Other A few questions about iPhones from an Android user

[Glmnet1]

Could be your budget Android phone way of doing things (manufacturer skin), and most likely it's not even on Nougat yet.

I have a Blu R1 HD that does notifications exactly how you explained. It's on Marshmallow (6.0). Same with my older flagship phones.

I have a few other budget phones on Nougat, and you can simply tap the arrow and it collapses the specific group into individual tabs. I haven't ran across a device yet running Nougat or the latest Oreo, that you can't collapse a group.

The way you explained is the old way.

Hopefully, when budget phones start releasing with Oreo, project treble will keep them updated.

I asked my wife to send me a few texts and emails to test and it only groups them that way for the Gmail app, not Messages. Strange. EDIT: Nvm, it does the same thing with Messages but it merges the texts from the same contact so they show up as a single notification. It's not a big deal anyway, just slightly annoying.

I'm on Nougat, 7.0. I doubt it'll get Oreo though. It might the skin but usually Motorola keeps it close the stock Android.

 

[jbizzybeetle]

Hi,

I'm considering the switch to iOS when I replace my phone. Until now I always bought budget Android phones for about 200-250$ and kept them for about 2 years. It's not that I don't have the money to buy a nicer phone but I like to budget carefully and until now I didn't see the need to spend more. I have a Moto G4 Plus which is fine but is already starting to be slowish and the battery life doesn't last a day.

I'm hoping to replace it with a SE2 if it comes out sometimes this year.

My main reason to switch is because I like the idea of all my devices working together to provide a better experience. I already use a Mac and I'd love to access my Pages documents from my phone, copy-paste between devices, iMessage on my Mac, starting a hotspot from the iPad etc. Also, I will soon need a tablet and I couldn't find an interesting product running Android.

Here are a few questions about making the switch:
- Is the integration of devices as nice as it sounds?
- How long can one hope to keep an iPhone before it feels old? What are the usual reasons that makes you upgrade? I'm usually not the type to upgrade because of new features on the newer devices and I'm hoping I could keep the iPhone longer than my cheap Android phones.
- What in your opinion makes a 350$ SE better than a 200$ Android phone for everyday tasks? What about the 800-1000$ iPhones? I already compared the specs and I also think iPhones feel/look much better but in terms of everyday tasks, what justifies the higher price?
- Any downsides I should be aware of?

Thank you!

My thoughts on your questions—
1. the synchronicity between devices is usually excellent as long as all are on their latest version and your settings are correct on each to interact. This might be a learning curve.
2. Longevity: I was happily bopping along on my 2015 iP6s+ and would not have upgraded in 2018 if only 8/8+ were offered. The iPX got me drooling and cash just slipped out of my hands into Apple’s.
3. Value-added question: This is personal and varies greatly. I thought and still think $999 is fine for iPX ‘cuz I’d paid $869 2 years earlier for the iP6s+. Plenty of added value for Face ID alone—all readers hate my fingerprints.
4. Warning: Use of this product can be habit-forming. Been iP addict since 2007.
Enjoy!