superchunked t1_izt3s1e wrote on December 11, 2022 at 5:34 PM

I used android from its inception until pixel 3. I hated the changes to the OS that Samsung and others did so I mostly only owned a Nexus or Pixel device.

My nexus devices ($500ish) were all generally fine. The three pixel (1, 2 and 3) devices ($1000ish), all paid in cash, all had severe hardware issues within two years.

Additionally, I tried 4 different android watches and they all performed like trash. They didn’t sync details like steps and the experience was clumsy and slow.

So I moved to Apple. Watch is far better and if I’m buying $1000+ phones they better last as long as I choose to own them. Plus Apple has either fixed or improved the reasons I liked android more such as global software defaults.

So why won’t I buy an equivalent android? I have and when you consider the full package, they are not as good of a product an iPhone. Everything has minor things you may not prefer, but all summed up, Apple is a better full package.

Syonoq t1_izt5p7e wrote on December 11, 2022 at 5:47 PM

Happy cake day.

I don’t think this is explainable to android users. Maybe I’m wrong. With Apple, the value stacks. I don’t believe, in a one on one, (on launch day specifically) that a flagship iPhone beats a flagship android. Maybe it does. But +2 years, I’d argue an iPhone beats it’s android counterpart. But the real value is that the more Apple tech you include, the more value you can derive from the whole. It’s expensive, but, as someone who is heavily invested, I don’t even know how I’d recreate an entire functioning ecosystem outside of Apple (that has the functional equivalency).