Google Chairman Eric Schmidt Posts Guide on Converting to Android from iPhone

[MacRumors]

Google Chairman Eric Schmidt has posted a multi-step guide on switching from Apple's iPhone to an Android device on his Google+ page today, refreshing the rivalry between the two companies as of late. While the guide itself appears to be relatively basic in nature, Schmidt instructs both PC and Mac users on how to move to Android, and also makes recommendations for various Google utilities like Chrome over Apple programs such as Safari.

Many of my iPhone friends are converting to Android. The latest high-end phones from Samsung (Galaxy S4), Motorola (Verizon Droid Ultra) and the Nexus 5 (for AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile) have better screens, are faster, and have a much more intuitive interface. They are a great Christmas present to an iPhone user!

Here are the steps I recommend to make this switch. Like the people who moved from PCs to Macs and never switched back, you will switch from iPhone to Android and never switch back as everything will be in the cloud, backed up, and there are so many choices for you. 80% of the world, in the latest surveys, agrees on Android.

Named to Apple's board of directors in August 2006, Schmidt resigned from his position in August 2009 due to conflicts of interest amid the growing competition Google and Apple. While the chairman said that Android was "pretty clearly" winning the mobile war with Apple in December 2012, Schmidt stated last July that the relationship between the two companies was "improving". However, the executive also prompted a bit of laughter from a crowd last month when he stated that Android is "more secure than the iPhone."


Article Link: Google Chairman Eric Schmidt Posts Guide on Converting to Android from iPhone

 

[stupendousman8]

It's on Google +. No one will ever see it.

 

[pelle41]

That "guide" did honestly not convince me.

 

[goobot]

Wait, where's the guide?

 

[KylePowers]

Honestly, if I wasn't so invested in the Apple ecosystem (MBA, iPad Mini, Mac Mini, etc.), I'd probably go for one of these newer Android phones. They seem really nice.

Nevertheless, it's an exciting time for technological innovation and friendly competition. Let's hope Apple brings some big changes to iOS 8 and iPhone 6.

 

[topgunn]

Step 1: Install Antivirus

 

[lincolntran]

Haha....made me laugh.

 

[lolkthxbai]

Step 1: Install Antivirus

Step 2: Install CyanogenMod

 

[techpr]

No thank you, I don't like malware.

 

[lolkthxbai]

UPDATE: Google Chairman Eric Schmidt has only 5 friends.

 

[Xytal]

Honestly, if I wasn't so invested in the Apple ecosystem (MBA, iPad Mini, Mac Mini, etc.), I'd probably go for one of these newer Android phones. They seem really nice.

Nevertheless, it's an exciting time for technological innovation and friendly competition. Let's hope Apple brings some big changes to iOS 8 and iPhone 6.

I am this way for a Nexus 4/5. I'd love to give one a shot just to get a better understanding of Android. But, I'm poor and, as you said, very invested with the Apple ecosystem.

All I want for iOS 8 is actionable notifications (like in Mavericks); give me that, and I'll be a very happy camper. ^_^

 

[MacDav]

Wow! What a nice guy...going to all that trouble just to help us iPhone users out.
Steve Jobs must have been wrong about him being evil.

 

[firedept]

Step 3: Step on Android Phone.

 

[djtech42]

Only people that use Google+ actively are Google fanboys anyways

 

[borneo76]

no thank you.

 

[tbrand7]

Cocaine is a powerful drug. Must be hard for Eric to quit.

 

[WeetaBiXie]

Now... if Google are going to pay for all the apps thats been invested with iTunes.... maybe they will get a couple of people to go Android.

 

[tai.michael]

It's so sad that iOS7 made the thought of converting to Android possible. Thanks Tim Cook for allowing the destruction of Apple's aesthetics that took over a decade to create.

 

[yeah]

Step 2: Install CyanogenMod

Step 3: Get used to lag and inconsistency.

 

[Count Blah]

Honestly, if I wasn't so invested in the Apple ecosystem (MBA, iPad Mini, Mac Mini, etc.), I'd probably go for one of these newer Android phones. They seem really nice.

Nevertheless, it's an exciting time for technological innovation and friendly competition. Let's hope Apple brings some big changes to iOS 8 and iPhone 6.

I'll be looking for a new phone in another couple of months. Android is in the lead for the moment. People talk about beig heavily invested in iOS, but if you go for an blocked phone and non-traditional service provider, you can take a small amount of savings and buy the android equivalent apps.

 

[ChrisTX]

no thank you.

No, thank you!

 

[WaxedJacket]

I instantly thought of Gilbert Gottfied doing his Artie Lange impression for some reason

 

[Stella]

iOS is great for the integration with Macs. If I didn't have a Mac I'd probably have an Android device, and probably as happy with that as I am with iPhone.

 

[iindigo]

So Eric, you mean to say that flagship quadcore 2.4Ghz+ android devices struggling to keep up with the iPhone's dual 1.4Ghz cores is "faster"? That's some dream world you're living in.

 

[mikeoui]

Now... if Google are going to pay for all the apps thats been invested with iTunes.... maybe they will get a couple of people to go Android.

This. I don't have the funds for the iPad mini that I want but if I get a Nexus 7, not only will all my devices (right now I have a MBP and iPhone) no longer "just work" together (the ecosystem factor), but I'll have to invest in reacquiring all my apps.