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   Chris to Joe Beanfish   
   Re: Are the Apple I-phones easier to use   
   20 Feb 19 19:47:02   
   
   XPost: comp.mobile.android   
   From: ithinkiam@gmail.com   
      
   Joe Beanfish  wrote:   
   > On Tue, 19 Feb 2019 23:11:58 -0600, Unlisted wrote:   
   >> Are the Apple I-phones easier to use than Android phones?   
   >>   
   > ...   
   >> Android is about the most user UNFRIENDY operating systems I have ever   
   >> used. Much of this is because it is full of icons that dont really mean   
   >> anything to me, and there is not even a glossary showing what they mean.   
   >> Even my cheap flip phone has a glossary for the icons. If Android had   
   >> anything to offer, at least it could be switched to text to replace the   
   >> icons, such as Windows allows.   
   >   
   > In this respect iPhone and Android are identical, a thousand icons,   
   > most of which mean little to nothing until you discover by trial or   
   > instruction what they are.   
   >   
      
   Agree. If that's where the OP is struggling, then an iPhone is no better.   
   You don't get manuals with smartphones. You do get a brief tutorial when   
   you turn on an iPhone and some androids, but that's about it.   
      
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