I switched from Google Pixel to the iPhone, here is some general IOS Feedback:

I switched from Google Pixel to the iPhone 16 Pro Max (and I am a Pixel user since Google Pixel Xl):

- the imprecise cursor is freaking me out, it is sooooo bad

- in German we use ä,ü,ö and I am used to QWERTZ keyboard, Apple offers 'QWERTZ German' by default, which I just can't use, but they have QWERTZ, when you use it, you long press on A and select Ä, U and you get Ü and so on, but this long press takes wayyyyy too long compared to Gboard on Android, so to write fast, e.g. the word "später", I just wanna write spater and then tap the corrected word später from the suggestions (I don't use autocorrection), but the Apple suggestions are so off in my language that I had to install Gboard, also the dictation function is very bad

- why can't I disable that my phone lightens up for a notification, I don't like that and you can only disable the notification on the whole lock screen for the app, which I don't want

- the return gesture is not available in every app, so sometimes you just have to restart an app to get back to a certain point

- current calls are kidnapping your lock screen, and you cannot turn it off (at least not for WhatsApp)

- why is there no differentiation for the volumes (media, calls, notification, alarms)?! AND if I am in silent mode I don't have game sound, only with AirPods, but if I disable silent mode, I cannot disable certain sounds like the screenshot sound and others

- why is the always on display so bright?!

- the camera button is cool, but yes, just as a shortcut so that you can put another shortcut on the action button, it is a less smart action button 2.0, and I like that, but another button would be too much @Apple 2025

- the battery percentage is not accurate, it is made to fake faster charging (but I kinda like that)

I COULD LITERALLY CONTINUE THIS LIST FOREVER, but then they have features like locked charging to a certain percentage (whytf does Google not offer this), ear scanning for better AirPod sound, best video (I am a Pixel user since OG Pixel and while I love the photos and prefer them over Apple, video to this day is still bad, because of digital fragments that sometimes just randomly appear), to sum up, I don't understand IOS, it is pretty bad, but also pretty pretty since IOS 18, but the hardware of the phone is balancing this