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
I made the switch last year from a Razer Phone 2 with a waning battery to a used iPhone 12. There’s a lot I enjoy about iOS. FaceID is wonderful and it pairs with Bitwarden and other login services very well. The camera is very nice, takes great pictures and has an excellent zoom. The live photo option is cool but takes up a lot of space if you take a lot of photos. I’m a very avid Swype user and used Swiftkey on Android. Never had much of an issue with it as it had very good predictive text. Swype and predictive text feels terrible on iOS, on the stock keyboard and with Swiftkey (which I think is getting removed from the AppStore soon). It’s constantly putting in words that don’t make any sense. So I constantly have to go back and edit what I’m typing. It also switches itself back to the stock keyboard multiple times a day. I don’t care for Safari so I use Firefox. Apple forces Firefox to use webkit and doesn’t allow extensions like on Android. I do run Adguard vpn and that seems to do decent at blocking ads. I ended up ordering a battery and paid for a replacement in my Razer Phone 2. It’s a huge heavy rectangle, but it’s almost stock android and gets 3 or 4 days on a charge. I’m really considering switching back but I don’t feel like moving my 2FA and other crap right now.
I hear ya. I use a lot of those services but I can tell you that I haven’t liked any keyboard on android. So I like this input because it’s very close to my actual use case. Even then though, I feel like I’ll manage. And even if I can’t, I’ll be holding onto my Note 10 for a bit before reselling it. If I feel like going back to it, I’ll just return or sell the iPhone and the cost of doing that is low enough that I’d rather try it and fail.
Just wanted to see what other people’s experiences have been and if I’m in the right mindset with androids being behind. Seems like it depends on what you want to have and maybe my use case has just changed. Cheers!