Maybe crossing the fence and jumping into the iPasture.

[kramer5150]

Pixel doesn't qualify?

It hasn't been out long enough to determine the level of support. My iPhone 5C still gets updates... FWIW

 

[Old Stoneface]

Nexus 5X is very affordable

The Nexus 5X also has a somewhat spotty record wrt moisture resistance and battery life. I considered one... briefly, several months ago.

Pixel doesn't qualify?

Same price as an iPhone 7. Now: Will Google continue to support the device with updates/upgrades for up to about four years? Because that's what you can expect with the iPhone. Of course: The battery will probably get unusably weak, before then, so: Will you be able to take your Pixel into a Google store for an $80 battery replacement? Lastly: When you do decide to upgrade your hardware, will you be able to get somewhere between a quarter and half what you paid for it? You probably will for the iPhone 7

If you get your Pixel at all wet, will it survive it? Not if the Pixel's IP53 rating (essentially: No water resistance at all) is any guide. iPhone 7 is at least splash resistant, with an IPS67 rating. (Heck, even Lenovorola has maintained at least splash resistance on the budget G series.)

Personally, if I were in the market for a flagship device, with no investment in either ecosystem, I can't see any reason to go with the Google product.

 

[Inders99]

^^ I guess none of that matters to me compared to being roped into what Apple thinks you should like in a phone, however plenty don't mind considering their popularity. Good luck with the new phone.

 

[droidntn]

Saturday I was in Lowes trying to figure out lumber needed to make this little 8x3 bridge.
How much I'd need and how many 12x6's I would need to get that many cuts.
I needed to draw it out to make sense in my thick head I didn't have paper with me.
Then I remembered my stylus.
Worked perfectly.
SOoooooo...That kind of made me rethink that whole jump to the iPhone gig.
I'd probably miss that stylus more than I would have thought.

 

[Old Stoneface]

Ohhh... After playing with an iPad we bought over the weekend, I know there are a lot of things I'm going to miss if we jump

Nonetheless: Jump we probably will. I imagine we'll eventually get used to it.

 

[Morty2264]

Saturday I was in Lowes trying to figure out lumber needed to make this little 8x3 bridge.
How much I'd need and how many 12x6's I would need to get that many cuts.
I needed to draw it out to make sense in my thick head I didn't have paper with me.
Then I remembered my stylus.
Worked perfectly.
SOoooooo...That kind of made me rethink that whole jump to the iPhone gig.
I'd probably miss that stylus more than I would have thought.

I imagine that the stylus would come in handy for me during daily use as well! I've heard many a user stated that they love theirs. A pretty cool innovation.

 

[droidntn]

For instance, I was able to quickly sketch out and send to a builder what my wife wants done to a porch post.
No lol'ing at the quality of the drawing.
But that stylus is handy and would be hard to part with.

 

[Aquila]

For instance, I was able to quickly sketch out and send to a builder what my wife wants done to a porch post.
No lol'ing at the quality of the drawing.
But that stylus is handy and would be hard to part with.

k lol @ drawing

 

[Morty2264]

For instance, I was able to quickly sketch out and send to a builder what my wife wants done to a porch post.
No lol'ing at the quality of the drawing.
But that stylus is handy and would be hard to part with.

That drawing is way better than anything I could ever do with a stylus.

 

[muckle_dabuckle]

I'm in the same boat as the OP. I don't necessarily want an iPhone, but I'm starting to see some of the strengths. I spent almost $800 on a V20 that hasn't seen a security update since December 2016. For $60 more I could've gotten an iPhone 7 Plus (128GB), which I know will be updated for years to come. Battery life would be better too. Sound and cameras would be arguably similar on the two phones (if you consider the stereo speakers on the iPhone).

 

[Inders99]

Sorry, I had to copy this post from another thread, credit to ALCingularUser for this post:

"I had the 6 Plus for a couple of years. Nice phone and really good battery life. Yes, iOS is smooth and polished, but it's so tightly locked down. Want a different keyboard? Sure, you can have it, but it won't work as well as the stock one, and, occasionally, it'll revert to stock for some fields. Want a different e-mail client? You can have that too, except that, if you click on an e-mail address, Mail will always open. Want a different Web browser? Sure, you can have that, too--wait, no, you can't. You can get what appear to be Chrome and Firefox, among others, but they're actually just skins that wrap around Safari. Want to download music from something other than iTunes? Sorry. Want to load your favorite mp3 as a ringtone? You can, once you load it into iTunes on your computer, convert into a proprietary format, and then connect your iPhone and sync it. Want to use a different SMS/MMS client? You can do that, but then SMS and MMS will come to one client, and iMessage messages will come to another. I tried that once, and it was a mess.

Ease of use comes at a price, I'm afraid."

 

[droidntn]

Sorry, I had to copy this post from another thread, credit to ALCingularUser for this post:

"I had the 6 Plus for a couple of years. Nice phone and really good battery life. Yes, iOS is smooth and polished, but it's so tightly locked down. Want a different keyboard? Sure, you can have it, but it won't work as well as the stock one, and, occasionally, it'll revert to stock for some fields. Want a different e-mail client? You can have that too, except that, if you click on an e-mail address, Mail will always open. Want a different Web browser? Sure, you can have that, too--wait, no, you can't. You can get what appear to be Chrome and Firefox, among others, but they're actually just skins that wrap around Safari. Want to download music from something other than iTunes? Sorry. Want to load your favorite mp3 as a ringtone? You can, once you load it into iTunes on your computer, convert into a proprietary format, and then connect your iPhone and sync it. Want to use a different SMS/MMS client? You can do that, but then SMS and MMS will come to one client, and iMessage messages will come to another. I tried that once, and it was a mess.

Ease of use comes at a price, I'm afraid."

Thank you!! That's an EXCELLENT example of the differences. Well, several actually. Especially for those of us who have enjoyed the freedoms of our Android phones. I certainly will think thrice about making that jump considering my newly remembered use of that stylus AND the information in that quote.

 

[droidntn]

That drawing is way better than anything I could ever do with a stylus.

The builder texted back that his finished product will look better than my drawing. I said I hope so!

 

[Morty2264]

The builder texted back that his finished product will look better than my drawing. I said I hope so!

Lool! Glad things are coming together though!

 

[Old Stoneface]

Sorry, I had to copy this post from another thread, credit to ALCingularUser for this post:

No need to apologize. It's good info.

In my particular case it's probably not going to change my course, though. For one: The only thing out of all those that really matters is possibly the iMessage bit. And perhaps the keyboard. Even with those, the bottom line remains, for me, that I no longer feel safe in the Android environment.

We bought a pair of iPads at Costco last weekend. Taking a bit of getting used to, and there are several things I use on Android that simply do not exist for iOS. (Like the excellent WiFi Analyzer.) But, after a few days playing with them the odds are now better than even we're making the jump.

 

[Inders99]

No need to apologize. It's good info.

In my particular case it's probably not going to change my course, though. For one: The only thing out of all those that really matters is possibly the iMessage bit. And perhaps the keyboard. Even with those, the bottom line remains, for me, that I no longer feel safe in the Android environment.

My entire house is Apple, everything except the phone. Never understood the draw to those devices. I'm only "sort-of" concerned with updates, my surfing and internet interaction with my phone is pretty limited to those sites I know are not going to infect my phone.

Good luck!

 

[davidnc]

I have an iPhone I use along with my Pixel
I do fine the iPhone not as customizable , for example adding music as your ring tones / notification there are extra hoops you have to jump tho compared to Android.
I don't use iMessage or FaceTime , most people I know have Android.
The iPhone is ok , over all .
I think, I wouldnt want both my phone's to be apple phone's.
I see both sides of the coin between iPhone and Android

 

[muckle_dabuckle]

[*]I no longer trust the security of Android devices in the least

I don't trust the security of my Android devices either. It seems like manufacturers tried harder after the stage fright scare, but now are reverting back to their old ways with few and far between security patches and updates. I've deleted things like my banking app from my phone (which I liked to use to check my account when a receipt didn't print at the gas pump).

[*]With the "Moto" brand now being trashed by Lenovorola there is no longer a decent affordable Android device with a (nearly) pure Android experience that gets timely security

Have you looked into Blackberry? It's the cool thing to bash them, but the DTEK 50 is currently on sale for $230 on Blackberry's Web site. I haven't used one, but a lot of people think Blackberry Android's are close to stock. Blackberry pledged to give monthly security updates too (although I think they screwed up the April 2017 patch and didn't push it out to most devices). Even if Blackberry goes out of business and quits pushing security updates it would be no different than owning a flagship from a major manufacturer. If I do switch to iPhone I'll need to get my Android fix somehow and will probably pick up a Blackberry (most likely the KEYone). I wouldn't trust getting the KEYone from a carrier because I wouldn't be surprised if they blocked the monthly security patches.

 

[muckle_dabuckle]

Sorry, I had to copy this post from another thread, credit to ALCingularUser for this post:

"I had the 6 Plus for a couple of years. Nice phone and really good battery life. Yes, iOS is smooth and polished, but it's so tightly locked down. Want a different keyboard? Sure, you can have it, but it won't work as well as the stock one, and, occasionally, it'll revert to stock for some fields. Want a different e-mail client? You can have that too, except that, if you click on an e-mail address, Mail will always open. Want a different Web browser? Sure, you can have that, too--wait, no, you can't. You can get what appear to be Chrome and Firefox, among others, but they're actually just skins that wrap around Safari. Want to download music from something other than iTunes? Sorry. Want to load your favorite mp3 as a ringtone? You can, once you load it into iTunes on your computer, convert into a proprietary format, and then connect your iPhone and sync it. Want to use a different SMS/MMS client? You can do that, but then SMS and MMS will come to one client, and iMessage messages will come to another. I tried that once, and it was a mess.

Ease of use comes at a price, I'm afraid."

I get/agree with all of those points, but security is more important than all of those. I also wouldn't be surprised if Apple allows more customization in iOS 11. Even Apple fans are finding it stagnant (a lot of forum posts at iMore about switching to the S8).

 

[J Dubbs]

I'm a light user, and never add anything to my phones. I just use the stock features. The only app I've ever installed is the Fitbit app.

Otherwise I just pick a wallpaper on the phone I like and call it a day. I really have no need or desire to customize my phone.
I just want it to work reliably and smoothly for a long time ;-)