. I have been an Android user for years. In January I decided to switch to the iPhone X. It was totally worth it, despite its high price tag and a few small annoyances. Update: This article and headline have been updated to correct a reference to the Motorola Razr being an Android phone. That phone predated Android by four years. I have long been a faithful Android user, shuttling through the HTC Desire, the Samsung Galaxy S3, a Moto G and, most recently, a Huawei P9.
But it's over. I switched over to the iPhone X in January, because if you're going to give up a near decade-long relationship you may as well do it in $1,000 (£1,000) style. Here's how I've found it so far: I bought the iPhone X through the upgrade program — which is cheaper than buying it through a carrier It is insane to me that people still sign up for two-year contracts with a carrier when they renew their phones. Sure, you get a shiny new phone, but then you are locked into an expensive contract that is bad value for you over the long term. But it's also extremely expensive paying $1,000 (£1,000) upfront for a phone. Luckily Apple offers a workaround where you can pay a monthly fee for a SIM-free iPhone X, meaning you aren't tied into a contract. Once you've paid off the $1,000 in 20 months or less, the phone is yours.
And unlike with a normal mobile tariff, an operator hasn't squeezed an extra few hundred dollars out of you in the process. I in December — and acted on my own advice a month later. There's some caveats: mainly about paying your monthly fee on time and also keeping the phone in good condition.
But otherwise it feels like an affordable way to buy an amazing device. Face ID has changed the way I shop on my phone Face ID is Apple's facial recognition system which, when you pick up the phone, lets you unlock it just by using your face. Apple's iPhone X uses its special 'TrueDepth' camera system to scan a user's face and securely log them in. Apple/YouTube That's extremely cool, but not the coolest or most useful aspect of Face ID. The iPhone X will approve purchases and sign you into services provided you authenticate with Face ID. This felt like an amazing innovation, and makes it much faster to download apps and sign into, for example, my banking app.
The 'wow' feeling hasn't worn off even after several months of using the phone. I would in no way count myself as an Apple fangirl, but I never came across anything this futuristic on Android. It feels like a genuine innovation for smartphones, which are otherwise highly commoditized. It was also extremely handy while I was skiing and couldn't fumble around in the snow trying to unlock the phone with a passcode. Force Touch and 3D Touch are a complete puzzle When you first unbox the iPhone X, the phone comes with a simple manual. So simple, that it doesn't really explain how to use the phone — I had to ask another longtime iPhone owner how to take a screenshot and search for items on a webpage, because these basic functions are quite different on Android. Steve Kovach/Tech Insider The biggest puzzle was Force Touch and 3D Touch.
This means that the iPhone X screen is pressure-sensitive, and the device will do different things depending on how hard or lightly you press it. For example, pressing hard on an unread email in your inbox will show you a preview of the email. Keep pressing, and it will actually open the email. There are myriad uses for Force and 3D Touch on the iPhone X that I just can't quite be bothered to try and understand. It feels like a confusing feature that's poorly explained — and as the user, it shouldn't be on me to try and Google different uses for Force and 3D Touch. Apple's whole reputation, after all, is staked on its simplicity.
Iphone Vs. Android Phone
Restoring WhatsApp and Google accounts were a total nightmare Whatever Apple tells you about how easy it is to switch your contacts from Android to iPhone isn't what I experienced. Like many people, I use my phone for both work and personal purposes. Business Insider runs on Google, as do I, and so I need to manage multiple Gmail and Google Drive accounts from my phone. Importantly, my work and personal contacts, and trying not to duplicate everything, was extremely difficult. In the end, I imported contacts from one Gmail address which holds both my work and personal contact details — but still lost some numbers in the process.
It was annoying, but not insurmountable. The biggest outrage is trying to switch from WhatsApp on Android to WhatsApp on iOS. Basically, you can't.
If you were on Android and changed up to a new Android phone, you could simply back up your old WhatsApp chats on Google Drive, then restore them to the new phone. Likewise an iPhone upgrade, if you backed up your chats on iCloud. But you can't do this if you're switching ecosystems — so an Android user cannot use Google Drive to restore WhatsApp chats to a new iPhone, as I discovered. No one turns their iPhone off and this blew my mind When I had an Android phone, my normal routine was to set my alarm on an analogue alarm clock, then set a back-up alarm on my phone, because you can't trust anything.
And then I would switch my phone off before going to sleep. Hollis Johnson This is, according to a straw poll of my Business Insider colleagues, totally alien behaviour. Most of my colleagues use iPhones — and also rely on their phones as an alarm.
The iPhone X alarm does not go off if you power down the phone. This completely blew my mind after years of setting alarms on my Android and then properly plugging off. Now I keep the iPhone X on overnight, but on silent. On principle, I don't like this.
I think having screens on in your bedroom affects your sleep, and I don't like my tendency to pick up the phone first thing in the morning to look at Twitter. If the phone's off, I'm more likely to get on with my morning routine. All of the small annoyances are nothing compared to the huge advantage of extra security The main reason I switched from Android was paranoia. I've covered technology for a decade, and while iOS isn't totally devoid of security issues, there's an alarming trickle of stories about how poor Android's security is. Some of Google's security decisions may be justified, but the company is bad at explaining to users why, for example,.
Hollis Johnson For the most part, you are pretty secure if you use two-factor authentication and use strong passwords. But Face ID means you don't have to go to the trouble of remembering passwords, and Apple's tighter security makes me feel surer that my information (and sources) are not at risk.
And until Android can fix its fragmentation and security issues, and give the same level of customer service that Apple can, I'll be sticking with this new relationship. I have been an Android user for years. In January I decided to switch to the iPhone X. It was totally worth it, despite its high price tag and a few small annoyances. Update: This article and headline have been updated to correct a reference to the Motorola Razr being an Android phone. That phone predated Android by four years. I have long been a faithful Android user, shuttling through the HTC Desire, the Samsung Galaxy S3, a Moto G and, most recently, a Huawei P9.
But it's over. I switched over to the iPhone X in January, because if you're going to give up a near decade-long relationship you may as well do it in $1,000 (£1,000) style. Here's how I've found it so far: I bought the iPhone X through the upgrade program — which is cheaper than buying it through a carrier It is insane to me that people still sign up for two-year contracts with a carrier when they renew their phones. Sure, you get a shiny new phone, but then you are locked into an expensive contract that is bad value for you over the long term. But it's also extremely expensive paying $1,000 (£1,000) upfront for a phone. Luckily Apple offers a workaround where you can pay a monthly fee for a SIM-free iPhone X, meaning you aren't tied into a contract. Once you've paid off the $1,000 in 20 months or less, the phone is yours.
And unlike with a normal mobile tariff, an operator hasn't squeezed an extra few hundred dollars out of you in the process. I wrote about how good of a value the upgrade program is in December — and acted on my own advice a month later.
There's some caveats: mainly about paying your monthly fee on time and also keeping the phone in good condition. But otherwise it feels like an affordable way to buy an amazing device. Face ID has changed the way I shop on my phone Face ID is Apple's facial recognition system which, when you pick up the phone, lets you unlock it just by using your face. That's extremely cool, but not the coolest or most useful aspect of Face ID.
The iPhone X will approve purchases and sign you into services provided you authenticate with Face ID. This felt like an amazing innovation, and makes it much faster to download apps and sign into, for example, my banking app. The 'wow' feeling hasn't worn off even after several months of using the phone. I would in no way count myself as an Apple fangirl, but I never came across anything this futuristic on Android. It feels like a genuine innovation for smartphones, which are otherwise highly commoditized. It was also extremely handy while I was skiing and couldn't fumble around in the snow trying to unlock the phone with a passcode. Force Touch and 3D Touch are a complete puzzle When you first unbox the iPhone X, the phone comes with a simple manual.
So simple, that it doesn't really explain how to use the phone — I had to ask another longtime iPhone owner how to take a screenshot and search for items on a webpage, because these basic functions are quite different on Android. The biggest puzzle was Force Touch and 3D Touch. This means that the iPhone X screen is pressure-sensitive, and the device will do different things depending on how hard or lightly you press it.
For example, pressing hard on an unread email in your inbox will show you a preview of the email. Keep pressing, and it will actually open the email. There are myriad uses for Force and 3D Touch on the iPhone X that I just can't quite be bothered to try and understand. It feels like a confusing feature that's poorly explained — and as the user, it shouldn't be on me to try and Google different uses for Force and 3D Touch. Apple's whole reputation, after all, is staked on its simplicity. Restoring WhatsApp and Google accounts were a total nightmare Whatever Apple tells you about how easy it is to switch your contacts from Android to iPhone isn't what I experienced. Like many people, I use my phone for both work and personal purposes.
Business Insider runs on Google, as do I, and so I need to manage multiple Gmail and Google Drive accounts from my phone. Importantly, my work and personal contacts, and trying not to duplicate everything, was extremely difficult. In the end, I imported contacts from one Gmail address which holds both my work and personal contact details — but still lost some numbers in the process.
It was annoying, but not insurmountable. The biggest outrage is trying to switch from WhatsApp on Android to WhatsApp on iOS. Basically, you can't. If you were on Android and changed up to a new Android phone, you could simply back up your old WhatsApp chats on Google Drive, then restore them to the new phone. Likewise an iPhone upgrade, if you backed up your chats on iCloud. But you can't do this if you're switching ecosystems — so an Android user cannot use Google Drive to restore WhatsApp chats to a new iPhone, as I discovered.
No one turns their iPhone off and this blew my mind When I had an Android phone, my normal routine was to set my alarm on an analogue alarm clock, then set a back-up alarm on my phone, because you can't trust anything. And then I would switch my phone off before going to sleep.
This is, according to a straw poll of my Business Insider colleagues, totally alien behaviour. Most of my colleagues use iPhones — and also rely on their phones as an alarm. The iPhone X alarm does not go off if you power down the phone. This completely blew my mind after years of setting alarms on my Android and then properly plugging off.
Now I keep the iPhone X on overnight, but on silent. On principle, I don't like this. I think having screens on in your bedroom affects your sleep, and I don't like my tendency to pick up the phone first thing in the morning to look at Twitter. If the phone's off, I'm more likely to get on with my morning routine. All of the small annoyances are nothing compared to the huge advantage of extra security The main reason I switched from Android was paranoia. I've covered technology for a decade, and while iOS isn't totally devoid of security issues, there's an alarming trickle of stories about how poor Android's security is.
Some of Google's security decisions may be justified, but the company is bad at explaining to users why, for example, it seems to be collecting their locations when GPS is switched off. For the most part, you are pretty secure if you use two-factor authentication and use strong passwords. But Face ID means you don't have to go to the trouble of remembering passwords, and Apple's tighter security makes me feel surer that my information (and sources) are not at risk.
Finally, it's just a beautiful phone. And until Android can fix its fragmentation and security issues, and give the same level of customer service that Apple can, I'll be sticking with this new relationship.
I have been an Android user for years. In January I decided to switch to the iPhone X. It was totally worth it, despite its high price tag and a few small annoyances. Update: This article and headline have been updated to correct a reference to the Motorola Razr being an Android phone. That phone predated Android by four years.
I have long been a faithful Android user, shuttling through the HTC Desire, the Samsung Galaxy S3, a Moto G and, most recently, a Huawei P9. But it's over. I switched over to the iPhone X in January, because if you're going to give up a near decade-long relationship you may as well do it in $1,000 (£1,000) style. Here's how I've found it so far: I bought the iPhone X through the upgrade program — which is cheaper than buying it through a carrier It is insane to me that people still sign up for two-year contracts with a carrier when they renew their phones. Sure, you get a shiny new phone, but then you are locked into an expensive contract that is bad value for you over the long term.
But it's also extremely expensive paying $1,000 (£1,000) upfront for a phone. Luckily Apple offers a workaround where you can pay a monthly fee for a SIM-free iPhone X, meaning you aren't tied into a contract. Once you've paid off the $1,000 in 20 months or less, the phone is yours.
And unlike with a normal mobile tariff, an operator hasn't squeezed an extra few hundred dollars out of you in the process. I wrote about how good of a value the upgrade program is in December — and acted on my own advice a month later. There's some caveats: mainly about paying your monthly fee on time and also keeping the phone in good condition.
But otherwise it feels like an affordable way to buy an amazing device. Face ID has changed the way I shop on my phone Face ID is Apple's facial recognition system which, when you pick up the phone, lets you unlock it just by using your face.
Iphone Vs. Android Pros And Cons
That's extremely cool, but not the coolest or most useful aspect of Face ID. The iPhone X will approve purchases and sign you into services provided you authenticate with Face ID. This felt like an amazing innovation, and makes it much faster to download apps and sign into, for example, my banking app. The 'wow' feeling hasn't worn off even after several months of using the phone. I would in no way count myself as an Apple fangirl, but I never came across anything this futuristic on Android.
It feels like a genuine innovation for smartphones, which are otherwise highly commoditized. It was also extremely handy while I was skiing and couldn't fumble around in the snow trying to unlock the phone with a passcode. Force Touch and 3D Touch are a complete puzzle When you first unbox the iPhone X, the phone comes with a simple manual. So simple, that it doesn't really explain how to use the phone — I had to ask another longtime iPhone owner how to take a screenshot and search for items on a webpage, because these basic functions are quite different on Android.
The biggest puzzle was Force Touch and 3D Touch. This means that the iPhone X screen is pressure-sensitive, and the device will do different things depending on how hard or lightly you press it. For example, pressing hard on an unread email in your inbox will show you a preview of the email. Keep pressing, and it will actually open the email. There are myriad uses for Force and 3D Touch on the iPhone X that I just can't quite be bothered to try and understand.
It feels like a confusing feature that's poorly explained — and as the user, it shouldn't be on me to try and Google different uses for Force and 3D Touch. Apple's whole reputation, after all, is staked on its simplicity. Restoring WhatsApp and Google accounts were a total nightmare Whatever Apple tells you about how easy it is to switch your contacts from Android to iPhone isn't what I experienced. Like many people, I use my phone for both work and personal purposes. Business Insider runs on Google, as do I, and so I need to manage multiple Gmail and Google Drive accounts from my phone. Importantly, my work and personal contacts, and trying not to duplicate everything, was extremely difficult.
In the end, I imported contacts from one Gmail address which holds both my work and personal contact details — but still lost some numbers in the process. It was annoying, but not insurmountable. The biggest outrage is trying to switch from WhatsApp on Android to WhatsApp on iOS. Basically, you can't. If you were on Android and changed up to a new Android phone, you could simply back up your old WhatsApp chats on Google Drive, then restore them to the new phone.
Likewise an iPhone upgrade, if you backed up your chats on iCloud. But you can't do this if you're switching ecosystems — so an Android user cannot use Google Drive to restore WhatsApp chats to a new iPhone, as I discovered. No one turns their iPhone off and this blew my mind When I had an Android phone, my normal routine was to set my alarm on an analogue alarm clock, then set a back-up alarm on my phone, because you can't trust anything. And then I would switch my phone off before going to sleep. This is, according to a straw poll of my Business Insider colleagues, totally alien behaviour. Most of my colleagues use iPhones — and also rely on their phones as an alarm.
The iPhone X alarm does not go off if you power down the phone. This completely blew my mind after years of setting alarms on my Android and then properly plugging off. Now I keep the iPhone X on overnight, but on silent. On principle, I don't like this. I think having screens on in your bedroom affects your sleep, and I don't like my tendency to pick up the phone first thing in the morning to look at Twitter. If the phone's off, I'm more likely to get on with my morning routine.
All of the small annoyances are nothing compared to the huge advantage of extra security The main reason I switched from Android was paranoia. I've covered technology for a decade, and while iOS isn't totally devoid of security issues, there's an alarming trickle of stories about how poor Android's security is. Some of Google's security decisions may be justified, but the company is bad at explaining to users why, for example, it seems to be collecting their locations when GPS is switched off.
For the most part, you are pretty secure if you use two-factor authentication and use strong passwords. But Face ID means you don't have to go to the trouble of remembering passwords, and Apple's tighter security makes me feel surer that my information (and sources) are not at risk. Finally, it's just a beautiful phone. And until Android can fix its fragmentation and security issues, and give the same level of customer service that Apple can, I'll be sticking with this new relationship.
Android vs iPhone, in this blog post, I will tell you about some of the pros and cons of as well as. I will tell you what the major differences are between the two different platforms. If you’re a die-hard fan of either phone, then this blog post probably will not persuade you to switch. Have you had your phone for a while? Are you thinking about upgrading it?
Have you been thinking about switching from an Android phone to an iPhone or vice versa? Or maybe you’re having second thoughts about making the switch. If you’re unsure which one you should buy next.
Then you can make an educated decision on which one you prefer based on this information. Table Of Contents. Android VS iPhone Apps: Some years ago the apps for was released first, and Android users had to wait before they could get them. Sometimes Android users had to wait a long time before the apps were available to them. However, things have changed when a new app is released it’s available on both phones, and Android users no longer have to wait. There are lots of apps to choose from on both platforms.
However, there are more free apps available for Android than iOS. Android VS iPhone Hardware: If you’re going to buy an iPhone it will be much easier to choose a phone than if you’re going to buy an Android phone. Apple has a tendency to sell only three or four different models at a time.
The screen sizes in an iPhone range from 4in up to 5.5in. But if you’re going to buy an Android phone, it can be a bit difficult to choose the right one because there are so many of them. And there are lots of different manufacturers, there’s LG, HTC, Samsung, these are a few of the well-known Android manufacturers. But there are also other Android manufacturers that you’ve never heard of before. So how do you decide whether an Android or iPhone is best for you? Well, it all depends on what you’re looking for in a phone. Some die-hard iPhone users may say that an iPhone is better than the best Android phone.
But that’s not true every phone has its strengths and weaknesses. Some Android phones have unique features that an iPhone does not have such as expandable storage, modular capabilities, and NFC capabilities. While other Android phones have display screens with a higher resolution and a better camera than an iPhone.
Some iPhones come with as much as 128GB of storage, however, all models do not offer this much. If you’re purchasing an iPhone with extra storage it will cost you quite a bit extra. But if you buying an Android phone with expandable storage you can buy a microSD card and place it in the microSD card slot. When purchasing a microSD card for extra storage. The price you pay will be much less than you will have to pay for the equivalent extra space in an iPhone. Having a phone with lots of internal storage has some advantages. For example, when you have a phone with lots of internal storage you don’t have to worry about where your files are stored.
The overall performance of a phone with more internal storage is usually better than that of a phone with less internal storage. Android VS iPhone Software: In the past, some of the Android operating systems did not function very well.
But things have changed, the operating systems on both platforms today are great. Now I will discuss some of the differences between the software on an Android vs iPhone. Home Screens: With an iPhone, the apps are located on multiple home screens and your home screens cannot be customized. With an Android phone, you have the ability to customize the look and feel of your home screen. For example, you can move all your apps to the app drawer and you can add various widgets to the home screen.
Voice Assistants: Both phones come with assistants, the Android phones have Google Now, and iPhones have Siri. Both assistants are similar and they perform very well. These assistants can be used to set reminders, get directions, set alarms, send emails, and text messages. When you start using the voice assistants you must learn how to phrase your command in order to make it happen in a speedy manner.
Limitations: When it comes to installing apps with an iPhone you are limited to the apps that are available in the app store in the country you reside in. But with an Android phone, there’s an option which allows you to install third-party software from unknown sources. When you connect an Android phone to a PC, it’s like you’ve connected an external hard drive. You have the ability to copy and delete files, photos, and videos just like you would with an external hard drive. This makes it very easy to transfer documents from your phone to a computer or vice versa.
An iPhone works a bit different when you connect it to a PC. It works more like a digital camera rather than an external hard drive. When an iPhone is connected to a PC you have the ability to copy videos and photos, but nothing else. You are not allowed to transfer any types of files or documents. And Android phone may offer more flexibility, however. The only drawback to the flexibility is that some Android smartphone manufacturers drastically change the look and feel of the Android operating system. Sometimes you may feel as though you’re learning to use a new operating system.
Some Android smartphone manufacturers such as Google’s Nexus phones and Motorola use Stock Android. Many Android smartphone users prefer to have a phone with Stock Android because of its simplicity. Android VS iPhone Privacy And Security: Apple has a reputation for protecting the privacy of their customers. Apple collects data for their own personal use, however, they will not give it out to a third party. IPhones are extremely secure because the data is encrypted and it cannot be accessed without a password. In the past Android phones were not very secure.
But they became secure with the release of the Android Marshmallow 6.0 operating system. However, Android is more prone to malware. There are a few reasons for this, Android market share is much larger than that of Apple.
And it’s easier to get the malware onto an Android phone because it isn’t as secure as an iPhone. Even though Android phones may be more prone to malware you can protect an Android phone by installing an antivirus app from the Google Play store. Android VS iPhone Pros And Cons: Android. 2 thoughts on “ Android VS iPhone 2018 What Are The Pros And Cons?”. Princila Hi Marvin, I stumbled upon this just when my spouse and I are asking about the phones that we should both buy next week. We both own Microsoft Lumia 640, but prior to this we had Samsung (can’t remember the model). I would like to try an iPhone, but my spouse is so much against it because I have a Samsung laptop and tablet.
He believes that with a Samsung phone, I can easily sync things. So, maybe I’ll end up buying an Android phone.