Anyone going to trade their Android phone for iPhone 6?

[Hectorius]

Absolutely not. Don't feel like going back to 2012.

This ^....

 

[MgDivenire]

why not just a perfect BlackBerry z30?

 

[TomsAndroid]

Quite possibly. I'm very interested in the 6 Plus right now. Yes, the price is a pain, but I've been saving and have the money to pay for it. I still love my HTC One (M7), and Android in general, but my iPad Mini Retina has made me fall back in love with iOS. I find that I have less time to tweak and play with my tech than I used to, which means that I'm not really taking advantage of Android, and iOS just offers closer to the experience I want.


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[Touchpaddle]

Quite possibly. I'm very interested in the 6 Plus right now. Yes, the price is a pain, but I've been saving and have the money to pay for it. I still love my HTC One (M7), and Android in general, but my iPad Mini Retina has made me fall back in love with iOS. I find that I have less time to tweak and play with my tech than I used to, which means that I'm not really taking advantage of Android, and iOS just offers closer to the experience I want.


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Call me lazy, but I think most people are like you and I. We just don't have the time two tweak Android phones. iPhones are kind of like McDonald's happy meals... you get what they hand to you and just eat and be happy. but for a gourmet burger, it still best to cook it on your own grill at home.

I suspect there are many people who dislike iPhones just because they are made by Apple. That is very illogical. The smart consumer should pick the BEST phone out there. If Samsung happens to be making the BEST phone at the moment, then buy the Samsung. If Apple happens to be making to best phone at the moment, buy the iPhone. Don't become an Android fanboy or iPhone fanboy. Be your own fanboy and pick the best phone for YOUR own needs.

 

[Ed Briggs]

Call me lazy, but I think most people are like you and I. We just don't have the time two tweak Android phones.

No one is forcing you to tweak android. You make it sound like it's a necessary thing. My mom runs stock android 4.4.4 and doesn't feel the need to tweak anything. The reason a lot of android users tweak their phones is because they can, not because they have to. Hence you will see more power users on android, because it is malleable.

Stock android runs great as is. Don't try to make android out to be something it's not. There are plenty of android users out there that don't go under the hood and are very happy. (and can still have more features than an iphone)

 

[RobGG]

Sold my HTC M8 three weeks ago. Using this phone was a great experience, i now know what Android offers and can put into balance what i want and need from a smartphone. Happy and eager to receive my Iphone 6 tomorrow, feeling that urge to return to IOS as soon as possible.

 

[Johnly]

I just updated to iOS 8. Man I can't wait to factory reset that and send it to Gazelle. Still feels like an iPhone lol. Android L, and Nexus 6, here we come!

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[Ed Briggs]

I just updated to iOS 8. Man I can't wait to factory reset that and send it to Gazelle. Still feels like an iPhone lol. Android L, and Nexus 6, here we come!

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I'm with you brother. Android L and the Nexus 6 will rock. (can't wait) The iphone is for people who follow blindly. And I say that with all due respect to apple. They invented the smartphone, but at this point, google has taken it to new heights. There is no doubt apple is chasing at this point.

But regardless of how much we android users keep telling the apple folk they are behind, they will still use it. But hey, competition breeds innovation. It's actually good there are 3 major companies in the cell phone race. Everyone wins in the end. (some more than others )

 

[JeffDenver]

I just updated to iOS 8. Man I can't wait to factory reset that and send it to Gazelle. Still feels like an iPhone lol.

And maybe worse.

Don't Put iOS 8 On Your iPhone 4S

and

A slide into obsolescence: iOS 8 on the iPad 2 | Ars Technica

 

[JeffDenver]

Sold my HTC M8 three weeks ago. Using this phone was a great experience, i now know what Android offers

No, you know what HTC offers. You used a bloated skinned version of Android.

 

[lesir]

NEVER!!!

 

[TomsAndroid]

No one is forcing you to tweak android. You make it sound like it's a necessary thing. My mom runs stock android 4.4.4 and doesn't feel the need to tweak anything. The reason a lot of android users tweak their phones is because they can, not because they have to. Hence you will see more power users on android, because it is malleable.

Stock android runs great as is. Don't try to make android out to be something it's not. There are plenty of android users out there that don't go under the hood and are very happy. (and can still have more features than an iphone)

For me, it's not that I'm say that you HAVE to tweak android. My point is that android only really outweighs the pros of iOS, for me, if I'm customising and tweaking it. Or even just taking advantage of all the features it has that iOS doesn't. But I don't. Sure, there are little things that I love, and that I'd miss...but considering I don't do much except the "basics" anymore, iOS offers the better experience for me (or at least I think it will on a phone). I really just want a phone that brings with it simple and easy, smooth, consistent, and yet still powerful, software.

Stock android is great. It still offers a great experience. So do many "skinned"versions. However, it still can't match iOS in some regards.


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[TomsAndroid]

I'm with you brother. Android L and the Nexus 6 will rock. (can't wait) The iphone is for people who follow blindly. And I say that with all due respect to apple. They invented the smartphone, but at this point, google has taken it to new heights. There is no doubt apple is chasing at this point.

But regardless of how much we android users keep telling the apple folk they are behind, they will still use it. But hey, competition breeds innovation. It's actually good there are 3 major companies in the cell phone race. Everyone wins in the end. (some more than others )

The iPhone is for people who follow blindly, is it? For them only? So, tell me please, if I'm planning to buy an iPhone, am I a blind Apple follower? There are genuine reasons why I believe an iPhone better suits me than any Android offerings, at least for now. If I didn't think so, there's not way I'd even be considering spending such a ridiculous amount on one


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[Johnly]

I have been running iOS on a 5s and KitKat on a nexus. They are both powerful, and do what the other does, for the most part. Details like "a year old nexus" packs almost 50 more pixels per inch than the 6plus and wireless charging, I feel in many ways stock Android on a nexus is a better "user" experience for me. I feel like Apple squeezes their customers over incremental updates. If it wasn't for larger screens, we are looking at a very nil update. Don't get me wrong, I like iOS, but Android is paving and everyone else is following. Man, those lines huh?
It is nice to see a better keyboard and third party keyboard support, and to even have the word widget on a NP? Good on Apple

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[TomsAndroid]

I have been running iOS on a 5s and KitKat on a nexus. They are both powerful, and do what the other does, for the most part. Details like "a year old nexus" packs almost 50 more pixels per inch than the 6plus and wireless charging, I feel in many ways stock Android on a nexus is a better experience for me. I feel like Apple squeezes their customers over incremental updates. If it wasn't for larger screens, we are looking at a very nil update. Don't get me wrong, I like iOS, but Android is paving and everyone else is following. Man, those lines huh?

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Apart from the fact that those extra PPI don't really matter at all, I agree. That's not to say that Android has stopped learning from iOS, but Android shows more risk and innovation being taken. Then again, Apple's implementation of certain features generally tends to be more polished, albeit more restricted.

As far as hardware though, their refusal to upgrade the amount of RAM really annoys me. 1GB is just not enough anymore. I'm sure an upgrade will come conveniently in the 'S' model...


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[Johnly]

Apart from the fact that those extra PPI don't really matter at all, I agree. That's not to say that Android has stopped learning from iOS, but Android shows more risk and innovation being taken. Then again, Apple's implementation of certain features generally tends to be more polished, albeit more restricted.

As far as hardware though, their refusal to upgrade the amount of RAM really annoys me. 1GB is just not enough anymore. I'm sure an upgrade will come conveniently in the 'S' model...


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I don't think iOS 8 has more polish than KK on a nexus. They both feel refined and polished. The pixel comment was more general, referring to Android always beating Apple to the punch. NFC, OIS, QHD, the list goes on. Apple does a better job at bringing those features to market, and that's just going to make NFC better for everyone. I feel like Google is going to dazzle us with a nexus 6 that will really change the game. With Ahead Of Time Compilation and 64 Bit support, I can't wait

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[TomsAndroid]

It's true, KitKat on the N5 is pretty awesome, from what I've experienced. I can't wait until the X is announced either, hopefully it's great. It would have to be pretty incredible though to sway me from an iPhone, at this stage...


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[Johnly]

It's true, KitKat on the N5 is pretty awesome, from what I've experienced. I can't wait until the X is announced either, hopefully it's great. It would have to be pretty incredible though to sway me from an iPhone, at this stage...


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I go back and forth, and both platforms are good in respect to one another, not a hater of either one here. Just prefer the Android philosophy.

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[TomsAndroid]

I go back and forth, and both platforms are good in respect to one another, not a hater of either one here. Just prefer the Android philosophy.

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Fair enough, I do too in a way. I went from the Original Nexus 7 to the HTC One (M7) and now I've got an iPad mini Retina to go with that. But I wouldn't mind being purely iOS for a while. I meant, it's not as if I can't get an Android device again later on Also, I'd still have my phone, just in case I get desperate for some Android


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[Wildo6882]

Fair enough, I do too in a way. I went from the Original Nexus 7 to the HTC One (M7) and now I've got an iPad mini Retina to go with that. But I wouldn't mind being purely iOS for a while. I meant, it's not as if I can't get an Android device again later on Also, I'd still have my phone, just in case I get desperate for some Android


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I agree with a lot of what you've said here. Android has the same amount of blind followers that refuse to look at anything else because you can't tweak it, even if it provides a great user experience. I'm more of an Android philosophy guy myself, but I still would like to jump to the Apple world. Simply because camera has become one of my most important features on a phone because of my daughters. Also because of them, I don't have time to mess with my tech like I used to. Apple provides everything I do except for the extreme customization. I'm also the type of person who likes to jump in all the way, so I'd like to get a MacBook too if I was doing that, but man would they be expensive! And quick updates are huge for me, and Apple runs that world, unless you get a Nexus. But I've never been impressed by a Nexus camera like I have on an iPhone.

Anyway, what I'm saying is both platforms provide a ton for the end user, it just depends on what you're looking for. Blind following goes both ways. And that's a bad idea with the quality of product that both Android and Apple have been consistently putting out lately.