Missing out with iOS

[tekjunkie28]

I have been a long time user of both Android and iOS. I like both equally I don’t keep up with bleeding edge software for either side. I’m a hardware guy myself. I currently own a iPhone 11 pro max and it’s great minus the weight, price, multitasking/PIP. I guess when we get down to it the only things that sways my decision between iOS and Android is support/updates vs. multitasking/nerdy apps like WiFi analyzer.

I just started using google home minis. I don’t really know what they do besides turn my lamp off and tell me the weather but they are neat but are they more of just a gimmick?

Next question is what am I missing out on by using iOS and having the google home mini and what other they may I not be considering OS wise?

 

[SpookDroid]

When it comes to the smart speakers, unless you disable all things Boogle on your iPhony, you are missing out on nothing. Your smart speaker can't control your phone (whether it's Android or iOS), so everything you can do with it is done via server software. You can still ask it to give you information about pretty much anything, stream music and control it, get info from your account (like directions, calendar events, calls if you're in the US, etc.).

 

[tekjunkie28]

When it comes to the smart speakers, unless you disable all things Boogle on your iPhony, you are missing out on nothing. Your smart speaker can't control your phone (whether it's Android or iOS), so everything you can do with it is done via server software. You can still ask it to give you information about pretty much anything, stream music and control it, get info from your account (like directions, calendar events, calls if you're in the US, etc.).

Is there anything that android offers other that customization that I maybe other looking?

 

[SpookDroid]

Is there anything that android offers other that customization that I maybe other looking?

Better system integration with Boogle services, more 3rd party options for sharing (and sharing to non-Android devices), better options for PC/Phone interactions and screen mirroring (but not too much for messaging, where iMessage does shine bright). So yeah, I guess all that counts as some form of 'customization' just from the nature of Android being more open than iOS. And of course with that also comes the myriad of hardware options with the same software base (you get MST with Samsung phones, for instance, or mega-zooms with other brands, etc.).

Anything in particular you're thinking about?

 

[tekjunkie28]

Better system integration with Boogle services, more 3rd party options for sharing (and sharing to non-Android devices), better options for PC/Phone interactions and screen mirroring (but not too much for messaging, where iMessage does shine bright). So yeah, I guess all that counts as some form of 'customization' just from the nature of Android being more open than iOS. And of course with that also comes the myriad of hardware options with the same software base (you get MST with Samsung phones, for instance, or mega-zooms with other brands, etc.).

Anything in particular you're thinking about?

No nothing in particular. I used a note 8 for 2 years and tried the note 10+ but wasn’t overly impressed but I don’t have enough time to really enjoy it either. I’m still debating on which one but I also get $450 off on a Note 10+ if I choose to buy one. I never fully used android to is fullest potential and the same can be said for iOS. For the past four years I’ve had a note 5 for 1 and a iPhone for 1 and then the note 8 for 2 years. It’s the 1st phone that I’ve never thought about upgrading after a year. Too bad I traded it in, I’d love to have it back.

I just want to make sure before my 14 day return period is up. I’m not tied to the Apple or google eco system in anyway other then gmail (storing my contacts also) and google photos. Even then I just used google photos to back up some pics. I don’t own an Apple Watch yet either and not sure I ever would. My wife couldn’t live without heres but I never wear a watch anyways.

Almost everyone I know now has iPhones and I don’t think any of them would ever consider switching. That makes iMessage and FaceTime slightly more appealing but when sending pics of any value I always used Facebook messenger anyways. I ready don’t use my phone for much more then research, reading, testing, phone calls, music and YouTube. I watch some sports if I’m away from home on it through the direcTV app. I also do a good bit of twitch on it if I’m away from my pc. I’ve never really used any link to PC for anything. I should though as I’m on it quite a bit. I just don’t like it when I have to use 3rd party apps to do things but then again I guess on PC everything is third part (steam, discord, etc.) idk why it slightly annoys me on a phone.

I do enjoy iOS and this phone. I enjoy how it’s ‘just works’. But sometimes I like tinkering with things too. I’m a pretty technologically advanced person in hardware and I like working on thing like that but most of the time I just want it to work. Saying that I’ve never had an issue on my note 8.

Choices are frustrating and I’m just trying to cover all my bases.

 

[SpookDroid]

Both phones are great. But while iOS 'just works' is usually right, my biggest problem with it is that it 'just works...as long as you want it to work OUR way'. That and, to me, iOS looks exactly the same as it did 10 years ago. I don't get that 'new toy' feeling with them because I get the same experience form an ayeFon 9 than the newest and greatest 11 (which is also a good thing for some).

 

[anon(50597)]

Both phones are great. But while iOS 'just works' is usually right, my biggest problem with it is that it 'just works...as long as you want it to work OUR way'. That and, to me, iOS looks exactly the same as it did 10 years ago. I don't get that 'new toy' feeling with them because I get the same experience form an ayeFon 9 than the newest and greatest 11 (which is also a good thing for some).

People who want their phone to “just work” aren’t as concerned about what it looks like. It’s how it performs.

 

[tekjunkie28]

Both phones are great. But while iOS 'just works' is usually right, my biggest problem with it is that it 'just works...as long as you want it to work OUR way'. That and, to me, iOS looks exactly the same as it did 10 years ago. I don't get that 'new toy' feeling with them because I get the same experience form an ayeFon 9 than the newest and greatest 11 (which is also a good thing for some).

That’s true but I like the sameness in the OS. Before when Android was changing a lot by the time I figured out all the things it did and how to access them they changed it. I don’t get that newness from pretty much any phone these days. I think that has more to do with me than the phones. Before I was buying phones based on performance and battery life. Now I’m buying based on best user experience, but all around, best value vs what you get. They all are fast as long as the os is good.

 

[tekjunkie28]

People who want their phone to “just work” aren’t as concerned about what it looks like. It’s how it performs.

True. But if your paying high $$$ then they better be dang near perfect. If I bought $60 android I expect it to just make phone calls and text. If I’m paying $1000 then It better do everything almost flawlessly.

 

[anon(50597)]

True. But if your paying high $$$ then they better be dang near perfect. If I bought $60 android I expect it to just make phone calls and text. If I’m paying $1000 then It better do everything almost flawlessly.

Absolutely.