iPhone XS Max Anyone Try the Galaxy S10 and Return Back to an iPhone?

[Infinite Vortex]

At the end of the day if you aren't prepared to give up iCloud and find replacement resources for what it does you may as well save your time, money and efforts and stick with iPhones. You'll be there until the end of time as ultimately is this that keeps you in Apple's ecosystem more than anything as this is the roadblock of all roadblocks. Anyone who didn't move their data from iCloud, whether it be move or copied, were never going to succeed in any transition. I watch all these Youtubers say that it was infuriating to change to Android… like of course it is if all your data is in iCloud!

FWIW I switched to a Galaxy A8 (top of the A-series at the time) some 7 months ago rather than going flagship as I wasn't sure about the switch (I wanted good enough to be sure but low enough so that it wasn't too costly if it went bad)… and I now own an S10 as I now am. Was the transition painful at times, yes. Did I think of giving up and throwing the A8 against the wall and/or out the window, multiple times yes, like hell yes. Am I the winner of the transition, irrespective of whether I return to iOS (which I highly doubt at this point) a definite yes.

There is one that suits you better than the other and its up to you to find out for yourself which one that is. Each person has a different take on what is important and that will make you lean toward one rather than the other. For me, what Apple can't give me are AOD, the more efficient notification centre, dual SIM support (Apple is SIM plus eSIM… not the same! And as of this time with significantly less fluidity) and the icing on the cake is OneUI. All I know was that each time I went to my iPad to do the same things the notification centre infuriated me enormously. When I'm in an app there's hardly much of a difference.

I went Samsung, as opposed to others, was that Samsung targets the western market significantly more as their primary market than say Huawei and Xiaomi does. Would I have had the same experience has I gone with another manufacturer… maybe, not sure, maybe not… no idea, don't care at this point.

Decide what's important to you and follow that. What's important to me isn't going to be the same as what's important to you. I'm not the one using the phone you buy nor am I the one that decides what's better value… you are!

 

[Gilligan's last elephant]

Your right the 5g is missing the micro sd. Options are great, the iPhone has them also. But not sure what the options for a lack of micro sd card is.

If lack of SD Card is an issue then don't buy.
What has had this to do with the apparent claim that the S10 has no headphone jack?
I like SD card but my current phone with 128 GB storage meant it wasn't an issue, considering the deal I got.

 

[I7guy]

If lack of SD Card is an issue then don't buy.
What has had this to do with the apparent claim that the S10 has no headphone jack?
I like SD card but my current phone with 128 GB storage meant it wasn't an issue, considering the deal I got.

Don’t buy is exactly right and what should be the case when an individual doesn’t like the mobile platform. I was wondering about the case for a terabyte of additional storage that is often touted. The headphone jack is missing on the $2,000 fold.

 

[Gilligan's last elephant]

Don’t buy is exactly right and what should be the case when an individual doesn’t like the mobile platform. I was wondering about the case for a terabyte of additional storage that is often touted. The headphone jack is missing on the $2,000 fold.

What has an unreleased product got to do with the S10? When/where is an extra terabyte of extra storage "often touted"?

 

[I7guy]

What has an unreleased product got to do with the S10? When/where is an extra terabyte of extra storage "often touted"?

It’s a case of Samsung removing features people want, especially a heaphone jack on a now ill-fated folding phone? Wait I’ve heard that before about Apple. That’s what this has do with. As far as the "touting" MacRumors posters have been "touting" the micro-sd card.

Here's "touting".
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/samsung-galaxy-note-9.2109329/page-74#post-26713015

 

[Wide opeN]

One of the features that a lot of iPhone users want from Samsung/Android phones is the LED notification light which, ironically, has gone from the S10.

Nope. See below

AOD
Split Screen
PIP

That is all...

 

[Gilligan's last elephant]

It’s a case of Samsung removing features people want, especially a heaphone jack on a now ill-fated folding phone? Wait I’ve heard that before about Apple. That’s what this has do with. As far as the "touting" MacRumors posters have been "touting" the micro-sd card.

Here's "touting".
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/samsung-galaxy-note-9.2109329/page-74#post-26713015

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It’s a case of Samsung removing features people want, especially a heaphone jack on a now ill-fated folding phone? Wait I’ve heard that before about Apple. That’s what this has do with. As far as the "touting" MacRumors posters have been "touting" the micro-sd card.

Here's "touting".
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/samsung-galaxy-note-9.2109329/page-74#post-26713015

Glad to see you agree that people want headphone sockets

And I saw a link with someone referring to nearly 1 terabyte of total storage.
Now show us the "touting" 1Terrabyte of extra storage you say often occurs.

 

[tarsins]

Don't know about the S10 but the S10+ does have a headphone jack.

 

[FFR]

Don't know about the S10 but the S10+ does have a headphone jack.

S10 5g does not have a headphone jack.

 

[Oohara]

S10 5g does not have a headphone jack.

It does. https://www.techradar.com/reviews/samsung-galaxy-s10-5g

 

[FFR]

It does. https://www.techradar.com/reviews/samsung-galaxy-s10-5g

So it’s just the fold and a80 without the headphone jack.

 

[I7guy]

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Glad to see you agree that people want headphone sockets

And I saw a link with someone referring to nearly 1 terabyte of total storage.
Now show us the "touting" 1Terrabyte of extra storage you say often occurs.

Sure, I agree. The people who stated so on MR forums want them (the headphone jack and the micro sd card slot). Beyond that I don't know. And Samsung removed one from their most expensive phone and another from their "premier" 5G flagship.

You got your "touting" citation.

 

[geraldem]

So, I just switched back to my S10+ last night. For the 26th time . Here is the most annoying thing, I have alerts going off on my iPad for apps at least 10 minutes before the S10. It is really consistent...for some reason, Apple devices get the alerts as they happen, vs Android where there is a delay. Also, I have Arlo cameras...and there is a crazy bug with the android app that causes you to get double or triple alerts when they do finally come in. been through all the forums, everyone complains about it..no fix.

this is why I always end up going back...crap like this.

 

[Aliciakeystx]

I did, still miss the double view function!!!

 

[The Game 161]

So, I just switched back to my S10+ last night. For the 26th time . Here is the most annoying thing, I have alerts going off on my iPad for apps at least 10 minutes before the S10. It is really consistent...for some reason, Apple devices get the alerts as they happen, vs Android where there is a delay. Also, I have Arlo cameras...and there is a crazy bug with the android app that causes you to get double or triple alerts when they do finally come in. been through all the forums, everyone complains about it..no fix.

this is why I always end up going back...crap like this.

Glad wasn’t t just me and some said I had a faulty unit when I didn’t

It’s one of the main reasons I switched back to the max

 

[geraldem]

Glad wasn’t t just me and some said I had a faulty unit when I didn’t

It’s one of the main reasons I switched back to the max

Nope. I had same issue on both S10s and a Note9.

 

[yui4]

Glad wasn’t t just me and some said I had a faulty unit when I didn’t

It’s one of the main reasons I switched back to the max

Strange because I didn’t have any notification issues at all

 

[jay968]

So I have had an S10e since it was first released. Had an S9 for a bit before that. I absolutely hate these phones. Why on earth Samsung feels the need to duplicate several apps that Google has already put onto the phone is just beyond me. It is idiotic. The Samsung apps aren't as good and hog up too many resources. Bixby is one of the most useless apps today and it just cannot be uninstalled.
That said, I tried 4 iphones since October. An Xr, an Xs, an Xr on AT&T and another Xr on my current carrier, Tmobile. I want so much to go back to the Iphone (had a 5c for about 4 yrs prior to switching). Returned each of these new Iphones within a day or two of purchasing them. What's the problem? Signal reception...compared to the Samsungs, quite frankly, it stinks and as much as I hate Samsung, I continue to use them because of this. All of the Iphones I tried with the one exception of the AT&T Xr exhibited signal strength of between 7 and 15dbm worse reception than the Samsung phones. That's just not good folks, not good at all. For some reason the AT&T phone was pretty good. Not sure why. I had to drop AT&T for various reasons but almost regret that I did. I may go back, we'll see.

 

[tarsins]

Having had an S10+ and an iPhone XS Max for a while due to needing two numbers, I've now ditched the S10+ and am using two SIMS on the iPhone (E-SIM and physical SIM). I tried to fit the S10+ into my workflow but it simply did not fit in with my iMac, MBP and iPad Pro. It took too long to do simple things and the much-touted notification system was, IMHO, an overly-complicated mess. I'm not non-techie as I've been in the industry for 40 years, I just didn't want to fiddle around with a phone to get it to do stuff.

 

[Shanghaichica]

Having had an S10+ and an iPhone XS Max for a while due to needing two numbers, I've now ditched the S10+ and am using two SIMS on the iPhone (E-SIM and physical SIM). I tried to fit the S10+ into my workflow but it simply did not fit in with my iMac, MBP and iPad Pro. It took too long to do simple things and the much-touted notification system was, IMHO, an overly-complicated mess. I'm not non-techie as I've been in the industry for 40 years, I just didn't want to fiddle around with a phone to get it to do stuff.

That’s the problem. When you have so many Apple products and an established work flow that’s working really well for you, it’s really difficult to introduce something different.

 

[cableguy84]

Having had an S10+ and an iPhone XS Max for a while due to needing two numbers, I've now ditched the S10+ and am using two SIMS on the iPhone (E-SIM and physical SIM). I tried to fit the S10+ into my workflow but it simply did not fit in with my iMac, MBP and iPad Pro. It took too long to do simple things and the much-touted notification system was, IMHO, an overly-complicated mess. I'm not non-techie as I've been in the industry for 40 years, I just didn't want to fiddle around with a phone to get it to do stuff.

If i could put IOS on a note 9 i would switch and never look back.
IOS keeps me buying iPhones.

 

[Kung]

I went from an iPhone 8 to an S10e back in February and got it a few days early. I will likely purchase the iPhone 11 or whatever it's called.
Things I like/love about the S10e:
- better reception. I consistently get about a bar of reception more than I ever got with my iPhone 8.
- screen. Tons better than the iPhone 8's screen.
- expandable storage. For the same price as I paid for my 64Gb iPhone 8 when it came out, I was able to get a 128Gb S10e with expandable storage.
- BT/Wifi - both of them were much more reliable and stronger that that on my iPhone 8.
Things I don't like:
- cohesiveness - Android PI with the Samsung One UI is quite nice, but it's not *quiiittteee* up to the level of iOS.
- camera - the camera is VERY nice, but it's not anything I couldn't get from an Apple phone
- a family full of iPhone users screaming for me to help them with tech support - LOL
There's more, but suffice to say that even though the little things are not that big of a deal, it's enough to make me miss them. Couple that with constant "Can you help me do X" requests, and it's just easier to stick with an iPhone.

 

[FFR]

Having had an S10+ and an iPhone XS Max for a while due to needing two numbers, I've now ditched the S10+ and am using two SIMS on the iPhone (E-SIM and physical SIM). I tried to fit the S10+ into my workflow but it simply did not fit in with my iMac, MBP and iPad Pro. It took too long to do simple things and the much-touted notification system was, IMHO, an overly-complicated mess. I'm not non-techie as I've been in the industry for 40 years, I just didn't want to fiddle around with a phone to get it to do stuff.

And you shouldn’t have to, especially when the device is costing you more than 1,000 dollars.

 

[The Game 161]

And you shouldn’t have to, especially when the device is costing you more than 1,000 dollars.

Indeed, you have to Change a lot to get it how you want it coming from an iPhone

 

[DeepIn2U]

Surely the best way for someone to "find the app you wanna use quickly" is to allow that person to layout their home screens as they wish?

I’ve seen this on Windows laptops so often over 17yrs and it never really helps after a few weeks/months; especially if icon logo changes with an app upgrade.

Anytime I see an Android home screen with custom app layout I have the urge to re arrange them into a penis pattern - just like that early 2000’s IT YouTube video “the servers down” lol. Boing boing.
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Don’t really browse my device out of boredom either. I usually know which app I want to access before I unlock my phone. When I am using airpods I use hey Siri to open an any app or switch to another app, it’s quite seamless when you think about it.

THIS in bold! I see so many kids just swiping away amongst their home screens just wondering what app to use next! Makes me laugh cause I don’t always need to be staring at my phone during my commute on public transit. I listen to my music and usually zone out the mumble hubba bubba. During my breakfast I check what’s needed then shower get ready and check weather & transit intervals before I leave my gates. Then music goes on during the ride. Maybe I check the time but that’s all until I arrive. And thus I never go over my data allotment.