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Predictive text is not working properly?

Why does predictive text get worse with each update? It doesn’t seem to know the following words: this, and, those for example. BASIC WORDS. Here are some guesses for the word “this”: THIs, this’s TOS Ross. Why why WHY do you include proper nouns of names I (case in point stupid phone just autocorrected never to Bennet) never use. So far in trying to type this I’ve had to go bad I and correct every third word. I need to type coherently to clients. FIX THIS. It even decides to autocorrect as I hit send and it’s too late to fix And do you know *what* it autocorrects? Clients names. It’s embarrassing for me, and insulting to them.

I don’t want AI, I want the basic functions of this phone to work. I know it’s not sexy, but I don’t care about bells and whistles. FIX IT. yes I cleared the cache, and it didn’t help. Give me a dictionary where I can add or delete words. This used to exist on crappy 2010 Android phones, so I know it’s possible. And while you’re at it, add numbers and punctuation to one page. Android has it; why not you? I dread big updates; something always breaks. You still haven’t fixed the jumping cursor that is also a nightmare. It’s like your developers have never used an iPhone before.

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piperewan wrote:
FIX THIS. FIX IT. . You still haven’t fixed the jumping cursor that is also a nightmare. It’s like your developers have never used an iPhone before.

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