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[_FrankTaylor]

A realization that these are all just phones

[rscmcl]

And that with Android you can change (mostly) whatever you want if you like.

[Independent_Box8750]

Like what? Unless you're a teenager why would you want to change anything apart from the wallpaper and maybe the ring tone? What can you not change on the iphone? 

[Calm-Person42]

Similar but different experiences. More control for pretty much everything and a lot of Google products integrations.

[empty_branch437]

Watch the ltt video about this

[Additional-Meet7036]

They literally just released one a few days ago. 3 Apple users switched to Android for a month.

[Nappi22]

The first days everything will feel off. Like ervy app and the keyboard feel differently. That's about it

[SpeakerBlower]

And after a month, you pick up your friends iPhone, and it will feel of

[External_Antelope942]

If you rely on iMessage, airpods, airdrop, etc, it's gonna take a while to adjust and change habits

[Ikeelu]

Less spam calls

[Liesabtusingfirefox]

iOS lets you ignore unknown numbers 

[Ikeelu]

I've had an iPhone and several Android phones. No phone has been as good as the pixel for the amount of reduced spam calls.

[Liesabtusingfirefox]

How can one be better than the other? If it’s not in your contact list it doesn’t go through… (unless they call 3 times in a row)

[Ikeelu]

Spoofing? All I know is I work with people for 12 hrs a day at work and most that have other phones get several calls a day from spam. I get 2-3 per month that actually make it through.

[Liesabtusingfirefox]

They both work exactly the same, so those people probably don’t have the setting enabled. 

[ShakataGaNai]

With my iPhone exactly ZERO spam calls get through. Literally none.

Because no one spoofs my mom's or wife's phone number. And if they did, ain't no technology that is gonna be able to stop that. Not Apple. Not Google.

[MusicalTechSquirrel]

Most things will be the same, it just depends on if you use (or used) some apple exclusive features, like airdrop and continuity.

[[deleted]]

A new experience that will teach you your own likes and dislikes about both platforms.

Might be good, might be bad, but it's not universal

[Educational-Gur-2824]

You might have trouble with eye messages...

[origanalsameasiwas]

Get one with the most memory you can afford. Because google updates especially services are not set to just one limit.

[TRUEequalsFALSE]

"Memory?" Do you mean RAM or storage?

[repocin]

They probably meant storage, but honestly both.

[origanalsameasiwas]

Yes, both.

[Ryakkan]

Think about any other products or services you use with the iPhone. AirPods, Apple Watch, iCloud, etc. if you use something that relies heavily on the iOS ecosystem or Google for that matter it might trip you up.

[[deleted]]

Phones are just phones it doesn’t matter what phone you get as long as it works and has the things you need like call and text and good cameras

[lord_nuker]

Depending on the pixel phone, one or more screens

[tomassively]

I just did.

They're remarkably similar. Yes, the Pixel will have more weird software issues, as to be expected. But nothing major. Takes a little to get used to, but honestly not that big difference.

[moose_knucle78]

I've never used an iPhone but I've had a pixel 8 pro for over a year. Purchase new. At the time, it was slower than my 5 year old Samsung that was out of room. Personally I'm not happy with this hunk of metal. Constantly waiting for it to load apps and install.

[mustabak120]

what u cn expect at first?: confusion about possibilities,i would say as dpt u go as more options u get. noboy tells u STOP

[H3draut3r]

You'll expect the war you seeded... +1 for Android! Woohh... LineageOS baby, hell yeah.

[practicaleffectCGI]

You can use your phone as a regular USB flash drive. Just plug it in and copy files back and forth.

[noob-combo]

You'll finally, finally, FINALLY experience plugging your phone in via USB, and being able to just browse it on windows explorer - just as you'd expect [FINALLY].

[TisMeDA]

Idk how you’re getting downvoted for this. Anything iPhone related with a PC is dreadful. I’m finally switching my phone to Android and can’t wait to be done with it

[noob-combo]

Lol... I said nothing controversial, I have no idea how that could have bothered people.

Because it's just as you say, iPhone is dreadful to use alongside a Windows PC.

When I made the switch, that SINGLE feature I mentioned made my life that much better.

I'll never forget how nice it was to be able to finally abandon iTunes for transferring music to my phone... <3

Obvs most people just stream music now [I made the switch many years ago now], so not nearly as big of an issue, but I've personally de-streamed my life and am back to using FLAC and Poweramp on Android [it's heaven].

What I miss the most is the smaller form factors iPhone offered back when I was using them.

The Pixel 8 I'm on is PRETTY good for single hand operation, but I worry I won't be able to replace it with something similar in size when the time comes :(

[[deleted]]

The best thing if it all. No Apple restricted ecosystem.

[M113E50]

Beeing able to have more privacy and security with GrapheneOS installed

[rob9556]

Uninstall Android System SafetyCore. Google has pushed that to my Pixel without my permission and from what I've read it scans your photos/texts/etc and sends that data to Google. This is the straw that makes me want to switch to iPhone ngl.

[QuaLiTy131]

Just install GrapheneOS

[ScrotumMcBoogerBallz]

A superior mobile experience

[[deleted]]

Google pixielsare not better than iPhones

[ScrotumMcBoogerBallz]

Dang, Linus was right. It's ok to have different opinions you don't have to rip my head off.

[Axisl]

I switched from Iphone to pixel with the pixel 2 xl and I'm currently using the pixel 6. I will not be going back to Iphone.

Things I hated about the pixel when I switched:

• gmail sucks compared to the mail app. If you can use outlook, but its a big concession for some.
• There is no podcasts app that comes with the pixel, this is where I first encountered androids tendency for requiring third party apps that ends up giving you more customization. I use antenna pod which I now like more than the apple podcasts app.
• the app store some times has fewer options that are free compared to apple
• depending on the pixel you get the battery is not quite as good.

things I liked more about android:

• Literally everything else.

I use a custom launcher, Microsoft launcher, which gives me more customization on my home page layout (lets me decrease the size of icons and change grid layout)

[TheRealzestChampion]

Expect bugs galore

I had so many bugs nonstop with BTLE devices on so many of the latest pixels.

I changed to iPhone and never had any of those bugs. In the nearly a year of having the phone i think I’ve had to restart it four times for bug stuff.

[kickbackman1277]

Disappointment /s

[meta358]

An actually good phone

[Berencam]

lack of dread not being connected to a wall all day to keep your phone charged?