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I have switched about 7 months ago due to issues with my Galaxy S10. I can't definitively say that I would recommend it, but I can say is that I personally don'
by moooo99 4y ago
I have switched about 7 months ago due to issues with my Galaxy S10. I can't definitively say that I would recommend it, but I can say is that I personally don't regret it. The biggest benefits of the iPhone are for me
UI consistency: The OS apps are very consistent in terms of their UI patterns and overall user experience. Its not perfect (as some people claim), but it is significantly better than the weird mixture of OEM and Google apps you get with Android phones that aren't pixels. Not only are the preinstalled apps better, the apps from the store are also more consistent in terms of platform specific UX patterns (again, not perfect but significantly better)
General app quality: the accessibility of the Play Store (and the overall Android platform) certainly has its benefit, but unfortunately it often also leads to bad quality applications. While I don't particularly like Apples strict walled garden approach I'll have to admit that the apps tend to be higher quality than Android ones. A drawback is that the vast majority of iOS apps are paid. Being paid isn't really a problem, but the fact that everyone is moving to subscriptions is certainly starting to become one.
Overall reliability: the overall platform feels much more reliable than on my last Android. I've been a heavy Android Auto user before. But just 30 minutes of being connected heated up my phone so bad the CPU throttled like crazy for the next 45min making a lot of apps incredibly slow. My iPhone never had those issues and it feels like it doesn't even warm up with CarPlay. CarPlay also tends to be much more reliable than Android Auto ever was for me.
If switching will benefit you largely depends on you specifically. But since smartphones have largely plateaued over the last few years, you won't gain a whole lot, but you won't loose much either (unless you are super into the open source aspect of android)