Breaking the habit... (iOS vs Android)

[Rench]

Si I've been on the iPhone for 4 or 5 years now, got my iTunes, got my Apple TV, it works. Not perfect, but nothing is really driving me away.

It seems like Android users are just enamored with their platform though. It looks to me like I could replicate my current setup with a Moto X (if you hadn't heard, it actually manufactured stateside, put 2,000 Americans back to work) and a google chrome cast. Might in many ways be more functional than my current setup, once I learn the new system.

So, anyone made the jump? And opinions?

-Rench

[roadmissile]

Do you plan to hack any of it? iWhatevers tend to be more easy to brick if you're doing anything fun (like attempting to foil the NSA). If not I wouldn't bother switching for what amounts to a similar setup with a marked downgrade in interface quality.

YMMV.

/RM

[Jaeger]

I went from an old iPhone to a Droid.

Apple has a better interface, period. I'll slag the fucking things all night long, but I'll give credit where credit is due.

The Droid is just more versatile, in the same way a PC is more ubiquitous than a Macintosh. It's just like switching from a Mac to a PC.

And, like a PC, it's a helluva lot cheaper. Less idiot proof, but more bang for your buck.

--Jaegr

[motorpsycho67]

I've just gotten my first smartphone, an HTC One, and I think it's great...... compared to my previous not-so-smartphone. Only drawback is that it won't play nicely with my Mac.

The new iPhone 5S might be my next phone though...

[guitargeek]

As a music lover, I loathe iTunes. Won't have anything to do with it.

[Rench]

I decided to put my money where my mouth is on the "buy American" front. Fed Ex tells me its waiting for me at home. There are apparently several apps out there to help you transition. Techno-methodone really. If I'm wandering in a daze at doom like I've lost my puppy (assuming I can find my way there without apple maps), the experiment will have failed.

-Rench

[Mk3]

you mean your apple maps that you were trying to read off the gas tank as you veered toward the guardrail on the way last year while my sexy google voice whispered sweet asphalt nothings in my ear? That map?

Glad you finally cut loose of the over-consumerized soul sucking wretch

[MATPOC]

Any updates?


Android phone and Mac computers has been my set up for few years, since G1 came out, but always looking to improve

there are draw backs like the fact that my new phone (now a year old S3) does not like my old Mac (or any Mac) which is the Samsung's way of saying FUCK YOU to Apple, all previous HTC's worked fine, I could just drag and drop the media files from iTunes in to phone's music folder, now I need an App and some patience since it takes a while and only can be done via Wi-Fi (can't connect via USB at all)

[UndertheGun]

I use a stock Nexus 4 and have considered trading up to a MotoX (which would mean going back on contract) or a buying a new N5 when it comes out. Waddya think of the MotoX?

Matpoc, there are apps (the names of which I forget at the moment) that streamline phone to computer transfers, probably worth looking into. I have a macbook air and used one such app that was pretty handy with my old SGS2.

[Rench]

Funny...I thought I responded yesterday...

Anyway, its gone much like one would expect after doing the research. Android is much more configurable, at the reasonable cost of not as simple of an interface. It kind of expects you to think for yourself a bit. There's definitely been a learning curve, but nothing extraordinary. I like it, I just need to spend more time with it. I liken it to an actual PC as opposed a prepackaged smartphone experience.

As for the hardware, love it. Screen is edge to edge, photos are quick, and I'm a big fan of the multiple shots. Ergonomics are wonderful. The only thing that isn't quite as advertised is battery life. It hasn't fully died on me get, but gets awfully close. However, I am an intensely heavy user, and I've got every peripheral on all the time while I let the phones features figure me out (GPS, WiFi, push notifications, etc). So I don't at all hold it against them, just disappointing since that was one of their main selling points.

-Rench

[Zim]

have considered trading up to a MotoX (which would mean going back on contract)

Check out Republic Wireless. I've got a Defy XT through them. I pay $29/mo for unlimited everything, no contract. They've since lowered their prices on the Defy (bastards).

They'll have the Moto X in November. $299 for the phone, and four no-contract switchable plans. The juicy one (for me at least, since I don't have use for 4G) would be $25/mo for unlimited everything.

[red]

Work used to supply our phones, so earlier this year when they quit, we got to keep the hardware. I had the chance to swap my basic android for a 4s, so I thought I'd see what it was like in the apple collective.

When my ifone is damaged beyond repair, I'm leaving the cult of Apple. I just don't understand the product lust, especially after the new OS update. My Siri is now worse and my phone likes to do a soft reset at random times.

[Rench]

This is more a hardware feature than the OS, but I'm digging the fact that my phone knows I picked it up, so it flashes the time and any new notifications automatically by the time I look at the screen, no further manipulation. When I grab my wife's phone to check it, just having to perform the extra step of hitting a button is kind of an annoyance. Just an observation.

-Rench