I hate that long press in my ipad ..(I'm not sure if you've long pressed the spacebar to move cursor across words)
TBH, never had any problem with iPhone keyboard with the things you specified. But yeah, it is subjective.
Only thing i loved was i could pick up phone even on my ipad while studying
I have poco X2 .. i chnged it software so many times going to apple felt like restrictions..An 🍎 a day keeps doctor 😷 away.
May be that's why he doesn't like 🍎 📱
But i will buy MacBook for work when i work ..
Some medical equipment software are optimised with Mac bcz its usa tech