My brother has been an Apple guy from the beginning, and this is the first time I've heard him
annoyed with Apple. The latest thing he complained to me about was Apple bringing out the 5K iMac right after he paid the big bucks for a Mac Pro, the latter of which has no options for an Apple-branded 5K display.
I just got the iPhone 6 Plus after years and years of Android phones. So far I like it, but it's not all good. Some thoughts about that switch:
Likes:
-Idle battery drain way lower than what I'm used to
-LTE signal noticeably better than any of my recent Android phones (Galaxy Note 2, LG G2)
-FaceTime is more useful to me than any of the Android alternatives since other family members are using iPhones/iPads/Macs
Dislike:
-Alternative keyboards can't do dictation / speech to text (such a weird limitation)
-Stock keyboard doesn't change letters capitalization (have to look at shift key)
-No back button
-Most controls for menu, back, are at top of screen (can't reach with one hand)
-Can't move app icons closer to the bottom of the screen (can't reach with one hand)
-Neither Overcast nor Apple's podcast app is as good as Doggcatcher
-Have to dig into menus to globally disable/enable GPS
-When browsing on Android, the harder I swipe up/down, the faster the page scrolls. On iOS it's just one kinda slow speed - painful to scroll past a bunch of article.
With regards to the new OSs running poorly on old hardware, isn't that a longstanding Apple tradition? They count on their users to upgrade hardware early and often.