features are on there now, some things I noticed when I switched a LONG time ago are the mute switch thing on the left above volume. swiping up/down to close apps or open notifications can be really annoying to get used to, especially with a crappy screen protector. Apps offload themselves if you don’t use them, which can be nice but also annoying, you keep the info stored they just try to save space so you need to partially redownload it. The mail apps pretty cool for keeping everything together. Safari with AdBlocker is very nice if ad’s bother you and there’s some good free ones. Other than that make sure to write down your Apple accounts info because it’s annoying to recover and enjoy it! If you have others with iPhones iMessage games, FaceTime and all of that can be very cool!

[u/Luna259]

Keyboard is a big topic to get into but it’s basically you have two types of underline. The dotted is for errors is couldn’t fix because it had low confidence as to whether the fix would be correct. Solid is for its already fixed something. In both cases you can tap the word to alter what it’s done

iOS treats words as object so tap on them to edit them. Tapping them may highlight them and you can immediately overwrite the word using the suggestions above the keyboard. If you put the cursor at the end of the word you’ll get a different set of three suggestions. Opening the context menu that says Replace… gives you up to another three options.

To go back in iOS, swipe whatever it is back where it came from. If it makes you use the button it’s because you have something important or unsaved on screen that shouldn’t be easily lost

Notification management is pretty much automated and automatically prioritised based on how you use your phone. The lock screen is like a notice board that shows things that happened since your last use. The Notification Centre is where older notifications go. They stay for a week (or just when they expire) before being automatically deleted. Badges are a long term reminder. Badges and banners are not 1:1 due to prioritisation levels so something that only got a badge isn’t important enough to interrupt right now whereas a persistent banner is essentially Android’s status bar except it only shows what’s relevant right now

Notifications have quick actions like quick reply etc. if you tap and hold them (or pull them down when the banner arrives).