Do you ever think about switching to iPhone?

[Morty2264]

If you prefer versatility instead of slightly better processing, the S10e or S10 are also brilliant choices.

Or if you want the best of the best, the P30 Pro and Note 10 are also options.

Those are great recommendations!

 

[Almeuit]

Snagged me a green iPhone 11 Pro Max. Nice upgrade from my iPhone XS Max. Love the wide lens. Missed that so much from my Android phones.

 

[Golurk]

Snagged me a green iPhone 11 Pro Max. Nice upgrade from my iPhone XS Max. Love the wide lens. Missed that so much from my Android phones.

Glad to hear you’re enjoying your new device

 

[neil74]

I just jumped on the new iPhone pro (non-max) in green. I am on the upgrade programme so it was a no brainier and I was keen to shift on the XS max which I barely used due to it’s heft.

The camera is excellent and big upgrade, it feels great in the hand but I am already missing my Note 10 a little and design wise the iPhone feels a little 2018 vs the Note 10, flat screen is nice though.

OS wise it is swings and roundabouts, I love how Face ID is so passive and is a better experience than the in screen FPS on the Note, still think apps feel a slicker overall too. iOS though is more buggy these days than it ever has been and is still just a little dull.

I also think the standard pro is too small and the max too big/heavy, would have liked to see a pro model in the 6-6.2” size.

 

[anon(50597)]

It seems like once you make up your mind on a platform, you're not getting out of it very easily!

I think there’s a lot of truth to this.
Even if you want to, there’s a bit of work to switch platforms.

 

[Morty2264]

I think there’s a lot of truth to this.
Even if you want to, there’s a bit of work to switch platforms.

There's absolutely a lot of work. I have friends and co-workers who are so invested in OS/manufacturer-specific OS (like the Apple ecosystem or Samsung Pay) and so that makes it that much harder to switch.

 

[anon(50597)]

There's absolutely a lot of work. I have friends and co-workers who are so invested in OS/manufacturer-specific OS (like the Apple ecosystem or Samsung Pay) and so that makes it that much harder to switch.

That’s done by design of course. Any business wants to hold on to their customers so emerging them into their ecosystem increases the chance they’ll stay.
I really think a lot of the bickering back and forth about which OS is better really comes down to this.

 

[Golurk]

There's absolutely a lot of work. I have friends and co-workers who are so invested in OS/manufacturer-specific OS (like the Apple ecosystem or Samsung Pay) and so that makes it that much harder to switch.

I don’t like being tied down in any particular ecosystem.

Seems ironic but that’s why I love the freedoms that Android offers...I could use a Xiaomi watch linked to a Samsung phone using Google apps etc. And if I don’t like the direction of a particular brand’s devices I can simply switch. Plus switching from Android to Android and iPhone to Android is extremely easy.

Apple’s ecosystem seriously locks you down and is engineered to make it as difficult as possible to leave or integrate it with a non-Apple product.

 

[Morty2264]

I don’t like being tied down in any particular ecosystem.

Seems ironic but that’s why I love the freedoms that Android offers...I could use a Xiaomi watch linked to a Samsung phone using Google apps etc. And if I don’t like the direction of a particular brand’s devices I can simply switch. Plus switching from Android to Android and iPhone to Android is extremely easy.

Apple’s ecosystem seriously locks you down and is engineered to make it as difficult as possible to leave or integrate it with a non-Apple product.

I couldn't agree with you more.

Even if I switch from an Honor phone to a Google Pixel 2 to a Samsung phone, it's all still Android.

Apple functions in a very overtly controlling manner.

 

[gendo667]

I couldn't agree with you more.

Even if I switch from an Honor phone to a Google Pixel 2 to a Samsung phone, it's all still Android.

Apple functions in a very overtly controlling manner.

Agreed. Especially if you know what you're doing with a launcher you can pretty much make your Android device whatever you want. I had two jailbroken iPhones before making the switch., While that was kinda cool at the time, I'll never go back.

 

[Morty2264]

Agreed. Especially if you know what you're doing with a launcher you can pretty much make your Android device whatever you want. I had two jailbroken iPhones before making the switch., While that was kinda cool at the time, I'll never go back.

Exactly - you can make it your own really easily.

 

[Golurk]

Exactly - you can make it your own really easily.

Nicely summarised. I’d say Nova, Action and Evie launchers are the best

 

[anon(10092459)]

I don’t like being tied down in any particular ecosystem.

Seems ironic but that’s why I love the freedoms that Android offers...I could use a Xiaomi watch linked to a Samsung phone using Google apps etc. And if I don’t like the direction of a particular brand’s devices I can simply switch. Plus switching from Android to Android and iPhone to Android is extremely easy.

Apple’s ecosystem seriously locks you down and is engineered to make it as difficult as possible to leave or integrate it with a non-Apple product.

This is it, right here. I have multiple hardware devices, Windows, iPad, Pixelbook etc. I have to have that hardware freedom, that cross platform functionality. Google provides me that with their suite of products. If Apple loosened up a bit.. Made their cloud offering more functional on different platforms for example, and allowed for default services, they'd be that much closer to putting an iPhone in my hand. But for now they're just too totalitarian.

So for right now it's Google and Android, then Microsoft, then Apple after that. MS seems to finally be heading down the direction of a mobile solution at least in some form. That will help them.

 

[Apple2Droid]

I use both , and probably will always.

Phone #3 ?? How many you got??

 

[mustang7757]

Phone #3 ?? How many you got??

over 10

 

[Apple2Droid]

Yeah, I'll switch to an iPhone...



...when it will come with a physical keyboard, micro SD slot, and when iOS will let you customize icons, and let you choose any damn MP3 file you want for a ringtone/notification/alarm


In other words, I might as well just download an iOS copycat launcher on my KEY2

Yes! And an app drawer!!

 

[Apple2Droid]

over 10

OMG!! I feel so frugal by comparison . . .

 

[mustang7757]

OMG!! I feel so frugal by comparison . . .

Nah ...we all like the same thing here no matter how many or little.

 

[Apple2Droid]

I hated iOS icons ever since iOS 7 when they decided to make them look cartoonish

iOS 6 icons were so much nicer

I 100% agree!! And they still look cartoonish.

 

[Apple2Droid]

Members of my wife's family have attempted to push me into switching to iPhone, but of course I have resisted.

Years old I was on a date that was going well, until I pulled out my HTC Evo. She looked at my phone and said "That's not an iPhone, is it?" I responded that it was an HTC Evo Android phone . She said, "Oh...I don't date guys that don't have an iPhone!"

Ohhh Well...in the end...it was all for the best...I am now married to the woman of my dreams!

Sounds like that date lasted about as long as the battery on your HTC Evo. --I had one with a huge battery pack on it. Hated the battery but loved that it was replaceable.