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Getting tired of iPhone

I am at the stage now where I am bored with the iPhone and iOS, I've had itchy feet a few times and have left for various androids and Windows Phones. I keep coming back because as boring as iPhone is I never have any major issues with it, everything just works but I am really fed up with it. I want to change but android has always been a pain in the ass for me, nothing but issues with my last android an S5 whether it was crappy signal, crappy battery life, not to mention sluggishness. I did love Windows phone, fantastic everything just works with a Lumia sadly the apps are bloody rubbish and buggy so I am kind of stuck. I would love a major iOS refresh because as I say "It boring and played out at this stage"
 
dj1891 said:
I am at the stage now where I am bored with the iPhone and iOS, I've had itchy feet a few times and have left for various androids and Windows Phones. I keep coming back because as boring as iPhone is I never have any major issues with it, everything just works but I am really fed up with it. I want to change but android has always been a pain in the ass for me, nothing but issues with my last android an S5 whether it was crappy signal, crappy battery life, not to mention sluggishness. I did love Windows phone, fantastic everything just works with a Lumia sadly the apps are bloody rubbish and buggy so I am kind of stuck. I would love a major iOS refresh because as I say "It boring and played out at this stage"
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That's funny. How is anything else not boring. It's more of the same in a slightly different shape or colour.
 
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My junk folder has a lot too.
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eyoungren said:
Well, not my cup of tea. But you mentioned blue…

I prefer the black matte one on the left. Neucase will give you any color combination you want and it's not a skin or case. It's the actual phone housing anodized in the color you choose.

But if that's not to your liking then each to his own I guess.

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Like that red!
 
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The iPhone7 will give you a lift
Albeit eliminating the bezels or an OLED screen wouldn't hurt
 
billy the fish said:
I know what you mean fella, the uniformity if the back button in the same place all the time blew.my Mind. I much prefer having to go hunt which corner it's been placed in..
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In most apps you swipe left to go back on the iPhone. It's very easy and simple. However maybe the OP could have given it some more time. A few hours is not enough time.
 
I thought I would really miss the back button and really don't. Back button and widgets were big for me and now it isn't a big deal. As I like the notifications center widgets. Fills some needs that android gave me.
 
Tried the Samsung S7 Edge for 4 days, than returned it. Nice looking phone, sound and camera is outstanding, along with the size, but it had two issues for me, one of which is not really an issue with the phone per se, but with the insurance, which I will explain in a bit. The bothersome issue was with the download WiFi speed when you are connected to a bluetooth headset and the bluetooth is not connected to another device, such as my MacBook Pro for example. The speed would slow down a good bit and others have reported this. If the bluetooth is also connected to another device as well, the speed will be normal. Go figure.

http://forums.androidcentral.com/sa...7-issues-wifi-when-bluetooth.html#post5056231

Now the insurance part. I have Verizon as my carrier and I tried to get the Samsung protection for $129.00 for two years. After 3 days of frustration with samsung reps, I finally found out that Samsung and Verizon has some stupid agreement that samsung will not offer the protection to Verizon customers. I would have to use some other. Doesn't make sense, but that is what some indian rep told me, not to mention another member of the Android Central forum.

Apple seems easier to use with photo transfer as well, and I would have to go through some loops with Android to Apples MacBook Pro to get things transferred. Like texting better on the iPhone with there keyboard.

I'll stay with Apple for now, but hope they will give use a slightly scaled down version of the 5.5 incher, a better speaker system, and camera/screen. If Samsung can do it, so can Apple.
 
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The Game 161 said:
I thought I would really miss the back button and really don't. Back button and widgets were big for me and now it isn't a big deal. As I like the notifications center widgets. Fills some needs that android gave me.
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I prefer the notification center widgets workflow (similar function to OSX dashboard) over Android's busy home screen widgets...
 
John Mcgregor said:
It's just common sense based on information he provided. Flock ... give me a break.
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And you are still going with the pretense that you are a Samsung owner.. hilarious..
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ABC5S said:
Apple seems easier to use with photo transfer as well, and I would have to go through some loops with Android to Apples MacBook Pro to get things transferred. Like texting better on the iPhone with there keyboard..
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Easier than drag and drop.. this physically isn't possible....

You can get an android to Mac free download app which just opens the phone hard drive as mountable storage. Works a treat. . No need for any of that iTunes rubbish. .
 
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You can get an android to Mac free download app which just opens the phone hard drive as mountable storage. Works a treat. . No need for any of that iTunes rubbish. .[/QUOTE said:
Yes one can, but I could only dream that these manufactures could cross platform an easy way to communicate with phone, desktop and notebooks on something like photos and files. Only wishing here
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ABC5S said:
Now the insurance part. I have Verizon as my carrier and I tried to get the Samsung protection for $129.00 for two years. After 3 days of frustration with samsung reps, I finally found out that Samsung and Verizon has some stupid agreement that samsung will not offer the protection to Verizon customers. I would have to use some other. Doesn't make sense, but that is what some indian rep told me, not to mention another member of the Android Central forum.
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I'm not sure I understand the issue. It's a dumb limitation, but you can just get the phone insured through Verizon.
 
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