Long-time iOS user considering switch to Android - Need advice on $1000 flagships

Submitted ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨mudkip@lemdro.id⁩ to ⁨technology@lemmy.world⁩

Title: Long-time iOS user considering switch to Android - Need advice on $1000 flagships

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Hey everyone, I’m looking at phones around the $1000 price point and would love some input. I’ve been an iOS user for years but I’m seriously considering making the jump to Android this time.

Here’s what I’m looking at:

iPhone 17 Pro - The safe choice since I’m already in the ecosystem

Samsung Galaxy S25 - Hearing good things about this generation

Pixel 10 Pro - Probably crossing this one off the list due to the stability issues I’ve been reading about (the 911 call failures, overheating problems, etc.)

Nothing Phone - The design looks really cool, but I’m not sure if they have anything in this price range

For those who’ve made the switch from iOS to Android (or vice versa), what would you recommend? Any major gotchas I should know about? And is the Nothing Phone even worth considering as a daily driver at this price point?

Thanks in advance!

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SpeedRunner@europe.pub ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
All devices are going through enshittification. Android and iOS alike.

Feature wise, you can pretty much get everything on both. One is maybe a bit more bouncy and the other a bit more squishy when you pull from the edge. But that’s about it.

Android provides a bit more customisation, iOS has better defaults and more embedded ecosystem.

Apple will now be forced to allow “side loading” (installing apps, actually) which Android had for ages. Google, on the other hand is making installations from non-Google Play sources more difficult.

Everybody will have their own preferences, but in the end on the Pro spectrum, differences are minimal.

Basically: pick your poison.

I’ve personally had Samsungs for a while and quite happy with them, even with some a annoyances. Still miss my S3. Others might have had different experiences.

There are Fairphones, PostmarketOS and other alternatives. Unfortunately though, if you’re looking for a premium phone, these are not there yet.

TL;DR Both suck about the same. Differences are in details. You’ll be about the same miserable with both.

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- mudkip@lemdro.id ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  Thanks for the detailed answer.
  
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Aatube@kbin.melroy.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
the xiaomi 17 pro is getting a lot of hype for its display on the back, and this is the company well known for emulating an apple feel quite well on android... and being Chinese

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Aatube@kbin.melroy.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
i'm surprised that the fediverse manifestation here has not recommended the fairphone yet

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- Lfrith@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  Not sure they’d be happy with the hardware performance and camera if they are the type willing to drop $1000 on a phone coming from the iPhone. So that’s probably the main reason.
  
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- Atherel@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  the fairphone has it’s place but I think it’s not what op is looking for.
  
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  - Aatube@kbin.melroy.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    the inclusion of nothing phone in the lineup makes me unsure what op is looking for so i just assumed they was looking for general phone recommendations lol
    
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Broken@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
It depends what experience you are looking for and why you are switching. Plus what region you are in because some phones are not available/the same in all countries.

But I prefer Pixel with Graphene OS installed. Very private and granular controls, but not always the smoothest experience because locking down for privacy isn’t convenient.

Stock I really like the Samsung S series. Decent UI and doesn’t feel bogged down.

I think for “gotchas” you should consider how you message people and how you pay for things. Not that those are deal breakers for you, but they seem to be the most prevalent daily use cases that can’t always be gotten around.

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frog_brawler@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
Why make the jump to android? What prompted the consideration?

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GreenKnight23@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
get yourself a refurbished note 5 and flash it with LineageOS.

flagship phone, zero google bloat, and runs just as well as a new phone. cost; $150 and an hour of your time.

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- liebach@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  Yeah, something like this. Going from iOS to Android is potentially very rough, depending on how you use your phone, and going de-googled Android right off the bat might be worth it, if you value not being surveilled for advertising all the time and like it rough, I guess.
  
  I’m on a Pixel 8 Pro now, with GrapheneOS, and it’s been great.
  
  Just saw that the new Nothing phones come with unremovable Facebook bloat installed BTW, which is pretty bad.
  
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Aatube@kbin.melroy.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
nothing phone: are you aware that the nothing phone 3 got rid of the glyph interface?

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- mudkip@lemdro.id ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  Yes, it’s sad. I thought it was great
  
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architect@thelemmy.club ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
My pixel has massive problems with the cherry being when its modem went out when I was on my way to my first vacation in near a decade. Just… stopped working in my hands 1 month outside of warranty. I didn’t drop it, nothing.

It. Just. Stopped. Being. A. Phone.

Never the fuck again.

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technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
Why not neither?

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Mosfar@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
I switched from an iPhone to an OnePlus 13 this year and I’m happy with my choice. Check the new OnePlus 15(?) that’s launching these days

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simulacra_procession@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
Whatever you get make sure it has more than a couple years left of software update support. This sort of narrows the field, and you don’t need to go Samsung for the full 5-7years or w/e their newest lines will have, but make sure it’s not essentially software EOL in the next couple years. Look for more like 3-5y out.

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rekabis@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
Both platforms have problems, and some of those problems are big ones, but Google’s actions with the Play Store makes Apple’s shenanigans look like that of a choir boy or Boy Scout:

howtogeek.com/how-google-tracks-and-scans-everyth…

I have no clue how this doesn’t creep everyone right TF out.

And saying “I have nothing to hide” is the answer of cultivated ignorance:

amnesty.ca/…/wrong-response-mass-surveillance/

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kasuaaliucceli@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
I was Android user ever since from version 2.3 or so, but last 5 years I’ve been using an iPhone. I’m a bit curious what makes you consider switching? With the direction Google seems to be taking Android nowadays, I don’t see any reason to switch back.

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Nima@leminal.space ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
I use a oneplus 8 and their phones are quite good. I highly recommend them.

I’ve not needed to upgrade cause this thing has been excellent since I bought it.

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