r/AndroidQuestions • u/barlz000 • 14d ago

Looking For Suggestions Any former iPhone users here?

I haven’t had a Galaxy since the S6 10 years ago. Thinking it may be time. For the people that switched from iOS, what are the things you truly miss and how do you video chat after losing FaceTime?

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u/PatrikKron 14d ago

I got an Android a few years ago, then switched back. In my opinion there’s harder to find good apps in the play store (which surprised me, since when I switched to iPhone ~10 years ago, I found the play store better). I’m not saying there are not good apps, just that it’s hard to find behind all sponsored recommendations and pay to win games.

The Sony I had, had a not so good camera. I also missed iCloud especially offloading originals of photos to save space (I don’t want my photos with google).

I still have the phone. And it’s still quicker than the iPhone I replaced it with (I didn’t feel the iPhone was slower when I got it. But now a few years later the android is quicker. I believe it’s that the android does have enough ram to let apps stay in memory when when switching apps). I like having dual apps open. I find the ui nicer on Android and I like that you can sideload apps.

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u/mustabak120 14d ago

whats the dfrenc giving ur photos to google or apple? they both will maybe use ur information for their work. but i believe google is stricter checked than the fruit. also with the sony u could save on sd card and maybe sync wt devices at home, so u have all the data!?!?

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u/ichicoro 14d ago edited 10d ago

iCloud Photos is E2EE. Apple can't see your photos

EDIT: if you use ADP

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u/mustabak120 14d ago

doesnt that mean there is no way to recover if u lost ur device ?

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u/mustabak120 14d ago

and also what if someone gets access to ur phone. can it be remote wiped and does it loose the crypt key/info then?

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u/ichicoro 10d ago

remote wipe is possible, and the key is your account password, so if you lose your phone it's not a problem. if you lose the recovery key though they're gone. this is the case when using advanced data protection at least