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cjt110 · 19/04/2018 11:04

I am an Android User but looking at moving across to iPhone.

Have any of you done this and found the change in platform OK?

I'm looking at an iPhone 6 or iPhone SE at present. Does anyone have any experience with those phones?

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fantasmasgoria1 · 19/04/2018 12:13

My fiancé persuaded me to have one so we could face time, shortly after we moved in together so it’s was a bit of a waste! I prefer android phones still but the I phone is easy enough to use. I didn’t like that I cannot just load music onto it without syncing to I tunes etc

e1y1 · 19/04/2018 12:14

Having previously worked for a mobile company, I’ve had every phone known to man. It is an adjustment, but easy once you have gotten used to it. As mentioned by PP, some things are better and some are worse.

iPhones are designed to be “easy” in that they’re designed to just “work” and the syncing between iPhone, iPad, Apple TV or PC (if you have/use these) is just done and there is no messing about setting one up to work with the other and then doing it again for the next device.

Because of this, Apple have a lot more sway over how their phones work and even how they look on the user interface - they’re not nearly as “open” as android (as in being able to customise layouts, themes, what document and file programs you can use etc). Of course the main day to day apps (social networking, browsing the web, music apps etc) are pretty much the same.

But the upside of that is Apple phones are more secure than Android will ever be, eg EVERY app on the Apple App Store is screened by Apple before being put on the store for download, so the chances of dodgy developers sneaking an app in that can snoop or get personal info off your phone is slim.

One note, whilst the iPhone 6 is still a very good phone, and fine if you still have one and use one today, I’d be more wary of getting this phone as “new” now, that particular phone in iPhone speak is 4 generations ago and was released 4 years ago, so if you are looking to get a typical contract length of use out of the phone (2 years) then in your second year of use, it will be a 6year old device, and yes, Apple DO slow down handsets when software updates are done and newer models are available.

DuchyDuke · 19/04/2018 12:18

@mirim - exceptions always exist I suppose. But in my experience and my friends’ experience the service component for Apple wins hands down.

Dietsmakemeangry · 19/04/2018 12:21

I just switched to iPhone 8+ from Galaxy Note and simply cant get used to it. It feels like first generation Samsung. Hard to edit and forward things, small choice of apps, very slow compared to Samsung. I only went for iPhone because I don’t like the new Samsung shape. It’s too long and too narrow and the rounded edges are weird. But if Samsung will go back to original shape I’ll switch back immediately.

wonkylegs · 19/04/2018 12:21

I love my iPhone (6), 64GB, but I have iMac, MacBooks, iPad, Apple TV etc historically due to work but now through choice and they all talk to each other very well and I've in 20yrs had very few problems with them.
However I know people who swear by Samsung.

Cutesbabasmummy · 19/04/2018 12:29

Agree - I don't know anyone who has smashed a Samsung screen but I know plenty who have smashed i phones! I wouldn't swop my S7 for an i phone. They are much more expensive and do much less.

KT63 · 19/04/2018 12:34

It’s funny, I don’t know any that have smashed an iPhone. I bounced mine down the back steps (6 stone steps) last week and I was sure it was going to be smithereens but nope.

MissionItsPossible · 19/04/2018 12:35

@mirime

That's anecdotal though. I dropped my HTC a few times and had a cracked screen twice. In the 3+ years I've had an iphone the screen has never cracked despite accidentally dropping it.

mirime · 19/04/2018 13:04

@MissionItsPossible that's fair enough. It's just in my experience iPhone screens break at the drop of a hat - I'd certainly never let my four year old use one, not the way he treats the HTC phone he's using (have to add - it has no SIM, he plays Pokémon Go though my WiFi hotspot).

Combine that with, again, in my experience, their unhelpful customer support, the ridiculous walled garden that doesn't let you do basic stuff, proprietary everything that they charge a premium for and then foisting bloody iTunes on you and I'm not going back.

Sparklesocks · 19/04/2018 13:12

Also if you get an iPhone buy a case for it immediately, it massive reduces your chances of screen cracking - uncased iPhones are super fragile!

PistFump · 19/04/2018 13:12

I switched to iPhone from android and I'll never go back!!

TheWitcher · 19/04/2018 13:32

Don't Samsung make the screens for the iPhone X anyway?

FedUpMumma · 19/04/2018 13:38

I love my iPhones but the only downside I've found with them in the past is storage.

Fortunately with my new iPhone 7, I have size 256gb and used 118gb of it with 6 years of photos (about 16,000 photos and 1,200 videos) so if your an avid snapper or download a lot like me then go for a good sized storage!

FedUpMumma · 19/04/2018 13:39

Oh and definitely get a case and screen protector for it!!!

RandomDreams · 19/04/2018 13:45

Don't do it, the way IOS handles notifications will make you want to cry.

ImNotReallyAWaitress · 19/04/2018 13:48

It’s just down to personal preference over the operating system, Android vs iOS.

If you like to customise your phone a lot then stick to android, if you want something that just works out of the box go for Apple.
If you do go for Apple don’t buy a 16gb model as the OS will take up about 8ish gb so you won’t have much left in terms of storage.

PP mentioned chrome cast streaming on android - that also works on iOS so it’s not something you’d miss if you got an iPhone.

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