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As an iPhone Snob - I finally made the change to Android
Posted on 12/3/25 at 12:25 pm
Posted on 12/3/25 at 12:25 pm
The only phone I have ever owned was the iPhone - I tried Android several times throughout the years and thought it was terrible. I hated Android.
I recently had the opportunity to play on a Samsung a35 (i think) - My work gave us these phones to use. I gotta' say Android has really stepped up their game. This phone is badass. I have now been heavily using it for 2-3 weeks now and I am blown away with the Samsung Android operating system. The camera is fine.. the speakers are fine... the OS is fantastic... especially with copy/pasting, editing images, texting, keyboard.. Everything is just so much better (IMO) than the iPhone OS.
I feel like iPhone just got lazy and out of ideas with their new OS updates where I can see a massive shift with the Android OS since the last time I was on an Android (2-3 years ago)
In fact, I love this phone so much that I ditched my personal iphone 14 and purchased this Samsung for my personal use
For those who have been on the fence or looking for a pretty cheap phone that I feel works better than iPhone, you might want to check out a Samsung Android
I recently had the opportunity to play on a Samsung a35 (i think) - My work gave us these phones to use. I gotta' say Android has really stepped up their game. This phone is badass. I have now been heavily using it for 2-3 weeks now and I am blown away with the Samsung Android operating system. The camera is fine.. the speakers are fine... the OS is fantastic... especially with copy/pasting, editing images, texting, keyboard.. Everything is just so much better (IMO) than the iPhone OS.
I feel like iPhone just got lazy and out of ideas with their new OS updates where I can see a massive shift with the Android OS since the last time I was on an Android (2-3 years ago)
In fact, I love this phone so much that I ditched my personal iphone 14 and purchased this Samsung for my personal use
For those who have been on the fence or looking for a pretty cheap phone that I feel works better than iPhone, you might want to check out a Samsung Android
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Posted on 12/3/25 at 12:33 pm to FLTech
Eh, I've gone back and forth a few times over the last 15 or so years. The newness of it will wear off and you'll miss some things. That goes both ways.
As you get older, you want shite that just works and is easy with your family. I've found, for me, that's Apple so we stick with it.
However, if you find you really like android, awesome.
Simplicity is my king in my 40s now with kids becoming teenagers. Can you do the same stuff in android? Sure. Do I need 16 different ways of complication to do it? No.
As you get older, you want shite that just works and is easy with your family. I've found, for me, that's Apple so we stick with it.
However, if you find you really like android, awesome.
Simplicity is my king in my 40s now with kids becoming teenagers. Can you do the same stuff in android? Sure. Do I need 16 different ways of complication to do it? No.
Posted on 12/3/25 at 12:41 pm to FLTech
when my wife and i were dating back around 16 years ago her iphone broke and i gave her my HTC which i had flashed about 40 different XDA ROMs on and poor thing used that for like a year before i told her she had been tortured enough and bought her a new iphone 
i feel bad for that now. i could barely keep the thing running with a random XDA rom and for someone technology-challenged it was alot just to use it like a phone.
i feel bad for that now. i could barely keep the thing running with a random XDA rom and for someone technology-challenged it was alot just to use it like a phone.
Posted on 12/3/25 at 1:20 pm to CAD703X
I know people that have an Android but to me the Samsung Version OS of Android seems a LOT different than another type of Android. So, I do not know if this is for every Android or if I am just impressed with the Samsung version of Android. The Samsung version just seems a lot different to me than say a Moto Version of Android.
Posted on 12/3/25 at 1:27 pm to CAD703X
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i had flashed about 40 different XDA ROMs on and poor thing used
I did a lot with my HTC Incredible and Galaxy Nexus, after that I got tired of constantly trying to find something stable and stuck with whatever came stock. Man, what I wouldn't give to have that type of time these days. I wouldn't use it to flash XDA shite anymore
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Posted on 12/3/25 at 1:38 pm to FLTech
quote:And some think the Pixels are even better. I really don't care for what Samsung does to Android.
you might want to check out a Samsung Android
Posted on 12/3/25 at 2:58 pm to DoubleDown
quote:
As you get older, you want shite that just works and is easy with your family. I've found, for me, that's Apple so we stick with it.
I think this is generally good advice. Some things are just not worth changing.
Goodness knows I've spent money on a lot of different things chasing, "better" only to come back around to the thing I had originally bought.
Posted on 12/3/25 at 7:46 pm to FLTech
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Samsung a35
Just wait til you try a flagship android. Using an iPhone feels like going back in time 5 years.
Posted on 12/4/25 at 2:04 am to FLTech
Yeah the Samsung OS has gotten quite amazing.
Posted on 12/4/25 at 12:12 pm to Mr Roboto
quote:this 100%
wait til you try a flagship android. Using an iPhone feels like going back in time 5 years.
Get a flagship.
Posted on 12/4/25 at 5:04 pm to DoubleDown
quote:All I ever see is iPhone users complaining about annoyingly simple shite going wrong.
shite that just work
Posted on 12/4/25 at 7:36 pm to FLTech
What’s the return policy?
Posted on 12/4/25 at 7:46 pm to DoubleDown
quote:
and is easy with your family
This is key.
I haven't had a Google account for 20 years, and don't trust anything, at all, connected in any way to their services. I won't jailbreak a phone (not that I could because of work restrictions) in order to sideload apps. So I don't really have a choice.
I'd still prefer what I had:
Posted on 12/4/25 at 9:54 pm to FnTigers
quote:
Get a flagship.
curious what this means lol I honestly have no idea what it means.. can you explain?
For some reason I thought I had the a35 but I actually have the a26 so I did a search for Flagship and it said that a26 is the best for flagship but I am still not understanding what flagship involves
This post was edited on 12/4/25 at 9:56 pm
Posted on 12/4/25 at 9:55 pm to FLTech
Hahaha. It's one of their top quality phones. Highest specs. The one you have been using isn't a flagship.
Posted on 12/4/25 at 10:01 pm to FnTigers
I just found the box for it - it's a26 - but from my understanding according to Gemini is that a flagship would need to be the a25 Ultra edition - so I guess I still have the shitty version of Android? If so, I think the shitty version of Android smokes iPhone
This post was edited on 12/4/25 at 10:03 pm
Posted on 12/4/25 at 10:09 pm to FLTech
Sorry - new to all of this Android lingo and trying to learn a little about it - Perhaps someone on here looking to get a new phone for Xmas or give a gift for a Christmas present to a kid or something.... this might help ya - I do know the a26 is cheap as shite compared to the a25 ULTRA
As I am comparing the specs via GPT the phones are very similar - Including the camera!
As I am comparing the specs via GPT the phones are very similar - Including the camera!
This post was edited on 12/4/25 at 10:15 pm
Posted on 12/5/25 at 6:34 am to Mr Roboto
quote:
Using an iPhone feels like going back in time 5 years.
What can an android do that my iPhone can't? Genuine question, I see posts like this all the time and no one elaborates. I've been looking at the new OnePlus, not sure if I can make the plunge.
Posted on 12/5/25 at 9:44 am to Twincam
Nothing really anymore. iPhones and androids do the same damn thing nowadays but might use different apps to accomplish whatever the task is at hand.
The biggest difference I still see is android allows users to really get in and customize the OS or look/feel where iPhones keep you more locked and boxed in.
I personally, just don't have the time to do all that shite. Is it fun? Yes, can be if you nerd out to that stuff. I definitely see and understand the customization that android allows and get why people love it.
It's all just personal preference and what works best or is preferred by yourself and/or family. THAT'S why people get so adamant in these "sheep vs. sheep" arguments. Everyone WANTS to be "right" and no one can be right in a personal preference debate.
The biggest difference I still see is android allows users to really get in and customize the OS or look/feel where iPhones keep you more locked and boxed in.
I personally, just don't have the time to do all that shite. Is it fun? Yes, can be if you nerd out to that stuff. I definitely see and understand the customization that android allows and get why people love it.
It's all just personal preference and what works best or is preferred by yourself and/or family. THAT'S why people get so adamant in these "sheep vs. sheep" arguments. Everyone WANTS to be "right" and no one can be right in a personal preference debate.
Posted on 12/5/25 at 1:55 pm to LemmyLives
I loved those phones. A shame it didn't catch on. I went straight to an iPhone and hated every second of it. Once I got a good Android, I felt like Windows Phone was back.
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