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[Open Discussion] iPhone vs Android: Which do you use and why?
It’s the biggest question of the 21st century... Which do you prefer, Android or iPhone?
I’m NOT trying to insight all out warfare. I'm just interested in what everyone thinks. I’m team iPhone all the way. Why, you ask?
I use a MacBook
Even if I admit spec for spec Android phones are better on paper. I can’t get away from the fact that the iPhone integrates SO WELL with my MacBook. Using both in combination I can:
- Access texts from my phone on my laptop
- Use a universal clipboard; so if I copy text on my phone I can paste on the Mac (or vice-versa)
- Instantly access photos from my phone (Via the photos app)
- Share large media files instantly through Airdrop
- Software support
I generally keep my phone for 4+ years. iPhone's tend to get at least 6 years of software support. Which means I can get some real millage out of my purchase. Comparably, most Android phones barely get 3 years of support. Which means if you want the latest software you have to buy a new phone...
- It seems like a lot of effort to switch
I’ve been an iPhone user for a LONG time. Switching everything over just seems like a lot of effort, when the apps that run across both platforms are pretty much the same (Facebook, WhatsApp, TikTok, etc.)
- Air Pods
Like my MacBook dilemma. I use Air Pods. I know you can use Air Pods with an Android phone, but you lose half the functionality! Which defeats the point in owning them.
- Resale value
I suppose it's because of the longer software support & unicorn status of the Apple brand. But it’s undoubtable that iPhones hold their value better than their android counterparts. Which means when it comes to upgrade time you can offset some extra cost. Seems like solid logic to me 🤔
Those are just my reasons. But what do you use?
Have I completely missed all the positives Android brings to the table? Or do you agree iPhone is the de-facto phone to get for most people?
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I use android now running 13...Find I can do more personal touches like install apk's etc and more customisation
I think what'll happen in the future is that one will come out on top or they'll be absorbed by the other, look at Blackberry..
Parity will prevail 😉
Android all the way with me and I wouldnt consider any Apple product because of price and how you are locked in to whatever you have bought with Apple. I did read some time ago that Android and the Android operating system has now overtaken Apple in sheer numbers. I've played with a couple of Apple devices and wasnt impressed. To use a quick comparison between Android and Apple, consider Android to be free life in the west and the Apple system very much like communist Russia 😋 🤣
With the greatest respect- a free life in the west, are you having a larf govner?
Well.........a lot free'er than the Gulags of northern Siberia....😉
...remember those Windows phones 🙊 😁
Android - cheaper and a more diverse range of options
I used to be android but then got a MacBook which a) just works and b) lasts so much longer than windows laptops. I have a mid 2014 pro that still works just fine.
From that it was only a small leap to getting an iPhone and finally an iPad Air. Yes it’s all expensive but everything syncs. On top of that, customer support is amazing. Will never go back to windowsI’m an apple person for all the reasons mentioned above. I had the first android phone and the first iPhone and I dabbled between the two.
I found Android is too temperamental. For example, a long time ago I got on a 2 hour train trip with 97%. Didn’t use my phone and when I got to where I was going it was 8%. I needed to find a shop with a charger and find the random app draining my battery!
You must've had everything on...
Looks like you never used settings in android for that to happen
I was always an iPhone user. Went to Android because it was cheaper. However I just didn’t like the look of it. Spent 2 years trying to unsuccessfully make my Android phone look like an iPhone. Back on iPhone as of 2 weeks ago and I couldn’t be happier!
For me it's the vast range of handsets available running Android, the relative flexibility of the platform and integration with all the Google services. Having said that I do use an iPad as I've never found Android on a tablet anywhere near as slick as an iPad. Integration and availability of Google services on the iPad is sufficient to keepe happy. But, on a phone it's android all the way for me and I have had a work iPhone in the past and whilst it did what it was meant to very well it just felt very restrictive as I like to tinker with different launchers and so on.
Android... S21 Ultra owner here and I'm happy with it!
