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A week after the switch (Android to iPhone)
11 years ago
Alright. I dont' know how this journal is gonna go over. But since i dont' give a shit about my LiveJournal anymore, I'm posting this here.
Over christmas, my ailing Galaxy Nexus was replaced by an iPhone 5S. "But Tigron, you're a staunch supporter of Android, why'd you switch?" Well a few reasons acctually:
1. There wasn't any good phones with Android on them on my network any more. THe Galaxy Nexus was supposed to be the "best" android phone for Verizon, and in my opinion it was. However, Verizon didn't give a shit about making sure that the phone was treated as a real Nexus device, which ment timely updates to the Android OS. Which never happened. So tl;dr No support by carrier.
2. Build quality issues. The galaxy nexus was the only phone i had ever had to use my phone insurance on. Twice. First time was a burn in on the screen because of the on screen buttons, the second was because over Anthrocon weekend my USB charger port died maknig charging next to impossible, or rendering the phone in a pseudo charging state draining the battery. Also the phone's NFC set up died sometime a few months ago rendering it useless for doing automation (which I really was starting to get into)
3. The urgings of my little brother and
yoshi987 that I move over to the iOS environment that the Apple phone was a better built phone in general and nearly bullet proof in terms of software.
Now. I still have a 2012 Nexus 7 tablet that I still use when I don't want to mess with my computer for before work web browsing and reading and to watch Youtube videos (Anything else like Netflix I can't do because of my craptastic internet speeds. Thank you again Verizon DSL). But my main phone is now my iPhone 5S.
Pros -
1. iOS 7 is one of the smoothest OS's i've ever used. But I will say that I still think that bone stock KitKat is a little better. But not my much. Siri is cool, but google now was great when it worked and could do just about anything Siri did.
2. iTunes. More specifically, iTunes Radio. I love it. I dont' have Pandora or Spotify, and I love the ability to turn on a radio station of music, and enjoy the ever loving hell out of the music without having to have it on the device itself.
3. The device itself. The build quality is phenominal. Though I did throw the phone directly into an Otterbox case before I did anything with it, the phone feels solid, the buttons are snappy and I love the Touch ID sensor for unlocking the phone or making purchases. The Speaker alone is worth it because the Galaxy Nexus speaker was woefully small and I couldn't hear the phone go off in my pocket. This one I can hear loud and clear while it's in my pocket.
4. Call quality. Tremendous. Goes back to the build quality.
5. Battery Life. I've had the phone off charger for 10 hours now. and I'm down only 4% battery. On my Nexus I would be in the mid 80%'s for battery life if left totally idle.
Cons
1. The Lack of Widgets. I miss having A Falcon Pro widget on my phone where I could check my twitter messages at a glance without having to open the app entirely. Lock Screen Widgets too. I mean iOS has them kinda as well, but they are just notifications. Not Full on widgets.
2. The lack of a back button or a dedicated options button. I have more than once found myself clicking the Home button to go back a screen and wind up closing the app out. Which isn't cool. Though I suspect this is just on habit.
3. Screen Size. My Galaxy Nexus had atleast a half inch on all sides on the screen. The screen on the iPhone is much better quailty, but it does feel kinda "small" though.
4. The lack of an open OS. This one I liked from Android because I could download and open files that I wanted to. I can't do that on iOS. I can't move downloaded files to Dropbox like I could on Android. I gotta email them tomyself and then pick them up on my computer or tablet to put them in dropbox.
5. Hot property. I'm gonna have to be extra careful what I do with it cause I know some scumbag is gonna grab it at first notice and pawn the fucker for drug money.
So final grade. I like the phone. I really like it. It's a great piece of equipment. If Verizon ever decides to let Google put out a proper Nexus device I will switch back to Android, but for now. I think I might be a full iOS convert when it comes to a phone.
Over christmas, my ailing Galaxy Nexus was replaced by an iPhone 5S. "But Tigron, you're a staunch supporter of Android, why'd you switch?" Well a few reasons acctually:
1. There wasn't any good phones with Android on them on my network any more. THe Galaxy Nexus was supposed to be the "best" android phone for Verizon, and in my opinion it was. However, Verizon didn't give a shit about making sure that the phone was treated as a real Nexus device, which ment timely updates to the Android OS. Which never happened. So tl;dr No support by carrier.
2. Build quality issues. The galaxy nexus was the only phone i had ever had to use my phone insurance on. Twice. First time was a burn in on the screen because of the on screen buttons, the second was because over Anthrocon weekend my USB charger port died maknig charging next to impossible, or rendering the phone in a pseudo charging state draining the battery. Also the phone's NFC set up died sometime a few months ago rendering it useless for doing automation (which I really was starting to get into)
3. The urgings of my little brother and
yoshi987 that I move over to the iOS environment that the Apple phone was a better built phone in general and nearly bullet proof in terms of software.Now. I still have a 2012 Nexus 7 tablet that I still use when I don't want to mess with my computer for before work web browsing and reading and to watch Youtube videos (Anything else like Netflix I can't do because of my craptastic internet speeds. Thank you again Verizon DSL). But my main phone is now my iPhone 5S.
Pros -
1. iOS 7 is one of the smoothest OS's i've ever used. But I will say that I still think that bone stock KitKat is a little better. But not my much. Siri is cool, but google now was great when it worked and could do just about anything Siri did.
2. iTunes. More specifically, iTunes Radio. I love it. I dont' have Pandora or Spotify, and I love the ability to turn on a radio station of music, and enjoy the ever loving hell out of the music without having to have it on the device itself.
3. The device itself. The build quality is phenominal. Though I did throw the phone directly into an Otterbox case before I did anything with it, the phone feels solid, the buttons are snappy and I love the Touch ID sensor for unlocking the phone or making purchases. The Speaker alone is worth it because the Galaxy Nexus speaker was woefully small and I couldn't hear the phone go off in my pocket. This one I can hear loud and clear while it's in my pocket.
4. Call quality. Tremendous. Goes back to the build quality.
5. Battery Life. I've had the phone off charger for 10 hours now. and I'm down only 4% battery. On my Nexus I would be in the mid 80%'s for battery life if left totally idle.
Cons
1. The Lack of Widgets. I miss having A Falcon Pro widget on my phone where I could check my twitter messages at a glance without having to open the app entirely. Lock Screen Widgets too. I mean iOS has them kinda as well, but they are just notifications. Not Full on widgets.
2. The lack of a back button or a dedicated options button. I have more than once found myself clicking the Home button to go back a screen and wind up closing the app out. Which isn't cool. Though I suspect this is just on habit.
3. Screen Size. My Galaxy Nexus had atleast a half inch on all sides on the screen. The screen on the iPhone is much better quailty, but it does feel kinda "small" though.
4. The lack of an open OS. This one I liked from Android because I could download and open files that I wanted to. I can't do that on iOS. I can't move downloaded files to Dropbox like I could on Android. I gotta email them tomyself and then pick them up on my computer or tablet to put them in dropbox.
5. Hot property. I'm gonna have to be extra careful what I do with it cause I know some scumbag is gonna grab it at first notice and pawn the fucker for drug money.
So final grade. I like the phone. I really like it. It's a great piece of equipment. If Verizon ever decides to let Google put out a proper Nexus device I will switch back to Android, but for now. I think I might be a full iOS convert when it comes to a phone.
For example, I'm on Straight Talk, unlimited texting and minutes, 2.5GB a month data (basically set by AT&T since Straight Talk uses their network). I bought my own phone from eBay, an hTC One V and bought a Straight Talk sim card. I want to replace it with a hTC One X+
2. I have a Grandfathered Unlimited Data plan from Verizon that I cannot and will not give up cause the deal is so damn sweet. The idiots at the Verizon store tried EVERYTHING they could to get me and my parents off that plan. They couldn't do it. My folks payed FULL PRICE for that phone. That is acctually cheaper than the 2 gig monthly contract that they offerered in exchange for the $400 extra I paid for the phone. Mostly cause I use so much data I'd be going over my data limits and being charged for it.
3. The Verizon iPhone 5s is unlocked. I could throw any SIM card in it and it would work. I've seen it done with an AT&T SIM card with a friend's Verizon device.
Of course, I came from Sprint, being a customer from December 2001 till this year.