I moved to iOS, and these are the things I miss about Android. (Namely the Nexus6P)

[acheney1990]

I've found myself considering the switch lately. I used to use only iPhones but switched to Android after the iPhone 5 and I've have numerous Android Devices since. I'm not entirely sure why I'm thinking about switching back but something about the uniformity with iOS and being so easy to get accessories. Plus the simplicity that it just work. But I know there are things I would really miss about Android. I wish I could just use a new iPhone for a while and see how I feel. I don't want to buy an iPhone without seeing if it's just seeing the grass on the other side is greener and then regretting it.

 

[gekkehenkie11]

What I cant stand about IoS is that you can't peak * passwords. And the whole fact that you need to install itunes to just copy some mp3's, that's just plain crazy.

 

[Xandlinger]

The Google Photos thing is what did me in.

I didn't realize that my old iPhone 6 didn't automatically backup with Google Photos like my previous Galaxy S6 did. I only opened the app once to set it up and I figured it would be good to go!

Joke is on me. Went to the Netherlands for vacation, took a lot of photos, lost my phone somewhere in the airport in the states. Thought all my pictures backed up, not a single one did

Loving the Nexus 6P. Miss the camera on the 6, though, even though the 6P takes better shots it just isn't as quick/easy to use.

 

[LosserKlosser]

As a Windows/Linux PC and Android user, I find iOS and iPhones/iPads extremely difficult and illogical to use. My father in law has the iPhone 6 and an iPad air and I am the one having to do tech support. It is such a fundamentally different ecosystem that I find myself in need of Google to answer basic questions about setting up email and such. I'm actually considering buying a used iPhone just to get to know the system.

I, for one, just don't get how Apple has gotten away with the whole 'oh iOS and iPhone are SO user friendly!' thing.

It's a closed system with end-to-end control. Coming from platforms where you can just throw everything at your machine and it will run it or copy it or store it in any way you want, iOS is like a ball and chain around your ankle.

As far as I am concerned, iTunes is a virus/malware. Holy ****, I hate it.

Sendt fra min Nexus 6P med Tapatalk

 

[gekkehenkie11]

As a Windows/Linux PC and Android user, I find iOS and iPhones/iPads extremely difficult and illogical to use. My father in law has the iPhone 6 and an iPad air and I am the one having to do tech support. It is such a fundamentally different ecosystem that I find myself in need of Google to answer basic questions about setting up email and such. I'm actually considering buying a used iPhone just to get to know the system.

I, for one, just don't get how Apple has gotten away with the whole 'oh iOS and iPhone are SO user friendly!' thing.

It's a closed system with end-to-end control. Coming from platforms where you can just throw everything at your machine and it will run it or copy it or store it in any way you want, iOS is like a ball and chain around your ankle.

As far as I am concerned, iTunes is a virus/malware. Holy ****, I hate it.

Sendt fra min Nexus 6P med Tapatalk

Amen to that !! I really never understand people who say that iOS is user friendly. To me it's just so illogical. Mind you, I was maintainer for the Note 4 Cyanogenmod, so I know some stuff about phones but when my wife asks me to help her out with basic stuff on her IPhone 6, I almost always end up googling. It's just not logical at all to me.

 

[darkjedi]

iOS is for people who like simplicity. It's not for someone who wants to customize everything. I'm using a 6S+ right now and the fluidity and simplicity of things is great. Granted, certain things aren't on iOS, but to each their own. I want simplicity right now, and iOS does that. Both OS' are great.


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[2skies]

Let me provide the other side of the coin. I just switched from a jailbroken iPhone 6 to a Nexus 6p. It was highly, highly customized (although no where near as customizable as any Android device with an active dev community)...but it was boring. Things worked, sure. Was it consistent? For the most part. Did it wow me and make me want to take my device out of my pocket? Not really.

My iPhone became just a tool to just do things in its own little world and not an immersive mobile experience within the world. For example, I couldn't set NFC tags and have them do different things at different places. I can easily with the 6p. The world seems so much more open on Android, and the 6p is a beautiful device to take it all in. Content consumption became mundane. I took the iPhone out of my pocket and didn't really feel enthralled in the slightest, I didn't set it down and regard it as a beautiful object but rather just a piece of technology everyone else had to do the same crap everyone else did.

Maybe I'm overthinking it, but I'm happy with my decision.

 

[taipan21]

I use a 6p alongside an iPhone 6s Plus and once you get over the quirks in each os there aren't too many issues.

You don't need iTunes for day to day usage if you use the right tools. Being a cross platform user may have forced me to find alternatives to platform lockup from Apple.

I use Google Music All Access for music, Plex for video, Pocket Casts, Dropbox, Onenote and the Google Apps suite.

I use iTunes about as much as Android File Transfer which sucks on OS X.

 

[tsuttie99]

i jumped ship from iOS after my iPhone 4 started showing it's age... I always gave Apple credit for that nice piece of hardware for its time. thing never broke just got old..
my biggest complaint back then was the auto arrange icons... That was I believe ios 5? we are now at 9?? Blown away this is still the case.
Also itunes. screw that program.

 

[uodii]

The other thing you missed imo is drag and drop, iTunes is the single biggest reason i don't own an iPhone

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This a million times over. Drag and Drop is by far the greatest thing since sliced bread...OK, that's quite an exaggeration, but it's a must for a phone.

 

[farfromovin]

All valid points here. I switched when Apple came out with a real sized phone with the 6 Plus (and a 128gb option) and it was cool for a bit but then realized how damn good some Android camera's are, plus fast charging, and customization. I'm a huge fan of most Nexus devices and the Galaxy Note series. Now that the Nexus has a capable camera and 128gb option, it's a wrap for me.

 

[slaydog]

This a million times over. Drag and Drop is by far the greatest thing since sliced bread...OK, that's quite an exaggeration, but it's a must for a phone.

IOS is not intuitive at all!
My wife asked me to transfer a video that she filmed on Christmas off of her iPad (it was over 2 gigs) and I thought 'sure, give me about 30 seconds...'

Plug it into the computer then go to Windows Explorer and try and find the iPad so I can view what's on it… No such luck!

Flash forward about an hour later, and I was about to throw that stupid iPad out of the window, lol. I didn't even have iTunes installed [emoji51]

And Siri SUCKS compared to Google Now!

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[Vangelis13]

Amen to that !! I really never understand people who say that iOS is user friendly. To me it's just so illogical. Mind you, I was maintainer for the Note 4 Cyanogenmod, so I know some stuff about phones but when my wife asks me to help her out with basic stuff on her IPhone 6, I almost always end up googling. It's just not logical at all to me.

You are a legend, singlehandedly defeated that locked monster! Respect.

(Sorry for the oot but not enough respect has been paid to the man)