I’m planning on switching platforms and I’m just curious of the opinions of people here. I think that Android can have advantages in areas of privacy and external app installation, but most of the benefits come with a lot of tinkering out of the box.
I’m a very capable person at modifying my phone and I don’t generally mind doing that. I can make the interface work however I want. But I find myself caring less and less about how I interact with things in the light of what Apple is doing.
I’m looking at Android and it seems to be pretty far behind iOS at the moment. The messaging service is a huge sticking point and progress isn’t being made to unify iMessage with RCS apps. It seems to me like Samsung is making more progress with the platform than Google itself is. Like they’re the ones carrying it right now.
Keep in mind, I’m not a shill here. I haven’t used iOS in years. I still think they’re overpriced phones and Apple isn’t a great company. And I wish USB-C was a thing. This isn’t an ad. I’m just frustrated with the android platform and Apple seems to be leaving it behind.
Example features: FaceID, iMessage, home screen UX, battery life, and extended software support.
So can anyone tell me if they feel the same or help me in my decision? Not trying to start a tech war btw
Apple falls to offer sufficiently compelling features for the price and is significantly behind in some areas such as home screen UX.
My home screen is pretty much entirely dedicated to widgets, some of which directly allow me to perform complex actions without having to launch an app – e.g. I can not only control my lights from the home screen but also select which room the command gets sent to.
iOS widgets seem to be more limited; at least the app developers complain about not being able to offer this functionality with iOS 14+, the App Store page doesn’t mention widgets at all and a third-party widget app only offers basic buttons that do one thing each.
That’s one major use case of mine where Apple simply doesn’t keep pace. In addition, I’m locked into Apple’s decisions on things like form factor or audio jack availability, which I might not agree with. Plus, their prices are shameless.
I don’t doubt that Apple offers the best choice for some people but in my case I’d have to sacrifice functionality I use and pay literally twice as much money to gain nothing relevant besides longer software support.
