- Apple
- Android
- Samsung
- Other(Comment)
0
voters
Which do you have right now? Which do you think is better? If you don’t have one of those what do you have?
Which ecosystem/OS is better?
1 Like
I made the switch to iOS a while ago, mostly because of how well everything integrates, especially the “Find My” stuff. My MiL with dementia moved in with us for a few years as my wife took care of her, it was very useful to find her if she wandered off, which fortunately only happened a couple times. It gave her a few months more of independence because we could watch where she was going.
Also, every other member of my family was on iOS, so iMessage and all that was pretty great to finally try lol.
I loved my Note series phones, that stylus was so useful! And the customizable themes was sick, but in the end I do appreciate the “simplicity” of iOS, and they have really added some cool stuff. One highly underrated thing is “Scripts” which you can pretty much program actions and make your own “apps”. If you really dig into what new iOS releases do, the complaint that android has “more” kinda doesn’t hold up any longer.
I really REALLY like the “reduce white point” accessibility option for reading in bed. Had to install some BS scammy app to do that on my smasnug (and dank pods fans in here?).
I’d like to check out a newer android release, but I think my fam would come after me with pitchforks if I became a DISGUSTING green bubble again 
And lastly, my android friends always give me ■■■■ for apple having my data etc, who do you think is getting your data on your android? At least apple is American lol. Allegedly also way more secure, if I remember correctly they have been taken to court over not allowing back channeling to open devices.
Oh I just remember what truly won me over! When my less than a year old Note 20 Ultra stopped charging and I had to send it in to get fixed under warranty, I dug my moms old iPhone 6s out of a drawer and charged it up. When it powered on and I put my SIM card in it, it actually had an update to bring it to current iOS. I couldn’t believe it, they were supporting a phone from freakin’ Obama administration in 2021. It wasn’t just a security patch, like they brought new features to this dinosaur of a phone. I was even able to make an appt for them to swap the battery for $50 the next day, it was crazy. I didn’t hear back from Samsung for like 2 months, and they ended up just saying “sorry we don’t make the part it needs, you want a refund or this cheaper base model phone?” That was that.
4 Likes
“Why are my bubbles green?”
-Famous last words
2 Likes
Google is American?
2 Likes
Samsung is not, or many many other brands that run android.
I mean in the end, I guess it doesn’t matter entirely, everyone everywhere has their data in the hands of data brokers.
To be clear, I would not consider myself a fan boy, all the big tech companies are not to be trusted, imo.
3 Likes
I miss android but wife made me switch to apple a long time ago and it’s just too much hassle to switch back.
I will admit apple developers have always had better support and or incentive making the apps on the apple eco system more optimized and kind of better
By that I mean apple doesn’t have to have the best specs on paper to outperform android. Often android devices will have better higher specs compared to apple even comparing flagship newest apple vs previous gen android yet the apps on android often don’t utilize those resources properly especially work apps like teams and outlook
Android plus though I really like the logical segmentation between work and personal and the interface felt more open and intuitive to me.
1 Like
My personal phone is Android and my work phone is Apple
1 Like
Android, easily.
I can ‘do more’ on an Android than an iPhone without having to jailbreak it. And the censorship is way worse on the Apple Store compared to Play Store/APKs.
4 Likes
How do you jailbreak an iPhone? What does that mean? I don’t fully understand what jailbreaking is.
1 Like
Im a full time nerd using Lineage OS witch is an Android distrobution / rom. with no google services installed because google is not so cool and swag somtimes. Though if an Iphone suits your needs I think that is fine.
3 Likes
Basically apple is admin of an IOS device & controls what you can install or run on the phone at what privilege level. jailbreak gives you admin / root privileges so you can install / run / modify what you want on the phone but usually needs extra software like cydia or whatever to take advantage of this.
android by default gives much more freedom in what you can install and run but there are still limitations on things like system components. an android user can root their phone to get admin / root access to modify anything on the system similar to jailbreak.
unless your techy its best not to mess with this stuff as it can be a security risk.
but its also kinda wacky that the phone you pay money to own has its full functionality locked away. Laptop & Desktop computers / OS’s would be very frowned upon if you were stuck to installing apps from a single app store and couldn’t modify system components.
4 Likes
Thank you!
1 Like
my last experience with an iphone was iphone 5, and my current phone is just a cheap asus phone running an android, i don’t have anything against both because i’m just not a phone guy, i just need a phone for whatsapp and nobody uses THE messaging app in my country, for tablet tho i use ipad mini, it’s just for gaming and fits in my pocket, if not for the ipad mini i’ll be using the nintendo switch
2 Likes
imagine being forced to use the microsoft store on your laptop🤣
2 Likes
its pretty easy to make everything integrate when you force everything into an extremely tightly controlled space where everything is forced on apple approved rails. apple has also always limited 3rd party apps or provided inferior versions that they can force on customers because hey you can’t use anything else, ur in the apple verse now baby! they’ve been historically opposed to anything being open source or access to the os code. and hilariously they touted a record of being hacked less, which to be fair was objectively true, but it’s because no one was running an apple in a setting where they were hack worthy in the first place, not because they were magically more secure. and all of this is to say nothing of their manufacturing history.
if it wasn’t obvious i can’t bring myself to ever touch an apple branded product 
5 Likes
Yeah I mean they for sure have not been consumer friendly. Keeping devices updated for almost 10 yrs is pretty cool tho.
As far as integration, I mostly meant with how my wife and I can share all sorts of stuff within the native apps, it’s pretty handy. I actually don’t own a Mac or anything, and only just recently got an iPad.
2 Likes
I currently have an iPhone only because that’s what my family plan included. I used to have Androids and I liked being able to easily transfer media and files from my computer. Now, I pay for music and video streaming anyway so that’s not so much of an issue anymore.
After using it for a few years. I like the iPhone. It feels high tech, sleek, and futuristic, I guess. I dunno. At any rate, I don’t really care. It’s just a phone.
2 Likes
oh ill definitely admit if youre willing to fly apple air and nothing else it can be great! I’ve personally not liked the company since long before iphones were a thing and im definitely not trying to dissuade anyone else, just my personal gripes. i hear “apple” and snarl. been tough times for my daughter when she wants a piece of fruit hahahahha
3 Likes
iPhone. I want my personal stuff to open up and just work. I have no need for Android or windows in my personal life. I get enough of that at work.
glances nervously at windows gaming pc that does all of my gaming and college work
4 Likes
If Microsoft could pull it off without massive backlash and market hit they totally would…
But Apple Store at least is mature and operates well and has a large developer base unlike something like the windows phone…
There is a plus to having much less garbage apps available to install
1 Like