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Switching From iPhone to Android Just Got Easier With Android 17

Dr McKay said:
I tend to switch back and forth from time to time. Was with iPhone from the 3G to the 5, switched to android with the launch of the Nexus 4 and Android Jelly Bean, switched back to iPhone when the green 11 Pro launched. Considering another switch back at some point.
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Same, I switch like every 2 years and of course it was a pain and i end up losing lots of data so it is nice that more data types are supported now and it is much easier. Next feature i want is the ability to backup to my own self hosted "cloud" storage and not needing icloud or google cloud.
 
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Increased competition in the sense of features and pricing. Example: my Samsung A17 cost me $200 new and unlocked. My last iPhone cost more than twice as much, was locked to a carrier, runs slower, has less RAM, less storage than the A17. So if Apple wants my business next time I'm in the market they'll need something as good a value or better. Coz the iPhone 17e ain't it.
 
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I think this is a win for eSIM portability as well. eSIM is sold as something “better” than pSim. And while it does have some better attributes, the place where it loses the biggest is in device portability. The idea of having an iPhone and a Pixel/Samsung, and being able to physically hotswap a pSim back and forth from platform to platform on a daily or weekly basis was something that pSim allowed. But since pSim doesn’t really exist anymore, eSIM needs to catch up with that capability and part of what this article is discussing, I believe, helps to bring more feature parity, in terms of Sim portability between devices and platforms, which ultimately is a win for consumers and marketplace competition.
 
Naraxus said:
Migrate to a malware-infested os? Not a chance.
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Not to pop your bubble there but in terms of critical security issues that needed to be patched in 2025 and how fast they were patched. Google Pixel had 11, Samsung Galaxy had 15 and iOS had 24. Google, Apple, Samsung in that order patched them the fastest.
 
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For work I have a iPhone 17 Pro Max and a Pixel 10 Pro XL. It was already super simple to move my number/esim back and forth between these two. I have done it multiple times. Maybe they make it easier by porting more things over in Android 17.
 
Ethrem said:
Just keep in mind that the Pixel's SoC can't even keep up with the performance of an iPhone 13 in CPU and gets absolutely demolished in gaming.

Tensor G5 vs A15 Bionic: tests and benchmarks

We put Google Tensor G5 against Apple A15 Bionic to find out which SoC is better. See performance comparison in benchmarks and games.
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I have a Pixel 10 Pro XL running GrapheneOS sitting on my desk waiting for all this age verification nonsense to hit the US and force me to switch because I won't be giving every company my personal info and man, it's so slow. Just updating reddit from the Play Store can take two minutes vs mere seconds on my 17 Pro Max. Google's optimization helps with the day to day performance but anything that actually presses the device, you can feel it struggle hard. The battery sucks too.

The Tensor G6 isn't shaping up to being much better either.
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If you try one of these modern Chinese phones with an SI-C battery, they have superior battery life to anything on the market. Once Apple adopts them it's going to be amazing. Also the Snapdragon Elite 8 Gen 5 does do quite well, certainly fast enough for me. I really do like some aspects of Android, like how fast you can scroll on it, and the way you can go back by swiping from the right. That gesture is brilliant.
 
Synaesthesia242 said:
If you try one of these modern Chinese phones with an SI-C battery, they have superior battery life to anything on the market. Once Apple adopts them it's going to be amazing. Also the Snapdragon Elite 8 Gen 5 does do quite well, certainly fast enough for me. I really do like some aspects of Android, like how fast you can scroll on it, and the way you can go back by swiping from the right. That gesture is brilliant.
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Yeah, I have a OnePlus 13 lying here on my desk. It's fine but would not be my first choice, which is why I dumped it for the 16 Pro Max and then bought a 17 Pro Max. I was just commenting on the Pixel here since they were talking about going to the Google store.

That said, OnePlus just pulled out of the US market and I wouldn't advise buying a Chinese phone and importing it for use in the US as they all have various band incompatibilities and often will be missing features like wifi calling on AT&T or having to SIM swap to activate them on Verizon. This pretty much means going with Samsung or Google here unless you want to gamble on Moto putting out a reliable product.
 
I won’t be using it, but is good that it is baked into iOS and Android for easy migration. Freedom to switch back and forth benefits everyone. This type of legislation would never have passed in the U.S.A, the land of choice. So far many of the new changes from both parties were initiated by the E.U. Apple and Google would never have done this voluntarily.
 
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For those who switch back and forth but maintain their files on iCloud, would you mind sharing how you access your files on the Android phone? Do you just access iCloud files through a web browser? I’m looking for an easy way to download a file from an Android app and save it on iCloud. Thanks
 
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