I’m planning on switching platforms and I’m just curious of the opinions of people here. I think that Android can have advantages in areas of privacy and external app installation, but most of the benefits come with a lot of tinkering out of the box.
I’m a very capable person at modifying my phone and I don’t generally mind doing that. I can make the interface work however I want. But I find myself caring less and less about how I interact with things in the light of what Apple is doing.
I’m looking at Android and it seems to be pretty far behind iOS at the moment. The messaging service is a huge sticking point and progress isn’t being made to unify iMessage with RCS apps. It seems to me like Samsung is making more progress with the platform than Google itself is. Like they’re the ones carrying it right now.
Keep in mind, I’m not a shill here. I haven’t used iOS in years. I still think they’re overpriced phones and Apple isn’t a great company. And I wish USB-C was a thing. This isn’t an ad. I’m just frustrated with the android platform and Apple seems to be leaving it behind.
Example features: FaceID, iMessage, home screen UX, battery life, and extended software support.
So can anyone tell me if they feel the same or help me in my decision? Not trying to start a tech war btw
My issues with apple are mostly around repair. Cost of first party repairs and active fighting against user or third party repairs.
My iPhone got some water damage, and now faceid doesn’t work. Because it’s water damage, they won’t even do the “faceid repair” for like $200, they’ll only replace the device for $550. Like most parts on the phone it’s paired to the phone, so it’s impossible to salvage a part and do the repair myself.
So I’m here with no faceid for like a year because I don’t want to pay them that much for the repair (might as well get a new phone at that point) and I don’t want to buy a new iPhone and reward apple for this bs.
If I do buy another iPhone eventually, I might just give in though and play their fucking game fully and just buy the applecare. Just fully go in on the fact that I’m subscribing to the iPhone experience, not actually owning anything.
For that price why not get an android instead? Unless, your work requires an iPhone, etc.
I was all anti apple a while back, but when I first got an iPhone for work I kinda really enjoyed it. And eventually found myself using my iPhone a lot. I think it’s mostly around performance, every flagship Samsung I’ve bought felt really crappy to use after a few months. A factory reset sometimes helped, but who wants to do that regularly.
I’ve enjoyed my time with google pixels in the past, so I might be tempted to go that route in the future.
I’m sending this from my almost 4 year old iPhone 11 that works quite well. Better than any android I’ve had even 2 years into its life.
I feel this and repair is a big downside. However, I’ve never needed to repair my previous phones. And I’m planning on buying a $500 used iPhone. So I guess I’d just eat the cost for any repair more expensive than a screen replacement. But tbh, official Samsung parts for their phones aren’t exactly cheap and most comparable phones to the iPhone aren’t any easier or cheaper to repair for the most part.
Yeah, that’s largely why I switched to iPhone to begin with. The phones have the potential to last for many years with the software support they get.
It may not help you now, but Apple has started offering Self-Service repair kits, parts, and manuals for iPhone 12 and newer, including re-syncing the paired parts. It’s not perfect, but it’s a start. Even if you don’t personally have the skills to fix it, a 3rd party repair will have an easier time.
They only offer a couple of parts (no faceid), the parts are expensive (usually the same or more as having apple do the repair), and they do not offer any parts at all for my iPhone 11.