Other Easily forgotten advantage of iPhone over Android

[kevink2]

A couple years ago I bought an inexpensive Galaxy phone with service on a prepaid carrier. It was cheap, way cheaper than an iPhone would ever be new. It was a model that was supposed to be compatible with all 3 carriers the MVNO supported at the time.

Well, I unlocked it. And wasn't able to get it to work on ATT (whitelist), or a T-Mobile MVNO. I think the firmware was too customized to actually work on other MVNOs, even though it was unlocked.

iPhones, since Apple doesn't do special firmware for different carriers, don't have this problem. They may have some different hardware variants for different models, but they limit that too.

So an iPhone is likely to work everywhere nowadays, even if not optimally.

 

[Apple_Robert]

Salient point. I see the iPhone as the gold standard the companies do their best to fully accommodate.

 

[eyoungren]

An unused advantage in my case. In 24 years I've been with exactly two carriers. Sprint from 1999-2015 and T-Mobile from 2015 to present.

 

[Nermal]

I had a similar issue when I went overseas. My phone was unlocked, but they'd hidden a bunch of the more technical setup options. So, I could put a foreign SIM in there and could make calls, but I couldn't use data because there was no way to put the correct APN settings in.

 

[janeauburn]

I used an Android phone once. Didn't like the OS.

 

[Expos of 1969]

I used an Android phone once. Didn't like the OS.

I ate in a restaurant once in North America. Didn't like the meal.
Have not been to a restaurant since.