Switching Between iPhone and Android Will Get Easier With New Apple and Google Collaboration

[WarmWinterHat]

Pro tip if your leaving ios for droid use a new phone number, apple will never remove that number from its icloud servers which causes some issues with alerts and messages in the future

You can easily remove your number from iMessage and FaceTime, even after the fact.

Deregister and Turn Off iMessage - Apple Support

Learn how to deregister iMessage. Be sure you can keep getting text messages by providing the phone number you want to deregister from iMessage.

selfsolve.apple.com

 

[bluecoast]

As someone in the uk, on these sorts of threads I always feel obliged to mention that nearly everyone here uses WhatsApp (unfortunately) and its video calls etc so Apple’s ecosystem lock-in isn’t as strong.

Plus nearly everyone in the world uses gmail.

Yes things like iCloud Photos are still used, but Apple’s own services aren’t a big part of most people’s iPhone experience here. People just really like the hardware. But equally people seem to really like their Samsungs too. There isn’t a perception here of android being low end or anything.

Note - the observations above are of course a huge generalisation!

 

[polyphenol]

As someone in the uk, on these sorts of threads I always feel obliged to mention that nearly everyone here uses WhatsApp (unfortunately) and its video calls etc so Apple’s ecosystem lock-in isn’t as strong.

Plus nearly everyone in the world uses gmail.

Yes things like iCloud Photos are still used, but Apple’s own services aren’t a big part of most people’s iPhone experience here. People just really like the hardware. But equally people seem to really like their Samsungs too. There isn’t a perception here of android being low end or anything.

Note - the observations above are of course a huge generalisation!

I think we all tend to think of things from our own positions.

I am in the UK and have never used WhatsApp - always iMessage and/or SMS. Never needed to do otherwise though the odd time someone has mentioned using WhatsApp.

 

[pdaholic]

You never switched to "liquid ass" then ehh?

I would say that’s “form”, not “function,”ehh? And there are rumors that Android will get its own version of Liquid Glass.

 

[Dorfdad]

Will Android ever get iMessage support? Only thing holding me back.

You answered your own question! I don’t it will ever as it’s probably the one thing keeping many users. I live android but it’s inherently less secure and with everyone having financial and personal data on their phones now security is my number one reason for staying for now.

 

[JanetTheGreat]

As of now I have no plans to switch to Android.

 

[jdclifford]

With RCS how is iMessage lock in?

iMessage flows seamlessly through all my Apple devices iPhones, iPads, Macs etc using my iCloud account but that doesn’t get them onto my android devices.

 

[Reason077]

I also find the implementation detail a bit ridiculous for travel.

Need to buy a SIM to get Internet, but to activate the eSIM Internet is required. Better hope the place you’re at has free Wi-Fi…

Never been an issue in practice.

First, you can buy the eSIM before you travel, and have it installed and ready to activate on arrival.

Second, pretty much all airports, train stations, etc offer decent free WiFi now days, in my experience.

For travelling, eSIMs are vastly more convenient than having to obtain and install a physical SIM. And it's more competitive because you can easily compare different carriers/offers online, not just get stuck with the first one you can physically find (which is often some rip-off tourist SIM sold at the airport). And you don't have the problem of having to store your home SIM somewhere safe and potentially losing it!

 

[platinumaqua]

Never been an issue in practice.

First, you can buy the eSIM before you travel, and have it installed and ready to activate on arrival.

Second, pretty much all airports, train stations, etc offer decent free WiFi now days, in my experience.

For travelling, eSIMs are vastly more convenient than having to obtain and install a physical SIM. And it's more competitive because you can easily compare different carriers/offers online, not just get stuck with the first one you can physically find (which is often some rip-off tourist SIM sold at the airport). And you don't have the problem of having to store your home SIM somewhere safe and potentially losing it!

The activation part requires Internet access. I have been to places where the free wi-fi is unreliable or require giving out your email and/or watching annoying ads (both of which I don't want to do). It would be nice if eSIM activation worked like choosing a data plan on an iPad - that is no separate Wi-Fi connection is required and everything works magically over cellular.

Dual physical SIM phones exist and Apple even makes them right now for mainland China and Hong Kong.

 

[cartmn]

Thanks EU and DMA btw.... Where are all the EU haters here for this neat feature?

 

[bluecoast]

I think we all tend to think of things from our own positions.

I am in the UK and have never used WhatsApp - always iMessage and/or SMS. Never needed to do otherwise though the odd time someone has mentioned using WhatsApp.

Fair enough. I envy your WhatsApp free life haha.

 

[krakenrelease]

The “rest of the industry” is Android. Folks get iPhones because they don’t want Android (it’s definitely not because they’re cheaper!). People that don’t want Android aren’t going to want Android just because it’s easier to switch TO Android. Because, you see, they don’t want Android.

Say what you want, but I miss my Windows phone! The most rock solid and battery sipping phone I've ever had. I was doing stuff on Nokia maps 15 years ago that's still being implemented on Google and Apple. And the flipping of the app tiles to show you extra information was clutch. *sigh* *puts lighter in the air*

 

[polyphenol]

Say what you want, but I miss my Windows phone! The most rock solid and battery sipping phone I've ever had. I was doing stuff on Nokia maps 15 years ago that's still being implemented on Google and Apple. And the flipping of the app tiles to show you extra information was clutch. *sigh* *puts lighter in the air*

Which, as I understand, has transmuted into HERE WeGo. And I keep on my iPhone as an option if Apple Maps fails me for some reason.

I had a Windows phone for a while - but found it really frustrating because I had to use Android and IOS as well. Jumping across devices multiple times a day was not ideal.

 

[Reason077]

The activation part requires Internet access. I have been to places where the free wi-fi is unreliable or require giving out your email and/or watching annoying ads (both of which I don't want to do).

Some free WiFi networks do ask for an email (which I agree is a bit obnoxious), but I've never encountered one that actually checked if you're giving them a real one. Just make one up. Or keep a "burner" email to use for such potential sources of spam.