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I used an iPhone 3GS and then an iPhone 4. Since then I have been using Android phones, Motorola, HTC & Oppo. I don't feel any reason to spend lots more for the
by GianFabien 4y ago
I used an iPhone 3GS and then an iPhone 4. Since then I have been using Android phones, Motorola, HTC & Oppo. I don't feel any reason to spend lots more for the latest iPhones.
Of course, if most people you communicate with use iPhones, then there are some compatability benefits. You can connect to FaceTime calls from Android. I've never used iMessage, so I don't know how it is "better" than SMS + eMail, etc.
My major reason for sticking with Android is that the phones don't get obsoleted as fast as iPhones. I can still install the latest version of Chrome on a Moto Razr/V.
- stereoradonc 4y agoGot it! Create a new link on Facetime App on iPad, and then share it with non Apple users. Cheers! Thanks!I wasn't aware of it.
- nytesky 4y agoThat’s surprising, I thought apple provided iOS updates and security updates much longer than Android phones — i thought there was some issues where Googles update had to be pushed by the manufacturer and they tend to drop support much sooner. Did I misunderstand that support timeframe?
- stereoradonc 4y agoSamsung is now committed to providing it for 5 years (2 years of security updates). It's fine.
- GianFabien 4y agoSome Android phone manufacturers are terrible in releasing security updates. Even within the same brand different models are updated, or not, to different cadence. In my experience you are pretty much stuck with the version of Android that the phone was released with. When upgrading Android apps, they seem to be less dependent upon having the latest version of Android in order to run. At least that has been my experience. I keep all my old phones and tablets and test webapps that I write with the most recent version of Chrome that I can still load onto them.