Switching from iOS to Android - thoughts of someone who just did that.

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d3Xt3r

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#1662438 2-Nov-2016 08:14

tripp:

The thing I miss the most about iOS is the badges, those little numbers that are just there to let you know how many emails etc. Sure you can get launchers etc that do the same but most of the time they don't work correctly

I've been using Smart Launcher for almost 4 years now and never had issues with notifications. Badges work just fine for me. (you'll have to install the notifications plugin though).

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#1662441 2-Nov-2016 08:19

d3Xt3r:
tripp:

The thing I miss the most about iOS is the badges, those little numbers that are just there to let you know how many emails etc. Sure you can get launchers etc that do the same but most of the time they don't work correctly

I've been using Smart Launcher for almost 4 years now and never had issues with notifications. Badges work just fine for me. (you'll have to install the notifications plugin though).

Currently using nova but will give smart launcher a go :)

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#1662444 2-Nov-2016 08:29

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@Geektastic, may I ask your reason for switching over to Android, and was it totally worth it? I was going through a similar thought process myself so your post was a nice read (thanks)!

Except my idea was to go to the Note 7 and that became a dead end. Now it's back to an iPhone 7 Plus or a Pixel XL, but currently leaning towards the iPhone as I prefer a front facing fingerprint sensor (its on a desk too often), stereo speakers, speed and build quality & design. My only reason for wanting to switch is for a better camera, but it's probably not enough of a reason to change considering the downsides...

Well, if I am honest, probably boredom mixed with curiosity.

I've had all iPhones and the 7 really did not excite me. I was dead set on the Note 7 and it really harshed my mellow to see it fail before I could actually get one. I did not want to stump up the cost of the 7 Plus and felt that the only way I would get one was to sign another 2 year contract - which I have no problem with in principle but I would have been really annoyed to get to the end of year one and find that the iPhone 8 was launched and it was the most supreme device on the planet, worthy of Ming The Merciless himself, and yet I was stuck in a contract with a lame old 7 that looks much like a 6 plus which looked the same as a 6...

So I figured if I was going to buy the phone, I wanted a nice one that did not cost an arm and a leg. Grabbing the XZ in Noel Leeming sale for around $870 covered that nicely - flagship build, good Android implementation (so I am told anyway), fabulously good screen (ignore what it says on paper - go look at one!), compact but large ish and so on.

Next year, if the iPhone 8 is the world's finest thing ever, well I might go back. I'm not averse at all if they make the design more attention grabbing and give it some new tricks to boot.

Disclosure: I use Apple, no intention of moving to Android, I'm not trolling

If you had got tired of iOS or had functions that were harder than desired, I get the desire to switch. I;m surprised that just due to the phone itself, you want to switch. Its not like the 6 is ugly, or lacks all the usual functions, or its hardware functions are poor. Like many many flagship phones, its a very good phone. I don't see how the hardware itself can be boring. To me, its about the OS. In my case, integration. Just seems a little odd that your happy to go through a workflow change just because of what is effectively just the case.

Boredom is boredom I guess.

Curiosity? Disruption?

The 7 was bland. iOS and Android are surprisingly similar in most ways in fact when you get down to it. The hardware makes as much difference as anything and that's the biggest lack of choice with Apple.

I still have Apple on my desk and my wife uses a 7+. I may shift next year to the 8. At least I will have experienced the Dark Side for a while!

Besides its been a fun learning experience.

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#1662459 2-Nov-2016 08:53

Thinking about getting an Android device. But not switching from iOS to Android. I am not going to trash my iPhone. iPhone will stay as it is now. But I'm just thinking, an Android won't hurt much, would it?

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#1662460 2-Nov-2016 08:53

Geektastic:

Boredom is boredom I guess.

Curiosity? Disruption?

The 7 was bland. iOS and Android are surprisingly similar in most ways in fact when you get down to it. The hardware makes as much difference as anything and that's the biggest lack of choice with Apple.

I still have Apple on my desk and my wife uses a 7+. I may shift next year to the 8. At least I will have experienced the Dark Side for a while!

Besides its been a fun learning experience.

Fair enough. For me I see the hardware look as unimportant, as long as its not ugly. All about the OS for me. Cases for me cover everything anyway

OSX and Windows is the same IMO, "surprisingly similar in most ways in fact when you get down to it"

Re the 8, I don't see the case design changing much, but I'd like zero bezels and a side Home button with a soft screen home button gesture. The 7 home button is step 1 in that direction I feel, as it isnt a button anymore its touch.

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#1662479 2-Nov-2016 09:28

Chriswokes:

Thinking about getting an Android device. But not switching from iOS to Android. I am not going to trash my iPhone. iPhone will stay as it is now. But I'm just thinking, an Android won't hurt much, would it?

They're very different beasts with different implementation of very simple things that drives you nuts. Neither of them work as I want them to. (Half of that are blamed on devs the other half on the OS itself)

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