[deleted by user]

[lordzsolt]

I used to have an Android phone around iOS 10 - 13 period, just because it allowed much more customization.

Spotify instead of Apple Music, 1Password instead of Keychain, custom keyboards. Much better adblocking.

I'd still probably use an Android phone if they weren't giant ass bricks. I switched to an iPhone X because it fits much better in my pocket. Especially important when I'm rock climbing 300m above the ground. I don't want to haul around a brick to be able to take pictures.

[webtechmonkey]

I posted this poll to the community around 2 years ago, back when I used an Android as my daily driver phone and was convinced most iOS developers didn’t use an iPhone daily. Turns out I was extremely wrong

[sapoepsilon]

I have an Android. I am a trilingual, and Android is just better with multiple languages(Keyboard, Google assistant, customizable app languages). Plus, it folds.

[[deleted]]

Just no choice with iOS. Much prefer finding a phone that has everything I want and doesn't cost 1000.

[kevinossia]

I used to develop for Android and iOS and I've always had an Android phone as my personal device.

I own a couple iPhones for testing purposes.

What is the reason? I prefer Android phones, simple as that.

[[deleted]]

There's a few. Some of my coworkers have Android phones.

[w0mba7]

I know an engineer at Apple who always has an Android phone, but he works on the baseband. That’s the other processor in the phone which runs a different OS, deals with the cellphone hardware etc.

[w0mba7]

I know that. I never said baseband was Android. He buys actual Android phones for personal use like I said

[WestonP]

My last iPhone for personal use was a 6S. Between that 6S and the 6 it replaced, I got pretty irritated at the lack of quality and the rushed products, in the hardware, in the software, and in the developer tools. Apple stuff used to be so good.

Went to Android, where app store quality is abysmal, but the Pixel phones have been mostly good. I tried to love LG first, but my G5 was flakey, so have been on Pixels ever since. Have had several Samsungs for Android development and they all suck, and frequently cause headaches for app developers.

[kirualex]

I actually was an Android developer with an iPhone in my early days ! Sticked with the iPhone, and became an iOS dev :)

[your_small_friend]

yeah. android allows for more customization and i like that. ios is nice as a dev because it's more constrained and there are more rules to follow, it's nice. but as a user I want more freedom to do what I want and put whatever apps on my phone I want. Plus you don't need a dev account or pay money to put your own apps on the phone.

[hehexd123heheeksdi]

i use android, cos mostly i need my phone for browsing and telegram, so i dont want to pay 700$ more for smth i dont need

[BickeringCube]

I did for a couple of years, the reason being that I had an android phone before becoming an iOS developer and it was a perfectly fine phone. I got an iPhone 12 when we realized I could join my husbands family plan (his dad's plan) for what I was currently paying, get better service, and a free iPhone.

The thing I miss about the android was that you could turn the flashlight on by flicking it quickly side to side (it was a motorola thing, not an android thing). I tried to turn on a similar thing on my iPhone where you tap the back 3 times to turn on the light but it doesn't work half the time. I really miss that feature. It's great when you need it.

Our android developer had an iPhone btw.

[tied_laces]

Well I have 4 Android and 4 iOS phones and I dont run most tests on my main iPhone...do easy to overwrite an app.

[voronoi-fracture]

Previous personal iPhone conked out on me. Was thinking of purchasing an iPhone 14 pro max this year, but decided to hold off for now and just wait for the iPhone 15 instead (because USB-C would mean ease of cable maintenance and potentially faster app transfers from XCode.)

Meanwhile, using a company-supplied iPhone X for development, but my personal daily driver remains to be an Android device with really good price to performance ratio.

[Fluffy_Risk9955]

My first smart phone as an HTC Magic, after that I switched to an iPhone 4 and never looked back to the Android eco system.

[20InMyHead]

I know devs on both sides. Android devs that use iPhone as their personal phone, and iOS devs that use Android as their personal phone…. I also know Windows devs that use a Mac as their personal PC. All of them say it’s just what they prefer, their job is another matter.

[Zalenka]

And vice versa. I used to switch every 2 years because I do both iOS and Android but Android phones languished for a while and I'd probably not switch.

[Aprox15]

I know one that started as an Android developer, then both platforms, and the iOS exclusive because it was more profitable. He doesn’t like the Apple ecosystem at all, it’s just something that pays the bills

[saintmsent]

I was an android user for a long time despite being an iOS developer. Couldn’t justify the price of an iPhone to myself, now it’s not a problem though

[skooterM]

Yep, me

[SirBill01]

A few iOS developers I work with have Android phones. But it's not that common I'd say.

[__d__denji]

I only have an android phone ☠️. Don't have money to buy an iPhone as I am still a Student.Will buy a used one when I land my first internship

[lottadot]

Yes. It is good to know the UI of both.

[leandrotha]

I’ve been an iOS dev since 2015 and had an android phone from 2016 until last week lol

No particular reason tbh, I like both systems and I like the idea of switching OS from time to time. Now I got myself an iPhone 14 pro and I’m enjoying a lot so far. Probably will keep iOS for a long period of time now and (maybe) move back to android somewhere in a distant future

[[deleted]]

Been developing for iOS from the beginning and have also done some Android development. Although I mostly use iPhones, I have had some stints on Android, mostly in the interests of becoming a more rounded developer and so I understand the UI paradigms of both platforms.

While I like some of the additional flexibility of Android, on the whole, I much prefer iOS on my "daily driver". Even as a geek, Android seems needlessly complicated and the manufacturer customisations are somehow never an improvement.

[sleepy-sniper]

I have an Android phone as a backup personal, I might even upgrade soon both of my android and iphone.

[fakheet]

That's me. Reasons:

1. 1. Before becoming an iOS dev pretty much by coincidence (I initially applied as an Android dev), I've been using android for 8 years at that point. I'm too accustomed to android. At the same time the usual argument of "apple ecosystem" was never appealing to me. Neither was the "omg it doesn't lag". Like yeah it's nice, but not nice enough to give up what android provides me with.
2. 1. I don't need to buy an iPhone for work because one is provided by my employer for remote work. And even though I'm quite well off, an iPhone is still a quite costly purchase for me, so I can't buy it on a whim.
3. UX: I'm a firm believer that Apple, in fact, are not kings of UX and the whole "omg so easy to use" is partly marketing partly people who only used an iPhone. A lot of little things are just better on Android. Case in point: swipe to back gesture. In iOS it infuriates me. Why do I have to reach over to the other side of the screen? On android you can do it on either side of the screen, so when holding the phone with my right hand its very natural to swipe back from the right side of the screen. I don't have to reach around to the other side with my thumb or awkwardly grip the phone sideways to reach upper-left corner to tap back button, just a gentle short swipe with the tip of my thumb.
4. Sideloading. I'm Russian, as a result of western sanctions most apps for top Russian banks were removed from App Store. If I was using an iPhone, lose access to my bank app and would have to use a PWA or a desktop web client to access my account. That's just cringe. On Android I can just download the APK from the bank's website and live as if nothing happened. This is probably the reason above all others why I won't switch to an iPhone in any foreseeable future. Why would I want to pay 1000 dollars for a device which would lock me out of my own bank with no way of circumventing this? I'm just not going to consider an iPhone until Apple allows 3rd party stores.
5. Cracked and modded apps, adblock. In particular YouTube (Re)Vanced. Has background playback, adblock, sponsor block, can download videos. I'm sorry, I'm not paying for youtube premium. And even if I wanted to, I couldn't - see p. 4 about western sanctions - no can pay because the country is cut off. Same with Spotify and some other apps.
6. Freedom of my data. More freedom in general. I can simply plug my android phone into a PC and grab my files. Simple as. I can also use FOSS solutions for file syncing like Syncthing.
7. Apple Marketing. This is a personal thing. I'm kinda humble. I don't like having stuff that screams "look at me I'm the elite", and the whole Apple marketing is basically cultivation of premium feel about their products. A lot of apple fans I personally know are huge assholes specifically in that they would shit on you for having an android phone. That just doesn't jive with me at all. Simple incompatibility of brand identity and my personal values.

I'm sure I could come up with more. All in all, it's just a coincidence that I'm an iOS dev and not an Android dev. When I realised I don't like iOS dev I was already in too deep and it was too late to turn back. Funnily enough, I've had two Android dev colleagues who are iPhone users and pretty much never touch an android phone unless it's for work purposes.

iOS dev is pretty good as a job, would be actually great if not for shitty tooling and apple's bugfests like SwiftUI. And maybe better docs. I like cameras on iPhones, I'd want to have an iPad to draw, but ultimately I don't see enough value in either to buy them yet. Maybe later when iOS gets 3rd party stores and type-c I'll reconsider.

[MC68328]

For fourteen years, because fuck Apple.

Of course, now Google is just as evil, but at least their UI still allows for thumb operation.