Not excited about future Pixel 3 renderings (and rumors). Dare I say Apple X2?

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What would it take for you to switch back to the Apple ecosystem?

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if the X had the durability that some android phones have, I'd have been there last year

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I left Apple a few years ago because I despised of iTunes

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This reason always cracks me up. People haven't had to actually use iTunes for anything since probably before the 5.

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One of the biggest drawbacks I find is MMS on Androids. Videos that I send and/or are sent to me come in grainy due to size restrictions. Doesn't matter the setting I set on my phone, they're blurry. With iMessage, this doesn't happen. This is actually important to me because of short videos that my wife will send to me (from her iPhone) of our girls in competition. I often times can't even make them out.

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I hate texting with people on Android. Group texts can get messy, texts sometimes don't go through, pics get weird, etc.

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What would it take for you to switch back to the Apple ecosystem?

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I may be the wrong person to ask because I never left, but I have a couple good examples.
I have an X, a watch, a MacBook, AirPods, and a couple apple tvs.
I can use my watch to unlock my MacBook as i sit down.
I can use my AirPods seamlessly with my phone, MacBook, or even apple tv.
Pics/videos are stored everywhere and in the cloud without me lifting a finger besides snapping the pic. (I know others can do this but i just really like the style and format apple uses.)
Apple music is on all of my devices. I had a lot of old music in iTunes that is in the same library i stream/save from which is what won me over from spotify.

I'm really just getting into the functionality of the apple tv and the TV app across apple devices. The setup of that combined with DirecTV now made me comfortable enough to cancel TV altogether and just use that. The TV app syncs everywhere and lines up shows to watch so you don't have to go to each and every channels' "watch" app to do so. I think Apple's uses and functionality of the ATV are going to explode over the next few years as streaming options become more prevalent.

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What would it take for you to switch back to the Apple ecosystem?

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There would have to be no other choice.

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Android lags and it sucks with pop ups and warning messages.

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um..this sounds like a you issue

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What would it take for you to switch back to the Apple ecosystem?


if the X had the durability that some android phones have, I'd have been there last year

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yall two need to stop hitting that sauce.

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This reason always cracks me up. People haven't had to actually use iTunes for anything since probably before the 5.

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yea but everytime you plug your phone into a computer it tried to install itunes.

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I hate texting with people on Android. Group texts can get messy, texts sometimes don't go through, pics get weird, etc.

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you can thank apple for that for staying proprietary.

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I may be the wrong person to ask because I never left, but I have a couple good examples.
I have an X, a watch, a MacBook, AirPods, and a couple apple tvs.
I can use my watch to unlock my MacBook as i sit down.
I can use my AirPods seamlessly with my phone, MacBook, or even apple tv.
Pics/videos are stored everywhere and in the cloud without me lifting a finger besides snapping the pic. (I know others can do this but i just really like the style and format apple uses.)
Apple music is on all of my devices. I had a lot of old music in iTunes that is in the same library i stream/save from which is what won me over from spotif

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congrades on spending too much money on mediocre tech.

Just the regular PH. Not lying either. Probably because I don't update, but a year or so ago I did the update and it crashed my phone and had to get a new one from Verizon.

I'm not here to troll, and Verizon is more annoying than these pop ups. Charging me multiple tax codes for places that aren't near me, bill changes every month, shitty support. I have been with them 10 years and want to leave, but can't because I live in an area where other services aren't as good.

Sorry I'm not a regular tech board person, but yes this shite happens. Just because it doesn't happen to you, doesn't mean it doesn't happen to tons of other ppl.

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One of the biggest drawbacks I find is MMS on Androids. Videos that I send and/or are sent to me come in grainy due to size restrictions.

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That is an MMS limitation not specific to Android.

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With iMessage, this doesn't happen.

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That's because iMessage is a chat app that only falls back to SMS/MMS when it has to (like when it sends a message to an Android phone).

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This is actually important to me because of short videos that my wife will send to me (from her iPhone) of our girls in competition. I often times can't even make them out.

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You can use any of the dozens of chat apps that are cross-platform and get crystal-clear videos.

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What would it take for you to switch back to the Apple ecosystem?

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Never was a part of it, and never will be, and the reason is (ironically, I guess) because of things like iMessage. I despise vendor lock-in tactics.

These are my sentiments exactly. I was highly anticipating the Pixel 3 to replace my Galaxy S7, but the leaks are lackluster at best. At this point I will either wait for Galaxy S10 or switch to the new Iphone.

My parents, in-laws, and wife being in the apple ecosystem sure would make an easy transition back to apple just to FaceTime and send videos.

As of now I get around this with Duo and sending links to videos through Google Photos, but it is annoying work-around.

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My Pixel is around 2 years old now and starting to lag a bit, 

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Surely not man, everyone so far is calling me crazy that my pixel lags. I don't believe you either now