[Open Discussion] iPhone vs Android: Which do you use and why?

For years, I have gone with Sony Ericsson and Sony phones, only swapping to a Samsung Galaxy S3 mini, which I thought was pretty rubbish to be honest. My last Sony smartphone, the Sony 5 had issues with the fingerprint recognition and needed to be rebooted at least once a day to solve it. I then decided to go back to Samsung and get a Galaxy S21 5g 128gb about 15 months ago. This have been the best phone I have had by far, so much so that where I would upgrade the Sony roughly every 12 months due to a performance drop, I am still using the Samsung, and do not look to upgrade it just yet as it is running the latest version of Android and it is still performing well.

I'm an Android fan. I find that android allows for great customisation and apps typically include advanced settings. My parents have iphone and found that for non tech nerds, it's a great device.

However, I am a tech nerd and find iphone very limiting. On top of this, I like the option to repair my own device without too much cost. I have replaced my phone screen 3+ times and found it fun to do for a cheaper price!

I will however say that apple commitment to updating devices, including phones that are several years old is outstanding. Android phones may get varied support, with the highest typically being 4 years. My phone (OnePlus 6T) unfortunately does not get updates anymore, but still runs great after owning it since December 2018. Hopefully I can get a few more years out of it before needing to replace it.

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I think while Steve Jobs was alive, Apple were the pioneers and innovators. Since his passing, I feel Apple represent the followers and catch up artists. I feel you pay the premium to have a device that is a year or two behind modern Android Flagships. I am not a fan of Samsung per day, but as their advert says "we wait, it is what we do, we wait".

So if you want market leading, open source, unregulated apps and non branded accessories get an Android. If you want safety, restricted, 2 year old tech which is fashionable, get an iPhone. Just my thoughts.

Had phones provided by work for years as they developed from bricks. Then a decent android and most recently an IPhone SE.

Having had the iPhone there was no going back to android for me and now retired I use an iPhone 13 Pro Max and my wife my former iPhone 12.

Can’t see any point in upgrading again for several years though. Maybe the iphone 18?

Phones - I love thinking about them!

I'm an Android person. I don't have a Mac and never had an iPod so when I looked at getting a smart phone, I didn't see the point in spending two or three times the amount. I also had an odd requirement - offline sat nav functionality. I actually had a Nokia as my first smart phone for that reason. Then shifted to Android when it was at version 2.2 and Nokia had given up on Symbian. I had a bigger screen for less cash. And at the time, a replaceable battery was important to me as that's what often kills off a device - they're not worth fixing once the battery goes. Oh - and an SD card - cool.

I did enjoy messing around with custom ROM's for a while and writing a simple app.

These days though, all phones have fixed batteries and the Pixel phones I'm going with now don't have an SD card. I've even given up on the 3.5mm headphone jack with the latest one. Android is also tightening up on permissions - getting closer to being an iPhone in many ways!

Some of the features listed in the original post apply to Android too - photos and text messages are visible on any web browser as well as your phone. I agree with a lot of the advantages of Apple - the updates and device support are much better. You even have more choice of iPhones with the bigger screens and the budget friendly versions too. If you have a Mac, it's the obvious choice.

Both systems have come a long way and I don't see the big difference now.

iPhone brigade!

If you use Mac for computing, then having an iPhone simply makes it easier to sync everything i.e. all contacts, email etc.

That's not to say that there is anything wrong with Android. I acknowledge that vast numbers of people use that OS and are very happy with it.

Isn't it great to have the choice ! A real "first world problem" !

Yeh strange how they've held out on the usb c party, hanging onto the fire cable..let's face it apple are famous as they're soo expensive and people feel that brings value and quality when it's simply not the case

I'm patiently waiting for apple to release a USB-C IPhone so I can have one cable for everything. When that day comes I'll be going all in on the apple ecosystem. Fingers crossed it'll happen with the next iPhone.

Besides, that gives me time to save up the small fortune it takes to buy one. 

iPhone for me had one for years + all the family on iPhone