I think in day-to-day use they’re pretty equivalent. I agree with most of what you say, except I don’t consider being able to choose between third-party apps and services (Google Calendar and Gmail, Amazon Photos or Google Photos) and Apple’s own that are more exclusive to Apple hardware to be a con; if anything, it’s a pro. But in everyday use, I don’t care much about the difference. Mostly, I bought an iPhone when I finally wanted a flagship to last many years (and Android phones at the time were still not great at long-term support), and I like the experience of using it and don’t see a reason to change.

Once you’re all in on Apple it’s hard to get out of it. Or expensive at least.

people always forget privacy, built design, 5+ support, and the famous: it just works.

iPhone 15 pro + AirPods Pro 2, you’re set up for very high standards for a long time. add the Apple Watch to it, an iPad Pro, a MacBook… right now, I’m typing on a Side Car’ed iPad, whilst music is airplay to my HomePod, after I was FaceTiming with my family via the Apple TV using the phone as a camera on a MagSafe support, a FaceTime call I first picked up on the watch whilst parking my car.

It’s only after that I realised **how high the bar for android to beat** and that we couldn’t imagine how fluid it’d get 10 years ago.

All of that private, secured, high quality and it just works all up over the air, MagSafe or USB c.

Android in the current state of the hardware cannot never beat that.

I use both. I typically have a Pixel and iPhone. IMO the features at this point are really on par with each other. There’s not a huge difference. However, I will point out a few benefits of iOS over Android.

1. iOS apps are WAY more polished, smooth, and just work better.

2. On an iPhone I can get any Google app I want and still use all the iOS apps. On Android, I get all the Google apps, but only a couple of Apple apps.

3. The ecosystem on Apple is unparalleled. I mean, my Mac, iPad, AirPods, Apple Watch, and iPhone work flawlessly together in a way no Android set up can.

The calendar push is mostly a Google thing. Just like they do with mail. For all the crap they talk about equality they basically force you to use the Gmail and Google Calendar apps if you want push notifications. And that’s why I stopped using them. Microsoft or iCloud works much better.

USBC.

Made by a company not financially motivated to spy on you.

I just switched from S23 Ultra to iPhone 15 Pro Max. I been with Android since Nexus 4 all the way up to S23 Ultra. The main reason I switched was for connectivity such as iMessage and FaceTime. One of the big thing I noticed right way is how many features Samsung tries to copy Apple but everything feels cheap and rushed in Samsung phones.

Ecosystem

Besides side load what I want on an iPhone. Android didn’t do anything magical. Or better. Both make calls. Message. Not to each other tho. MMS cross iOS to android is shit. And have same apps for the most part. Less of a sell out on iOS than android.

But the biggest thing nobody talks about. iOS users are Apple user base. Android is mfg use base. It’s a crap shoot.

Now this is leaving side load and Roms for andoid their is little in the same what does what better.

The customer base is huge. Apple only makes money off people.

Android makes money of mfg for each phone they mfg.

What’s with people typing long ass novels for comments on here….ain’t nobody got time to read yalls 50,000 word opinions.

I was about to swap to android for usb c. Thank god apple actually did it this year

Trade in value

Traded my 12 mini (not even in perfect condition) for a 15 pro at verizon

samsung 4 years?

I bought my phone in 2021 and this is my last update

I find that the OS of your community matters a lot in phone choice. If everyone around you uses android and you don’t have any other Apple devices - then sticking to Android would make more sense. I had often switched back and forth every time I renewed my phone contract - depending on how the other side had updated. Apple has advanced and opened up a lot since the early days. Sometimes you can avoid some of the their restrictive features if you have more of their products. For example, you now have a proper file app and drag and drop files via dongle to an usb stick or hard drive. But if you have a Mac too, you would just add files to iCloud storage and it would appear on your computer, no need to sync. Same with phones and videos. If you somehow need to transfer a file to a foreign Mac or iPhone you can use AirDrop which uses wifi and Bluetooth to transfer big files very fast directly between devices.

They did do a big update to the keyboard with the most recent OS update, perhaps they fixed the Greek keyboard? Not sure.

Siri isn’t that great and is best left for basic commands.

The case and accessory market is often not addressed. iPhones always have a huge amount of cases and accessories available and for many years afterwards. Whereas I’ve been surprised how tricky it can be to find a variety of cases/accessories for android phones and this drops off dramatically after a few years. Once looked for a Huawei case a few years after and only found like five on Amazon?

I think the newest iPhones have fast charging? Not 100% sure.

They do have a big focus on security and privacy, as they make their money through expensive devices, rather than leveraging your personal data and selling access to you to advertising companies.

They also have the best customer service you will come across, you can directly contact them and get help with issues surprisingly quickly. Even if the product is out of warranty.

Apps are often better designed for iPhones, as app devs have a set amount of screens to design for. Often with android, apps are just stretched to fit the screen. It can be hit and miss.

All depends on what is important to you. If you want ultimate flexibility and are happy to risk security and privacy and have a lack of variety of cases/accessories - Android is great. If you want something nicely designed with a focus on security, privacy, stability, resale value, high number of available accessories for many years and are happy to live with some restrictions, a much worse AI Assistant and lack of compatibility with other devices, then iPhones are good for that.