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I'll also say that anecdotally, I know a lot more people with iPhones and people who use something else, always complain about their phones. I was one of those

I'll also say that anecdotally, I know a lot more people with iPhones and people who use something else, always complain about their phones. I was one of those other people, then I just decided I want something that works and bought an iPhone. It was worth it.

pb7 6y ago
Anecdotes aren’t data but I wholeheartedly +1 this anecdote. Whether it’s something with the products or something with the users that buy these types of products but I have seen correlation in my own experience, once myself included.
techsupporter 6y ago
Along with pb7, I'll +1 this anecdote. I know that Google are going for volume while Apple are going for margin, and it shows. I was an ardent Android user until 2014/2015 (can't remember the exact year). Things like "I have to be able to replace my battery" and "a phone without an SD card slot is pointless" and "hah, my regular USB cords just work." But finally, after a year or so of every time my phone spontaneously rebooted (a circumstance that, looking back, I'm surprised I put up with for so long) there was a ~20% chance that it would come back up completely wiped. My employer required that phones accessing work e-mail be encrypted and every so often, a reboot would simply lose the user data volume encryption key. The last time it happened, I permanently lost two pictures that were valuable to me (yes, I know, backups) and it happened while I was sitting in front of a T-Mobile store and around the corner from an Apple store. I went into T-Mobile, got a SIM that would fit an iPhone, then went to the Apple store and loaded up a credit card with a new iPhone 6(?) and all the trimmings and have never looked back. I do still have the screenshot of my first text with my wife after I switched. "So...I did something...expensive." "What did you do? WAIT, this bubble is BLUE"
- freehunter 6y ago
  For me (as a former Anything But Apple guy), the realization came when I discovered that every problem I’ve ever had with my phone was caused by me screwing something up. I put up with this on my computers, but my phone isn’t something I want to take chances on. It’s got too much data and it’s too critical to my everyday life to have it broken constantly. I just can’t trust myself not to install launchers and root the phone and see if I can get Debian running in a chroot and... whoops bricked it. I switched to iPhone with the 5s and have’t looked back. I like not being able to break my phone because of my poor decision making skills. I do my hacking on my computer where the consequences are lower and its easier to fix.
HeadsUpHigh 6y ago
Same experience here. I just can't fathom spending this much money on a phone right now or in the next 2-3 years.
- boring_twenties 6y ago
  I bought a Moto G6 in the fall for $150, for the simple reason that I couldn't find any phone at any price that I didn't hate, so I figured it might as well be as cheap as possible. (In the past, I was happy to shell out for flagships, though not always super close to the release date, but sometimes multiple ones at once.) What a fortuitous coincidence, because once the pandemic started I've been using the phone once a week or less. If I'd paid $500-1000, I'd be pretty unhappy with myself right about now.
  - HeadsUpHigh 6y ago
    I work in the health field. You have no idea how many iOS exclusive apps are out there for my field that can be really helpful.
xondono 6y ago
I had an iphone 4, when it was time to upgrade, I saw the prices as too high, so I opted for a nexus 5. 6 months later I had already switched. It was supposed to be a highly polished Google phone, and yet it had very weird bugs. As an example, I remember hearing a weird tone from the phone every once in a while, even with the phone silenced, but there was never a single notification about what was happening. At some point I discovered that the phone was automatically trying to read my contactless card, and there was simply no way of turning it off, I was forced to avoid placing my wallet anywhere near my phone, which I found ridiculous
LordDragonfang 6y ago
Anecdotally, I know more people who complain about their (slow, poor battery life) iphones than people who own android phones, especially the ones actually produced by google.

pb7 6y ago

Anecdotes aren’t data but I wholeheartedly +1 this anecdote. Whether it’s something with the products or something with the users that buy these types of products but I have seen correlation in my own experience, once myself included.

techsupporter 6y ago

Along with pb7, I'll +1 this anecdote. I know that Google are going for volume while Apple are going for margin, and it shows. I was an ardent Android user until 2014/2015 (can't remember the exact year). Things like "I have to be able to replace my battery" and "a phone without an SD card slot is pointless" and "hah, my regular USB cords just work." But finally, after a year or so of every time my phone spontaneously rebooted (a circumstance that, looking back, I'm surprised I put up with for so long) there was a ~20% chance that it would come back up completely wiped. My employer required that phones accessing work e-mail be encrypted and every so often, a reboot would simply lose the user data volume encryption key. The last time it happened, I permanently lost two pictures that were valuable to me (yes, I know, backups) and it happened while I was sitting in front of a T-Mobile store and around the corner from an Apple store. I went into T-Mobile, got a SIM that would fit an iPhone, then went to the Apple store and loaded up a credit card with a new iPhone 6(?) and all the trimmings and have never looked back. I do still have the screenshot of my first text with my wife after I switched. "So...I did something...expensive." "What did you do? WAIT, this bubble is BLUE"

freehunter 6y ago
For me (as a former Anything But Apple guy), the realization came when I discovered that every problem I’ve ever had with my phone was caused by me screwing something up. I put up with this on my computers, but my phone isn’t something I want to take chances on. It’s got too much data and it’s too critical to my everyday life to have it broken constantly. I just can’t trust myself not to install launchers and root the phone and see if I can get Debian running in a chroot and... whoops bricked it. I switched to iPhone with the 5s and have’t looked back. I like not being able to break my phone because of my poor decision making skills. I do my hacking on my computer where the consequences are lower and its easier to fix.

HeadsUpHigh 6y ago

Same experience here. I just can't fathom spending this much money on a phone right now or in the next 2-3 years.

boring_twenties 6y ago
I bought a Moto G6 in the fall for $150, for the simple reason that I couldn't find any phone at any price that I didn't hate, so I figured it might as well be as cheap as possible. (In the past, I was happy to shell out for flagships, though not always super close to the release date, but sometimes multiple ones at once.) What a fortuitous coincidence, because once the pandemic started I've been using the phone once a week or less. If I'd paid $500-1000, I'd be pretty unhappy with myself right about now.
- HeadsUpHigh 6y ago
  I work in the health field. You have no idea how many iOS exclusive apps are out there for my field that can be really helpful.

xondono 6y ago

I had an iphone 4, when it was time to upgrade, I saw the prices as too high, so I opted for a nexus 5. 6 months later I had already switched. It was supposed to be a highly polished Google phone, and yet it had very weird bugs. As an example, I remember hearing a weird tone from the phone every once in a while, even with the phone silenced, but there was never a single notification about what was happening. At some point I discovered that the phone was automatically trying to read my contactless card, and there was simply no way of turning it off, I was forced to avoid placing my wallet anywhere near my phone, which I found ridiculous

LordDragonfang 6y ago

Anecdotally, I know more people who complain about their (slow, poor battery life) iphones than people who own android phones, especially the ones actually produced by google.