have been an iOS user for a long time and i am bored with my new iPhone. i upgraded from 10 to 11 but it seems like the same phone and same experience. maybe thats apple’s feature but for me it seems like a bug. i want to try one of these fancy android phones. so many to choose from samsung note, pixel and many more. but i feel some of the unique features of iOS are just too good and they stop me from making a switch. too name a few, apple wallet and cards airpods integration integration with macOS thoughts?
Just remember that your phone should be a utility first before it is meant to be a fun device. If you’re able to do the things you need before it does the things you want... then it’s a good utility. The novelty of “fun” can get old fast no matter which device you use.
First world problem...
And this is a first world platform.
I have similar thoughts every 6 months in the opposite direction (happy Android user here). But then I am reminded of this great dialogue exchange from the movie Fight Club: https://youtu.be/CWRTqMGvdpc I think you're expecting too much from a phone. It's just a tool. A very useful and multi faceted tool, I accept, but still a tool. Android phones are still cheaper than iPhones from non-flagship brands (OnePlus, oppo, xiaomi, etc ) and have great specs. Try one out. You don't like it, go back to iPhones.
Get a new android phone from somewhere with a good return policy. Use it for a week, the core UX is so much worse that you’ll want to return it.
Guys lets respect each other. Most of us working in tech companies are getting more than average salary. So it is perfectly normal to ask this kind of 1st world problem question. Now OP, my opinion is, you should show TC and just buy the fancy Android phone! You should have enough TC to afford two phones
The only halfway valid chain to iOS I can see is iMessage if all your friends use it....and you didn't even list that. Switch away, Android had everything you listed first.
This. I have stacks of phones and would just swap my sim in whatever device I wanted for the day... then my kid brother had a hissy-fit because I’ve got Apple devices but he couldn’t iMessage me. Fine little bro, you win, I got a second sim for the androids and kept iMessage activated on a primary.
Longevity of device, quality of apps, better trade in value, iMessage, to name a few. Privacy.
I switched from iOS to Android last year. Couldn't be happier. Go for it
Pixel phones are the purest flavor. Samsung completely changes the user interface for the worse IMO, but people get used to it and seem to like it well enough. I recommend Pixel 3a for the price and features. It'll give you the better experience and a nice feature set. Bluetooth works with any headphone, but wired headphones need to be specially made for Android in order for the volume buttons to work. This is because iPhone doesn't follow the same control standard for headphones that Android does. Google Pay works well and more card machines support it. Android integrates with all computers, but it's not a locked ecosystem like Apple, so you can do more things as a developer with an Android device.
Any device that supports Google Pay supports Apple Pay, and vice versa. The Samsung mag stripe thing is different.
Isnt there a pay thing for android and dont all bluetooth earphones integrate? And Im not sure what you mean by iphone integration woth mac. I dont have any issues with my phone connecting to my comouter either.
Not talking about pay. You can store all kinds of cards like boarding pass etc. in Apple wallet. There is nothing similar in android. AirPods integration is not there in android. MacOS integration with iOS is quite convenient
Samsung has all the features you mentioned