iainttryingnomore

iainttryingnomore t1_ja53u9h wrote

Reply to Just moved to IPhone after a Decade on Android - Here is what I like… and don’t by ContractorCarrot

Another lifetime android user here who moved to the iphone.

Main reason for moving was the iPhones battery life was just better than any phone out there. The Haptic engine is more natural and the whole phone is really smooth. You can switch between apps without stutter. I can play call of duty without the phone getting hot.

However there are drawbacks that I didn't know about

By default location permissions are only enabled while you use the app. Because of this Google maps couldn't record my timeline. When I enabled location always on the battery went down 5%

Sharing from the photos app has been quite buggy. I simply share from the app instead

There is no builtin call recording like my Samsung had. I don't trust third party apps

Siri and Carplay are mostly garbage. The default keyboard is garbage too. This has been a major downgrade for me.

Many a times I can't download files from web. "File cannot be downloaded at this time". Has been pretty annoying.

The lightening port cannot power ssds or dashcam while my galaxy could easily do it.

The phone is really difficult to use one handed. I really miss the swipe from anywhere on Android and no, the swipe left on iphone is not a good substitute nor is it as ergonomic as swipe from right.

After having used both Android and iPhone, the perfect phone for me would be Apples silicon and hardware, Googles software and Samsung designs which I find lightweight and so ergonomic in the hand.

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