Autocorrect Comparison: Can iPhones, Galaxy S, and Pixel Autocorrect Like a Pro?
Touchscreens are amazing, but can be frustrating when autocorrect fails. Let’s find out which phone has the best autocorrect system for your typing needs.
Tech for correcting typing errors has come a long way since the 90s. But has it evolved enough to handle all our typos?
Testing and Scoring
Our comparison will consist of four rounds, each with specific sentence types to test the autocorrect systems.
Round 1: Correcting common errors and typos
40 sentences with common errors were used to test the autocorrect systems. Each sentence was scored on a scale of 1 to 3 based on its correction accuracy.
| iPhone 15 | Galaxy S23 | Google Pixel 8 |
|---|---|---|
| My cousin fell of the boat and in to the river. So embarrassing (2pts) | My cousin fell of the boat and in to the river. So embarrassing (2pts) | My cousin fell of the boat and in to the river. So embarrassing (2pts) |
| There’s forty puppies in my front yard – so cute (3pts) | There’s fourth puppies in my front yard – so cute (1pt) | There’s fourty puppies in my front yard – so cute (2pts) |
Round 1 total:
- iPhone 15: 26 points
- Galaxy S23: 21 points
- Google Pixel 8: 21 points
Round 2: Words you actually want to type
A brand new set of sentences was used to test how well the phones handle slang, technical terms, and more. Here are the results:
| iPhone 15 | Galaxy S23 | Google Pixel 8 |
|---|---|---|
| No way in hell I’m getting on a rollercoaster again! I almost crapped my Levi’s (3pts) | No way in he’ll im getting on a rollercoaster again! I almost… | No way in hell I’m getting on a rollercoaster again! I almost… |
| And then I was like ngl those pics are gonna go on my story (3pts) | And then I was like ngl those pics are gonna go on my story (3pts) | And then I was like ngl those pics are gonna go on my story (3pts) |
Round 2 total:
- iPhone 15: 28 points
- Galaxy S23: 24 points
- Google Pixel 8: 23 points
