Current Events > I made the switch from Android to iOS over the weekend

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After using Android ever since smartphones became a thing I switched from my Galaxy Note 5 and bought an iPhone 7 Plus so I could experience the other side for myself.

I don't like it. It's so dull and basic. You can't customize anything so I'm very limited to what I can do on this phone and it honestly feels like Apple is controlling me. In my opinion the only thing the iPhone 7 has on the Note 5 is the camera because the portrait/depth effect is beautiful. Anyway, I'm gonna return it and switch back. Now I know.
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Pretty sure I told you iPhones are for casuals who can't be bothered with settings, Androids are for everyone else.
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voldothegr8 posted...

Pretty sure I told you iPhones are for casuals who can't be bothered with settings, Androids are for everyone else.

Naw, I think that was someone else you talked to.
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Asherlee10 posted...

Good standard for choosing in the future: Apple is VERY intuitive when they come to their UI so that a wide-range of demographics can use their products. Typically Android-based devices are going to be fully customizable for those that can do that.

I know you know that now, but it's a good thing to remember.

Yeah. Only reason why I bought it was so I didn't just go by word of mouth and actually got hands-on experience with the iPhone. Oh well.
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Asherlee10 posted...

Good standard for choosing in the future: Apple is VERY intuitive when they come to their UI so that a wide-range of demographics can use their products. Typically Android-based devices are going to be fully customizable for those that can do that.

I know you know that now, but it's a good thing to remember.

From the few apple products I've used they are very unintuitive. They do things completely reverse to others just to be different. Trying to use a Mac or iPhone is a pain in the ass.

Iphones are for people who don't actually want smartphones, just a phone with internet and social apps
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I regretted it too. The 6S was the most disappointing smartphone of the century.

Also, I made a mistake in buying a case from a kiosk at the mall instead of an actual store because now I can't return my case.
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ShadowKirby17 posted...

honestly feels like Apple is controlling me

Which is how apple achieved such mainstream success. You can apply the same logic to lots of things including gaming.
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iphones are for people that dont give a shit about customizing their phones, flashing custom roms, etc

they just want to use a smartphone for its smartphone features and then be done with it. i honestly appreciate the simplicity. its neat that i can customize an android phone but honestly after the first hour of owning it i have my icons and widgets set up the way i want it and then i'm using the android phone the same way as i'd use an iphone.
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WhinyZach posted...

this guy even made his have an android lay out

Or you can just buy an android.

_Reivax_ posted...

WhinyZach posted...

this guy even made his have an android lay out

Or you can just by an android.

And not have to worry about bricking an expensive device.
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voldothegr8 posted...

_Reivax_ posted...

WhinyZach posted...

this guy even made his have an android lay out

Or you can just by an android.

And not have to worry about bricking an expensive device.

Been jbing my last 3-4 iphones. Literally never bricked.
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_Reivax_ posted...

WhinyZach posted...

this guy even made his have an android lay out

Or you can just buy an android.

That's what I was thinking.
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Asherlee10 posted...

Good standard for choosing in the future: Apple is VERY intuitive when they come to their UI so that a wide-range of demographics can use their products. Typically Android-based devices are going to be fully customizable for those that can do that.

What is so hard about using an Android?
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addled posted...

Asherlee10 posted...

Good standard for choosing in the future: Apple is VERY intuitive when they come to their UI so that a wide-range of demographics can use their products. Typically Android-based devices are going to be fully customizable for those that can do that.

What is so hard about using an Android?

when you update your android phone and have to google to find out why everything on your phone is now fucked up, when you have to google why your phone is bleeding battery life late at night, why your phone is eating up all your data, etc

my s6 edge was a great phone but a huge pain in the ass about stuff like this
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I made the switch (to iPhone 5 at the time) after my Android appeared to have some sort of virus that caused it to randomly shut down and glitch. Frustrated, I made the switch.

Apple customer support is amazing, I've been able to return phones for a brand new one even without AppleCare or insurance. I do miss the customizable options and awesome apps like Game Boy emulators, but the iOS system appears super secure and I haven't had many software problems with it.
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green butter posted...

addled posted...

Asherlee10 posted...

Good standard for choosing in the future: Apple is VERY intuitive when they come to their UI so that a wide-range of demographics can use their products. Typically Android-based devices are going to be fully customizable for those that can do that.

What is so hard about using an Android?

when you update your android phone and have to google to find out why everything on your phone is now fucked up, when you have to google why your phone is bleeding battery life late at night, why your phone is eating up all your data, etc

my s6 edge was a great phone but a huge pain in the ass about stuff like this

Still better than having your iPhone plagued with the 30% battery glitch during winter.

I was the opposite TC(I went Android -> iPhone and stayed there)

I can appreciate the customization of Android but I'd rather not need to spend the time tweaking every little thing and debloating my phone because the OEM was a shithead who sold out to my carrier and cant be bothered to use the stock Android UI(and instead wasted time+money making their own shitty skin which is worse than stock Android). I might give a Pixel a go once they show up on T-Mobile but after trying a couple different Android phones I've sworn off non-Google phones tbh.
specialkid8 posted...

From the few apple products I've used they are very unintuitive. They do things completely reverse to others just to be different. Trying to use a Mac or iPhone is a pain in the ass.

For normal people the meme of "they just work!" is pretty apt. Once you get past the average level of tech literacy its pretty irrelevant though(and if you're used to how Windows or Android does things, OSX/iOS can throw you for a loop). But these days most devices are designed well enough and most people have used enough tech that Apple doesnt have much of an edge in that department anymore.
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Touch posted...

voldothegr8 posted...

_Reivax_ posted...

WhinyZach posted...

this guy even made his have an android lay out

Or you can just by an android.

And not have to worry about bricking an expensive device.

Been jbing my last 3-4 iphones. Literally never bricked.

"It didn't happen to me so it must not happen to anyone!"
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voldothegr8 posted...

Touch posted...

voldothegr8 posted...

_Reivax_ posted...

WhinyZach posted...

this guy even made his have an android lay out

Or you can just by an android.

And not have to worry about bricking an expensive device.

Been jbing my last 3-4 iphones. Literally never bricked.

"It didn't happen to me so it must not happen to anyone!"

A bird can shit on you if you step outside. Are you afraid to step outside?
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ShadowKirby17 posted...

and it honestly feels like Apple is controlling me.

This is what happened to me except I actually started with the iPhone and made the switch to Android and then never looked back.

I did go further, however. I now only buy stock or near-stock android phones. I will never spend money on a samsung phone.
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green butter posted...

addled posted...

Asherlee10 posted...

Good standard for choosing in the future: Apple is VERY intuitive when they come to their UI so that a wide-range of demographics can use their products. Typically Android-based devices are going to be fully customizable for those that can do that.

What is so hard about using an Android?

when you update your android phone and have to google to find out why everything on your phone is now fucked up, when you have to google why your phone is bleeding battery life late at night, why your phone is eating up all your data, etc

my s6 edge was a great phone but a huge pain in the ass about stuff like this

Never had that problem. I never get high priced phones either, mine usually run around $70 to $80.
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green butter posted...

iphones are for people that dont give a shit about customizing their phones, flashing custom roms, etc

they just want to use a smartphone for its smartphone features and then be done with it. i honestly appreciate the simplicity. its neat that i can customize an android phone but honestly after the first hour of owning it i have my icons and widgets set up the way i want it and then i'm using the android phone the same way as i'd use an iphone.

This. Don't care if people call me a casual or w/e.

The price complaint people usually bring up I don't get though, because they usually have a flagship Android phone themselves.
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Schwarber posted...

green butter posted...

iphones are for people that dont give a shit about customizing their phones, flashing custom roms, etc

they just want to use a smartphone for its smartphone features and then be done with it. i honestly appreciate the simplicity. its neat that i can customize an android phone but honestly after the first hour of owning it i have my icons and widgets set up the way i want it and then i'm using the android phone the same way as i'd use an iphone.

This. Don't care if people call me a casual or w/e.

The price complaint people usually bring up I don't get though, because they usually have a flagship Android phone themselves.

For me it's not really about customization of the phone itself, but rather what sort of compatible peripherals / software I can have.

I can, for example, install any application I want to without rooting the phone (unless the app itself requires root). I can browse my phones internal folder structure. I don't have to use iTunes to screw around with what's on or not on the phone. I don't have to buy proprietary cables to charge the phone (the new iPhone is switching to USB Type-C due to a law in europe, but they were all previously proprietary). Oh, and I have a headphone jack.
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Apple dominates in the battery department, and once they finally get an oled screen next model there will be no reason to keep using an android
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Rika_Furude posted...

Apple dominates in the battery department, and once they finally get an oled screen next model there will be no reason to keep using an android

Battery technology as a whole is getting rapidly better, what makes you think they aren't already developing "super" batteries for android devices?
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Rika_Furude posted...

Apple dominates in the battery department, and once they finally get an oled screen next model there will be no reason to keep using an android

I have a galaxy s6 (free from work) that can go on for 48 hours unplugged.

Whatever you are doing with your phone that is causing it to run out of battery I assure you is your problem and not the phones.
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voldothegr8 posted...

Rika_Furude posted...

Apple dominates in the battery department, and once they finally get an oled screen next model there will be no reason to keep using an android

Battery technology as a whole is getting rapidly better, what makes you think they aren't already developing "super" batteries for android devices?

Because atm android devices barely last a day and my iphone lasts like a week. Tell me when an android device can last a week or more on idle withour charge with minor usage each day, because thats certainly not the case today
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ChromaticAngel posted...

Rika_Furude posted...

Apple dominates in the battery department, and once they finally get an oled screen next model there will be no reason to keep using an android

I have a galaxy s6 (free from work) that can go on for 48 hours unplugged.

Whatever you are doing with your phone that is causing it to run out of battery I assure you is your problem and not the phones.

Hour of web browsing a day + idle in my pocket. Any phone should be capable of that. The latest android update made this thing a POS as well in terms of responsiveness. Sometimes it just freezes typing messages in gamefaqs. I wouldnt expect that of a iphone 3gs yet its a common occurrance on my galaxy note 5 which was the best phone money could buy at the time.
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Rika_Furude posted...

yet its a common occurrance on my galaxy note 5 which was the best phone money could buy at the time.

No phone with "galaxy" in the title can be the best phone money can buy at any point in time.
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ChromaticAngel posted...

Rika_Furude posted...

yet its a common occurrance on my galaxy note 5 which was the best phone money could buy at the time.

No phone with "galaxy" in the title can be the best phone money can buy at any point in time.

In terms of hardware specs they were, as well as touchwiz being "remade and the lightest and bestest its ever been"
Just more shilling from the android crowd and i fell for it
I heard the same thing for the note 7, and the s8. Im guessing those are lies as well
Not even gonna bother with the pixel at this point. My htc one m8 was garbage as well
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Rika_Furude posted...

In terms of hardware specs they were

well now we know why you're having battery problems.

Rika_Furude posted...

as well as touchwiz being "remade and the lightest and bestest its ever been"
Just more shilling from and android crowd and i fell for it

marketing lies

do real research and don't get all your information from megacorp commercials and the morons who parrot their drivel

Samsung is and has always made garbage phones. They spend more on their marketing than on their phones.
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Rika_Furude posted...

I heard the same thing for the note 7, and the s8. Im guessing those are lies as well
Not even gonna bother with the pixel at this point. My htc one m8 was garbage as well

All lies, except for the Pixel potentially. depends on which version you're buying.
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ChromaticAngel posted...

Rika_Furude posted...

In terms of hardware specs they were

well now we know why you're having battery problems.

Rika_Furude posted...

as well as touchwiz being "remade and the lightest and bestest its ever been"
Just more shilling from and android crowd and i fell for it

marketing lies

do real research and don't get all your information from megacorp commercials and the morons who parrot their drivel

Samsung is and has always made garbage phones. They spend more on their marketing than on their phones.

My S5 still runs flawlessly, don't know what you guys are doing wrong.
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voldothegr8 posted...

My S5 still runs flawlessly, don't know what you guys are doing wrong.

the only way to make a galaxy phone worth anything is to wipe the OS totally and put a custom rom on it which is a pain in the ass.
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ChromaticAngel posted...

voldothegr8 posted...

My S5 still runs flawlessly, don't know what you guys are doing wrong.

the only way to make a galaxy phone worth anything is to wipe the OS totally and put a custom rom on it which is a pain in the ass.

I honestly have zero problems with it. Maybe if you'd shut off services that aren't needed and don't load it with garbage they'd work better. But hey, iPhones were made for people like you, it's ok to not like settings.
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voldothegr8 posted...

ChromaticAngel posted...

voldothegr8 posted...

My S5 still runs flawlessly, don't know what you guys are doing wrong.

the only way to make a galaxy phone worth anything is to wipe the OS totally and put a custom rom on it which is a pain in the ass.

I honestly have zero problems with it. Maybe if you'd shut off services that aren't needed and don't load it with garbage they'd work better. But hey, iPhones were made for people like you, it's ok to not like settings.

nope. iPhones are even worse. There is no way to make an iPhone worth anything.
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ChromaticAngel posted...

Rika_Furude posted...

In terms of hardware specs they were

well now we know why you're having battery problems.

Rika_Furude posted...

as well as touchwiz being "remade and the lightest and bestest its ever been"
Just more shilling from and android crowd and i fell for it

marketing lies

do real research and don't get all your information from megacorp commercials and the morons who parrot their drivel

Samsung is and has always made garbage phones. They spend more on their marketing than on their phones.

I got it from people like you on ce and reddit actually but w/ev, ill go with actual experience and get an iphone next time since i know they dont have these issues
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ChromaticAngel posted...

Rika_Furude posted...

In terms of hardware specs they were

well now we know why you're having battery problems.

Rika_Furude posted...

as well as touchwiz being "remade and the lightest and bestest its ever been"
Just more shilling from and android crowd and i fell for it

marketing lies

do real research and don't get all your information from megacorp commercials and the morons who parrot their drivel

Samsung is and has always made garbage phones. They spend more on their marketing than on their phones.

I got it from people like you on ce and reddit actually but w/ev, ill go with actual experience and get an iphone next time since i know they dont have these issuesvoldothegr8 posted...

ChromaticAngel posted...

voldothegr8 posted...

My S5 still runs flawlessly, don't know what you guys are doing wrong.

the only way to make a galaxy phone worth anything is to wipe the OS totally and put a custom rom on it which is a pain in the ass.

I honestly have zero problems with it. Maybe if you'd shut off services that aren't needed and don't load it with garbage they'd work better. But hey, iPhones were made for people like you, it's ok to not like settings.

What services? I run gps, mobile data and bluetooth for my watch and thats it. The bluetooth shouldnt be hurting it since standby mode chews fuck all battery and its only sending push notifications and metadata to my watch
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my grandma asks me and my brother on a pretty consistent basis on how to fix her Android lmao. Last time was about how her apps weren't downloading yet appeared as completed.

I'll probably never own an Android phone because I don't care about all that loser shit like expandable storage and flashing ROMs or whatever, it's a phone not a computer.
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Android are for people who want to treat their phones like mini PCs and all the issues that come with it

Samsung makes great hardware but fuck it up with their proprietary OS and apps

That being said in my equal time with both iPhone and Android my experience with IOS has been more solid. Jailbroken IOS is better than Android but naturally it doesn't happen often enough to be reliable
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