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

[hfm]

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I had the Nexus 6P, but as I take a lot of video, the lack of OIS really was a killer for me, so I made the jump to iOS to see which one I prefer. I'm still a baby iOS user, but I do feel like it's superior, but there are a few things I miss from Android (a.k.a. Nexus 6P).

https://www.the-newshub.com/lifestyle/moving-to-ios-6-things-i-miss-about-android
Can't you just tell us here instead of sending us somewhere else?

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TechMitchell

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Can't you just tell us here instead of sending us somewhere else?

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As a freelance writer with absolutely NO income, I rely on achieving a certain amount views on my posts to get paid. I wouldn't do it if I didn't have to hit a certain number, but unfortunately that's how it works. I hate posting links to things like this, trust me I do, but it's the situation I'm in. Hopefully the community forgives me.
 

[hfm]

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Good read, for me it's strictly a no-brainer due to the fact that I'm entrenched in the Google ecosystem and services.

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Good read, for me it's strictly a no-brainer due to the fact that I'm entrenched in the Google ecosystem and services.

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That's my situation now. I didn't think I relied too heavily on Google, but boy do I. Now I find myself looking for workarounds, such as for the Google Photos predicament.
 

TechMitchell

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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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I only use iTunes to back up my iPhone. I stream all my music via Google Play Music because I have so many albums uploaded to it.
 

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Not bad and the "click-bait" is easily forgiven. I'm curious how you feel the sound of the music is between the two. Granted, idk if you used V4A on your 6P at all, but I'm curious which is better. How do you find the AMOLED panel vs the LCD? Which device do you find more fluid?

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TechMitchell

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Not bad and the "click-bait" is easily forgiven. I'm curious how you feel the sound of the music is between the two. Granted, idk if you used V4A on your 6P at all, but I'm curious which is better. How do you find the AMOLED panel vs the LCD? Which device do you find more fluid?

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I didn't use V4A on the 6P, so it should be unsurprising that the sound on the iPhone is imo much better. (Headphones only, 6P speakers blow the 6s+ away).

Both devices are exceptionally fluid, and I would have trouble discerning a winner in a smoothness test, but I'm not disappointed with either in this regard. Maybe the strangest thing about the iPhone is how Twitter seems to take longer than all other apps to load, but other than that I might even put the iPhone a little ahead, but that's probably due to the transitions.

The AMOLED panel was beautiful, and the resolution was definitely better, but, as an amateur photographer, I prefer the LCD for it's colour accuracy. I'm aware I can turn on sRGB on the 6P to get the same effect, so in that regard I'd have to give the display award to the 6P, but straight out of the box; iPhone.
 
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jejb

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I went from an iPhone 6S+ to the 6p. IMO, your list of negatives about iOS is way too short! I'd add:
-Can't turn off auto arrange icons
-No app drawer. So if the app is installed, it's on one of your home screens.
-Difficult to make a song your ringtone.
-Will not port all songs from old Android phone. Itunes must think I don't own them all. Have to go through a process to convert them.
-App store sucks compared to Play Store. No ability to sort by feedback, very hard to find useful information. Total disaster organizationally. And most decent apps are not free.
-Have to jailbreak it just to theme it! And Jailbreak had not been achieved on the release I was on.
-Apple maps suck, and so does the current gen Google maps for iphones, since it won't locally store things like "home" and recent searches.
-Notification bar does not show temp.
-Stock keyboard sucks (no swiping) and Apple won't let 3rd party app makers access the speech to text microphone button for their better keyboards. So you have to switch back and forth if you want to use voice to text.
-Where are my home screen Widgets?
-Can't change things on a system level, like the keyboard or messaging. You can change it for some apps, but sometimes the stock one will pop up instead.

Opera mini browser will not allow typing input from the Swiftkey keyboard. Had to switch back to the horrid stock keyboard.

All these little wrinkles just make it feel less refined than a newer Android. Other stuff gives that feel, too. Like most settings for most apps are in the Settings area. But some apps have settings only in the app, some have some settings in both places. And the lack of a back button makes the interface less efficient since not every screen you progress to has a back link. Makes it a bit confusing.
 

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Amazing. After reading it, already thought you were a "professional" (NOT exaggerating)! Best of luck in choosing a career. Continue to do such quality work, and you'll succeed in whatever path you choose. :)

Thank you for being understanding and the compliment! Currently tossing up whether I should do journalism in college :)
 

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i like the 6p, i came from a iphone 6s and it was buttery smooth and outstanding battery but no jailbreak killed it for me. the 6p is a bit too large for me and for a high end it does stutter quite a bit. debating selling it.
 

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i like the 6p, i came from a iphone 6s and it was buttery smooth and outstanding battery but no jailbreak killed it for me. the 6p is a bit too large for me and for a high end it does stutter quite a bit. debating selling it.
The jailbreak will be released soon for the next iOS, and I'll almost definitely be jailbreaking it.
 
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