So I know this is a guitar forum but I thought I would share my experience with the above, after changing from Android to ios.... Then back again.
I have had android since it came out in 2008 on the G1 phone, having it for so long I fancied a change so traded my s6 edge plus for an iPhone 6s.
I had the iPhone for 2 weeks but really didn't get on with it, I'm not saying it's a bad phone but coming from an OS which is hugely customisable /tweekable I couldn't deal with the lack of deep editing and customisation so here are my pros and cons:
Ios:
Pros:
Really easy to use, a child could competently use one in a matter of hours,
Worked really well with my macbook air
Looks lovely.
No worries about malware or crap ad pushing apps.
Apple pay was brilliant
3d touch was great.
Updates are immediate after release and consistent.
Huge array of quality 3rd party accessories
Cons
Battery life was shocking,
Screen resolution is very dated and looks nowhere near as good as my androids
Camera was not as good and the macro was terrible
It felt like I didn't own the phone but was leasing it from Apple.
No customisation, the menus etc look so dated
No resizable keyboard,
Live wallpapers are extremely limited and didn't work well
No widgets
No sd card
Couldn't use it as a mass storage device.
ITunes has to be used for everything, and that's a bag of poop,
Replying and starting threads on the fretboard is a pain in the arse, they keyboard was constantly in the way of what I was typing.
The biggest thing for me was the fact you couldn't get into the system files,
I had the 16 version and had 1.2gbs worth of apps but 5gb of documents and data after 3 days if use! After a lot of research it's a known big issue they have not addressed And you can't do anything about it at all so half my storage was taken up by rubbish.
Android:
Pros:
Total freedom to customise everything,
Themes
Better camera
Better screen
Apps are cheaper or free
Much better battery life (from the phones I have had)
Cheaper
Integration with cloud and Google is phenomenal,
Can be used as mass storage and any file type can be played
Cheaper to insure
More storage space, and you can get rid of stuff you dont need.
The list goes on...
Cons:
Anyone can make an app so there is a load of crap, you have to do your homework on the apps available
Potential for malware (but this is nowhere as much of an issue as apple and the media make out, as long as you dont sideload apps.
Updates reliant on oem and carrier.
So after two weeks I sold the iPhone and got a HTC 10 which for me is better in literally every way.
I found on the iPhone I was using all of Google services and none of apples (drive, chrome Gmail etc)
Sifr is also nowhere near as good as Google now, and felt extremely limited compared.
I can totally see why people would stick with an iPhone as it does just work and works well but for me it's far to limited and had to find too many work arounds to get it to do what I want,
On the other hand my macbook air is the greatest laptop I have ever used and I would never buy anything else in the future.
So this is def not an apple bashing thread these are purely my direct experiences of f the two, I'm just curious what you guys think and what you're preferences are and why?
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Horses for courses though I guess.
Such a fucking waste of time, all because - all these years later - they fund their design department more than their development and testing departments put together.
I have iPads. I have Macs. I have iPods. So I'm not exactly anti-Apple.
Various Android phones through the years, then bought an iPhone 6 (I think). 13 days later, I took it back to the Apple shop and went back to Android.
I'm not sure Apple "just works" anymore. Their updates are buggy, and their approach to updates is getting way to intrusive and demanding and Apple-knows-best. Design is good, but it's no longer ground-breaking.
I agree that Apple and its products isn't quite the company it was.
Not sure how reliable (by reliable as in doesn't slow down or crap-out over time) Android is these days (haven't had one for years), I do know that my works windows phone is atrocious for reliability and its a bitch to use.
I've had my iPhone 6 for over 2 years now and its as good as the day I bought it, I will get at least another year out of it and when I sell it on I know I'll still get a very decent price.
I agree with those commenting on Apple having lost the plot somewhat - they're now making pointless changes to the OS just to have something 'new' to show which doesn't bode well for the future; and how they managed to fuck up FCP just as it was starting to make inroads into Avid's territory is beyond belief. Steve Jobs was the heart and soul of Apple and without his overbearing presence they seem to have lost their way.
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i had no problem with batt life on iPhone 6 128gb, I have recently got a 7 128gb and batt life is better.
as far as phone functions go tho I have no pref
battery life has never been an issue although stuff like FaceTime goto meeting etc seem to thrash the battery.
there are 1000's of people screaming about this issue or that issue but honestly for my workflow my iPhone's have always been rock solid. All the moans about gmail a while back all my accounts worked fine.
As as for interface go with what you know I find Android to be good in some areas then arcane in others.
security spyware privacy, probably the biggest issue for a lot of people in the coming years and Apple have made commitment to that. Google fudges the issue with long statements ultimately if something is free like Android then you are what is being sold and Googles revenue stream depends heavily on extracting whatever info it can about you.
Update nobody take the 1.0 release if my phone is fine which it has been then I wait till we are a couple of points further on sensible with any operating system android or iOS.
In the end it's not religion it's a phone
I have a mac and an ipad so I'm getting the "full package" of usage and integration, but I'm the first to suggest the Apple of today is not as good a company as the Apple of 8 years ago, but the iPhone is generally still a great product.
I do think the iPhone 7 headphone thing is a mis-step but I'm also pretty sure the company is so big and powerful that the market will change to adapt, for better or worse. I also think removing all ports bar USB-C on the new Macbook is stupid and unnecessary. The endless quest for "thin" at the expense of usability is way past reasonable.
But iOS still works great in terms of delivering what I need from a phone.
1) You can click into the middle of a word to edit a typo.
2) You can have three ringer modes all accessible from the volume button - ring, vibrate or silent. Only two on iPhone? Rubbish.
3) You can put things wherever you want on the desktop.
4) If I say I want to use a 3rd party keyboard it lets me, and doesn't randomly remove it.
I've never had an issue with malware, but I did have iOs regularly break apps and functionality.
I'm glad I tried ios but I'll never have another one, ever.
It feels so dated. Like going back to symbian
OS wise somewhere between iOS and android would be nice but as a muso who uses a phone for IEM control and recording IOS I think iOS has the edge in terms of compatibility .... There's still a lot of desks that don't work with android
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There is no issue with malware as long as you stick to the play store,
But just like a jail broken I phone if you side load you will get trouble.
In the last 8 years I have not had one malware issue, and actually don't know anyone who has.