I wouldn't say so. I got my grandma a cheap Android phone and a book to help her learn because I thought it'd be better since I also have Android and can help her.
My grandma is 89 now, she uses Whatsapp, Youtube and whatnot and I am not kidding but within 2 months she had:
- AVG antivirus (an ad told her she had a virus)
- She had batterylife for 7 hours before a charge was needed due to shitty apps
- Ads on her lock screen?!
- Ads on her homepage
After 6 months and 3 house calls to fix her phone we gave up and she got my aunts old iPhone 5s with a new battery.
It runs iOS 12 now and it runs flawlessly and protects her from all the stuff I mentioned.
From a guy that has always had Android: most users need iOS level protection. Just simple facts.
No. For anyone non-technical I always recommend an iPhone. I can simply say, "Press this button if you need to open another app." The difference in UI/UX you see on different android phones and auto-hide enabled soft navigation buttons confuse non technical people a lot.
> No. For anyone non-technical I always recommend an iPhone. I can simply say, "Press this button if you need to open another app." The difference in UI/UX you see on different android phones and auto-hide enabled soft navigation buttons confuse non technical people a lot.
I wonder how they'll deal with the new gesture nav (both iOS and Android), because I think that's possibly more confusing to a layman.
Another big benefit of going with Apple for non-technical users is the Apple retail stores. These stores host free classes on how to use Apple devices and apps. This is huge for older people.
