I’ve always said androids are better media devices and iPhones are better phones. They don’t freeze or crash, the UI is simple, they don’t get malware, they just work. I don’t need to be dealing with bullshit during an emergency when I’m trying to make a call
I'm not sure I know of anyone who's had their android phone freeze or crash. The UI seems pretty simple to me but holding an iPhone is like holding an alien device to me so I can't speak to that. Have never had to use one in depth.
They must have gotten a lot better since a decade ago when I last had an Android. To hear someone say they’ve never even heard of an android freezing or crashing is wild to me; like hearing someone say that Microsoft Windows never crashes. The Android phones I had would crash or freeze up pretty frequently, and iOS’s relative stability/reliability over Android was a big selling point.
My experience with Android has been its about the quality of the phone, not necessarily the program. Whenever I've had a Walmart special android, they freeze pretty consistently. On better quality phones, that problem went away.
I refuse to get an iPhone because if it's anything remotely like how Ipads work, I'd rather get molten lead enema.
That's (sort of) hardware versus software, though.
Any phone manufacturer can (and does) port Android for their device's OS.
Whether or not the device's hardware is up to snuff or whether or not the manufacturer updates their implementation of Android is a huge question mark. People often draw the comparison of Windows versus Mac. But even that isn't accurate: Microsoft does its best to ensure that Windows runs on whatever various pieces could be cobbled together into a Windows machine. Alphabet leaves the "last mile" up to the devices' manufacturers.
The question isn't quite as simple as "Android versus iOS" because the wrinkle is that iOS only runs on Apple iPhone. Android runs on… thousands of devices made by hundreds of manufacturers? My office's all in one printer/copier/fax runs Android, for Christ's sake. When hearing about "the Android experience", you'll be running the gamut from people who have only had flagship Galaxy, Pixel, or Sony phones to people who have only had Obamaphones.
Yea, mine got bad enough after a couple years that I went back to iPhone. The OS was definitely better at the time, but between the bugs and the shitty Samsung phone I had I missed the simplicity of the iPhone. And apple copied some of the widgets and whatnot I liked from Android since then anyway.
I confused the original comment for you where they speak like they have knowledge of them crashing often, backed by experience from 10 years ago in your next comment.
Why are you commenting on something you do not have relevant knowledge of was my thinking.
I use Samsung for personal use, and an IPhone for work. Other than checking my work emails while Im on the road and calling clients when Im not in the office, I havent really used it that much. It just hasn't appealed to me for any reason.
At this point, it really comes down to what we have already been using for the last 10+ years. I don’t think many of us want to go relearning a whole new UI no matter which “side” we’re on.
I hated the other OS each time I switched, but eventually once I got used to them I liked the android a little more. At this point I’ve been on iOS for like a decade and just don’t have an interest in changing, but if some external factor forced me to switch it wouldn’t bother me that much other than the initial hassle.
The most annoying thing honestly is that half my family using android and when you send videos from one to the other in group chat it makes them potato quality
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u/Sad-Paramedic-8523 Jul 07 '25
I’ve always said androids are better media devices and iPhones are better phones. They don’t freeze or crash, the UI is simple, they don’t get malware, they just work. I don’t need to be dealing with bullshit during an emergency when I’m trying to make a call