Would you trade your iPhone for an Android?

[Kjung7]

I had the note 3 too. Switched from iPhone 5s to note 3 but ended coming back. The note was a beast and the screen was beautiful, but what it came down to for me was the camera, the polish of the os, and simplicity of the os. Android is powerful, but it is definitely more cluttered than iOS. Apple has thought of the smallest detail when it comes to iOS. For example, when you scroll through a text message and get to the end there's an elastic effect that bounces the messages. Stupid but still cool.

Also in my opinion the notifications in iOS can be a more refined experience than android. You can have an app show it's notification on the lock screen but not have it show up on the notifications pane. From the lock screen you can jump into any app that displayed a notification on the lock screen. And the settings for the notification system are located in one area whereas on android you have to find it in each app individually.

The camera on the iPhone is superb. The note 3 does have higher megapixels, but fior some reason the photos don't look that great and it has a lot of trouble in low light situations. And I love how photo stream seamlessly syncs my photos on all my apple devices.

That said a bigger screen would be nice along with the ability to choose default apps. I'm not saying iOS is better for everyone, but for me it's a better fit and I just wanted to share some of my reasons to help those on the fence.

 

[Prise]

LOL...No.

Tried Android a several years ago, and that was enough. Maybe, if they improve the experience significantly than what I remembered, I may try them again.

 

[T5BRICK]

LOL...No.

Tried Android a several years ago, and that was enough. Maybe, if they improve the experience significantly than what I remembered, I may try them again.

They probably have improved it. I had an HTC One and Android 4.3 is a fantastic OS. Which phone did you try?

 

[MikeyMike01]

No. I value the camera, battery life, build quality, screen size, and iCloud too much. I also have no desire to use anything Google offers whatsoever if at all possible.

I bought a Nexus 7 (2013) to try and avoid having to spend a lot of money on an iPad. Experience was atrocious, now I have a Nexus 7 collecting dust.

 

[BSDanalyst]

Not until they improve security and and adware.

Even a jailbroken iPhone is 10 times more stable than Android.

 

[MikeyMike01]

Whether they copied the Web OS or Android task switcher, either way they are copying Matias Duarte's work...

Funny, considering how all Duarte has done for Android is steal Microsoft's UI concepts from Windows Phone 7.

 

[Genebaby]

It's possible this year. I am actually using Tapatalk on my work Galaxy S4 right now. It's running stock Kit Kat and I do really like it. Lots of things are quick and easy to do and the screen real estate is great.

I didn't like ICS on the S2 last time I tried Android, and I wasn't a fan of the S4 with the Samsung ROM.

I'm hoping Apple hit a home run with the next iPhone, cause if I had to I could live with a GP E S5, Nexus or maybe a Moto X.

 

[Thomas card]

Quick question ? If I had a nexus 7 tablet 2013 and hated it , does that mean I'll pretty much hate the nexus 5 or any android phone for that matter

 

[T5BRICK]

Quick question ? If I had a nexus 7 tablet 2013 and hated it , does that mean I'll pretty much hate the nexus 5 or any android phone for that matter

What did you hate about it? Some people think that Android doesn't provide a very good tablet experience. I can't comment on this because I've never used an Android tablet.

Do you live anywhere near a T-Mobile store? They should have a Nexus 5 on display that you could play around with.

 

[Thomas card]

I just didn't like the operating system at all , with all the options and things you could change I was always wondering if I had it setup right or something , not to mention it would crash daily and it would be in the dock I bought for it across the room and id be in bed and the thing started opening apps and doing **** without anyone touching it at all lol , I traded it for an iPad 2 and love it so that makes me think I'm going to stear clear of android

 

[LadyX]

Would you trade your iPhone for an Android?

Would you trade your iphone for any android phone ?

No. I had an HTC One for a few months, even though at first I really thought it was the best phone I've had, I couldn't help missing some of the features in the iPhone and its simple and clean interface. So, I went back to using my iPhone 5.

 

[T5BRICK]

I just didn't like the operating system at all , with all the options and things you could change I was always wondering if I had it setup right or something , not to mention it would crash daily and it would be in the dock I bought for it across the room and id be in bed and the thing started opening apps and doing **** without anyone touching it at all lol , I traded it for an iPad 2 and love it so that makes me think I'm going to stear clear of android

Daily crashing and randomly opening apps isn't normal for Android. I'd guess something was wrong with the tablet you were using. As for the extensive options in the OS, I'd consider that a good thing, but some folks prefer the way Apple does things.

Either way, the iPad is a great piece of hardware, and there aren't many Android devices that can compete.

 

[JackieInCo]

Quick question ? If I had a nexus 7 tablet 2013 and hated it , does that mean I'll pretty much hate the nexus 5 or any android phone for that matter

Tablets are a very different experience than phones for iOS and Android.

After using a Nexus 7 for a year, there were still far too many apps on the Android side that didn't have tablet versions. These apps were just phone versions that would scale up to fill the screen of the Nexus 7 or whatever tablet it was running on.

Maybe the fact that apps scale up to fill the screen of a tablet was why many Android developers felt it was unnecessary to make a tablet version.

I had almost the same exact apps running on the Nexus 7 that I had running on my iPad Mini. What a disappointment the Android apps were.

I used the SiriusXM app on both and on iOS, the app has a tablet version that plays the music in landscape whereas on the Nexus 4, it is only in portrait mode, the same exact version as the phone.

In Colorado, one of our local news channels has an extremely well designed app for the iPad. It allows the user to watch the local newscast in HD throughout the day. There are also interactive weather maps and other things like an alarm that shows the temp and time. On the Android side, nope, no tablet version and you can't even watch the live newscast. It's like the developer just plain didn't care.

I have numerous other apps that are the same way. People say that I should look for alternative apps but there is no alternative to these two apps or others that I use.

Then there was TomTom. This app was ALMOST as identical to the version I am running on my Mini BUT the arrangement of the trip data is just placed in odd areas on the screen. When I didn't have an active route going, there was this wasted space in the form of a grey box taking up map space. Not so on my Mini.

In my opinion, nothing beats the iOS app experience. It is clear to me after this year of using Android devices, the developers care more about designing a quality iOS app over Android.

Yes, there are some great apps that work great on Android devices but they aren't the apps I am interested in.

 

[Shanghaichica]

Daily crashing and randomly opening apps isn't normal for Android. I'd guess something was wrong with the tablet you were using. As for the extensive options in the OS, I'd consider that a good thing, but some folks prefer the way Apple does things.

Either way, the iPad is a great piece of hardware, and there aren't many Android devices that can compete.

I must have bad luck then because I had 2 galaxy notes, 2 nexus 7's and a galaxy tab and they all behaved as the poster described, although not everyday they did it on a regular basis. My second galaxy note got to the point where it was switching itself off several times a day. The only reliable/stable android device I've had is the S4.

 

[M5RahuL]

I switch between the iPhone and Note 3.

The Note 3 is like Optimus Prime

 

[Prise]

They probably have improved it. I had an HTC One and Android 4.3 is a fantastic OS. Which phone did you try?

Wow, way back in 2010? If memory serves, it was an HTC phone with Android 3.0? Maybe it was Gingerbread.

 

[Wuiffi]

Wow, way back in 2010? If memory serves, it was an HTC phone with Android 3.0? Maybe it was Gingerbread.

3.x was for tablets only. In 2010 there was 2.2 Froyo

 

[Jstuts5797]

No

 

[SlCKB0Y]

Funny, considering how all Duarte has done for Android is steal Microsoft's UI concepts from Windows Phone 7.

Oh except that Android looks absolutely nothing like Windows Phone?

Why don't you back up your claims with examples?

How about the blatant design theft your mate Sir Jony engaged in?

See? ^^^ That's what I mean by "examples"

And then they they let this guy loose on software and he comes up with this

Honestly, I preferred Forstall's wood panelling, felt and leather to that and that is saying a lot!

 

[cynics]

I've actually had pretty good luck with stability in Android. This is a screen shot from my Xoom I use for work 5-7 days a week then use at home for work things.

That's 108 days without a OS crash, reset, etc. None of my personal iOS devices have gone that long without at least requiring a reset for various reasons.

Reset counter is me forcefully resetting the phone because of some reason or another. iMessage not working, Bluetooth acting strange, etc.

And although it's rare iOS (springboard) has crashed on me. This is from a little over a month ago.

Although I don't have a good way to compare, iOS apps aren't by any means perfect.

Now some of those apps are junky and you obviously can't blame Apple for their junky behavior. However some of those are Apple apps.

Now I'm not saying IOS is unstable just in my experience it wasn't noticeably more stable then my personal Android experience.

 

[mripadmini]

No never iOS is way better than android. Also If you want to get ride of those diagnostic and usage logs you just got to sync with iTunes.

 

[cynics]

No never iOS is way better than android. Also If you want to get ride of those diagnostic and usage logs you just got to sync with iTunes.

I don't have a problem with them being there. I was just using my iPhone as an example.

 

[zipa]

Would you trade your iPhone for an Android?

No never iOS is way better than android.

It most certainly is not. For starters, there is no way to measure the "betterness" of an OS, so an objective comparison becomes extremely difficult to conduct. You may of course be of the opinion that iOS is better than Android, but that is your opinion, nothing else.

E: likewise one can't say that android is better than iOS. There just isn't a way to measure that.

 

[IGregory]

No!

Only because of Apple's ecosystem and no other reason. I have friends with Androids (Samsungs) in particular. Contrary to the views here on Macrumors the Galaxy line of phones are excellent and so is the HTC Premium phone. Just saying......

 

[AbSoluTc]

Sorry, but I will take this:

Over this:

The choice with iOS interface is either very tired (iOS6) or just plain terrible (iOS7)

So half the screen is wasted with weather?

What that SS does not show is how laggy Android is. How inconsistent the interface is and how bad it becomes after a few weeks/months of use. The integration between hardware/software is not nearly as refined as it is on the iPhone. The experience will never be the same.

That's not to say that they can't co-exist. You like Android, I like iOS. Unless Apple does something stupid, I would never switch. Google is just all over and they don't ever really "FINISH" anything. It's annoying.