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I switched back from Android for the 6s because I was tired of fragmentation and terrible battery life. I gave up a lot, customizations, amazing tweaks, workflo

I switched back from Android for the 6s because I was tired of fragmentation and terrible battery life. I gave up a lot, customizations, amazing tweaks, workflows, etc. I miss Android. There are so many things I can't do on iOS and it frustrates me. Siri is no comparison to Google now. (You make some sacrifices here) Using iTunes to manage everything from apps to music is a buzzkill. Homekit is a bag of hurt. You are stuck with the default apps. Want to use Gmail or Outlook? Chrome? Google Maps or Nokia Maps? Too bad. I'm putting up with these compromises because at the time the 810 wasn't performing well and on Android smaller screens means lower performance.

cdubzzz 10y ago
> You are stuck with the default apps. Want to use Gmail or Outlook? Chrome? Google Maps or Nokia Maps? Too bad. I'm confused. What do you mean by this?
- post_break 10y ago
  If ask siri to route me somewhere it only opens Apple Maps. Same for clicking on an email link. Tap a URL and it opens Safari every time.
  - cdubzzz 10y ago
    Ah, gotcha. Does the Google app allow more custom integration? https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/google-app-search-made-just/id284815942 https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/google-app-search-made-just/...
    - post_break 10y ago
      They are hard links in iOS, nothing you can do to change the default apps unfortunately.
crapolasplatter 10y ago
"I switched back from Android for the 6s because I was tired of fragmentation and terrible battery life. " I can relate. I had some many fragmentation problems with android that I said I'm done with it, then I tried Iphone. However, I returned my iphone before my trial period expired. I just couldn't sacrifice the android UI flow, multitasking ease of use, and a open ecosystem. So I ended up getting the Note 3 when it first came out . That was like 3 years ago and I still have the same phone without any issues. My batters is now finally starting to give out and is only lasting about 6-8 hrs with use. However a new battery is only like 7 bucks on amazon. I think 2 things happened that improved my fragmentation issue with android. Android itself has matured but more importantly I stopped all the automatic updates from my carrier and apps. I observed with my previous android devices that once a new phone came out all the sudden my phone became slow as molasses . I'm under the opinion with nothing to back it up with, other than my observations is that the carrier (atleast ATT) updates the phone and purposely degrades performances with newer apps and updates to get you to buy a new one. I don't think this is possible on the iphones because I don't believe that the carrier is allowed to bastardize it like android but I could be wrong? However that has been my observation and the one advantage I see for ios.

cdubzzz 10y ago

> You are stuck with the default apps. Want to use Gmail or Outlook? Chrome? Google Maps or Nokia Maps? Too bad. I'm confused. What do you mean by this?

post_break 10y ago
If ask siri to route me somewhere it only opens Apple Maps. Same for clicking on an email link. Tap a URL and it opens Safari every time.
- cdubzzz 10y ago
  Ah, gotcha. Does the Google app allow more custom integration? https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/google-app-search-made-just/id284815942 https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/google-app-search-made-just/...
  - post_break 10y ago
    They are hard links in iOS, nothing you can do to change the default apps unfortunately.

crapolasplatter 10y ago

"I switched back from Android for the 6s because I was tired of fragmentation and terrible battery life. " I can relate. I had some many fragmentation problems with android that I said I'm done with it, then I tried Iphone. However, I returned my iphone before my trial period expired. I just couldn't sacrifice the android UI flow, multitasking ease of use, and a open ecosystem. So I ended up getting the Note 3 when it first came out . That was like 3 years ago and I still have the same phone without any issues. My batters is now finally starting to give out and is only lasting about 6-8 hrs with use. However a new battery is only like 7 bucks on amazon. I think 2 things happened that improved my fragmentation issue with android. Android itself has matured but more importantly I stopped all the automatic updates from my carrier and apps. I observed with my previous android devices that once a new phone came out all the sudden my phone became slow as molasses . I'm under the opinion with nothing to back it up with, other than my observations is that the carrier (atleast ATT) updates the phone and purposely degrades performances with newer apps and updates to get you to buy a new one. I don't think this is possible on the iphones because I don't believe that the carrier is allowed to bastardize it like android but I could be wrong? However that has been my observation and the one advantage I see for ios.