Considering the move from Android to Apple.... Opinions!

[Fordiesel69]

Yes I know I can use chat gpt or youtube and watch reviews. Im not interested in canned, gibberish opinions. Im interested in hearing from anyone that has made the switch themselves.

Reasons I want to make the switch to apple:
-I want to be safe using credit cards and new forms of payments, and it seems apple keeps their IOS up to date the best out of all the companies.
-Almost all my friends have apple phones now, whereas in 2014 ~ 2016 it was all android. There must be a reason for this.
-Apple apps seem to have better reviews and operate more stable than android.
-The crappiest camera and screen are still better than most androids medium range androids.
-Android allows samsung, and other manufactures to not keep their operating systems up to date (security patches).
a.) example, samsung give monthly updates for the 1st year after release, than in years 2-3 you are stuck with quarterly updates.
b.) android allowed LG to drop out of the market and not offer proper software support. They should be mandated 3 years min software patches.
-Using an android phone that is no longer getting security updates is seemingly unwise.
-Automatically, you should be able to get 3 years of OS version upgrades, and minimum 5 years security updates.

Reasons I do not want to switch to apple:
-I still see significant battery life advantages on androids.
-More affordable phones.
-On 2 year preowned phones in mint condition, the price reduction gets you better camera options. (this is tricky to explain in words). I got my LG V60 in 2022 for only $329 and it was a $799 flagship and blows the samsung and google pixels out of the water at that time.
-I am more familiar with the android OS and all of the gestures.
-I genuinely hate safari browser on macOS and iOS.
-I dislike how apple phones are 100% not repairable, and that they take such strong effort to prevent repair. They cannot even repair the phones in house. Example, If I break my screen, I can transplant it my motherboard to another identical phone, and get my data off. On apple, this is 100% impossible unless you are louis rossman.
-I do not use the cloud for photo and video storage, and apple does not offer enough device storage, nor expandable storage options.

 

[Pew]

I maintain both OSes for work for some end users. I am surprisingly seeing more android users among (mainly male) younger folks.

If you have kids, everyone is on an iphone, and you want to see or limit what's on their phones, Apple's own device management is worlds better than anything available on Android. TBH it doesn't really matter until you start looking into specific nuances except the biggest (IMO) is your point below about following a proper device lifecycle. Also, the user interfaces are the same across the iOS versions at least too so it's not like you're trying to learn a Motorola phone coming from a Samsung.

-Android allows samsung, and other manufactures to not keep their operating systems up to date (security patches).

I too, hate safari.

Whatever you do, just make sure you move your entire device ecosystem over.

 

[DCDG]

if you buy a higher end android I believe they're just as safe as an apple with keeping security and updates readily available. I don't know if that's worth the platform jump on its own. Apple are noted to hold resale value over android though this may differ with the premium android devices. I think the biggest fear with android security are the cheapo $50 handsets that people buy in blister packs from Walmart and dollar general. if its a pixel or higher end Samsung I wouldn't worry

 

[Leo99]

I have had Android for years both my personnel and business mobile phone. My company allows us to choose either Galaxy Android or iPhone. Switched my business phone to iPhone about a year ago. It's ok. My wife likes the Apple world. I'm not seeing it better or worse. My business iPhone is a lower end phone. Having both iPhone and Galaxy linked to my Camry causes some issues and sometimes my Android connects but calls won't come through the Camry interface. I use my credit cards often through Google Pay on my Android.

 

[dishdude]

I have an Android for personal use and Apple for work. A lot of the reasons you cite for switching are not rooted in fact. If you want the manufacturer makes the device and software, rolls out predictable updates, go with a Pixel. It's basically the Apple experience for Android. I think they are promising 7 year support for updates.

I see no difference in quality of apps between the two, I have a lot of the same apps installed on both devices and they all perform similarly.

If you're used to using an Android phone, I think you'll find it frustrating switching to Apple. Same goes for the reverse it seems.

 

[pbm]

I switched from Android to Apple and I'm sorry I did.....like the previous poster said...I find it frustrating after having 3 androids.

 

[Fordiesel69]

I have an Android for personal use and Apple for work. A lot of the reasons you cite for switching are not rooted in fact. If you want the manufacturer makes the device and software, rolls out predictable updates, go with a Pixel. It's basically the Apple experience for Android. I think they are promising 7 year support for updates.

I see no difference in quality of apps between the two, I have a lot of the same apps installed on both devices and they all perform similarly.

If you're used to using an Android phone, I think you'll find it frustrating switching to Apple. Same goes for the reverse it seems.

So at least with apple, an app cannot be approved on their apple store if it does not work. My example of ticketmaster holds true. If that app does not work on the apple side, it gets pulled. Andoroid app simply does not work at all just like the reviews say, yet its still there, still not working to this very day.

 

[SC Maintenance]

I have an iphone (work) and a android tablet (personal). My wife and one daughter do iphone. Second daughter switched from iphone to android. She has a software degree and says she won't go back.

Your not wrong in your assessment - but what drives me nuts with iPhone is the lack of a real file system. So for me the android tablet works much better.

ios I do also perceive to be more secure, but for the cost you could update your android phone every 3 years and still be ahead.

I think a lot has to do how you use it. I can see keeping my wife in an iphone forever. Its impossible for her to screw it up too badly, and if she does a reset and download from icloud is pretty simple.

 

[UNC006]

Do it

 

[OVERKILL]

I've had almost every phone under the sun going back to the early Nokia bricks, then the first gen Blackberry "pager" (950) style devices, then about 10 different Blackberry phones, then android, then windows phone, then iphone, then Blackberry, then android then iPhone again and that's where I'm currently at with a 16 Pro Max.

Best android experience by far for me was my Nexus, which I believe was made by LG for Google, but was a "google" phone, got regular updates, had no OEM proprietary crap loaded on it like my Samsungs. All my Samsung phones were rooted and had an aftermarket OS installed, like Cyanogenmod because of all the OE bloat and how poor Samsung's support was. Nexus was of course replaced by Pixel, so that's the current variant of that, which I'd recommend if you stay with android.

Apple phones, while more restricted, do just "work" the vast majority of the time. 90% of my staff are on apple, 10% on android.

 

[alarmguy]

I’ve been using cell phones for 25 years, I know that might sound old, but I’m very knowledgeable as far as experiences with both . Most of those years I ended up in the Android Windows world and years of use with a company provided iPhone while I still had my personal android phone.

For the last decade or more I’ve been in Apple world. I’ll never use anything else.
So impressed with my iPhone, which was an X I think, then an iPhone 13 now an iPhone 15+
My wife had an iPhone 11 now has an iPhone 13 and will most likely end up with an iPhone 7 by the end of the year.

We no longer have Windows computers we have two Mac mini desktops, one MacBook Air, one late model iPad, one Lenovo Windows laptop, that my wife uses, and she also has a Windows workstation that her company supplies.
I have an Apple Watch 9 and my wife an Apple Watch 11. Everything and I mean, everything just syncs so well together. Including my latest add-on, which is a 24 hour constant glucose monitor.
My wife’s watch just alerted her to the possibility that she has hypertension/ high blood pressure. She checked it and she does and we just set an appointment for a cardiologist.

I guess that’s all I need to say, we are all in on Apple everything. The stuff just works. It doesn’t get outdated. It’s always kept up-to-date.
And actually, I just replaced my old er 2018 I5 Mac mini desktop with a M4 Mac mini desktop as a Christmas present. My wife has the M1 Mac mini desktop.
We also have multiple Apple AirTags and everything just works.

With that said, I don’t think it’s for you,
The way you talk about it is it seems like you’d be giving up a lot in what you expect out of a phone so I would suggest you look into a pixel nine or 10

You even hate Safari, which has to be the most secure non-invasive browser. You don’t like the idea that they’re hard to work on either.
This might surprise some people because I am so pro apple now it’s ridiculous but I actually don’t think it’s for you.

Choice is all good! If you ever take a walk on the wild side with an apple device based on your post, I think it’s going to take you a good six months or more to get used to it

As far as cost, they are no more expensive than any premium android phone.
Easily can get an iPhone device for $599

 

[JohnnyG]

Any new phone will be much more secure than the "Android 13" phone you are currently using.

 

[rijndael]

I’ve been using cell phones for 25 years, I know that might sound old ...

My first cell phone was permanently mounted in a bag.

It doesn’t get outdated. It’s always kept up-to-date.

I'm not sure what you're talking about here, but old iPhones definitely age out of getting the latest OSs (patches, security fixes, etc).

 

[Pew]

I'm not sure what you're talking about here, but old iPhones definitely age out of getting the latest OSs (patches, security fixes, etc).

I think it's the proper lifecycle of the device. Android phone updates are at the whim of the manufacture. My LG G6 on Sprint got like one major update in 4-5 years while my pixel 6 gets updates once they're released. With apple you know you're good as long as you have XX device.

 

[alarmguy]

My first cell phone was permanently mounted in a bag.



I'm not sure what you're talking about here, but old iPhones definitely age out of getting the latest OSs (patches, security fixes, etc).

You said the word “old”
What is old that doesn’t get out dated?

Technology moves forward.
Apple iPhone 11 came on the market in 2019 and still gets updates. Seven years running now.

Tell me what premium phone from Samsung, LG or google from 2019 can be called superior in performance in the technology world.
That was my intended point

 

[rijndael]

I don't take issue with a product's lifecycle, I take issue with wrong phrases like "It’s always kept up-to-date."

Maybe it's "kept up to date longer than Android", or it simply has "a more predictable lifecycle."

 

[Hall]

A phone is just a "tool" to me - I could use either. I used Android from 2008 until 2016-ish or so, when I tried my wife's old iPhone 6+ to see how I liked it. I adapted fine and quickly, but my next sentence will explain better.... Being a geek and using Android, I always "rooted" my phones and ran custom ROMs. Over time, the manufacturers made it harder and harder to root them in order to install ROMs. Was it still possible ? Sure, but the work was more than I cared to invest anymore.

I could switch back to Android tomorrow and not care. I would only use a Google Pixel though because of the "vanilla" Android and because Google keeps them updated.

 

[SstrongBadD]

I had a pixel one, support for os and phone was only gauranteed for 3 years. I got an iphone 12 pro when it first came out, 2020, I still use it and it gets all the updates and new os s, still runs great and i dont see a need for a new phone. It has security and updates until 2027, which is why i got it. Im not sure about androids support for the phone timeline anymore.

Im a pc user, . My main issue is getting photos from the phone to be compatible in windows and also the lightning port. They switched to usb c which solves my second issue.

I only switched cuz each time i got a new android, it was almost the same thing as the last android phone. I wanted something new to me

 

[dishdude]

The other thing to keep in mind is Android updates differently than iOS. Many apps are baked into OS updates with Apple, whereas with Android they are updated separately through the Play Store. Chrome gets updated all the time, Safari gets updated with an OS update.

 

[BMWTurboDzl]

Yes I know I can use chat gpt or youtube and watch reviews. Im not interested in canned, gibberish opinions. Im interested in hearing from anyone that has made the switch themselves.

Reasons I want to make the switch to apple:
-I want to be safe using credit cards and new forms of payments, and it seems apple keeps their IOS up to date the best out of all the companies.
-Almost all my friends have apple phones now, whereas in 2014 ~ 2016 it was all android. There must be a reason for this.
-Apple apps seem to have better reviews and operate more stable than android.
-The crappiest camera and screen are still better than most androids medium range androids.
-Android allows samsung, and other manufactures to not keep their operating systems up to date (security patches).
a.) example, samsung give monthly updates for the 1st year after release, than in years 2-3 you are stuck with quarterly updates.
b.) android allowed LG to drop out of the market and not offer proper software support. They should be mandated 3 years min software patches.
-Using an android phone that is no longer getting security updates is seemingly unwise.
-Automatically, you should be able to get 3 years of OS version upgrades, and minimum 5 years security updates.

Reasons I do not want to switch to apple:
-I still see significant battery life advantages on androids.
-More affordable phones.
-On 2 year preowned phones in mint condition, the price reduction gets you better camera options. (this is tricky to explain in words). I got my LG V60 in 2022 for only $329 and it was a $799 flagship and blows the samsung and google pixels out of the water at that time.
-I am more familiar with the android OS and all of the gestures.
-I genuinely hate safari browser on macOS and iOS.
-I dislike how apple phones are 100% not repairable, and that they take such strong effort to prevent repair. They cannot even repair the phones in house. Example, If I break my screen, I can transplant it my motherboard to another identical phone, and get my data off. On apple, this is 100% impossible unless you are louis rossman.
-I do not use the cloud for photo and video storage, and apple does not offer enough device storage, nor expandable storage options.

Why not just buy an unlocked phone from Google? No bloatware and updates galore.


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