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Switching from android, is iPhone really that good?
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Feel free to quote where I've slated iPhone, Happy hunting. . I quoted ios 8 as as mess because it actually was. . Folks were experiencing bricked devices upon updating to 8.1
But iOS 8 isn't what iOS is right now or has been for a while now. As for bricked devices, aside from practically no actual bricked iOS devices really being out there, I don't recall iOS 8.1 creating some sort of unusable issues for most people either.
Might you be talking about the 8.0.1 update that had an issue with the release process that caused the cellular functionality for many users not to work? If so, that wasn't 8.1, that didn't really brick devices, nor was it really part of the iOS buginess but an issue with the release process. Certainly an issue was there, but generalized arguments aren't helped with inaccurate and indirect evidence.
So a software release that stopped phones making phone calls wasn't buggy. . Really.. honestly... are you on apples payroll?
Seems like the discussion was about a horribly buggy OS, and a single release process issue, as much of an issue as it was, doesn't imply that the OS itself is horribly buggy. If we are using that as some sort of a way to make a call then many OS and other updates from all kinds of companies for all kinds of products (including Android) would then also be the most bug infested of the decade given that an update here or there had something like that screwed up at one point for pretty much any of them.
But good job (well not really) trying to deflect and turn something onto me instead of sticking to the issues themselves, that basically says more than anything else.
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You gonna need more than an iPhoneSo you're saying it's not going to get me laid?
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I've owned plenty of Android phones. Starting with the historic S3 I've had the pleasure of using a Nexus 4, Nexus 5, Galaxy S5, Galaxy S6, Sony Xperia Z1S, Moto X and smaller non-flagship things. I was deep in the XDA and rom scene and I was deep on the whole custom widgets and homescreens and icons thing. I've seen Android through from Honeycomb to Kitkat. Android has grown in leaps and bounds year over year and I'm proud of it and right now is the toughest time to decide between the two.
First some information about my Apple experience. My first iPhone has been the iPhone 6. So I've never experienced the time of 4 inch phones with the hard edge body. I'm currently the proud user of a iPhone 6S. I've jailbroken older iPhones for friends. I have experience with the whole downgrading basebands etc. I now have a Mac Mini 2014.
Here's how my life has changed since going to iOS:
-My phone only needs to be charged once a day. Great battery life.
-My data usage has plummeted from 40 gigs to less than 5 a month
-Touch ID is the best
-I rarely have to reset/restart my phone
-My photos are brilliant
-iMessage is awesome
And because of the above highlights, I'm probably going to keep using iOS. I could complain about how iOS won't let me download apps or movies over 100 mb over data. I won't complain about how stupid complicated it is to download and open files (from when I downloaded things to my phone and transferred to computer). I won't talk much about how stupid hard it was to attach items to an email in the Mail app (before the update). I won't complain about all the little nit picks I have with iOS because all of that doesn't over weigh the wonderful experience I've had.
I love Android. And now I love iOS too. You will have to adjust your usage between the two and you can't compare them head to head anymore at this point. They are two different beasts of different users and purposes.
Each system has their weaknesses and you just have to work around them somehow. But each system has great strengths and if you can keep an open mind you'll find wonderful things to like about each other so no matter what you end up choosing you will enjoy what you have. If you have any questions I am here to help.
First some information about my Apple experience. My first iPhone has been the iPhone 6. So I've never experienced the time of 4 inch phones with the hard edge body. I'm currently the proud user of a iPhone 6S. I've jailbroken older iPhones for friends. I have experience with the whole downgrading basebands etc. I now have a Mac Mini 2014.
Here's how my life has changed since going to iOS:
-My phone only needs to be charged once a day. Great battery life.
-My data usage has plummeted from 40 gigs to less than 5 a month
-Touch ID is the best
-I rarely have to reset/restart my phone
-My photos are brilliant
-iMessage is awesome
And because of the above highlights, I'm probably going to keep using iOS. I could complain about how iOS won't let me download apps or movies over 100 mb over data. I won't complain about how stupid complicated it is to download and open files (from when I downloaded things to my phone and transferred to computer). I won't talk much about how stupid hard it was to attach items to an email in the Mail app (before the update). I won't complain about all the little nit picks I have with iOS because all of that doesn't over weigh the wonderful experience I've had.
I love Android. And now I love iOS too. You will have to adjust your usage between the two and you can't compare them head to head anymore at this point. They are two different beasts of different users and purposes.
Each system has their weaknesses and you just have to work around them somehow. But each system has great strengths and if you can keep an open mind you'll find wonderful things to like about each other so no matter what you end up choosing you will enjoy what you have. If you have any questions I am here to help.
I went back and forth, My dislike of Android I realized was a hatred of Samsung bloatware not the OS. So now I have a 6S Plus and a Nexus 6 on Verizon. Marshmallow on the Nexus is superior to IOS to me, which surprised the heck out of me.
While I love how stock Android performs, I do find that it looks a little drab. They need some coloured icons to spruce up the settings menu!
I like how the settings menu looks on iOS 9, just not how messy it is.
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I think iPhones are really good and that iOS is really good, but it is a matter of preference. If you're a long time Android user there are things you will miss about that platform.
Vice versa for dedicated iOS users; its why they have a hard time switching.
That adjustment period needs to be taking into consideration, but both platforms are great and have there strengths and weaknesses as pointed out by the more salient posts in this thread
I think iPhones are really good and that iOS is really good, but it is a matter of preference. If you're a long time Android user there are things you will miss about that platform.
Vice versa for dedicated iOS users; its why they have a hard time switching.
That adjustment period needs to be taking into consideration, but both platforms are great and have there strengths and weaknesses as pointed out by the more salient posts in this thread
Have you used a stock Android 5.x or 6.x phone? It's way more bright and colorful than the dark and depressing days of stock Android 4.x.
Could you expound on how you think iOS 9 is messy? Not really understanding that part...
Probably the mess of icons on the homescreen with text (especially all the useless Apple crap), and a convoluted settings page. When you compare it to Android's where you can have a simple look with clean round icons placed wherever you want. As iPhones are getting bigger, having more and more rows and columns of giant icons make it look messy.
Just the settings in general. If you look at the categories in Android, it makes more logical sense from a usability perspective.
But if you are used to iOS, the Android menus will be alien or complicated to you.
For a new smartphone user, the Android menus are easier to understand.