Update from iPhone Users who switched

[Almeuit]

Wireless charging is convenient, hardly a key feature. Especially since S7 Edge uses a non-reversible USB.
Fast Charging is the same on the iPhone. Takes the same amount of time to charge, if not less time on the iPhone @ 2A.
Far superior screen tech? Like AMOLEDs that eventually burn in and wink out over time and turn to yellow? Besides some power saving, AMOLED is pointless on a tiny device like a phone. Looks nice on a 70" TV though, still, NOT a superior tech that has a definite lifespan to the organic diodes that degrade quickly over time. I'll take the iPad Pro's LCD ANY DAY.

I might be biased though. I own a Note 5, S7 Edge, Macbook Pro, an iPad Pro and an iPad Mini. Android has NO features I prefer, and ONLY drawbacks to being an inferior operating system. The only redeeming factors are the device themselves, with superior cameras, Samsung pay, beautiful design, SD card etc. The software honestly is an embarrassment to Google, (and Samsung), as they still don't even control their own security updates from the carriers and are always 6 months behind the Nexus phones.

Well see .. That is your opinion and it is okay but to generalize that "No one customizes" and stuff is pretty false. Just go look at any home screen stickies we have in various forums and look how drastically different people's setups are. .

 

[Almeuit]

Mod Note - Let's all take it down a notch. I cleaned up some posts that weren't really needed. Civil discussions are good -- going down the troll/insult road isn't.

 

[delta7]

doubt your samsung will last 7 years like the 3gs, apple is king when it comes to durability.

I don't care for the 6 and 6s shape but I will never knock apple, they build reliable phones tat last a long time.

 

[jinzen]

Outdated as compared to what? The majority of Android phones? Are you deluded to believe that the majority are on marshmallow? The Note 5 and S6 Edge Plus are getting updated to marshmallow across the globe right now. That makes them more up-to-date than 95% of Android phones in the world. By the way, where is your disdain for every phone in the world besides Samsung flagships for not yet having split screen functionality.

Oh PLEASE. Lol, my S6 Edge Plus is on like November Security update from Verizon, and is NOT on Marshmallow. Apple devices are up to date across the board.

 

[RichBrown68]

Well since the iPhone 3GS has not been out seven years yet, I'm not sure how you can make that statement. But regardless, I suppose that's only relevant to a person who plans to keep their phone for 7 years. If someone only plans to keep their phone for 2 years or 3 years, and they only need a phone that will endure 2 years or 3 years, don't they?

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[llckll]

I've had many iPhone in the past. But I've upgraded from the Microsoft Lumia 950 xl.

I like this phone a lot. But one thing that I do notice is the occasional lag. When scrolling up and down in Internet or chrome, it kind of stutters and isn't as smooth as it should be.

And when I type, they keyboard can't keep up with my speed.

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[JF2014]

Having used iOS for several years, and still using an iPad, what's made me take notice are two things:

Security updates: having the carrier act as some sort of malignant goaltender between me and a security update is vexing. My Rogers-sourced S7E is still on the February security patch, while the April version is rolling out.

App features: I've found two apps which offer features in iOS not available on my Android device. The first is Sleep Cycle alarm clock; I've loved this app since the day I installed it on my iP4 over 5 years ago. On later versions in iOS, the app uses the phone's mic to detect movement during sleep. This allows you to set the device on your nightstand. In the current Android version, the app uses the phone's accelerometer, as it did 5 years ago in iOS. This requires the device to be physically in the bed next to you.

The second app, and the more puzzling of the two, is Google maps. I started a thread about this elsewhere, but in essence the current Android app is not able to broadcast navigation prompts to your connected vehicle as a BT phone call (which would interrupt whichever audio source your music is coming from at the time.)

In the last version on iOS, the option was available in settings to "Play nav prompts as a BT phone call", but it's absent here; I must be listening to music/audio via BT streaming if I want to hear navigation prompts while driving.

I can set the app to play prompts over the device's built-in speaker, but that's a really half-assed solution if you ask me.

I've also noticed more general 'flakiness' in the OS. This is remedied with a restart, but that's something I've rarely had to perform on an iOS device.

 

[anon(5719825)]

I can't believe that with two of the best phones I have ever owned, the Note 5 and the S7 edge, that it is still a problem where installing an app can drain the battery on either one of these phones i n 7-8 hrs. I have never EVER had that problem on an iPhone.

For the past few days, I have had the AT Bat app installed on my S7 Edge which runs Marshmallow. The battery life is still excellent. I texted someone all night and with 1 day, 6 hrs standby, I have 5 hrs, 15 screen time.

I installed the same app on my Note 5 running Lollipop on Thursday and after unplugging from the charger and leaving it at home just sitting here doing nothing, the battery was at 43% in just 7 hrs. The battery graph looked like a ski slope. After deleting that app, the graph was almost a straight line across after two hours of standby.

Why is this still a problem today? I just don't get it.

 

[mikef91]

I switched from the 6S and haven't looked back. Outside of the nagging SD card notification issue, the S7 edge is the first Android phone that hasn't had me thinking of switching back to Apple. Take the plunge, you won't regret it. This is coming from someone who has owned every iPhone iteration since the 3GS.

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[jianrong]

I come from 6 plus. Screen beauty... customise... got nice theme and keyboard. Icon put where and 6 on dock... lol

 

[jdfry15]

I can't believe that with two of the best phones I have ever owned, the Note 5 and the S7 edge, that it is still a problem where installing an app can drain the battery on either one of these phones i n 7-8 hrs. I have never EVER had that problem on an iPhone.

For the past few days, I have had the AT Bat app installed on my S7 Edge which runs Marshmallow. The battery life is still excellent. I texted someone all night and with 1 day, 6 hrs standby, I have 5 hrs, 15 screen time.

I installed the same app on my Note 5 running Lollipop on Thursday and after unplugging from the charger and leaving it at home just sitting here doing nothing, the battery was at 43% in just 7 hrs. The battery graph looked like a ski slope. After deleting that app, the graph was almost a straight line across after two hours of standby.

Why is this still a problem today? I just don't get it.

This is my biggest problem with Android. Makes no sense to me. I use the mlb at bat too haven't noticed a problem with it yet but I can have my outlook app or best buy app do the same thing. Not all the time though. I just think there is either a problem with the apps being poorly written or something wrong with Android in keeping those apps awake even if they are closed out. Even so, I will get 5 to 5.5 of screen time.

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[Wildo6882]

Well since the iPhone 3GS has not been out seven years yet, I'm not sure how you can make that statement. But regardless, I suppose that's only relevant to a person who plans to keep their phone for 7 years. If someone only plans to keep their phone for 2 years or 3 years, and they only need a phone that will endure 2 years or 3 years, don't they?

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Just to play Devil's Advocate here - the iPhone 3GS was released on June 9, 2009. Which is two months short of 7 years at this point.

In any case, there's no way I'd hang on to a phone that long.

 

[erasat]

I can't believe that with two of the best phones I have ever owned, the Note 5 and the S7 edge, that it is still a problem where installing an app can drain the battery on either one of these phones i n 7-8 hrs. I have never EVER had that problem on an iPhone.

For the past few days, I have had the AT Bat app installed on my S7 Edge which runs Marshmallow. The battery life is still excellent. I texted someone all night and with 1 day, 6 hrs standby, I have 5 hrs, 15 screen time.

I installed the same app on my Note 5 running Lollipop on Thursday and after unplugging from the charger and leaving it at home just sitting here doing nothing, the battery was at 43% in just 7 hrs. The battery graph looked like a ski slope. After deleting that app, the graph was almost a straight line across after two hours of standby.

Why is this still a problem today? I just don't get it.

At Bat uses Location permissions, it must be pinging location all the time. If you want to see if the location is the issue, just turn Location off and re-install the app and see if it doesn't drain as it just did, problem is that i think the app doesn't work without Location on, if I remember correctly, but at least it can help you to pinpoint the culprit.

 

[erasat]

This is my biggest problem with Android. Makes no sense to me. I use the mlb at bat too haven't noticed a problem with it yet but I can have my outlook app or best buy app do the same thing. Not all the time though. I just think there is either a problem with the apps being poorly written or something wrong with Android in keeping those apps awake even if they are closed out. Even so, I will get 5 to 5.5 of screen time.

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It's a combination of Location settings in many apps and Google Location History, try turning off Location History (a proven battery drainer since Google removed Location reporting and incorporated into the Location History) and see if it gets better, I think it will.

 

[jdfry15]

At Bat uses Location permissions, it must be pinging location all the time. If you want to see if the location is the issue, just turn Location off and re-install the app and see if it doesn't drain as it just did, problem is that i think the app doesn't work without Location on, if I remember correctly, but at least it can help you to pinpoint the culprit.

It won't let me use the app to watch games with location settings off because TV and blackout rights.

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[erasat]

It won't let me use the app to watch games with location settings off because TV and blackout rights.

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Yes, that's what I mentioned to NexusGirlX, but in her case at least can help to find the culprit, if it's that, then she can act about it.

For you, you must leave location on, but you don't need Location History on, do you have it on? If so, turn it off and see if it helps.

 

[anon(5630457)]

I moved from the iPhone 6s Plus to the S7 edge and I never looked back. I loved the battery life on the iPhone 6s Plus, but I hated most everything else about it. I don't like Apple's ecosystem. I didn't like that I had to have all of my apps littered on the homescreen, even with those customized little folders. I did like 3D touch, but I don't miss it. The retina display also doesn't "pop" like the SAMOLED screens on Samsung phones. Plus the free Gear S2 that Verizon was offering (a $500 smartwatch!) was also enticing.

 

[anon(5630457)]

6s plus will charge in about 2 - 2.5 hours @ 2A Charger, and a S7 Edge will alway require almost 2 hours @ Quick Charge 2.0. Both require special chargers (Samsung requires not only a 2A charger but also a Qualcomm Quick Charge 2.0 compatible charger)

LOL. Are you being serious? It took my 6s Plus over 3 hours to charge up from 0%. My S7 edge charges up in a little over an hour!

I get that people are fans of a product or to a brand, but don't get delusional.

 

[anon(5719825)]

This is my biggest problem with Android. Makes no sense to me. I use the mlb at bat too haven't noticed a problem with it yet but I can have my outlook app or best buy app do the same thing. Not all the time though. I just think there is either a problem with the apps being poorly written or something wrong with Android in keeping those apps awake even if they are closed out. Even so, I will get 5 to 5.5 of screen time.

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Outlook was also a problem for me. I tried using it so I could get all my iCloud email on it and that app gave me some of the worst battery life as well.
I deleted it after a day.

 

[anon(5719825)]

LOL. Are you being serious? It took my 6s Plus over 3 hours to charge up from 0%. My S7 edge charges up in a little over an hour!

I get that people are fans of a product or to a brand, but don't get delusional.

Many people don't realize this but Apple has been including an underpowered charger with the 6+/6S+. I discovered that when I used the charger for an iPad Air (not an iPad Mini charger either), the iPhone 6+/6S+ would charge much faster.

It's still nowhere as fast at charging as any of my Samsung phones but it is faster with an iPad charger instead of the included charger.