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But other than that, I don't hear many other reasons why people actually prefer iPhones over Androids. What other reasons are there?

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[–] Joshie@lemmy.one 94 points 1 year ago (37 children)

OS updates. It’s frustrating to buy a top of the line android phone just for it to be forgotten by the manufacturer in 6-8 months.

[–] tooting_lemmy@lemm.ee 37 points 1 year ago (23 children)

Pixels give you 5 years now same as iphone.

[–] infotainment@lemmy.world 27 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (6 children)

I still haven't quite forgiven Google for abandoning owners of the Nexus 5X the second the Pixel came out...

[–] GeneralBoop@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

The 5X was such a garbage device that it makes sense that they’d try to sweep that trash under the rug. I swear I was getting barely more than 40 minutes SoT and it would get stupidly hot if you tried to do anything on it.

I was so happy with my Pixel 1 purchase, Pixel 2 was also a treat. And then I switched to iPhone in 2018 because Google pissed me off when they insisted that the half pink screen on my Pixel 3 was normal and acceptable. I’ve had an iPhone as my daily ever since, but have tried every Pixel since and currently own a 7 as a backup phone.

But the iPhone experience is still overall better, especially since CarPlay is still rock solid compared to Android Auto, which was one of my absolute deciding factors. Apollo was too, but now that’s gone, so if Google could make wireless Android Auto not turn my Pixel 7 into a furnace and improve the battery life in general further for the Pixel 8, I could see me returning to Android.

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