Ecosystem, interface, camera quality.
The only interface I liked with androids was the LG G series. Then I cracked my LGs screen and repair took forever and a lot of money.
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Ecosystem, interface, camera quality.
The only interface I liked with androids was the LG G series. Then I cracked my LGs screen and repair took forever and a lot of money.
Because it’s fast, smooth, and works damn near perfectly.
Got tired of waiting for Google to give it all out on their latest Pixel 8. so i dropped them like a hot potato and switched to iPhone. No regrets. Owned Pixel 2XL to Pixel 7. I say, bye bye Pixel!
I started on the iPhone 3G. And while I've never owned an Android as a daily driver, I've certainly had to use them or support staff or customers at work who needed assistance doing something on them.
To me, iPhones are just about as easy as you'll find, yet still have a lot of capability.
Sure, modding the phone back in the day with Jailbreaking was cool and fun to do, but the iPhone kept adding features that I was getting through JB, so it just was no longer worth the hassle of not only going through the process, but then also not being able to update the phone with security fixes.
I like the quality of the build, the fact that the phone basically doesn't crash (I remember back in the 4 days, trying to run tons of apps at the same time, and the phone just wouldn't slow down enough to be noticeable), and of course the ecosystem is great - I got the iPad the year it came out, and only last year did I finally decide to get the Apple Watch, and that's been great for tracking my health in general, as well as being useful at work.
Because it just works.
It’s the only product that my pilot apps work with. But it’s the best phone for me.
build quality and the fact that an iphone remains usable for years after an equivalent android phone
I had Android from the beginning until my 14PM last year, and now 15PM. I’ll never go back. Everything about this phone is better than any Android I’ve ever owned. Top to bottom.
Just the sheer optimisation and smoothness, android tends to lag in 1-2 years, sure an iPhone might get a bit slow too but it doesn't lag when it gets old
Never even tried android and am invested into eco system. Would like to try an android tho
I don’t feel like buying all the apps on all the platforms. I like iMessages. And I like I’m apples customer not some mfg like Samsung to android.
Ecosystem integration.
My iPhones have had less random issues, and o got an Apple Watch as a gift right when I was due for an upgrade.
Im used to IOS
A few reasons:
It provides a quality out of the box experience.
Lack of bloat (back when I bought my phone through my carrier, Apple was the only one to say fuck you we’re not installing your garbage carrier apps, which I appreciated).
It’s popular, so most things out there in the “real world” (here in the US) are designed to accommodate it. This includes accessories.
Good hardware resulting in reliable, consistent performance.
I prefer Mac to Windows, so the integration is convenient (though it’s not really something I’d seek out).
Apple stores are available for support. Shipping off my phone for repair or something doesn’t appeal to me.
Apple Watch is nice.
Google’s Pixel line accomplishes a lot of this too, aside from the things that depend on popularity, so I like Pixels too.
Because it feels nice to use and I find it reliable
Also the ecosystem is nice
I come from a pixel 5 and recently switched to iphone 15. I think the pixel is better in terms of workflow. Everything is customizable down to exactly which notifications I receive and how I receive them, how I navigate apps and a lot of smart convenient functions in keyboard or volume settings.
The reason I changed to iphone is because of everything social and reliability. I know I can use social apps to their full ability for smooth communication and I will be less bothered by bugs. Most likely when something isn’t working as it should it is my fault and not the phone ignoring my settings.
I’ve found iPhones last longer with good performance than android phones that I’ve used. All my Android phones have deteriorated in performance in 1 year.
Battery is a concern in iPhones that I’ve had. But the performance and longer lasting quality has been compensating for that. Apart from stock android phones all other phones have lot of bloatware.
But the most important reason is android had become monstrous in size. I hate those huge phones. The only small phone with unbeatable performance was iPhone SE. I felt it was launched only for me to buy 🤣 But I waited until I got it for 16K rupees. Then I got Se2 and got SE3 2 months ago.
When I got my first smartphone I looked at several brands and the different options.
This was the time of slide out keyboards, flip phones etc., early days of Android etc. A few friends had some different designs and most had some defect or “feature” that made them hard to use.
So I tried the iPhone 3G. Been Apple ever since. Actually expanded into MacBooks, iPads etc.
Because it is the least problematic, with the best security and longevity. Read that as, the smallest amount of stress for the longest amount of time. Lets face it. All these things are trash.
It was free and I don’t give a fuck about these phone wars. It gets the job done and that’s all I care about.
Because it doesn’t have components pressing against the oled screen causing bumps like the pixel does
So I started down this road back in 2009. Imo android phones really sucked in 2009. The iPhone 3GS was pretty wow. I had previously used a Treo, BlackBerry, Nokia n80, various PDAs, and te iPhone seemed the most polished. Mind you I thought the first iPhone sucked royally especially bc if the lack of real gps, no flash, AT&T asshats made Apple disable MMS because there were afraid it would break their network lol, anyways…
I was already somewhat in the Apple ecosystem with ipods. I had owned iPods for several years at this point and it was also a plus that I could just connect this new device that would have all my music and playlists as I set them up and I didn’t have to carry a separate phone or use a different music management app. I stayed with iPhone because I got more entrenched in the Apple ecosystem. Most of my social circle use iPhones which makes messaging easier, although I have friends and relatives in mh country of origin so I still use WhatsApp a lot.
Perhaps more than you wanted in an answer? 🤷
I use AN iPhone because of the predictability.
I know exactly what I’m getting every time I get a new one, I know exactly how long it’s going to last and what it’s going to support and be supported by. I personally love the UI (I think that might be a controversial opinion).
When you get the top line product you don’t have to worry about upgrading for 4+ years so it’s not really that big of a cost in the long run considering how much I use mine.
I have 12+ hours of screen time a lot of days so between my familiarity, the computing power, the UI I like, and the sheer consistency of the phone and its relationship with apps and other devices… I never think twice about whether my phone is capable of what I need it to do.
I practically never use my computer unless I need to do anything like upload something for longer than I can afford to have my phone screen occupied.
Come to think of it, I should just go ahead and get an iPad too and call it a day.
Needed to change my old phone my girlfriend sold me her iPhone cheap
Blue chat bubble
I tried all famous phone OS like starting with Symbian Microsoft Android So now iOS.
I always end up with an iPhone. I hate expensive things that don’t feel well polished. Every year I go through usually 5-6 phones just because I’m in a position where I can swap frequently.
For example I got the fold 5 on launch and ended up trading it in for the S23 ultra because the fold had so many bugs. When I got the S23, I had issues with frames dropping in animations all the time and it felt sluggish. Given the cost I thought it was unacceptable so I traded the s23 ultra in for a pixel 8 pro. I had issues with overheating and frame drops as well as signal issues so I returned that and bought a 15 pro.
So for me, it’s not really that I want to use an iPhone, it’s that the competition doesn’t have as smooth of an experience. Once I find a brand that can make android smooth and reliable, I’ll likely switch to that.
iMessage, FaceTime, and Snapchat camera quality. Literally that’s it and I would have an android otherwise
iPhones just operate the way I want a smartphone to operate, iMessage and, I have rarely had any issues out of iOS. I’m also invested into the Apple ecosystem; MacBook, AirPods, watch, AppleTV with AppleTV subscription, and have most of my digital movies and music through Apple as well plus Apple Music subscription.
I like the consistency in the OS, the higher quality apps (not sure how it compares lately, i switched years ago), and my and my wife’s family are all on iPhone so iMessage is great. Apple Arcade is awesome, too!
i’ll never forget from 2010 to 2013 i had like 3 droids in a row, all eventually crashed and stopped working completely. in 2014 i bought my first iPhone, the 5. it went on for 3 years no problem. what a great phone.
Started with BlackBerry. Then jumped to android. Hated Apple for years because of iTunes. Tried an iPhone 7 for work and hated it. Jumped ship from android after pixel 6 to a 13 pro. Feels so much better now.
Android was fine but just got tired of feeling like I was compromising what I wanted to stay with it. Example was the watches. I dropped a lot of money at the Apple Store that day. Lol
software support
because i’m not 18, my parents got iphones when i was 5. i’ve had apple products my entire life other than my lg wing i bought for pokémon go. evreything just eorks
I pick it because I hate android. It's horrendous.
It's simple to use and I also have more Apple devices and they all work together in harmony.
Those other phones weren’t out when I started with iPhone (came from BlackBerry). Plus being in the Apple ecosystem makes everything nice and convenient.
The iPhone is just smooth and trouble free in my opinion and experience. I’ve had a handful of android devices but felt they always got laggy and slow after a year-ish. The iPhone is forever snappy.
Simplicity. It simply works how I expect it to and when I need it to. Apple’s Face ID just works.
Hands down. User interface. It just works. Manages itself very good. All apps work as expected.
Got one in 2010 and liked it
Because my parents buy me them. I actually wanted a pixel but my mom forbade me. My reason is I would like to code an android app but you can’t test your android app on an iPhone.
A few years back when I had my S9 I was working in a worksite on christmas day, had to make a call and found my phone had died, out of battery despite not using it most the day (it was about -3°c all day), got back to my van, plugged it in, and it said 80%, Got an iPhone because everyone else had one at work, and needed something more reliable, a lot of the calls I need to make are safety critical
The rest of the family does. If they didn’t all use it I’d still be on Android.