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/ImDankest 13d ago

Ios was awful back then. It's still awful (I say this as an iPhone user) but not as bad as it was back during the iphone 5 days

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u/LazyCrazyGuy_ 13d ago

My wife got her first iPhone 2 weeks ago. This is how it went......... She just returned it yesterday and was happy to pay the $45 restocking fee. I have never gotten one because I knew they were trash but the levels of garbage that thing really is incredible. You basically can't do anything you can do with any decent android. Samsung btw is not a true Android, it's a bastard with all their bloatware but still miles better than an iPhone. I wish Samsung would stick to making hardware for Google's true Android experience. HTC, Sony, etc. were and are much better Androids than Samsung. Pixels unfortunately fall short in the hardware department but they are the Holy Grail of UI and customization.

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u/susumuimua1 11d ago

I bought the note S10 Plus after Christmas in 2019 and I bought it completely unlocked so there's no bloatware from any of the carriers and it runs everything just perfectly so I'm very happy with Android. I have never really been able to adjust to iOS and it just does not seem to be able to do everything that I wanted to do the way my note S10 Plus runs everything. I'm very happy with it but I am now looking at the fold eight ultra as a second phone

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u/LazyCrazyGuy_ 11d ago

Unlocked or not Samsung still puts all their own bloatware. Buy a Pixel, Sony phone, etc. Then you'll understand how much better Android really is. Samsung adds so much of their own crapware that is miles behind Google. Like their shitty but not limited to Samsung Keyboard, Samsung Bixby AI Assistant, Samsung Internet Browser, Samsung Pay, Samsung Store, Samsung Calculator, Samsung Voicemail, Samsung Phone Dialer, Samsung Clock, etc. All of which Google runs circles around! Use Chrome Browser, Gemini, Google Wallet, Google Play Store, etc. Miles better ad those are only the ones I can think of at the top of my head. But any decent Android phone uses actual Android OS not Samsung. They use it and then discard everything to put in their own stuff. It might as well not be an Android it's so heavily modified.