Other Why do you prefer ios over android?

[coney718]

I used to switch back and forth often so I am very familiar with both platforms. I prefer iOS for many reasons most have already mentioned but I'll list the ones most important to me. App optimization, security, iMessage and long term support. My son has a 6s that still runs very well and I know will be supported for at least a couple more years. i dont know any android phone that came out in 2015 that's still getting regular updates and support (correct me if Im wrong) Every Android phone I've had I always had some type of software issue after 6-8 months whether it was lag, freezes, crashes. I rarely have that on my iPhones. My last android was the Galaxy S8 so i've used it very recently. Yes it has gotten better but it cant match the fluidity of iOS. And I like the peace of mind knowing that if I did have an issue I can just go to an Apple store and have it fixed. That's something no Android phone can offer right now.

 

[GreenPea]

Just curious.

I am in this predicament right now. I took the 50% off Samsung Galaxy S9 discount through T-Mobile in May. But I had problems with the phone, which T-Mobile replaced yesterday. The S9 really is an awesome phone with an amazing screen, etc. But I just miss the simplicity of my old Iphone 8 and IOS. Android is great but I like the simplicity of IOS and the IOS apps seem better. Also, Android seems to be more prone to viruses. <--I could be wrong). I will wait until the new Iphones come out and go buy an Iphone 8.
My Verdict:
Samsung Galaxy S9 = Corvette
Apple Iphone 8 = Porsche 911

 

[Starfia]

I was already an exclusive Mac user, but it's hard not to side with the company who invented the modern smartphone as we know it. Apple's values show in it: efficiency, simplicity, longevity, global forethought, seeking to lower environmental impact, prioritizing privacy, integration of hardware and software, and integration with other devices.

 

[aKansasKid]

My only Apple device is my iPhone, so ecosystem is a non-issue for me. I have an Android phone, also, but use the iPhone more often - for three main reasons:

1) Safari is much faster in my usage than either Chrome or Firefox on my Android phone. I use AdBlock Plus on my iPhone, primarily to limit data usage. Chrome won't allow ad blockers (and, hence, uses a lot more data), but Firefox does. But both Chrome and Firefox are slow to load ad and video laden pages on my Android compared to Safari.

2) I can't set voice reminders from the lock screen in Android without first enabling Google Assistant, which requires location services to be turned on. Since Google shares that location with third parties, I leave it off. So, for me, setting reminders is much faster and easier in iOS. And I'm old - I need a lot of reminders.

3) There is no modern, useful, unlocked, Verizon compatible Android phone less than 2.75" wide costing under $500, and I'm not paying more than that for a phone. My Moto G4 is too big to be comfortable. The Moto G6 is narrower and tempting, but reasons 1) and 2) are holding me back.

 

[NorthSeaBeach]

Security and software updates.

 

[Hieveryone]

The animations and overall use of the software doesn’t feel as refined to me IMO.

 

[palmerc2]

And please don't quote iMessage at me. SMS/MMS is quite capable. The only thing iMessage has going over that is it's ability to function on WiFi.

Send a video through MMS and let me know how it goes.

 

[eyoungren]

Send a video through MMS and let me know how it goes.

OK.

I think the last time I sent a video at all was about 2010 or so. That would have been MMS with my WinMo device. I increased the stock sending size on the software to Sprint's maximum message size and the cam was nowhere as good as the iPhone 3GS if that tells you anything.

I'll concede the point you make…but my group of family and friends really don't create or send videos.

 

[palmerc2]

OK.

I think the last time I sent a video at all was about 2010 or so. That would have been MMS with my WinMo device. I increased the stock sending size on the software to Sprint's maximum message size and the cam was nowhere as good as the iPhone 3GS if that tells you anything.

I'll concede the point you make…but my group of family and friends really don't create or send videos.

Fair enough. I’d say I send and / or receive a video at least once per week at a minimum.

Sometimes I flat out don’t receive a text message or the person won’t receive mine. Every once in a while a friend will ask “didn’t you get my text about [x]?” which I didn’t. I do a lot international travel and therefore roam a lot on different networks and find texting isn’t as reliable as iMessage / messaging apps, such as not receiving any messages.

It’s at the point where if someone doesn’t have an iPhone, I insist on using a messaging app instead of text message.

Clearly our experiences and view on the matter is different. No biggie

 

[BigMcGuire]

Fair enough. I’d say I send and / or receive a video at least once per week at a minimum.

Sometimes I flat out don’t receive a text message or the person won’t receive mine. Every once in a while a friend will ask “didn’t you get my text about [x]?” which I didn’t. I do a lot international travel and therefore roam a lot on different networks and find texting isn’t as reliable as iMessage / messaging apps, such as not receiving any messages.

It’s at the point where if someone doesn’t have an iPhone, I insist on using a messaging app instead of text message.

Clearly our experiences and view on the matter is different. No biggie

Yeah sending sms to Android coworkers is painful. Video gets compressed so it’s not even recognizable. I resort to using Google Voice with my android coworkers if I have to text them. Works fairly well but yeah video is almost useless.

 

[eyoungren]

Fair enough. I’d say I send and / or receive a video at least once per week at a minimum.

Sometimes I flat out don’t receive a text message or the person won’t receive mine. Every once in a while a friend will ask “didn’t you get my text about [x]?” which I didn’t. I do a lot international travel and therefore roam a lot on different networks and find texting isn’t as reliable as iMessage / messaging apps, such as not receiving any messages.

It’s at the point where if someone doesn’t have an iPhone, I insist on using a messaging app instead of text message.

Clearly our experiences and view on the matter is different. No biggie

Yes, different situations.

I don't really have what you'd call a life since my wife and I and our kids are mainly homebodies and we don't use a lot of apps or other things in use in these days and times simply because the people who commonly use those things aren't in the same circles of people we are. And there are certain people (such as parents in their 70s and 80s) that refuse to be forced to use anything other than the stock messaging app on whatever phone they have.

There are a lot of reasons for all of that, which would probably bore a whole bunch of people, but because of it SMS/MMS is still very relevant in the way we communicate.

 

[Falhófnir]

It feels so well rounded, it’s been a while since I’ve used android, but there were some rough edges to say the least. iOS just feels like it’s got that bit of extra spit and polish, the physics of the bounces feel like they’ve been tuned to ‘feel’ right, the apps feel like they’ve had the extra mile of refinement put in, just, nothing’s there by accident almost.

 

[Grimham]

OK.

I think the last time I sent a video at all was about 2010 or so. That would have been MMS with my WinMo device. I increased the stock sending size on the software to Sprint's maximum message size and the cam was nowhere as good as the iPhone 3GS if that tells you anything.

I'll concede the point you make…but my group of family and friends really don't create or send videos.

Lately at how big pictures are getting in pixels, I have come across some pictures that could not be sent over a regular text messaging system. I loved my Note 8, but I hated sending messages to people with pictures or other things like videos and couldn't sometimes or the quality was crap. imessage is much better at that and blows regular text messaging away.

 

[eyoungren]

imessage is much better at that and blows regular text messaging away.

I don't disagree.

My argument is merely that SMS/MMS still has usefulness. Perhaps not for large pics and it would seem not for video, but it still works for the most part.

When we were buying a house earlier this year the entirety of my texting back and forth with my realtor and my loan processor was SMS. Both those people were using Android. I sent photos to both of them and I didn't concern myself with choosing the quality level.

Neither of them complained to me about the pics so I have to assume things were okay.

But I also don't use my phone's camera for professional work. It's mainly used so my wife can tell me what to bring home from Walmart or make a menu choice. So, there's that.

 

[iOSpecialist]

iMessage, lots of software updates, optimization, security, build quality, status, iPads, Airdrop, and FORTNITE!!!

Android does have its advantages though, I’d love mouse support on my iPad Pro. I’m excited to see what Apple will do now that Samsung’s Tab S4 is actually looking pretty sweet despite using a year old CPU. I’d totally want something similar to samsung’s Dex system.

 

[adamski23]

I used to love the customizations and tinkering with androids. As I grew older i lost the interest to tinker and customize. I switched to iOS and the simplicity was refreshing.

Also, wife is iOS user as well and sending pictures and videos of our kids to one another and family is better on iMessage imo.

 

[akash.nu]

iMessage, lots of software updates, optimization, security, build quality, status, iPads, Airdrop, and FORTNITE!!!

Android does have its advantages though, I’d love mouse support on my iPad Pro. I’m excited to see what Apple will do now that Samsung’s Tab S4 is actually looking pretty sweet despite using a year old CPU. I’d totally want something similar to samsung’s Dex system.

That Dex thing is absolutely horrendous. It’s a waste of money. You can’t do anything else other than basic word processing and calendar and email etc. If you need a keyboard and mouse and a whole separate system to manipulate that then ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

And Apple will not do anything in terms of competing with Samsung. Android tablet market is long dead.

 

[jmckever]

Just curious.

i switched from android to ios and i have to be honest the note 8 is more superior to any phone apple has ever made.i like ios because of imessage the native email security and privacy.also the apps are a better quality .

 

[1050792]

i switched from android to ios and i have to be honest the note 8 is more superior to any phone apple has ever made.i like ios because of imessage the native email security and privacy.also the apps are a better quality .

The note is basically a computer in your pocket while the iPhone is locked down “fancy” phone for the masses.

 

[jmckever]

I really like IoS. Always keep coming back to it from android. I know android is better for my preferences (download torrents, watch series, always on display, be able to close apps after x amount of time) but somehow i always like IoS better. I dont know why :S.

same here lol

 

[Lioness~]

Because I've never tested another smartphone or pad then Apple's.
This far it fills my needs, so I haven't seen any reason to check up the 'other' side.
Not that I'm 100% satisfied all the time with Apple.

But to leave the integration for android, my irritation has to be way more then it has been.
When iCloud stopped syncing my calendar over devices anymore, and Apple had no idea
what was wrong. I solved it with syncing calendar with my NAS instead.
Who knows what happens when I buy new devices?!

 

[akash.nu]

Because I've never tested another smartphone or pad then Apple's.
This far it fills my needs, so I haven't seen any reason to check up the 'other' side.
Not that I'm 100% satisfied all the time with Apple.

This is what generic consumer mentality is. At present in terms of ecosystem Apple just doesn’t have any competition at all.

 

[eoblaed]

And please don't quote iMessage at me. SMS/MMS is quite capable. The only thing iMessage has going over that is it's ability to function on WiFi.

The ability to function over WiFi is not a trivial addition to its usability.

And the fact that messages and conversations are fully synced across all my devices (iPhone, iPad Pro, Mac Pro, iMac, MacBook Pro) instantly allowing me to continue on with conversations no matter what device I'm on.

And the fact that this functionality is a native part of all these OSes. This means that not only do I not have to download some third party app, I don't have to require my friends and family members to do the same. Every one I speak to has a fully synchronized conversation thread on all of my devices, all of the time, with full history, without me having to do anything special and without me having to require everyone else I speak to do that same special thing. If someone new starts a conversation with me, I don't have to respond with "oh, sorry, can you please use WhatsApp/Slack/Skype (or whatever) instead?" Third party chat solutions are not a replacement for a native built in thing like iMessage/Messages that everyone else also already has.

And the fact that Apple has proven, repeatedly, that their stance on privacy is iron clad. Third party app developers have privacy priorities that are unknown to me and unproven in general.

Downloading a third party app, having to do it on all my devices, having to require my friends/family to do the same, all to get something that may not manage synchronicity, history, privacy as well as something that's already built in to all of our devices is hardly appealing.

(addendum: there's a million reasons I stay with iPhone/iOS. Messages is only one of them, but I felt impelled to respond to this comment)

 

[nervousrhino]

I went from iPhone 5S > 6S > 8 > X > Pixel 2 XL > iPhone X.

When I got my iPhone X for the first time, I had the Pixel in the back of my mind. I ended up returning the X so I could finally try out modern-day flagship Android.

I don't regret trying it out, it's a great phone, I took it with me to Disneyland and got some incredible photos. It was as smooth any other smartphone I've ever used, and the battery life was great. However, after a few months I've just picked up a brand new iPhone X. My personal reasons:

1) Cross-platform apps. I used to be an avid user of MyFitnessPal, but I actually stopped using it because it was so clunky to use on Android compared to the iPhone version. Same can be said for a lot of cross-platform apps, particularly Snapchat too.

2) Exclusive apps. There's nothing wrong with Google Calendar and Gmail, however they are no Fantastical 2/Airmail.

3) I missed my Apple Watch. I'm going to pick up an AW4 for my birthday when it comes out, and can't wait. I know that there's a Pixel Watch coming out this year, however I don't hold high hopes considering the disaster that is Wear OS.

4) Main reason, so many tiny little annoyances. But even though they're tiny, they eventually add up. Double tap to wake worked less than 50% of the time, no exaggeration. Phantom touches. Random crashes. Just a less 'smooth' experience.

But I would still recommend the Pixel to anyone wanting to try out Android, especially compared to the bloatware-filled Samsungs.

 

[eyoungren]

The ability to function over WiFi is not a trivial addition to its usability.

And the fact that messages and conversations are fully synced across all my devices (iPhone, iPad Pro, Mac Pro, iMac, MacBook Pro) instantly allowing me to continue on with conversations no matter what device I'm on.

And the fact that this functionality is a native part of all these OSes. This means that not only do I not have to download some third party app, I don't have to require my friends and family members to do the same. Every one I speak to has a fully synchronized conversation thread on all of my devices, all of the time, with full history, without me having to do anything special and without me having to require everyone else I speak to do that same special thing. If someone new starts a conversation with me, I don't have to respond with "oh, sorry, can you please use WhatsApp/Slack/Skype (or whatever) instead?" Third party chat solutions are not a replacement for a native built in thing like iMessage/Messages that everyone else also already has.

And the fact that Apple has proven, repeatedly, that their stance on privacy is iron clad. Third party app developers have privacy priorities that are unknown to me and unproven in general.

Downloading a third party app, having to do it on all my devices, having to require my friends/family to do the same, all to get something that may not manage synchronicity, history, privacy as well as something that's already built in to all of our devices is hardly appealing.

(addendum: there's a million reasons I stay with iPhone/iOS. Messages is only one of them, but I felt impelled to respond to this comment)

Perhaps you misunderstand my position regarding third party apps. So, I will be clear.

My mom is 76. My dad is 81. They use whatever stock messaging app is on their phone. They would tell me to go to hell if I tried to get them to use a third party app.

Two thirds of the rest of those I communicate with have Android. And I am communicating via SMS/MMS with them because I can't be bothered to install a third party app. Almost 100% of those I communicate with I am not sending video or pictures. MMS makes it possible to send messages of more than 180 characters.

There is one person I communicate with who uses iMessage - but all the communications with him come over as SMS.

In short, the relevancy of iMessage for me in light of all of this is not much. I realize others use it for much more than I do, but for what I use it for - I can take it or leave it. Other than WiFi and privacy and character limits there is no real advantage in it for me. SMS and MMS fit the bill.

As to privacy…yes. Well and good and great. But my wife and I and my immediate family still make a phone call when it's private. Text messages are for short communications not involving personal or intimate details. If it's really personal it's done in person. And another thing to that is tone - which is very hard to convey via messaging. A phone call or in-person discussion makes tone very clear.