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I agree this is infuriating. This was the reason that made me finally ditch autocorrection altogether on my iPhone. I still make mistakes but at least now they're mostly my own mistakes, and when I correct them they stay corrected.
I would recommend switching to GBoard, which doesn't have this infuriating behavior
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>i just turned auto correct off completely a few versions ago... I don;t use autocorrect at all. Never have. But I do use 'swipe-to-type' [or whatever it's called] on Android and run into the same annoyances, as it will also chooses the wrong word, for a swiped pattern, every time --no matter how often I correct it.
> I don;t use autocorrect at all. We're gonna need to see some proof.
PS --you misssed "it will also chooses"
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Still using my SE 2016 here for these reasons (it has the same body as the 5 and 5S). After using this phone for 5+ years, I've gotten so good at texting on it that I don't even use autocorrect! And it has a headphone jack. Something has gone horribly rotten in the space of smartphones in the last 5 years.
The iPhone vs Android war has cooled because after years of maturing hard/software, establishing UX, and also lock-in, most people just stick with what they know. It's not so much about the tech anymore. Apple doesn't have a visionary CEO anymore, and Android was a copy of the iPhone to begin with. Seems like both sides are less interested in giving users what they want now, or giving what they don't yet realize they…
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If you have several languages configured, there's a globe icon that lets you switch between keyboards. It's still a step down from Android that seems to just detect the language even if you switch mid-sentence.
iOS autodetects and automatically switches languages as you described. The globe icon is just for switching key layouts. Language is independent of key layout.
I made far fewer mistakes and could type faster using the BlackBerry physical thumb keyboard. Apple should sell attachable thumb keyboards for their phones.
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iirc this is a google keyboard feature specifically; it was added sometime after the pixel 3 released, I think?
The keyboard I have is Microsoft SwiftKey, on a Huawei P30, so could be multiple different ways of getting it.
I use SwiftKey. I was skeptical about swipe typing at first, but it has completely won me over. I would struggle going back to regular typing now. I am often communicating in two different languages at the same time and SwiftKey can handle suggestions without breaking a sweat. Apple has come out with their own swipe keyboard and I gave it a shot, but it is nowhere near good enough. Specifically, the dual language sug…
I still prefer to use an iPhone overall but this is one area where Android has always been superior I think.