Do you ever think about switching to iPhone?

[pkcable]

I saw a thread similar to this over at iMore, except in reverse! So what about us? Do any of us think about making the switch? OR why won't we, what compelling feature, etc keeps us coming back to Android?

 

[Casey Cheung]

When you attach an iPhone to a Windows computer via supplied USB cord and open the My Computer app, guess what happens? NOTHING...nothing happens! Well, except maybe simple USB charging. When you try to do a simple copy and paste Windows command of say music/pictures/video/documents from said computer to an iPhone...guess what happens? NOTHING...again nothing happens...a whole lotta nuttin! I had an iPhone a few years ago (version 6, I think) for exactly 14 days and returned it. Why on the 14th day? Cuz that was the last day for the refund policy at a local Apple store.

When I do the same thing with my Samsung Android phone (attaching phone to Windows computer via supplied cord), I get a pop-up screen on the phone that asks me if I want to transfer files or simply charge phone. I tap on transfer files choice, and BAMM!!! I can do simple copy and paste of files from either computer to phone or the reverse. I can also choose to copy files onto the phone's internal storage or onto micro-SD external memory card. That is what I want to happen! I'm not forced to use the wretched/bloated/cumbersome app that is known as iTunes. I recently bought a fast Sandisk 256GB micro-SD card on sale at Best Buy for $40! Now I can load up tons and tons of "iStuff", haha!

I could go on and on about other things, but the above example is a huge deal for me.

 

[B. Diddy]

Nope. Not interested in having to dive completely into another ecosystem that is significantly more restrictive and costly. Android and Google services work great for me, and I still feel that the camera experience on my Pixel 3 XL is unparalleled (I've had friends and relatives with recent model iPhones look at my photos while we're both taking shots at a get-together and marvel at the quality).

 

[mustang7757]

I saw a thread similar to this over at iMore, except in reverse! So what about us? Do any of us think about making the switch? OR why won't we, what compelling feature, etc keeps us coming back to Android?

I use both , and probably will always.

 

[Lee_Bo]

While I did enjoy my time using Android, I've moved over to the Apple ecosystem and will probably not be back with Android.

 

[methodman89]

Pet peeve : it's not an ecosystem. It's one of the following or your own - switching to a new mfr, joining a cult, putting all your eggs in one basket, changing to a new OS that over your lifetime will rob you of your hard earned money while keeping the communist factories humming with $1.00 per hour labor. Limiting your choices of product to 1 mfr, imposing a monopoly on yourself.... Good luck

 

[Morty2264]

I definitely consider it, especially since my in-laws and husband's extended family mostly use iPhones... But I know that I'd be bored after a while. I need the ability to customize my phone and I don't like buying manufacturer-specific accessories for my phone (ie, Apple headphones, charger, etc).

Of course, I did get headphones for my Pixel... But I know that in the end I need the customization of Android and the freedom to choose from different manufacturers.

Very good thread topic! Thank you so much for posting!

 

[PixelTracer]

Nope! I'm not interested in buying an overpriced phone that is very limited in terms of customization.

I'm going to stick with Android until the end of time.

(The only Apple OS I use is macOS on my virtual Hackintosh for GarageBand only.)

 

[pkcable]

In case anyone is interested here's the thread that inspired the question, at iMore….

https://forums.imore.com/ios-13/417528-do-i-ever-think-about-switching-android.html

 

[Mooncatt]

Occasionally, but then I wake up from the nightmare I was having.

 

[B. Diddy]

In case anyone is interested here's the thread that inspired the question, at iMore….

https://forums.imore.com/ios-13/417528-do-i-ever-think-about-switching-android.html

Oh no, I ain't clicking that link -- would be afraid of the pure venom spewing from my screen into my eyes.

 

[Inders99]

Android is more intuitive to me, plus we have a back button! Most people I know have an iPhone, but there's no draw to me for the product. Strange thing is we have an Apple household (everything) but Android family.

 

[belodion]

I use and like both systems. I've never thought of restricting myself to only one, and would be unhappy about it if I had to.

 

[Rukbat]

I used to write software (in assembly) for the Mac when it first came out (1984-1985). The rule was that if you bought the books (which filled up about 4-6 feet of shelf space, as I recall - and cost more than I earned in a week), and followed them (everything in the Mac was a system call), they'd NEVER break your software. Then they switched to the PowerPC chip, and rewrote the entire operating system - and my 2 years of work was useless. (I lost a lot of money on that.)

So if you gave me a brand new iPhone XI, I'd sell it without opening the shrink wrap. the only fruits I do are Raspberries, not Apples.

 

[mustang7757]

I used to write software (in assembly) for the Mac when it first came out (1984-1985). The rule was that if you bought the books (which filled up about 4-6 feet of shelf space, as I recall - and cost more than I earned in a week), and followed them (everything in the Mac was a system call), they'd NEVER break your software. Then they switched to the PowerPC chip, and rewrote the entire operating system - and my 2 years of work was useless. (I lost a lot of money on that.)

So if you gave me a brand new iPhone XI, I'd sell it without opening the shrink wrap. the only fruits I do are Raspberries, not Apples.

I'm a raspberry type also

 

[PixelTracer]

I like all fruits equally. But I like oranges.

 

[gendo667]

Been there, done that. Not interested. I picked up my wife's work phone (the iPhone 8) and I was surprised how little had changed. Same boring interface, same boring iOS. And, I'm not interested in jailbreaking another. My last iPhone was the 4 and I'm not going back.

 

[1raygin]

I'm not interested in an iPhone in the least or any apple product. I could never accept the restrictions imposed on users.

 

[anon(10092459)]

I've considered it. Mainly because I've never owned an iPhone. I've had different Apple products/computers at different times, but never own an iPhone. When they first came out my buddy had a 4 and would call me and the calls always dropped. I thought it was the dumbest thing in the world that a smartphone couldn't make a dumb call. So I bought an Android... Never looked back their way.

But hey, I'm a software/ecosystems kinda user and I've glanced their way a couple of times. Few things seems to always fall apart when I really think about it. Main one is I just disagree with their approach fundamentally. Never say never, tho ..

 

[mark7914]

No, not really. I had two iPhones. They were superb until Steve Jobs died at which point all testing on their updates went out of the window, resulting in an update with bugs soon to be followed by another update with more bugs, and so on.

It went from being unfailingly reliable and a joy to own to being a time-consuming unreliable nuisance. Install an update and you know things will break. Apps won't open. The screen rotation won't work. And so on. Take it out of the house and find yourself needing to use one of the apps and it just shuts itself. Worked the last time. Renders the phone basically pointless. Try to avoid the update and it just keeps on nagging at you and you can't turn that off.

Try to remove an update by plugging it into the PC only to be told there's some sort of communication error and it isn't recognised. Solve that to find that the window for roll-back has expired and you're stuck with it.

The iOS interface is significantly more slick-looking than Android, they're nicely made and seem, superficially, to be a premium product, but the actual experience of owning one is something else. In that respect it is hard to justify a premium price tag.

Replaced with Android phone 18 months ago, worked out how to block all manufacturer and operating system updates - it's not easy and takes some investment of time which will be saved many times over, and here, 18 months later, it still works just as well as when it was new. Everything just works, all the time. What's not to like