Which phone and what to expect.

[tekjunkie28]

I currently have a iPhone 11 pro max. I love it but I also miss android a little on some aspects. I’m still within my 14 day period with this particular phone. I am looking to get a Note 10+. I have used one before but there was some things I didn’t like. They were the bad USB C dongle audio quality, the delay and amount of taps to unlock the device, the battery life, signal strength, and oddly enough the screen looks green and pink with using my sunglasses.

The things I like about the note are obviously google integration and the screen. I also like the price a bit better as best buy has a$300 off sale right now on the note 10+. Price isn’t a concern but I do enjoy saving money for other projects I have going on at home and my gaming pc.

The things I would miss from the iPhone would be iMessage (not really sure why I like seeing blue but everyone I know has iPhones), the cameras, battery life, and maybe performance, definitely timely updates.

What are y’all’s thoughts? I know this is a touchy subject and I’m asking this on a biased forum as it’s for Androids but I’d like feedback from people that use both. My previous device for 2 years was a Note 8.

 

[Rukbat]

For timely updates, Pixel. It's updated on the first Monday of every month for 3 years.

But if you like the things you can do with a stylus, it has to be a Note.

Camera? Which aspect? Wide angle? Telephoto? Night pictures? (You can't beat the Pixel 2 or later Night Sight - it sees better than I do. And it has a special Google chip to do the picture processing, so HDR+ is very fast.) But wider angle or telephoto? You can add lenses to any phone. (There's an 18X-30X zoom, a 0.63X wide angle lens, a 198° fisheye lens and a 15X macro lens available - better than any camera can do alone.)

Battery life? iPhone. Android phones have to run a Java interpreter, and that takes battery. iOS runs apps natively.

iMessage - of course you can't do that except in iOS, because Apple won't allow it - but once RCS is fully done, people using Apples will be wishing there was an RCS app for iPhones. Texting nearby without a cellular connection? Done. Unlimited file size transfer (with no compression)? Done. Probably more things in the works for the future. (SMS is the old pocket pager protocol, it was never intended for anything more than sending a phone number.)

Which phone? Your choice. But if full control of the phone is important to you, make sure the bootloader is unlockable without voiding the warranty. (Google doesn't even care if you root the phone, as long as the problem isn't something you caused by having the phone rooted. I had to send them a debug dump, and took it while the phone was rooted. The developer asked me to remove root and do another one - just so he didn't have all the extra lines to go through.)

 

[anon(50597)]

The things I would miss from the iPhone would be iMessage (not really sure why I like seeing blue but everyone I know has iPhones), the cameras, battery life, and maybe performance, definitely timely updates.

These are some pretty big and important points. Are you sure you’re ready to give them up already?

Why not keep the iPhone for a year and really put it through your use scenario. It’s not like new Android devices won’t come out next year. Many of us are too quick to jump back and forth looking for the perfect phone, which doesn’t exist.

Whatever you do, good luck!

 

[tekjunkie28]

For timely updates, Pixel. It's updated on the first Monday of every month for 3 years.

But if you like the things you can do with a stylus, it has to be a Note.

Camera? Which aspect? Wide angle? Telephoto? Night pictures? (You can't beat the Pixel 2 or later Night Sight - it sees better than I do. And it has a special Google chip to do the picture processing, so HDR+ is very fast.) But wider angle or telephoto? You can add lenses to any phone. (There's an 18X-30X zoom, a 0.63X wide angle lens, a 198° fisheye lens and a 15X macro lens available - better than any camera can do alone.)

Battery life? iPhone. Android phones have to run a Java interpreter, and that takes battery. iOS runs apps natively.

iMessage - of course you can't do that except in iOS, because Apple won't allow it - but once RCS is fully done, people using Apples will be wishing there was an RCS app for iPhones. Texting nearby without a cellular connection? Done. Unlimited file size transfer (with no compression)? Done. Probably more things in the works for the future. (SMS is the old pocket pager protocol, it was never intended for anything more than sending a phone number.)

Which phone? Your choice. But if full control of the phone is important to you, make sure the bootloader is unlockable without voiding the warranty. (Google doesn't even care if you root the phone, as long as the problem isn't something you caused by having the phone rooted. I had to send them a debug dump, and took it while the phone was rooted. The developer asked me to remove root and do another one - just so he didn't have all the extra lines to go through.)

Not interested in anything but the note series.

 

[tekjunkie28]

These are some pretty big and important points. Are you sure you’re ready to give them up already?

Why not keep the iPhone for a year and really put it through your use scenario. It’s not like new Android devices won’t come out next year. Many of us are too quick to jump back and forth looking for the perfect phone, which doesn’t exist.

Whatever you do, good luck!

No I’m not sure... never am either. I enjoyed the note 8 for 2 years and really didn’t intend to give it up but I had to switch carriers. That spurred a renewed interest in looking for a phone. Honestly I didn’t even know the note 10+ came out. I was so happy with the note 8 I never even looked at the note 9. Which is odd for me. Normally I don’t own a phone for more then 1 year give or take a few months.

 

[belodion]

For timely updates, Pixel. It's updated on the first Monday of every month for 3 years.

But if you like the things you can do with a stylus, it has to be a Note.

Camera? Which aspect? Wide angle? Telephoto? Night pictures? (You can't beat the Pixel 2 or later Night Sight - it sees better than I do. And it has a special Google chip to do the picture processing, so HDR+ is very fast.) But wider angle or telephoto? You can add lenses to any phone. (There's an 18X-30X zoom, a 0.63X wide angle lens, a 198° fisheye lens and a 15X macro lens available - better than any camera can do alone.)

Battery life? iPhone. Android phones have to run a Java interpreter, and that takes battery. iOS runs apps natively.

iMessage - of course you can't do that except in iOS, because Apple won't allow it - but once RCS is fully done, people using Apples will be wishing there was an RCS app for iPhones. Texting nearby without a cellular connection? Done. Unlimited file size transfer (with no compression)? Done. Probably more things in the works for the future. (SMS is the old pocket pager protocol, it was never intended for anything more than sending a phone number.)

Which phone? Your choice. But if full control of the phone is important to you, make sure the bootloader is unlockable without voiding the warranty. (Google doesn't even care if you root the phone, as long as the problem isn't something you caused by having the phone rooted. I had to send them a debug dump, and took it while the phone was rooted. The developer asked me to remove root and do another one - just so he didn't have all the extra lines to go through.)

Thank you @Rukbat for your lengthy and detailed answer. It deserves recognition at least.

 

[mustang7757]

Thank you @Rukbat for your lengthy and detailed answer. It deserves recognition at least.

Rukbat always been very helpful and with details glad we have him .

 

[tekjunkie28]

Rukbat always been very helpful and with details glad we have him .

Helpful yes but I can’t decide. One think that’s annoying me atm though is that YouTube isn’t staying in memory on the iPhone. And I watch a lot of you tube sometimes.

 

[mustang7757]

Helpful yes but I can’t decide. One think that’s annoying me atm though is that YouTube isn’t staying in memory on the iPhone. And I watch a lot of you tube sometimes.

Do you have background app enabled for YouTube?

 

[tekjunkie28]

Do you have background app enabled for YouTube?

Is that even an option on iOS?

 

[mustang7757]

Is that even an option on iOS?

Yeah definitely

 

[tekjunkie28]

Yeah definitely

Looking now but I don’t see it. I know it’s an option on twitch.

 

[mustang7757]

Screenshot

 

[tekjunkie28]

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You mean background app fresh??

 

[mustang7757]

You mean background app fresh??

Yeah

 

[tekjunkie28]

Yeah

That doesn’t make it stay in memory. I mean if i watch a video and halfway thought I got to do something else then it will reload the app if I closed it. It doesn’t happen all the time but it happened 4 times earlier today.

 

[mustang7757]

That doesn’t make it stay in memory. I mean if i watch a video and halfway thought I got to do something else then it will reload the app if I closed it. It doesn’t happen all the time but it happened 4 times earlier today.

Thought it help with staying in background

 

[tekjunkie28]

Thought it help with staying in background

I don’t think so but I honestly don’t know that. I thought that option was for updating in the back ground. But what makes that setting even more convoluted is that apps don’t refresh in background afaik on iOS.

 

[mustang7757]

I don’t think so but I honestly don’t know that. I thought that option was for updating in the back ground. But what makes that setting even more convoluted is that apps don’t refresh in background afaik on iOS.

Hmmm...I have my iPhone x , but don't stay long enough to diagnose things like that

 

[tekjunkie28]

Hmmm...I have my iPhone x , but don't stay long enough to diagnose things like that

I’m debating about getting off my butt and going to Best Buy to get a a note 10+... again.