Im currently using a Google pixel 6 pro, the phones fine and all but im personally not that fond of the video quality and the sub par processer.

Considering going to a 15 pro max or a 14 pro max. I am planning on waiting till the s24 but honestly the video quality and optimization with apps generally of andriods isnt great.

The only thing i think i will be missing out on in my daily use will be some sideloaded modded apps. Any suggestions on my part? (Ps i love telephotos)

  • porkins@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Don’t do it! I miss my old Android phones. Samsungs worked fine. Pixels were okay. I got the iPhone in order to be able to more seamlessly video chat with my family and end getting their texts out of order in our threads. For that it was worth it in part, however there are so many drawbacks.

    • Siri is much worse than Google Assistant. They aren’t even trying. Siri rarely will speak an answer. Google Assistant has so many more abilities. It does not work seamlessly to use google assistant on an iPhone, so you can’t make the argument that it doesn’t matter since it can be installed.
    • The keyboard recognition is much worse. Even when you use Gboard, it still feels like things were far more accurate on Android.
    • Keyboard graphic apps are not seamless and many require that you copy and paste the image in order to use them.
    • My phone unlocks in my pocket often. Something that should not be possible.
    • All apps have less options. It’s so dumbed down.
    • The app selection is more limited.
    • Widgets are not really live. For example, I have an e-mail widget, but it doesn’t even update unless you tap it, which opens the e-mail app.
    • The alarm sounds are terrible. There is a wellness function, with nicer sounds, but you only get to set one alarm that way. It’s dumb things like that.
    • The blue light reducer for nighttime does not reduce the blue light nearly enough. I like my screen to be very orange by the end of the night.
    • The battery life isn’t better. My iphone lasts just as long as any or my newer androids did.
    • If you get so much as a droplet of water in your charging port, the phone won’t work for a day.
    • The phone is really heavy. I thought that was cool, but now it has become a burden. Since it can fall out of my pocket when running around the yard with my dogs.
    • The camera isn’t so mindbogglingly good. If I want to scan a picture, it can’t deal with external light sources brightening areas of the photos.
    • You can’t search a single thread in the Messages app and have to search all.
    • When I travel internationally, I find that I need to delete my existing threads with people in order for our messages to start working again.
    • Internationally, people who I have in my contacts stop coming up by name if they don’t have country code in their contact. It’s such a stupid issues that helps illustrate how this phone is not really as detail-oriented as people might think.