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Other Why do you prefer ios over android?

The same reason I prefer Macs. The folks that design the hardware are under the same roof as the folks that make the software. And they collaborate and make the software push the hardware to the extent that is feasible.
 
For me it would be:

-Apps (apps feel more polished overall on iOS than Android)
-iTunes (yes iTunes, I have my music library with iTunes and I don't want to manage multiple libraries or find work arounds)
-Warranty/replacement of device for hardware failure (I can arrange an appointment at Apple store and usually get a new phone on the same visit, where for the Android phones I have used I have to wait for them to post it to me)
-OS updates and also device lasting longer than Android on average, and also higher resell values (my android worth literally nothing after 2-3 years, have both Nexus 5 and Nexus One, bought them bought when they first came out on the market) With the Nexus 5 I can't even use it properly anymore without using handsfree since the screen would not come back on during a phone call if I am not plugged in with a handsfree. Appears to be a widespread problem (most likely software only, but might also be hardware as well) Happened right after an OS update and heaps of people on the forum post about the same problem. They never had a resolution to that.
 
I have used way more Android phones than iPhones. Been an Android user since the Nexus One. However, my primary driver will still be an iPhone.

Why? Although I can probably list many things of iOS, but maybe it’s more interesting to say that Android (or Google) is forcing me to choose iOS. We can start with their ignorance of security, and their snobbish attitude of not giving a **** whether OEMs are applying security patches or not. If this happened on Windows, lawsuit would be flying left and right against Microsoft. But for some reason Google gets a free pass. It is irresponsible for Google to turn a blind eye on the security of their platform. Oh, and of course Google feel they can charge you a premium for their Pixel phones while not providing support as long as Apple, even with them mining your data. Definition of greedy right there.
 
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pika2000 said:
I have used way more Android phones than iPhones. Been an Android user since the Nexus One. However, my primary driver will still be an iPhone.

Why? Although I can probably list many things of iOS, but maybe it’s more interesting to say that Android (or Google) is forcing me to choose iOS. We can start with their ignorance of security, and their snobbish attitude of not giving a **** whether OEMs are applying security patches or not. If this happened on Windows, lawsuit would be flying left and right against Microsoft. But for some reason Google gets a free pass. It is irresponsible for Google to turn a blind eye on the security of their platform. Oh, and of course Google feel they can charge you a premium for their Pixel phones while not providing support as long as Apple, even with them mining your data. Definition of greedy right there.
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I think android is really for the most part out of google's control now. OEM's take the open source software and then do whatever they want with it. In some places like China, you have phones that are running such heavily skinned versions that you wouldn't even recognise that it's android underneath and core google apps don't even make it onto those phones. I was listening to a podcast the other day and they said on there that a lot of users in China aren't even aware of the fact that their phones are running android and don't care if they get updated or not. Now we have the EU telling google that they aren't allowed to have their apps (search, chrome and play store) on android devices out of the box. I think google have really lost control of android.

Maybe this is why google are developing Fuschia that might replace android one day. Maybe this is an OS they will have more control over.
 
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I switched to a Pixel 2 back in October (still kept my 6s) because iOS 11 was just so awful, although I've strongly felt that iOS has been awful in terms of polish and smoothness ever since iOS 7 ruined everything so my desire to switch was brewing for a while. I can honestly say that I've found my Pixel 2 to be the better experience. It's more flexible and has features like PiP, split screen multitasking, and oh.. notifications that don't suck. All while performing smoother than my 6s, even though that is now running iOS 12 which apparently fixes this but so far I haven't seen many improvements in regards to the awful frame drops that have plagued iOS for the last 5 years. It's just snappier here and there in those areas that Apple pointed out but isn't really that much smoother than iOS 11 (yes, I know it's still in beta but it doesn't give me much confidence 4 versions in).

Many on here still seem to have this notion that Android is a stuttery mess as if we're still in 2012. Now I feel the shoe is on the other foot. Android has progressed wheras iOS has regressed since iOS 7. There's more features now of course but with none of the polish that once made iOS the superior experience. iOS 6 was the last version where I genuinely felt iOS was solid to the point where I was completely satisfied with it with none of the complaints that I have today.

Edit: This has just been my experience btw so don't come at me saying how wrong I am because of A, B and C. Ever since Forestall was fired Apple's software just doesn't have it anymore. No more perfectionists there like Jobs and Forestall = lack of polsihed software.
 
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I prefer iOS because I fundamentally do not trust or like Google’s business model, so I do not use their products wherever possible. I dislike Google’s massively anti-competitive business practices. I trust Apple and I like their pro-competition approach to the market, and I am happy to support that by buying their products.
 
Superhappytree said:
Ever since Forestall was fired Apple's software just doesn't have it anymore. No more perfectionists there like Jobs and Forestall = lack of polsihed software.
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Perfectionist? No. I think you're overly exaggerating here. You do realize that Forstall made big errors with Apple Maps? That *allegedly* cost him his job. I would rather have Apples iOS today versus 6/7 years ago in terms of how much its improved with fluidity, stabilization and security.
 
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Perfectionist? No. I think you're overly exaggerating here. You do realize that Forstall made big errors with Apple Maps? That *allegedly* cost him his job. I would rather have Apples iOS today versus 6/7 years ago in terms of how much its improved with fluidity, stabilization and security.
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Wasn’t he also in charge of the often criticised iOS 7?
 
I choose IOS because of the stability. I feel satisfied knowing that my device will continue to receive updates beyond 2 years should I choose to not upgrade. The customer service that I receive at the Apple Store and through Apple Support has been the best I’ve ever received. I love the fact I can pick up a call on my Apple Watch and continue it on my iPhone X. My iPad Pro 10.5 has been the best iPad I have ever used. I used to customize and jailbreak my iPhones, but over the last year I haven’t had the urge to do so. I’m not big on customization anymore so no more jailbreaking for me. I was part of this Samsung review program and received a free Samsung Galaxy S7, and it was the worst phone I’ve ever used. It was slow and a pain in the ass to use it for 6 months and it has been sitting in my desk drawer for over a year now. I’ve invested so much of my time and money into the Apple Ecosystem due to how well the apps work, that I know I will never use Android again. I have a Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 10.1 that I purchased in 2014, which stopped receiving updates a few years back and is unbearably slow while my daughter have a iPad Mini 2 that we purchased in 2014 on the same day and she is still receiving updates 4 years later. This is the prime example of why I will never use Android again.
 
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It was iOS 6 that was often criticized heavily
because of Apple Maps and other issues that plagued iOS during that time frame. Jony Ive reigned over iOS 7.
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Wasn’t iOS 7 criticised beside of its drastic visual changes that departed from the previous skeuomorphic style?

The likes of Chris pirillo regularly slated it and still does.
 
Shanghaichica said:
Wasn’t iOS 7 criticised beside of its drastic visual changes that departed from the previous skeuomorphic style?

The likes of Chris pirillo regularly slated it and still does.
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Skeuomorphic is a very subjective word. The Way I see it, iOS 6 was criticized, iOS 7 was criticized as well, yet you have others who say iOS 7 was one of the best versions of iOS Being it was a ‘better’ version over iOS 6, but every year every version of iOS is ‘criticized’. That’s the nature of Apple and they are under scrutiny all the time because of Steve Jobs heritage, mainly on a tech forum, but for the every day use that uses iOS, I’m sure they’re not as particular about as some functionality as others are. Even with iOS 11 being disliked by many on here, I never encountered half of the issues that others did and I enjoy 11 iOS for what it was. But that was my personal experience.
 
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Wasn’t iOS 7 criticised beside of its drastic visual changes that departed from the previous skeuomorphic style?

The likes of Chris pirillo regularly slated it and still does.
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iOS 6 still remains best following iOS 11 being most buggy for me. I’m a heavy user and my iPhone keeps crashing and random reboot’s which sometimes becomes annoying;

Of course Some people may encounter less bugs being very less to light user.
 
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Both have their +'s and -'s.

My first smartphone was an Android. I did like the customization for it. I do miss having the widgets that give me the weather constantly displayed and updating on my home screen, for instance. It was fun to tinker with it at times. Ringtones were much easier to download and install. Unfortunately, i had to keep tinkering with it to work right a lot of the time. It didn't play nice with my email at work (though that might change now that we're going with Google mail). So I had to keep messing with it to get my work email working as it should. And towards the end of my time with it (about 4 years), it kept locking up pretty much on a weekly basis.

My first venture into the iOS world was getting an iPhone 6. Less customization, but the thing just worked right from the beginning. Worked perfectly with my work email accounts. And never had any real problems at all during my time with it. Since it worked so well, I decided to stay with Apple and buy the iPhone 8+. So far, so good with it as well. Now that the Apple ecosystem has started to get it's tentacles in me, I probably will stay with the iOS world for awhile longer.

Kinda like the endless Apple vs. PC debate(s), I don't think there is a right choice for everybody. Both can get the job done. It's just a matter of preference. Right now, I am sticking with Apple.
 
Shanghaichica said:
I think android is really for the most part out of google's control now. OEM's take the open source software and then do whatever they want with it. In some places like China, you have phones that are running such heavily skinned versions that you wouldn't even recognise that it's android underneath and core google apps don't even make it onto those phones. I was listening to a podcast the other day and they said on there that a lot of users in China aren't even aware of the fact that their phones are running android and don't care if they get updated or not. Now we have the EU telling google that they aren't allowed to have their apps (search, chrome and play store) on android devices out of the box. I think google have really lost control of android.

Maybe this is why google are developing Fuschia that might replace android one day. Maybe this is an OS they will have more control over.
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Google didn’t lose control. They never wanted to control Android. Google just bought Android and made it open source. Making something open source and easily accessible makes a good case for their data collection goal for various other projects and business goals starting from adverts to search result optimisation to improvements on maps to plain robotics and AI implementation.

Every new project google has put their hands on is based on a huge sample data source which was propelled by Android as smartphone era kicked off a decade ago.

For google Android is a tool to help their real business and technological goals, it’s not a money making platform unlike Apple.
 
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I wouldn’t say I prefer iOS, it’s just - as others have said - having hardware and software coming from the same people gives a level of finesse to everything that isn’t found on Android in my experience.

I’ve also tended to find that android phones tend to be quite gimmicky and never really seem to nail anything. Vague opinion I know, but it’s just my own perception from limited experience.
 
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Simplicity, stability and easy upgradeability.

BTW this war isn't like Mac vs PC, because I don't think iOS is any good, it's just better than (incredibly awful) Android.

MacOS is good and, nowadays, Windows is kind of ok too.
 
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How IOS syncs with all my devices is why. Everything works amazing together while android doesn’t.

However the phones they produce are great
 
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