I recently switched from using a Windows PC and Android phones to all-Apple products, all the time.
My new iPhone 5 and MacBook Pro are definitely really cool.
But when I was a PC/Android user (with an Acer laptop and phones by HTC and Samsung), Apple fans gave me the impression that angels sang every time they opened a MacBook, and that I'd never want to go back to the intolerably uncool world outside the iPhone.
Instead, I was surprised to learn that some parts of the Apple universe are a few steps behind the pace. Using Apple gadgets actually made my life harder, in some ways.
There's no "menu" button on the iPhone.
In Android, whenever you get lost you just hit the menu button and you get a bunch of options — such as settings — to help you fix whatever you want to change.
There's no menu button on iPhone. Instead, the home button mostly pulls you out of whatever you are doing and drops you back on your home screen.
Sure, many of the apps and menus inside iPhone have a "back" button. But it's not the same. In iPhone, you have to get used to taking the long way around.
In iPhone, if you want to phone someone you're texting with, you have to scroll all the way up to the top of the message chain to hit the call button. In Android, you just tap the person's name anywhere and a call option pops up.
It feels as if my iPhone is going to break at any moment.
My new iPhone 5 may be made out of pretty metal, but it scratches easily.
And although I'm told that the rate at which the iPhone screen smashes is small, the world seems to be filled with busted iPhone screens, even among my own colleagues.
Yes, all smartphones can get dings and scratches, but I liked that my old Android phone was made of plastic, which made it more resistant to wear and tear.
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