Going from iPhone 5 to S4..

[Hiruki91]

This would be my first android phone. I'm getting kind of tired of apple iPhone, everything is the same. But I've always used apples. What do you think of a S4 for the first android? Debating on pre ordering it and selling my iphone off Craigslist. Thanks for all the help!

 

[Lanhoj]

It'll be a huge step up IMO.
If you can afford it though, I'd say keep the iPhone 5 as a backup in case something happens to your S4.

 

[SpiralBorg]

It is significantly bigger, 4 to 5 inch.
IOS and Android are different OS's, though won't take long to get around the OS.

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[ibcop]

Give yourself several days to get used to the device - I converted my wife and daughter from the Iphone to the S3, and soon the S4. My wife says she does miss some things with the Iphone (I have no idea what) but she would never go back to it. Definitely make the switch with an open mind and you'll have no problems.

 

[Davyo]

I owned every model of iphone ever made then switched to a Galaxy S3 and a Note 2,,,and I will be buying the S4 on day one.

The iPhones are really great phones, especially the 5,,,, but after a short time with the S4 your going to discover how much Apple has fallen back in the last few years,,, it's really a bit sad these days to compare the ip5 to the Note 2, GS3 and the upcoming S4.

It takes a small very easy bit of adjustment going from iOS to Android, but after you make the adjustment and get comfortable with Android picking up and playing with an iphone feels like very limited ancient technology.

Anyhow,, don't worry about the switch to Android,,, it's very painless.

Cheers
Davyo

 

[coggster]

I am on the iP5 and have my S4 pre-ordered. I am a previous Android user and thought I would give iOS a go as I have a Mac, MacBookAir and iPad. I think that Apple does some stuff really well but the development from other manufacturers means that the extra price of Apple products is fast becoming a waste (that is related to the Macs not the iPhone). It took me a while to realise I miss Android more than what I gained from iOS, I only gained the iPhones fitting into my ecosystem at home better. I really am looking forward to the S4 and the 5inch screen and feeling like I am "home" again. So expect much more of a prescence on this site now
I wish you luck with whatever you choose. I wouldn't recommend keeping the iPhone as a back up as it is a very expensive back up (Lanhoj did say if you can afford it so that isn't a dig at him). I will definitely be selling my iPhone once I have my grubby little mitts on the S4.

 

[keyzlife]

I owned every model of iphone ever made then switched to a Galaxy S3 and a Note 2,,,and I will be buying the S4 on day one.

The iPhones are really great phones, especially the 5,,,, but after a short time with the S4 your going to discover how much Apple has fallen back in the last few years,,, it's really a bit sad these days to compare the ip5 to the Note 2, GS3 and the upcoming S4.

It takes a small very easy bit of adjustment going from iOS to Android, but after you make the adjustment and get comfortable with Android picking up and playing with an iphone feels like very limited ancient technology.

Anyhow,, don't worry about the switch to Android,,, it's very painless.

Cheers
Davyo

This is so true. Always been an Apple fan and the iPhone was innovative initially, but now it's just getting dated. I truly feel it is the classy form factor thats kept it afloat.

 

[xoxojess]

It takes a small very easy bit of adjustment going from iOS to Android, but after you make the adjustment and get comfortable with Android picking up and playing with an iphone feels like very limited ancient technology.

this is the one concern i had about switching. i've had an iphone since day one and i was worried that the transition from iOS to Android would be overwhelming, if you will. good to know! thanks davyo!

 

[SteveISU]

Just remember it isn't an iPhone, don't get it in the hopes to make it like your iPhone. It's it's own operating system and you will learn a new way, so it takes time. The benefit you will find is you can set up your phone much to your liking, not of the manufacturers. I hear so many people who try to switch and all you hear is every gripe on how they couldn't get it to emulate their iPhone. It would be like me going from Android to iPhone and then ******** about the lack of widgets knowing full well iPhone doesn't use them. I once read a guy who returned his android because it didn't have iMessage and Facetime (disregard the fact you have Google + that can do both), did he really get the Android thinking he'd find those services on the phone? Bottom line is don't go into it with the bias of "my iphone did it this way" and penalize the Android for not doing it "the iphone way" and you'll do fine.

 

[Almeuit]

Just remember it isn't an iPhone, don't get it in the hopes to make it like your iPhone. It's it's own operating system and you will learn a new way, so it takes time. The benefit you will find is you can set up your phone much to your liking, not of the manufacturers. I hear so many people who try to switch and all you hear is every gripe on how they couldn't get it to emulate their iPhone. It would be like me going from Android to iPhone and then ******** about the lack of widgets knowing full well iPhone doesn't use them. I once read a guy who returned his android because it didn't have iMessage and Facetime (disregard the fact you have Google + that can do both), did he really get the Android thinking he'd find those services on the phone? Bottom line is don't go into it with the bias of "my iphone did it this way" and penalize the Android for not doing it "the iphone way" and you'll do fine.

Agreed.

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[madlaw1071]

Just remember it isn't an iPhone, don't get it in the hopes to make it like your iPhone. It's it's own operating system and you will learn a new way, so it takes time. The benefit you will find is you can set up your phone much to your liking, not of the manufacturers. I hear so many people who try to switch and all you hear is every gripe on how they couldn't get it to emulate their iPhone. It would be like me going from Android to iPhone and then ******** about the lack of widgets knowing full well iPhone doesn't use them. I once read a guy who returned his android because it didn't have iMessage and Facetime (disregard the fact you have Google + that can do both), did he really get the Android thinking he'd find those services on the phone? Bottom line is don't go into it with the bias of "my iphone did it this way" and penalize the Android for not doing it "the iphone way" and you'll do fine.

Up until about a year ago, it was fair to say the the Android ecosystem was waaaaay behind the Apps offered by Apple. Once the S3 took took off it seemed that Google really caught up and now every major app is not only available in the Play Store but the quality equals that of Apple as well. It will only get better as Android becomes more dominant.

 

[rion_j]

for the existing android users: what's the best/recommended messaging app right now? the included messaging app in the S4 is probably good, but i assume what's app might be better since its cross-platform. us iphone users have been pretty spoiled w/ imessage.

 

[Suda]

for the existing android users: what's the best/recommended messaging app right now? the included messaging app in the S4 is probably good, but i assume what's app might be better since its cross-platform. us iphone users have been pretty spoiled w/ imessage.

What's App and Kik are the two off the top of my head.

 

[madlaw1071]

for the existing android users: what's the best/recommended messaging app right now? the included messaging app in the S4 is probably good, but i assume what's app might be better since its cross-platform. us iphone users have been pretty spoiled w/ imessage.

Handcent, been using it since my Droid X days. Let's you customize the color of the LED by contact as well as vibration pattern. Wont work on the HTC One however.

 

[coggster]

Handcent, been using it since my Droid X days. Let's you customize the color of the LED by contact as well as vibration pattern. Wont work on the HTC One however.

I agree, Handcent is what I did use on Android and will go back to using, after checking out the S4 default app of course, this weekend.

 

[SteveISU]

I agree, Handcent is what I did use on Android and will go back to using, after checking out the S4 default app of course, this weekend.

If it's anything like the S3's it's gonna suck.

 

[Hiruki91]

Thanks very much ladies and gents! I've been nervous about using my 2-year contract. I hate those things... But I may just do it. The one thing I really like is that you can always upgrade your memory by adding a SD card! But I did notice on ATTs website there's no 32gb model? Is it only going to be a 16? I thought there was a 32. Anyways, yes I've been nervous about the switch cause its two different worlds. Only thing though I've herd it feels kind of cheap with it being a plastic via apple has the glass and such. But that doesn't bother me too much. Does google moniter their apps? Like apple does, in other words just worried about viruses and such. And what do you guys think was the hardest (users who were using th iPhone) thing to do from going to iPhone to andriod or what was the things you had to get used too.

 

[Calidoc]

This would be my first android phone. I'm getting kind of tired of apple iPhone, everything is the same. But I've always used apples. What do you think of a S4 for the first android? Debating on pre ordering it and selling my iphone off Craigslist. Thanks for all the help!

I'm in the same boat. My S4 is already preordered!

 

[Hiruki91]

Nice! I'm thinking ill preorder today!

 

[rgh718]

This would be my first android phone. I'm getting kind of tired of apple iPhone, everything is the same. But I've always used apples. What do you think of a S4 for the first android? Debating on pre ordering it and selling my iphone off Craigslist. Thanks for all the help!

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