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I used to work for Blackberry, and have been using Android since Samsung Galaxy S3 all the way to Pixel 7. For the first time, I am seriously considering switc

I used to work for Blackberry, and have been using Android since Samsung Galaxy S3 all the way to Pixel 7. For the first time, I am seriously considering switching to an iPhone. My parents used iphone since the 3G, so I am very familiar with them. I have always hope that Android would catch up with iPhone in most metrics, but lately I feel Android is falling further and further behind, paradoxically as Android gains more and more features.. If iPhone does not exist, Android would be seen as perfectly fine. But iPhone does exist, and all the shortcomings in Android sticks out uncomfortably when comparing to iPhone. 1. Crap-tastic stability when Pixel6/Android 12 was released. I have not used a more buggy phone that crashed every week, or crash in the middle of a call, or a long list of bugs that I encountered during my usage. The OS eventually got better after a year of release, but that meant that I had to deal with the bugs for a year straight. 2. Things that work 80% as well as iPhone, but never exceed them. For example the fingerprint reader remains inaccurate for my right thumb, but not for my other fingers. Other issues include performance issues with videos (this got a lot better in the last 6 months), or batter life issues. 3. Everything is disjointed. To view photos, there is a File app, but then there's an Google Photo app. Somehow Favourites are not shared between the 2 apps.

surgical_fire 3y ago
I've been using OnePlus for 5 years (two different phones, recently switched 6T to Nord2). Never had any problems with stability, fingerprint scanner is stellar, and there are multiple apps for... Basically whatever. Just pick your favorite flavor. And they have 1 feature that kills the iPhone for me. They are not tied to obsolescence. Once OnePlus drops support, I can install DivestOS or LineageOS and the phone keeps working and being up-to-date. I installed DivestOS on my old 6T and it became my backup phone (normally I take it with me when I go hiking or to the beach, just to not have my main device with me in case there's an unfortunate accident). Apple has a tendency to turn old devices into paperweight after a few years.

surgical_fire 3y ago

I've been using OnePlus for 5 years (two different phones, recently switched 6T to Nord2). Never had any problems with stability, fingerprint scanner is stellar, and there are multiple apps for... Basically whatever. Just pick your favorite flavor. And they have 1 feature that kills the iPhone for me. They are not tied to obsolescence. Once OnePlus drops support, I can install DivestOS or LineageOS and the phone keeps working and being up-to-date. I installed DivestOS on my old 6T and it became my backup phone (normally I take it with me when I go hiking or to the beach, just to not have my main device with me in case there's an unfortunate accident). Apple has a tendency to turn old devices into paperweight after a few years.