re: Thinking of making switch from android to Apple

I made the change and hate it. Got a free iphone through work, so decided to ditch my android and save some cash.

I'm slowly realizing it wasn't worth the $800...

It's really just a mountain of small little irritations that all add up to a bad user experience.

My one good thing to say about it is that Apple Pay has been much more rock solid than Android/Google Pay or whatever the hell they call it these days.

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Because of privacy mainly.

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anything they want, they already have.

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This is outdated advice. Samsung is rolling out monthly security patches ASAP recently. Sometimes at the end of the previous month. They are also providing 3 years of OS updates and 4 years of security patches now.

I'm not a big fan of Samsung in general but the update situation on Android has vastly improved recently.

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I clarified this in a later post, but I wasn’t talking about security updates being late/delayed. I was referring to new versions of Android being incredibly delayed to all the Android devices, save Pixels.

I’ve had three Samsungs and a OnePlus just before coming back to iOS. The Samsungs on ATT took about 12-15 months to get new versions of Android, and my OnePlus got the latest version about 6 months after Google released it. A 6 month delay is considered “impressive” in the Android world.

Apple’s new iOS iterations get pushed to all at once. Apple also pushes new versions of iOS to phones that are 5+ years old with security updates; Android does not (they usually do 3 or 4 years at maximum). You can usually find a schedule of when products will lose Android updates online.

This is advantage Apple and it’s not even close. Updates to Android OS are indefensibly delayed.

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The keyboards suck on iOS

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I just made the switch as well and God damn this is so true. Why does this keyboard suck so much? No long press, no swipe curse words, no touch configuration so it learns where your press is, random auto capitalization...wtf

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How exactly is this a better setup than iOS?

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Because Android 10 has more features than iOS 14, in his opinion. Seems like he made that pretty clear.

My last two androids have been Pixels (OG pixel and pixel 3).

I love the stock android experience but I've always had hardware problems on my pixels as they age (usually starting around 18mo). I had decided to get a Galaxy, instead of the Pixel 5 until I was offered a work phone for free.

As others have stated, the lack of home screen customization, lack of small conveniences (like dialing numbers from websites), and the notifications, dear god the notifications are just huge problems on the iphone.

When I have a calendar notification I want my phone to blast it at me from every direction "HEY DUMBASS GET TO YOUR DOCTOR APPT!!!". My iphone calendar notifications are the equivalent of a whisper buried in a symphony of other notifications.

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Google announces and releases Android 12 in a week or so.

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Wasn't even aware there was a new one coming out. Just looked at the new features and it's nothing groundbreaking I just gotta have now. That's the big difference I'm talking about. I get it, when I was with Apple I was like the rest of the Apple community in "I can't wait for the next OS release." So, I get where you are coming from on thinking you need these releases ASAP. It's how Apple has trained you. Apple is catching up to the usability Android has had for a long time. So, new OS releases are more exciting and you get features most smartphone users have already been enjoying. Just looked at Android 12. Better split-screen functionality? New emojis? I'm not in a hurry for this. If the new OS meant I was getting Widgets and App Library for the first time, yeah I'd be like "I need that now!". I'm not keeping phones for 6 years and honestly, I recently came from an S7 to an S20 and whatever version of Android the S7 was stuck on was on par with or better than was iOS can do and I don't even notice any feature difference with the S20, it's just a lot faster.

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Samsung Phone all have micro sd slots

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Mine does not. I have a S21 ultra.

I was an iPhone guy from the first one through 6s. I switched to a Pixel and then recently got the S21U. I don't think I can ever go back to iOS. I use my wife's iPhone some times and it annoys the shite out of me.

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Apple, meanwhile, has pushed iOS 14 to phones that are 6+ years old while Samsung/Android stop giving you updates and new features at 2 years.

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This could also be a con for apple, because while the security may be current, many users experience serious issues as they upgrade to newer versions of iOS. Weird glitches, battery life goes to hell, lack of storage space.

Honestly, an OS created in 2021 should not run on a phone made in 2015. It’s just not smart for the user. At least with Android you can have security updates while remaining on a stable OS version more streamlined for your older device

Made the switch this year. First iphone since I had the original. Samsung pissed me off with the charging ports constantly wearing out. Miss the notifications the most but everything else seems great. Still don't get what the big deal is with apple messaging....seems the same to me.