iPhones are hard to use
I have been an android-windows user for the longest time, and using Apple devices is among the most difficult things I&#x27;ve had to do.<p>I have used windows phone, linux, chrome OS, Blackberry&#x27;s palm-like UI over the years, but I have gotten the hang of each over a small period of time. Apple devices however, are  simply counter intuitive for me.<p>Apple seems to design UI for 2 types of people.<p>1. Old Apple users
2. The person whose phone use is the same as it was 15 years years ago + an app launcher<p>Because of those, I have seen 2 negative trends in their UI&#x2F;UX design :<p>1. Sticking to old but familiar (for Apple customers) ways, even if they are cumbersome. (itunes)
2. Front loading everything that is heavily used by a layman (their launcher and quick setting menu), and hiding everything else behind a bevy of menus in settings.<p>If you have not grown up thinking like an Apple user and want to do anything advanced (my demographic), then their interface is incredibly alienating. The only other time I have felt this way has been when using SnapChat. (although Snap&#x27;s was a lot more egregious than Apple)<p>I used an iPad for 2 months this Summer, and swapped it out for a Fire HD 10. As much as the iPad was fast, I can&#x27;t be happier to be back to familiar territory in Android (even if it is on 5.1 Lollipop)<p>Granted, that my demographic may be the minority, esp. in the US. But, I can&#x27;t help  but feel, that the incessant praise showered on Apple&#x27;s devices is partly because of the greater familiarity people have with those devices. And, that Apple won&#x27;t fare as well if they were to be evaluated by an audience unfamiliar with their brand and devices all together.