I use iOS currently. I used Android for many many years, and loved it. I dreaded iOS and its walled garden.
But for various reasons, when my OnePlus 7T Pro 5G McLaren Edition died and nothing in the Android world really wowed me at a reasonable pricepoint, and knowing that I would be able to get full-quality images and videos from my family and my wife’s family without them having to change their messaging app to accommodate me, I decided to try iPhone for the first time since like, the 3GS.
I’ve had the 13 Pro Max for over a year now and honestly I love it. It took a lot of getting used to at first. Everything is a bit different, and getting over those differences was frustrating. There are still things I really miss. Android handles notifications better, Android does gestures better (being able to go back from either side of the screen is huge), and OnePlus at least, maybe Android in general, let me open the camera by double-tapping the power button, so I could have the camera loaded by the time it was in position. I’m still much slower on the draw with my iPhone, unfortunately.
But iOS has its advantages, too. The battery life is amazing. The Apple Watch kicks the shit out of every Wear OS watch I owned (and also fixes my issues with notifications). The search function is crazy quick to the point that I hardly ever open apps from their icons in the Home Screen or App Drawer equivalent. Everything is polished and rarely fucks up. And when anything IS wrong, there are local stores that can fix it that day. I had a faulty front camera on my phone originally, it was replaced within the day, didn’t have to send it off for OnePlus to replace it. When the back glass broke they replaced basically the entire phone for $30 or something, again within the day. Integration between devices is beautifully seamless.
Basically I’ve found that both are very good options these days. It’s silly that anyone really cares which device you use.
When I was younger I liked to root my Android phones and use custom ROMs. But it had been years since I had done any of that, and I realized that what I was giving up moving to iOS was much less than I had thought.
I may go back someday. I’ve tried to keep everything in Google still so that I don’t have to give up anything except app purchases if I go back. But for now I’m happy on iOS.
I’ve set double tap to launch camera. Not sure if this solution fits your camera needs, but it works really well for me on my 14 pro.if you’re prone to false launching then triple tap is also available
I find my pop socket makes the back tap iffy. I’ve also tried the Apple Watch tap, which does work, but both only work (IIRC) when the phone is already unlocked. With my old OnePlus phones I could double-tap the power button while the phone was coming out of my pocket and have the camera ready as soon as it was up in my hands ready to go. I’m not adept enough with the iPhone’s swipe on the lock screen to do the same thing smoothly.
Probably the feature I miss the most, honestly. It’s SO good for capturing things as they were happening.
knowing that I would be able to get full-quality images and videos from my family and my wife’s family without them having to change their messaging app to accommodate me, I decided to try iPhone for the first time since like, the 3GS.
This is the biggest pain for me, but my solution is different. I just ask them to share a link to an iCloud album, which is also asking them to make albums! So far it has worked pretty well, and they almost all appreciate having an album for related pictures. I think it’s insane that Apple does this on purpose.
This is me exactly. I was so into flashing custom ROMs and customizing everything. But as I got older I cared less about that and wanted something that just worked well out of the box. Pixels always seemed to have a fatal flaw so I tried the iPhone, I think it was the 8 Plus, and haven’t looked back.
I have no doubt that I could switch to Android and be totally fine, but haven’t had reason to. My iPhone 12 is still solid, I may upgrade this next iteration or next.
Are you me? I had the same phone and upgraded to the 13 Pro Max too. Moved away from iOS after the 3GS too. Nextcloud background photos upload is def the thing I miss most from android. Have all iCloud functionality disabled
I use iOS currently. I used Android for many many years, and loved it. I dreaded iOS and its walled garden.
But for various reasons, when my OnePlus 7T Pro 5G McLaren Edition died and nothing in the Android world really wowed me at a reasonable pricepoint, and knowing that I would be able to get full-quality images and videos from my family and my wife’s family without them having to change their messaging app to accommodate me, I decided to try iPhone for the first time since like, the 3GS.
I’ve had the 13 Pro Max for over a year now and honestly I love it. It took a lot of getting used to at first. Everything is a bit different, and getting over those differences was frustrating. There are still things I really miss. Android handles notifications better, Android does gestures better (being able to go back from either side of the screen is huge), and OnePlus at least, maybe Android in general, let me open the camera by double-tapping the power button, so I could have the camera loaded by the time it was in position. I’m still much slower on the draw with my iPhone, unfortunately.
But iOS has its advantages, too. The battery life is amazing. The Apple Watch kicks the shit out of every Wear OS watch I owned (and also fixes my issues with notifications). The search function is crazy quick to the point that I hardly ever open apps from their icons in the Home Screen or App Drawer equivalent. Everything is polished and rarely fucks up. And when anything IS wrong, there are local stores that can fix it that day. I had a faulty front camera on my phone originally, it was replaced within the day, didn’t have to send it off for OnePlus to replace it. When the back glass broke they replaced basically the entire phone for $30 or something, again within the day. Integration between devices is beautifully seamless.
Basically I’ve found that both are very good options these days. It’s silly that anyone really cares which device you use.
When I was younger I liked to root my Android phones and use custom ROMs. But it had been years since I had done any of that, and I realized that what I was giving up moving to iOS was much less than I had thought.
I may go back someday. I’ve tried to keep everything in Google still so that I don’t have to give up anything except app purchases if I go back. But for now I’m happy on iOS.
Settings > Accessibility > Touch > Back Tap
I’ve set double tap to launch camera. Not sure if this solution fits your camera needs, but it works really well for me on my 14 pro.if you’re prone to false launching then triple tap is also available
I find my pop socket makes the back tap iffy. I’ve also tried the Apple Watch tap, which does work, but both only work (IIRC) when the phone is already unlocked. With my old OnePlus phones I could double-tap the power button while the phone was coming out of my pocket and have the camera ready as soon as it was up in my hands ready to go. I’m not adept enough with the iPhone’s swipe on the lock screen to do the same thing smoothly.
Probably the feature I miss the most, honestly. It’s SO good for capturing things as they were happening.
Thanks for the tip, though!
This is the biggest pain for me, but my solution is different. I just ask them to share a link to an iCloud album, which is also asking them to make albums! So far it has worked pretty well, and they almost all appreciate having an album for related pictures. I think it’s insane that Apple does this on purpose.
Yup. Fuck Apple for how they handle iMessage interfacing with the rest of the world.
This is me exactly. I was so into flashing custom ROMs and customizing everything. But as I got older I cared less about that and wanted something that just worked well out of the box. Pixels always seemed to have a fatal flaw so I tried the iPhone, I think it was the 8 Plus, and haven’t looked back.
I have no doubt that I could switch to Android and be totally fine, but haven’t had reason to. My iPhone 12 is still solid, I may upgrade this next iteration or next.
Are you me? I had the same phone and upgraded to the 13 Pro Max too. Moved away from iOS after the 3GS too. Nextcloud background photos upload is def the thing I miss most from android. Have all iCloud functionality disabled
I’m currently still using a OnePlus 7T, the battery is starting to die on it after so long though.
The 7T and 7T Pro are some of the best phones. Period.
I wish they had kept going with the pop up camera from the 7 Pro and 7T Pro. It’s such a cool concept and worked so well.