Other Why do you prefer ios over android?

[DNichter]

Show me where I gave a crap what your personal preference is? You said you didn't like Android because you have to mess around just to get it working while it"just works" on ios. You couldn't even name ONE APP. lol

Then you said you liked the privacy and security and I showed you that you can't even stop Apple from collecting your data. Sorry if the truth hurts your feelings man.

Responding with “lol” all the time doesn’t really help your cause here. With Android, you need to go through extra steps to attempt to ensure proper privacy and security. That was my point. Moving on.

 

[The-Real-Deal82]

i mean i can just name simple things like not being able to delete any apps from the phone that apple deems you need. hell you cant even hide the apps from your home screen.

not being able to even select a new default app. the default apps are what apple picks, not you.

being able to easily block spam calls/text so they can never call again.

being able to have split screen so i can use maps/spotify at once. hell apple has a hard enough time getting their maps to give accurate directions.

this one was a huge annoyance when i had ios. the SIMPLE ability to move the cursor anywhere so you aren't constantly poking at the screen trying to find the correct spot just to fix a simple letter. the ability to select just a portion of text, fast.

the ability to completely block ads system wide. if i dont want to see ads ever, i dont have to.

easily record a phone call any time i call any type of customer service.

a build in browser that can download videos.

those are just things i personally find annoying. ask another android user and i bet you'll have a completely different lists. my android phone can do every single thing that ios can, ios can not do everything an android phone can. simply b/c one "just works" aka is restrictive and the other gives many options

I think you’re a few years out of touch with iOS as a few of the things you say here are false. You can delete apps even stock ones from your iPhone etc. You can move the cursor around the screen using force touch by pressing on the keyboard and navigating around written text. You can block calls and text too. Recording calls can be done too, something which I’ve done.

I’m not overly picky when it comes to default apps as I choose what apps I use anyway. Never used Apple maps personally apart from when it first came out as google maps is sufficient and available. Have a play with an iOS device as I think you’ll be surprised how far they’ve come since 2010.

 

[boomer11]

I used ios 11.4 on an iPhone x. But it does seem I didn't use it long enough to learn all those tips and tricks. Either way that's not even half the grips I listed.

 

[Pangalactic]

iOS over Android:

- more convenient backup options
- Really like the calendar app
- Android skips notifications about updates sometimes, so you find out about it in a month by manual checking
- Better organized menu
- control center is more convenient
- apps are generally better made for iOS
- obviously, Apple store repairs are a very nice addition

Android over iOS:

- grouped notifications that are very easy to clear
- a proper file system, iOS is so far behind in this it's a joke
- torrent apps
- better widgets
- far better multitasking
- not really Android itself but headphone jacks and dual sim phones and USB C charing
- again not really Android but vibration I can actually tell just from the vibration of the Galaxy s9 in my pocket if it's WhatsApp, facebook messenger, slack, somebody is calling me on WhatsApp/messenger/regular call and so on, very convenient
- emulator apps
- customizable keyboards that you can use everywhere

 

[x.marX]

I love tinkering. My first phone was the Sony Ericsson K810 Cybershot. I ran a fully customized UI with a lot of "elfs" running in the background doing a variety of things. Then I got the Sony Xperia S in which I ran MIUI. Next up was Sony Xperia ZR. I think I ran a version of Cyanogenmod in it. And then, my brother got me an iPhone 6 and never looked back.
I do miss the tinkering aspect but I'm more busy. I want things to "just work".

I also have a Moto G5 now. Its a decent budget device with offline Google Assistant which is very useful. "OK Google, wake me up after 10 minutes"
No internet needed.

 

[Sackofnickels]

I think you’re a few years out of touch with iOS as a few of the things you say here are false. You can delete apps even stock ones from your iPhone etc. You can move the cursor around the screen using force touch by pressing on the keyboard and navigating around written text. You can block calls and text too. Recording calls can be done too, something which I’ve done.

I’m not overly picky when it comes to default apps as I choose what apps I use anyway. Never used Apple maps personally apart from when it first came out as google maps is sufficient and available. Have a play with an iOS device as I think you’ll be surprised how far they’ve come since 2010.

You can delete some apps from iOS but not all. I just clicked my iPhone 8 plus. Can't delete the clock, messages, photos, camera, App Store, wallet, health, safari, and find phone. Most you would not want to, but that also means you cant use alternatives to replace them.

Recording calls. How? The apps I have seen involve a process of calling another number, etc. You can't do it native.

 

[boomer11]

there are great things about ios but the restrictiveness is a deal breaker.

if i want to use google maps as the default program to open addresses i cant. apple literally forces you to use apple maps. if i'm browsing safari or get sent an address through text, i cant just click the link and have it open in google maps. apple is forcing it to open on their program. like c'mon....

or even simple things like i cant set how long i want the alarm to snooze for. something so simple that apple could add in 10 minutes to their software but they already decided they know you better then you know yourself and 11 minutes it is.

 

[x.marX]

there are great things about ios but the restrictiveness is a deal breaker.

if i want to use google maps as the default program to open addresses i cant. apple literally forces you to use apple maps. if i'm browsing safari or get sent an address through text, i cant just click the link and have it open in google maps. apple is forcing it to open on their program. like c'mon....

or even simple things like i cant set how long i want the alarm to snooze for. something so simple that apple could add in 10 minutes to their software but they already decided they know you better then you know yourself and 11 minutes it is.

The restrictiveness is its best feature !
Why don't you get it ?

Here's to the crazy ones. The misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes, the ones who see things differently. They're not fond of rules, and they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can't do is ignore them. Because they change things - they push the human race forward. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.

The current Apple is not what he thought them to be !!
Now they want to control, restrict, sue and overprice to make more money.

But still, Apple's competition, even after all these years, can't provide a compelling experience . Sad !

 

[The-Real-Deal82]

there are great things about ios but the restrictiveness is a deal breaker.

if i want to use google maps as the default program to open addresses i cant. apple literally forces you to use apple maps. if i'm browsing safari or get sent an address through text, i cant just click the link and have it open in google maps. apple is forcing it to open on their program. like c'mon....

Google maps opens by default for me with Safari as google is set as my default search engine. I understand it can’t do everything that is demanded here but this also depends on what the user wants and some of these examples don’t apply to me and probably never will. We use whatever suits our needs at the end of the day.

 

[oldmacs]

Haha, I have to say being someone who uses Siri at least 20 times a day on my iPhone and Apple Watch I do find it frustrating at times. It’s annoying the Amazon echo can understand me from another room and nearly always works first time yet Siri struggles to understand; ‘set a timer for 15 minutes’ lol.

I just get annoyed, I'd love to use Siri but half the time I end up spending more time because I have to repeat myself then just give up and do it manually :/

 

[Lankyman]

I really really thought we had left all this 'my processor is faster than your processor' rubbish back in the dark and distant past. Who really cares apart from adolescents and those people who really need to examine their life?

I know there are still sad Android versus Apple threads for the above, but come on people, just get a life. Most consumers wouldn't be able to tell if their processor was faster or slower than an Android/iPhone and to be honest most consumers wouldn't care.

There are no bad OS's these days, or bad phones come to that - time to move on.

 

[ANTAWNM26]

I really really thought we had left all this 'my processor is faster than your processor' rubbish back in the dark and distant past. Who really cares apart from adolescents and those people who really need to examine their life?

I know there are still sad Android versus Apple threads for the above, but come on people, just get a life. Most consumers wouldn't be able to tell if their processor was faster or slower than an Android/iPhone and to be honest most consumers wouldn't care.

There are no bad OS's these days, or bad phones come to that - time to move on.

for real. Sound like damn kids these days. If they win what they get? Not ****!!!!‍♂️‍♂️

 

[m0sher]

I think the take away from this thread is most people leave android because the operating system and updates are just better on iOS, a recent poll corroborates this too.

Source : https://www.pcmag.com/news/363269/why-do-people-switch-between-mobile-operating-systems

Main reason why people leave iOS to android is simply just cheaper and offers more apps albeit more unsecured.

 

[Hieveryone]

It just feels more refined

 

[gary77]

First iPhone was a 3GS i had an iPod before that so i had spent money on iTunes it made sense for me to buy an iPhone to combine those 2 together. I tried to use Android but it didn't make sense to me felt like going back a step since i was carrying 2 devices again so stuck with iPhone ever since the only difference for me is that i'm not upgrading every couple of years as there doesn't seem to be much reason too I'm using an 6s and it works fine

I'm not fussed about customization options or how fast it can load things up the phone does it job i need it to do i'm happy

 

[Ipadlover29]

Frequent updates
Better security
Easier to use
Better support
High resale value
Better apps
More accessories
Better ecosystem (works with my iPad and Mac)
Devices last longer

 

[kargurin]

iOS needs to have a return period for apps like Android. Generally less free stuff on iOS and apps cost more.

 

[Srbell67]

Don’t shoot me please...but, anyone on here using or have tried the Note 9??

 

[nordique]

Because iPhone 4 was my first iPhone and I have purchased so much stuff on the App Store and that’s carried on as a result. I still have pics and videos from my iPhone 4 on my iPhone X

Also all my iTunes music and movies has carried over from the iPod days

Android is an excellent OS and I could care less what I use. I just simply have stuck with what I invested into initially.

If I had only got one or two apps I wouldn’t have cared to switch but I have a lot of continuity I invested in since 2010

Otherwise, a phone is a phone.

 

[Julienne]

In my opinion iOS is better prepared for the future than googles Android. People use their phones for much longer now and that is a risk for Android.

 

[boomer11]

Don’t shoot me please...but, anyone on here using or have tried the Note 9??

i traded my x for the note 9. biggest thing for me is the ram management blows the iphone away. i can wake up the next day and most of my apps are exactly where i left them.

2nd biggest thing is that the screen is awesome. the size and quality makes consuming media much better than the smaller iphone x.

other than that. you cant tell the speed difference. some apps are way better on android. some are way better on ios. at that point it just comes down to preference.

 

[Pnr2020]

Don’t shoot me please...but, anyone on here using or have tried the Note 9??

I am decided I'll try note 9 for a year as I'm on yearly upgrade plan

 

[phrehdd]

At the time I switched to iPhone it was because iOS was far more polished and better looking than Android.

For usability sake though, to get the look and feel of the OS I wanted, I jailbroke.

Now, six years later, Apple has continued it's path to locking down everything and jailbreaking has failed to keep up. Additionally, Android has matured and seems to look and perform better than the Android of 2012.

Because of that my next phone won't be an iPhone.

Not too far from your take on how Apple has locked down the phone and in my case, did not offer certain features that are easily found on Android phones. ALL of my personal phones were Apple until the one I have now which is an Android phone. Within 1 hour of purchase, I was able to make some "minor" customization that Apple refuses to provide. The "new" feature I also enjoy is adding a volume via sd card where I have put several media files and photos.

 

[Lankyman]

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I think the take away from this thread is most people leave android because the operating system and updates are just better on iOS, a recent poll corroborates this too.

Source : https://www.pcmag.com/news/363269/why-do-people-switch-between-mobile-operating-systems

Main reason why people leave iOS to android is simply just cheaper and offers more apps albeit more unsecured.

Pretty pointless survey as it only mentioned the survey sample, not the demographics of the people surveyed. I suspect different age or gender demographics might produce completely different results.

If a jobs worth doing it's worth doing well.

 

[eyoungren]

The "new" feature I also enjoy is adding a volume via sd card where I have put several media files and photos.

Yeah, Android makes that fairly easy. It was easy for me back in 2011 too when I had a WinMo phone because the SD card in the phone would load as a separate disk whenever plugged in via USB cable.

At one point I had one of my older Macs booting (I installed OS X on the SD card) off that SD card while it was simultaneously powering the phone.

Looking forward to being able to do crap like that again.

The best I can achieve, even with jailbreaking, is to share my internal storage as an Appleshare. That requires OpeSSH and Netatalk, but Saurik hasn't updated Netatalk in a very long time so it doesn't work on iOS 9. I have to resort to Filza and drag/drop between internal storage and Dropbox and back again.