Not really no. I’ve played around with it when people I know have asked me to help with issues and that’s always reaffirmed that iOS is better for my needs. When upgrade time comes there is only one option I consider.
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My first smart phone was Android-based, an LG Optimus S, which was always short on storage, but costed the same as the feature phone it replaced. Since then, it's been all Apple iPhone models, but the iPhone 8 replacement didn't appear, and I started to think about a phone from Asus, Acer, or Razer.
If I was going to make the jump to a huge phone, I wanted something ready for gaming. I also had a lot of thoughts about that, after having the 1st generation Google Nexus 7 tablet with performance problems, and the 2nd generation with smooth performance, but an Android version that never quite worked with it.
I still think that Apple should do better, if only to embrace screen sizes that were more common. The 2020 iPhone SE has put my Android thoughts on hold for a while. 2022 may revive them.
If I was going to make the jump to a huge phone, I wanted something ready for gaming. I also had a lot of thoughts about that, after having the 1st generation Google Nexus 7 tablet with performance problems, and the 2nd generation with smooth performance, but an Android version that never quite worked with it.
I still think that Apple should do better, if only to embrace screen sizes that were more common. The 2020 iPhone SE has put my Android thoughts on hold for a while. 2022 may revive them.
Realme Narzo, Realme 6, Redmi Note 8 Pro, Samsung Galaxy M21, Moto G Fast/7, just to name a few.
Have both pixel 4 and the iPhone. I enjoy both...I get updates for 3 years with the pixel and a great camera.
iOS is polished, but a walled garden with limitations, whatever works, works well. Pixel is also quite polished but there is a lot of flexibility and choice, which I enjoy. I honestly enjoy using them Both. Just wish I had the google software and support, with Samsung hardware..then it would be a more apples to apples comparison.
iOS is polished, but a walled garden with limitations, whatever works, works well. Pixel is also quite polished but there is a lot of flexibility and choice, which I enjoy. I honestly enjoy using them Both. Just wish I had the google software and support, with Samsung hardware..then it would be a more apples to apples comparison.
I had a galaxy s3, followed by a htc one m8 before i switched to the iphone 6s plus in 2015 and been with Apple ever since. Honestly android is completely fine to use, and is now on par with Ios in my opinion. I was close to getting the oneplus 7pro a year ago, due to its notchless screen but held off in the end as too embedded in the apple ecosystem. My Fiio audio player uses android though, so i do use it alongside my ios/mac devices, seamlessly as it has airplay on it amazingly enough.
I had the iPhone 3GS i upgraded to the HTC Desire S as the contract was cheaper against the iPhone. The Desire was ok nothing against it as such but just liked the iPhone better found it easier to use after afew months i sold the HTC and went back to the 3GS and been with iPhone ever since
I'm an android user, always have been, and I'm using a Samsung S10.
The reason I'm on this forum is because I love tech, so I like to know the novelties of the Apple world, and because my wife has an iPhone and she isn't tech savy so when she has a problem on her iphone I'm the one who needs to fix it.
Knowing the two systems I can say both have their advantages:
I'm sure there are others I forgot to mention.
Android has improved a lot in the last two years so if you want to make a fair comparison compare the last version of the iOS with the last version of Android. In the tech world 3 years is a lot, just because you didn't liked Android 3 years ago doesn't mean you won't like it now.
Bottom line you use what you prefer and cover your needs the best.
The reason I'm on this forum is because I love tech, so I like to know the novelties of the Apple world, and because my wife has an iPhone and she isn't tech savy so when she has a problem on her iphone I'm the one who needs to fix it.
Knowing the two systems I can say both have their advantages:
iPhone:
- Simplicity of the iOS is ideal for the ones who don't want to bother with the configuration of the phone, like my wife.
- The ecosystem works, I'm reading on the mac I can finish it on the iPhone, opens in the same line I was reading on the mac.
- Social Media apps usually are better on iOS.
- App Store is more secure than Google Play.
- iOS updates after 5 years is awesome. Although my samsung gives me two major Android updates and after that I can install a Custom ROM with the lastest versions of Android
Android:
- You can configure anything you want on it. Icons, menus, etc.
- Can easily connect an android phone to a Windows/Mac computer and use it like a USB Drive
- You can install whatever you want on Android. I can install a webserver app so I can share the files I have in - my phone via Wifi to other phones or computer. Of course this may have security implications so you need to be careful.
- Multi tasking. Being able to use two apps at once is handy, copy paste between apps, reading in one app and writing on the other, etc.
- Google Assistant is better than Siri.
I'm sure there are others I forgot to mention.
Android has improved a lot in the last two years so if you want to make a fair comparison compare the last version of the iOS with the last version of Android. In the tech world 3 years is a lot, just because you didn't liked Android 3 years ago doesn't mean you won't like it now.
Bottom line you use what you prefer and cover your needs the best.
My number one irritation with cellphones is telemarketers and spam calls. On Android, I would assign a custom ringtone to every one of my contacts. Then I'd make the default ringtone "silent". (Apps were not 100% effective to do this). But I had a problem with the Do Not Disturb setting on my Samsung Galaxy S9+, could not find a fix through Samsung help or any forums and resorted to a factory reset. I lost all the custom ringtones I had assigned to my 400+ contacts. That was the issue that pushed me to try a spare iPhone (original SE), where I found a miraculous setting "Silence Unknown Callers". I was hooked.
A much larger percentage of my contacts (and most of my extended family) use iPhones, so the "Delivered" and "Read" notifications in iMessage is a plus over texting with Android. Very few (US) use WhatsApp and only two of my 400 contacts have RCS enabled.
After many years with Android phones and less than two months on iOS, I doubt that I'd ever go back to Android.
A much larger percentage of my contacts (and most of my extended family) use iPhones, so the "Delivered" and "Read" notifications in iMessage is a plus over texting with Android. Very few (US) use WhatsApp and only two of my 400 contacts have RCS enabled.
After many years with Android phones and less than two months on iOS, I doubt that I'd ever go back to Android.
Yeah it’s noticeable for me. I don’t think any phone over 1k should not have it.
To answer your question i have ordered the note 20 ultra as it’s simply the best phone you can buy on the market. It’s the most complete phone without question.
Where the iphone remains great is the OS and the updates and the ecosystem.
This doesn’t mean I’m leaving the ecosystem I’m adding a new one to what apple provides. I will be keeping my iPhone 11 Pro Max as quite frankly all the rumours for the 12 are disappointing. No 120hz is a big fail to me.
Yes, you address an excellent point. And the ‘silence unknown callers’ is almost a necessity to use. I remember when this feature was announced about a year ago, others were complaining that “I would miss my call from my doctors office” or “What if the repair shop tried to call?” If it’s important, they will leave a voicemail. Are use that feature all the time, because there’s no possible way to ultimately prohibit scams and Robo calls. I used to “F“ with scammers all the time by screwing with them when they would call me (Play along with their terrible tactics and stuttering over simple words) , but I’ve gotten to the point where it’s just better to not answer those types of calls and let them go straight to voicemail. iOS wins in the end.
I used to waffle back and forth. Love those Notes. But since getting a watch and MacBook, I can’t go back now. And I really don’t want to, the smoothness and finesse of IOS and the relative simplicity of design keeps me buying iPhone. Although, I really would love the waterfall-type screen that Samsung’s have.
Just moved to a IPhone 11 from a S9 and ten years of Android flagships.
I’ll be honest after 5 days of using my 11 I’m pretty much hooked, all my google apps I used work flawlessly, the camera is fantastic, battery life is amazing and it feels nicer in my hand than my S9.
don’t really miss much from Android. It does everything I need without any fuss. The lcd screen is perfectly acceptable. And to top it off it was much cheaper on contract than the S20. I’m converted most definitely, will probably upgrade to the 12 next year just for the oled screen.
I’ll be honest after 5 days of using my 11 I’m pretty much hooked, all my google apps I used work flawlessly, the camera is fantastic, battery life is amazing and it feels nicer in my hand than my S9.
don’t really miss much from Android. It does everything I need without any fuss. The lcd screen is perfectly acceptable. And to top it off it was much cheaper on contract than the S20. I’m converted most definitely, will probably upgrade to the 12 next year just for the oled screen.
Only if Apple pulls multiple 2018s in a row and give incremental/unworthy updates to exorbitantly expensive phones. To me, the cost of switching and adapting to an Android as my daily driver is quite high, and I am not that unhappy with my 11 Pro.
If I do have a lot of money to work with though, I will buy an Android flagship just for fun. Their most cutting-edge devices always seem very interesting.
If I do have a lot of money to work with though, I will buy an Android flagship just for fun. Their most cutting-edge devices always seem very interesting.
I used to be all about hardware but now software and how my devices can work together to make a more cohesive workflow for me. That's why I stick with the iPhone even though it's hardware might not be as good as other phones out there.
Problem is I've bought android flagships in the past to use alongside my iPhone and once the novelty wore off they ended up in a drawer. I haven't worked out how to use 2 phones together yet. Closest I've come is with my 11 pro max and OG SE. It helps that software wise they are the same so I can start on one and pick up where I left off on the other. Additionally the size difference helps. I use my SE in bed at night. The SE can always exist as a backup should anything happen to my 11 pro max and I need a backup phone to use for a few days until my phone is fixed or replaced.
Very much considering it after Apple are being dicks and not letting MS put their game streaming app on the App Store 
Very much considering it after Apple are being dicks and not letting MS put their game streaming app on the App Store
Yes that is unfortunate, however it would be just my luck that I’d be getting into Forza or something and then get a call or text message halfway through. So if my Note 9 is compatible for the Xcloud service, then I will keep it for that and PDF signing. Then just have the iPhone for calls & texts etc.
Besides updates and security one thing I like about iOS is the parental controls. Setting up Screen Time and being able to access what apps and limits and requiring permission to download or purchase apps is nice. Being able to set when the phone turns off is nice to, but you can still leave the phone and music working.
And Android is Google and I try to avoid Google and Facebook like the plague. Before my wife got her iPhone she had a LG. Turning on hotspot or Bluetooth was a pain to find. It also came with the Facebook app pre-downloaded. From what I understand you have to go to the root to get rid of it.
And Android is Google and I try to avoid Google and Facebook like the plague. Before my wife got her iPhone she had a LG. Turning on hotspot or Bluetooth was a pain to find. It also came with the Facebook app pre-downloaded. From what I understand you have to go to the root to get rid of it.
I don’t know about deleting Facebook but turning on Bluetooth or the hotpots is done from the control panel on android phones. In fact the control panel and long pressing on icons like Bluetooth is something that Apple actually took from android. In fact. On android phones you can have a toggle for the hotspot, you don’t need to long press on the cellular icon to get it the hotspot function. You can even have a widget on the home screen for Bluetooth and the hotspot on an android phone.
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I’m too invested into the Apple ecosystem to switch over. I love the continuity I get switching though out each device. Also, reliability. my iPhone X is still efficient for me and it soon turns 3 years old. my old 2013 MacBook Pro still works fine. I upgraded to a 2019 MacBook Pro only because I had the money. i handed down my old 2013 to my brother and it still boots up fine.