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I switched from iPhone to the Pixel 2: One-week report

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Re: I switched from iPhone to the Pixel 2: One-week report

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Post by onewhonknocks »

dogweather wrote: post #127
onewhonknocks wrote: post #122

You are comparing a 2014 phone (iPhone 6+) to a 2017 phone (Pixel 2), and are surprised that one seems 'better.' It's obviously not even close to an apples-to-apples comparison though.

For that reason, I didn't give attention to the device's speed. 95% of my comparison is the current iOS (which the 6s+ runs) vs. the current Android.

But is it your contention that the experience of the current iOS on a 2014 device would be the same (or very close) as that of the current iOS on, say, an iPhone X?

Because I'd push back on that.

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Post by saagarjha »

dogweather wrote: post #133
saagarjha wrote: post #115

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've used stock Android, and yes, I'd call it buggier than iOS. It's much less fluid and apps often just stop responding completely. It's not terrible, but in my experience it's just been worse than iOS overall.

What version Android was that?

7.1, I believe? I guess you can't call it stock, since it was LineageOS 14.1, but it's close enough. If you're being picky I've used actual "stock" Android Marshmallow and it's had the same issues.

Re: I switched from iPhone to the Pixel 2: One-week report

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Post by Improvotter »

rcheu wrote: post #25
ScottBurson wrote: post #3

Interesting to read this since I'm considering getting an iPhone; so far I've only used Android. Does anyone have comments who has done the switch in that direction?

I switched to iOS this past year after using Android since the G1, and working as an Android developer for the past 5 or so years. Pretty happy with the iPhone X, less happy with iOS 11, I think previous iterations were better. Things I like: * typing feels much nicer, no lag in character input * phone runs much cooler, does not make hand sweaty to hold * far fewer random freezes or lag * password management much bet…

> * typing feels much nicer, no lag in character input

This is huge for me. I feel like every Android phone has some kind of lag when typing and scrolling. It's really annoying me to the point of sticking with iOS even thought I'd love to switch to Android.

Re: I switched from iPhone to the Pixel 2: One-week report

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Post by pmontra »

A question for the author about the blog page: why did you set body {visibility: hidden} and prompt some people with a blank page? I don't know which one of the privacy extensions I'm using probably prevented some JavaScript to turn it into visibility: visible, but why shouldn't it start as visible since the beginning?

Re: I switched from iPhone to the Pixel 2: One-week report

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Post by georgebarnett »

mrsuprawsm wrote: post #92

One of the author's frustrations is actually already present in iOS: > There’s a super-easy clear all link which is fantastic and hits at my #1 pet peeve w/ iOS’s design: the iOS notifications give me more work to do, not less If you force touch on the topmost (x) in the iOS notification dropdown, you get an option to clear all notifications. However, I only recently discovered this myself, after using each iOS since…

I’ve had iPhones since the 3G and have used force touch for years and I’m still learning about obscure but incredibly useful features.

It’s a good idea but it’s discoverability is terrible. This is a perfect example of that.

Re: I switched from iPhone to the Pixel 2: One-week report

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Post by fasj82 »

freddie_mercury wrote: post #106
fasj82 wrote: post #73

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Then you call Apple. A guy comes and picks your mobile up, and then another guy comes and gives you a new mobile.

There is no Apple in my country. I can't call them and they certainly won't come pick up my phone.

Should've been born in the first world then.

Re: I switched from iPhone to the Pixel 2: One-week report

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Post by georgebarnett »

fasj82 wrote: post #74
techsupporter wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is the crux of the issue for me: > it's privacy and security, of which Apple is far different I simply don't trust Google to act in my interests when it comes to use of very private data by them or how their operating system permits use of that data. Frankly, I think Android is great. I love myriad things about it: - Set a default e-mail app - Set a default browser that isn't Safari (my kingdom to use Firefox Mo…

>- Background tasks That's bad

Background tasks become essential as soon as you need your phone to be a data aggregator for external devices.

As an example, if you monitor biomedical sensors on your body, the app needs a way to reliably run in the background without being shot down.

Re: I switched from iPhone to the Pixel 2: One-week report

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Post by josefresco »

no1youknowz wrote: post #120

I know a lot of this is anecdotal... My Mom who is 77, has had a few Androids. Always calling her Sons to help fix her phone. She bought cheap phones for a couple of hundred dollars, but always limited the Ram, but had plenty of storage. WhatsApp, Skype, Facebook would constantly fill it up and many times you'd have to clear out all the apps, clear the storage on the phone, etc, etc. Then I would have to explain to h…

Sounds like you just needed to buy Mom an Android device with decent storage - and/or maybe a "flagship" device that isn't left hung out to dry.

I too have family with shitty Androids. My Mom runs an iPhone 5 that is so far behind she's afraid to update it at this point (holding out for new iPhone) I also have family with flagship Android devices - completely different exp.

Re: I switched from iPhone to the Pixel 2: One-week report

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Post by ttflee »

aeontech wrote: post #139
YouKnowBetter wrote: post #136

My whole family (parents, sister & her kids, wife & our kids) have switched to iPhones (and macos devices) years ago. Result: 1. no "technical" issues anymore. As the go to IT guy in the family this alone is worth the supposed premium price one pays for the Apple logo. 2. Everything is updated, at all times. 3. "Facebook logs my sms" are a none issues 4. All devices die of old age (even the devices that have since lo…

FWIW, I move my family between iPhones every year and haven’t noticed any data loss. One exception to date is WeChat, for some godforsaken reason they only back up the most recent dozen conversations or so, so if you want your entire history, you have to jump through hoops to initialize a device-to-device transfer over WiFi, which can take an entire night in worst case. Would be curious to hear what kind of data loss…

Be cautious using WeChat. If the Chinese authority could retrieve something from the device, the U.S. authority must be able, too.

https://www.androidheadlines.com/2018/04/confirmed-deleted-w...

Re: I switched from iPhone to the Pixel 2: One-week report

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Post by smilekzs »

no1youknowz wrote: post #120

I know a lot of this is anecdotal... My Mom who is 77, has had a few Androids. Always calling her Sons to help fix her phone. She bought cheap phones for a couple of hundred dollars, but always limited the Ram, but had plenty of storage. WhatsApp, Skype, Facebook would constantly fill it up and many times you'd have to clear out all the apps, clear the storage on the phone, etc, etc. Then I would have to explain to h…

> She bought cheap phones

I think I found the actual problem.

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