The iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus come with larger displays, and Apple uses the extra screen real estates to display additional elements and content to make the user experience better. In case of the keyboard though, some inconsistencies between the landscape and portrait orientations end up becoming quite annoying.

Inconsistent placement of Number and Emoji/Globe key

In portrait mode, the Numlock key is on the extreme left, followed by the Emoji key or the Globe key to change keyboard. However in landscape mode, the order is reversed. The Emoji key is on the extreme left, which is then followed by the Numlock key.

Dictation Key

Just like the numlock and emoji keys, the Dictation key, represented with a microphone icon, changes its relative position in portrait and landscape mode. The background color of the key also changes from white to grey when switching from portrait to landscape.

No way to go back after pressing Undo

The landscape keyboard has a special undo key, which lets you undo your last action without having to shake your iPhone. The problem is that the Undo key icon doesn’t make it immediately obvious what it does. Pressing it once doesn’t do anything, and pressing it for the second time undoes your last action, with no way go back.

Confusing back arrow key with backspace

The landscape keyboard on the iPhone 6 Plus also has new back and front arrow keys to move the cursor. The position of the back arrow key is next to the ‘p’ key, which is usually the location of the backspace key on the keyboard.

Given how often the keyboard is used, muscle memory plays an important role, and with the inconsistent placement of various keys, users might not be able to type as fast as they can.

Of course, the landscape keyboard also provides a lot of additional useful keys for functions that otherwise involve tedious gestures. You can read about more advantages of the landscape mode in iPhone 6 Plus here.

[via reddit