iOS to Android and Android to iOS

[anon(10621856)]

So many people switch from Android to iOS or from iOS to Android. I've done that plenty of times and it got me thinking, why?

I see the iPhone and iOS as the perfect companion for each other, the software and the hardware just work with each other. Every year I see for example Android phones with large batteries defeating the iPhone in battery tests and I always would say "if Apple decides to put a larger battery in the iPhone I'm sure it would defeat all those Android phones because the software and the hardware work so well with each other that Apple that they don't need such high specs on the hardware"

Recently a comparison between that iPhone 11 Max Pro and the Samsung Galaxy Note 10+ on a battery test seemed to have proved that point in a way.

My question really is, do people switch from iPhone to Android more because of the hardware and not so much because of the software? And do people switch more from Android to iOS because of how the software and the hardware have more fluidity with each other?

What if Apple made the iPhone with the same hardware specs as say the Galaxy S10 or perhaps even the Note 10+, but still have the same features that iOS offers today, would that still not be good enough? Sometimes I feel like those who switch from Android to iOS always seem to mention the lack of customization of iOS, the lack of making your device yours, things along those lines, but is it really just that or does the story go deeper than that?

 

[belodion]

Welcome.

All I can say is that I use and enjoy both systems concurrently.

 

[anon(10621856)]

Welcome.

All I can say is that I use and enjoy both systems concurrently.

Oh I'm sure there's a lot of people that do the same. But is something that really intrigues me, because there's many people that say that they switched from iOS to Android and the main things they mention really, is the ability to customize your device the way you want, the ability to have expandable memory, the ability that some Android phones still have a headphone jack, the fact that it has more RAM, bigger battery, those are the main reasons I see people switch from iOS to Android. But I want to know if Apple offered all those things on the iPhone, would there still be a reason to switch to Android from iOS or to switch to iOS from Android?

 

[belodion]

There have been some changes to iPhones in recent years, perhaps partly to make them more competitive with Androids, but I think that anything much more than that is almost inconceivable. The two systems are so different and I can see no reason that Apple would consider making an iPhone that departed radically from their long-established way of doing things.

 

[Laura Knotek]

From my experience, I haven't really noticed many people switching to and from Android and iOS. Most iPhone users don't get rid of iPhones, and most Android users don't get rid of Android phones. If people switch, it's either that they have two phones, one Android and one iPhone (sometimes even one for work and one for personal use).

A more likely scenario I see is a person switching between various Android OEMs, such as Moto, Google, Samsung, OnePlus, LG, HTC.

 

[Golurk]

From my experience, I haven't really noticed many people switching to and from Android and iOS. Most iPhone users don't get rid of iPhones, and most Android users don't get rid of Android phones. If people switch, it's either that they have two phones, one Android and one iPhone (sometimes even one for work and one for personal use).

A more likely scenario I see is a person switching between various Android OEMs, such as Moto, Google, Samsung, OnePlus, LG, HTC.

I agree. As for the original poster mentioning battery tests, there are countless YouTube clickbait ones where the iPhone wins or the Samsung wins. At the end of the day, both the 11 Pro and most recent Android phones have good battery life. Whether it matters which one gets the extra 2 minutes of battery life when running a benchmark stress test depends on you (it doesn’t to me).

The whole thing around the iPhones previously being destroyed in battery tests is simply because for whatever reason Apple put tiny batteries in them.

Android’s advantages over iOS is simple: customisation. IOS is extremely limiting in terms of personalisation.

Personally I think the software/hardware fluidity thing is slightly overblown.

 

[Rukbat]

And one well-known (and respected) tester has found that, with his particular usage pattern, Samsung phones always die sooner than any others. The same phone, when used by someone else, holds up longer - with the same numbers.

Current phones all have about the same hardware capabilities, iPhones need less battery because they're not supporting a Java interpreter in addition to the apps, and Androids (many of them, anyway) are easy to customize. You can jailbreak an iPhone, but then what? Anyone developing any iPhone ROMs these days?

 

[Golurk]

And one well-known (and respected) tester has found that, with his particular usage pattern, Samsung phones always die sooner than any others. The same phone, when used by someone else, holds up longer - with the same numbers.

Current phones all have about the same hardware capabilities, iPhones need less battery because they're not supporting a Java interpreter in addition to the apps, and Androids (many of them, anyway) are easy to customize. You can jailbreak an iPhone, but then what? Anyone developing any iPhone ROMs these days?

Jail breaking an iPhone defeats the entire point of iOS’ security advantage...and nobody does ROMs for iPhone.