Jumping Ship: 5 iPhone features I would consider leaving Android for

[SpookDroid]

1. iMessage I understand. Samsung made a step in the right direction with Enhanced Messaging, but I don't understand why it's disabled by default and not advertised. That's why basically iMessage on an Android. The new SMS protocol will help though.

Probably because it's not a Samsung thing, it's a 'consortium' thing. The protocol, however, it's only half-baked into Android, so only the stock messaging app can access it (you use a 3rd party messaging app? No luck and you won't even get notified about the messages coming through RCS, which is a pretty bad thing).

On certain models/carriers, though, they've made it mandatory if VoLTE is turned on. S7 and S8 on T-Mobile, for instance. So no way to flip the switch (it gets messy when onlly some of your contacts use RCS, half don't, and you add iUsers on top of that) is to disable either VoLTE or enhanced call features. While I like the idea of RCS, it still has a VERY long way to go and so far it's more of a headache than a true feature.

T-Mobile's DIGITS only makes things worse, as it takes RCS and builds up on it for cross-device availability while making it a true nightmare if you don't use the stock messaging app (and even then users are plagued with doubled notifications, missing messages, etc.).

 

[JHStewart1023]

So everyone has their preferences but some of these seem pretty accurate. 5 iPhone Features I Would Consider Leaving Android For

1. Imessage
2. Airdrop
3. Handoff
4. Apple Pay
5. Timely and consistent updates.

IMessage eh... airdrop... Bluetooth solves that, apple pay... Android pay is better and newer phones get the updates... Apple only releases minor ones.

 

[ptkelly]

I thought about it a while and came up with no reason I would ever do business with Apple.

 

[kramer5150]

First person I've seen that likes it haha. I always see iDevice charger cables be very beaten up with the protective cable encasing coming off (I know my work iPhone's chargers all did this after a while, and I always had them just at my desk, so no travel or putting them in a bag or anything).

I did like that it was reversible, so no need to fumble and trying to figure out the right side to plug it in. USB-C is probably a step in that direction, though.

I was only referring to the little metal contact plug part of the design... not the wire or strain relief (which totally suck IMHO).