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As we’ve established a million times, adopting features found on competing phones isn’t necessarily a bad thing - it can be quite the opposite. Samsung has put its twist on some existing iPhone/Android features and UI elements, and I really do believe this was the right move! In fact, from what I’ve seen in theThe notification panel and quick settings panel are now separate - swiping down from the left will bring down the notifications, and swiping down from the right - quick settings Again - very much like the iPhone, but Samsung gives you the choice to revert back to the “old ways”, which is a major win for everyone.
Especially due to the fact that swiping down from anywhere on the screen will now bring down the Notification panel - and not the Quick settings . Which is a puzzling decision?! However, as I said, reverting back to the old swipe controls will also give you back the option to swipe anywhere on the screen to bring down THE RIGHT panel - the Quick settings panel. And I can’t do that on my iPhone. Samsung’s Camera app will make me take more photos and videos - even if their quality isn’t as good as the competition’s Samsung’s Camera app took after the iPhone’s Camera app design a while ago - particularly with One UI 5 and One UI 6, where even the photo editor became very iPhone-like. But now, Samsung has set itself apart from the iPhone by placing every single camera button/setting on the bottom half of the Camera app, which is going to make one-handed operation when taking photos/videos SO much easier. Particularly on large phones like the Galaxy Plus and Galaxy Ultra. The Camera app also lets you assign custom exposure for different photo/video modes that don’t change every time you open the app, which is another feature borrowed from the iPhone, but a great one. Speaking of photos, I can only wish I had this feature on my iPhone, and this is the ability to create photo AND video collages right from Samsung’s Gallery app - with a layout of my choice. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve had to scroll through the millions of apps on my iPhone to find the right collage app, because I always forget which one can do what I needed it to do. It’s “small things” like this one that make a huge difference to the user experience.Surprise, surprise… There’s Samsung’s answer to Apple’s “Dynamic Island”, called the “Now Bar”, which has Dynamic Island-like functionality but wins by:Also being available on the top when you want to tap it and switch between quick app controls I’m not saying Samsung’s way of implementing “Dynamic Island” on the Galaxy is perfect - for example, the icons you click to get the quick actions to pop up are tiny, because they don’t have their designated space to occupy - in other words, a large camera cutout. However, the Lock screen implementation makes up for it by being arguably more practical, because it’s basically a widget stack you can scroll through and perform identical controls like on the iPhone’s Dynamic Island / stacked widgets.aren’t the sole reason I would consider using a Samsung as my primary phone, but that’s actually a great thing. Samsung phones already get plenty of things right - like the class-leading AI experience, the reliable software support, unique displays , and the very good camera and battery experience. As an iPhone user , I’d say Samsung hasn’t made any mind-blowing changes to its software, but the ones it made are enough to make me consider using a Samsung as my main phone. And that’s pretty major stuff for me.as my main phone due to how massive it is - and One UI 6 did very little to make the experience of using this big phone with one hand easier.has taken major steps in the right direction with the “Now Bar”, the major Camera app redesign with all controls on the bottom, and even smaller things aimed at making one-hand use better, like the vertical app drawer, and all important Search bars being moved to the very bottom of the screen - like the one in the app drawer, and the one in Settings.user who knows how handy it is to be able to reach every corner of your screen with one hand/thumb, and someone who also uses the, but right now, Apple doesn’t even come close to making large iPhones more usable. 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