I think the lack of back button was a much bigger issue when the iPhone still had a home button. Ever since they switched to gestures, you can basically just swipe from the edge of the screen to go back and swipe across the homebar on the bottom to go back to your last app or other apps easy.

I had an iPhone for a long time, but I’m on an S23 Ultra now. With the back gestures iOS had, it really doesn’t feel that different to me having a dedicated back button/gesture.

One thing I’ve found funny is that I see so many recommending ditching the digital nav buttons on One UI for gestures instead to free up screen space, and at that point navigating and going back are practically identical to how they work on iOS now.

Made the switch from iOS to Android this year and this completely baffled me.

I’m on Verizon in the US and my S23 Ultra JUST got the update yesterday after checking my software updates daily. After being with an iPhone since 2011, it just feels silly having to wait 20 days after an update dropped to actually have access to it.