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Old 23-08-2016, 14:25
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Hiya all I have always used a Android mobile. And. I was thinking about getting the iphone 6s plus.
What is your experiences with Android and IOS?
And what are the significant differences between them?
Thanks
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Old 23-08-2016, 14:34
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If you do buy an iPhone, don't buy now.

The new iPhones are coming out in 2-3 weeks and even if you don't buy one of these latest models, there will be price cuts on the 6s models.

The most obvious advantage of buying an iPhone is you'll get all the latest software updates for the next 4-5 years. With Android, you're lucky to get 2 years of device support before they expect you to buy a new device - even Google Nexus devices are falling into this standard.

I'll leave all the flame war stuff for everyone else in regards to performance and security.
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Old 23-08-2016, 14:44
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Price is a pretty significant difference!
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Old 23-08-2016, 16:49
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Price is a pretty significant difference!
Price CAN BE a difference - the flagship Android handsets cost fully as much as iPhones and Apple are starting to have a wider range of models on offer. Also - because of the better long-term support - iPhones hold their value better.
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Old 23-08-2016, 17:31
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If you do buy an iPhone, don't buy now.

The new iPhones are coming out in 2-3 weeks and even if you don't buy one of these latest models, there will be price cuts on the 6s models.

The most obvious advantage of buying an iPhone is you'll get all the latest software updates for the next 4-5 years. With Android, you're lucky to get 2 years of device support before they expect you to buy a new device - even Google Nexus devices are falling into this standard.

I'll leave all the flame war stuff for everyone else in regards to performance and security.
TBH there is not much more I or anyone else can add to what you have said there.

Def wait though, new iPhones and Nexus devices are due out soon.
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Old 23-08-2016, 17:58
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Hiya all I have always used a Android mobile. And. I was thinking about getting the iphone 6s plus.
What is your experiences with Android and IOS?
And what are the significant differences between them?
Thanks
The role of the phone operating system is to give you stock apps like browsers and calendars and to enable an ecosystem of apps in a store which run on top of the OS, you also need settings to be able to choose OS options and connect to wifi or set up preferences, that's it basically, then everything else is in the hands of third party developers.

Both systems have all of this, and there's nothing major that one system can do which the other can't. What it comes down to really is personal preference, I'll rank what I think the best aspects are of each.

Apple IOS
Polished and more perfected user experience end to end
More curation of apps and slightly better app security
Better if you run lots of Apple products and sync things across devices
Great for updates, everyone gets them on the day of release and you are guaranteed updates
Store support, need help go to an Apple store and they will book you in and sort it out

Android
More open source, more free or lower cost apps
You can customise your experience a lot more
Wide variety of phones from different makers, meaning more options in terms of design and hardware features
Can normally mod or put different software on if you want to
Can be lower cost (not always) but there are extremely good Android phones out there for very good prices

I'd say it's really down to personal preference, no one of them is 'better' because 'better' is subjective to the person who is buying and what they rank as the most important things to them, they are both 'different'.

I deliberately spread myself about, I use IOS on my iPad, I use Android on my phone, I'm typing this on my Windows laptop having just finished work using my work supplied Macbook where I spent a large amount of the day using Linux via SSH to manage servers.
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Old 23-08-2016, 18:13
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Another vote for android, great OS, always used it, prefer stock devices to ones that like to put a skin on top. Would never buy an iPhone, but that's just my personal preference
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Old 24-08-2016, 17:27
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@thine wonk pretty much summed it up well

They're different.

Personally, and as a software engineer, I was with android for quite a long time, but after much frustration with app, OS quality & slow updates, I switched to iPhone 6s+ in Sep last year. That price sting was high, but you know what? Zero regrets. Pretty much everything about the experience is better for me (and in part the fact I can't play so much could be a good thing..........)
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Old 26-08-2016, 07:58
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If you do buy an iPhone, don't buy now.

The new iPhones are coming out in 2-3 weeks and even if you don't buy one of these latest models, there will be price cuts on the 6s models.

The most obvious advantage of buying an iPhone is you'll get all the latest software updates for the next 4-5 years. With Android, you're lucky to get 2 years of device support before they expect you to buy a new device - even Google Nexus devices are falling into this standard.

I'll leave all the flame war stuff for everyone else in regards to performance and security.
You may want to speak to iPhone 4s users about this one. Still sold worldwide until September 2014, and in India until February this year - yet allegedly no iOS 10 support.

It's nice to see a thread that mostly hasn't resorted to the standard stuff though

Both Android and iOS have pros and cons. Android tends to have the newer features these days, apple has the better choice of peripherals to buy. Decide your budget and see what you can buy.

Either way I would definitely wait until the next gen iPhones are out and also the 2016 Nexus phones are due a fairly imminent release.
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Old 26-08-2016, 08:30
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You may want to speak to iPhone 4s users about this one. Still sold worldwide until September 2014, and in India until February this year - yet allegedly no iOS 10 support.

It's nice to see a thread that mostly hasn't resorted to the standard stuff though

Both Android and iOS have pros and cons. Android tends to have the newer features these days, apple has the better choice of peripherals to buy. Decide your budget and see what you can buy.

Either way I would definitely wait until the next gen iPhones are out and also the 2016 Nexus phones are due a fairly imminent release.
Apple can't support the iPhone 4S forever. 5 years is good going. It's much better than the support you get on android devices. We have phones like the S5 and LG G3 released in 2014 which won't be getting nougat.
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Old 26-08-2016, 08:42
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Apple can't support the iPhone 4S forever. 5 years is good going. It's much better than the support you get on android devices. We have phones like the S5 and LG G3 released in 2014 which won't be getting nougat.
I fully agree about the poor support from Samsung and LG - I tend to veer away from these personally. The point I was making was that you still need to be aware that not everything you buy from the Apple store is going to be supported long-term. Buying an iPhone 4s in India in February, for example, wouldn't have been the best bet if you wanted long-term support. It's also worth stressing that whilst older models get "the latest software" from Apple it's often a cutdown version of it missing, often, the latest features.

Didn't want to get into the whole "vs" argument. There are genuinely pros and cons to each side - but to blanket statement made was a little misleading. Buy a Nexus and you'll get 2 or 3 years of updates with all features (excluding where hardware restricts). Buy an iPhone and you may get an extra year or so of updates but it may be a restricted version.

EDIT - worth also noting that with Android more and more of the features are managed by applications rather than OS meaning that updates can be rolled out very quickly. Dialler, launcher, Gmail/inbox, calendar, contacts, play store, services etc are all apps that get updated regularly. This is partly why the OS updates on Android are, arguably, becoming less exciting. They are more about under the bonnet changes (performance, battery life, split screen etc) and supporting new hardware (iris scanners etc) than they are about significant changes to the look and feel or feature set.
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Old 26-08-2016, 12:39
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I will tell you an absolute truth in simple words. If you are an android user then the chances of not liking an iPhone or iOS is pretty high. Means, you might not going to like it. But if you are an iOS user (or iPhone user) then you will realize the differences between iOS and Android. And you will like your iOS more than Android.
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Old 26-08-2016, 13:12
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I will tell you an absolute truth in simple words. If you are an android user then the chances of not liking an iPhone or iOS is pretty high. Means, you might not going to like it. But if you are an iOS user (or iPhone user) then you will realize the differences between iOS and Android. And you will like your iOS more than Android.
Haha. What a silly post.

Plenty move from android to apple and from apple to android. You may have a personal preference but not everyone agrees with you
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Old 26-08-2016, 15:11
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I will tell you an absolute truth in simple words. If you are an android user then the chances of not liking an iPhone or iOS is pretty high. Means, you might not going to like it. But if you are an iOS user (or iPhone user) then you will realize the differences between iOS and Android. And you will like your iOS more than Android.
Incredibly silly post as per the last posters comments.
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Old 26-08-2016, 16:08
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Apple can't support the iPhone 4S forever. 5 years is good going. It's much better than the support you get on android devices. We have phones like the S5 and LG G3 released in 2014 which won't be getting nougat.
This I think is the critical point. I don't think iOS is any more secure than Android but at least Apple do push security updates out quite quickly. With Android whilst Google do it for their own devices most phone makers seem not to give a toss. When you look at how more and more of our lives are controlled by our phones the very fact that so many Android devices are insecure and unlikely to ever get security updates makes Android a bit of a joke.

It's OK Motorola promising Android 7 for the Moto G. I don't give a stuff, I'd rather have a secure version 5 or 6 first.
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Old 26-08-2016, 16:42
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I've had both and use iOS on, iPad and Android on my Nexus phone. I prefer the keyboard on my phone (and I've tried just about every iOS keyboard and the Google one is similar but not as good as the Android Google keyboard). Notifications are far superior on Android although iOS has copied the best features so looks superficially similar.

The app selection is similar but you may find differences in functionality due to the OS and app store policies (eg IFTTT app)

Where iOS wins is battery life and stability. The number of times I've flashed an android update and my phone grinds to a halt, or it just has a few days of poor battery life and performance. I realise these are most likely app problems but it is more pronounced on android.

Other than that it's a personal preference - many feed iOS looks dated and hasn't changed much in years, others don't like the fragmentation you get with Android. The Google rewards app means I rarely pay for an app as my account always had plenty of credit on, but family sharing on iOS is far better (especially as I use Google apps so I can't use the Android equivalent at all)

I'm waiting to see what the iPhone 7 and the new Nexus phone is like before I make the jump...
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Old 26-08-2016, 17:37
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I've had both and use iOS on, iPad and Android on my Nexus phone. I prefer the keyboard on my phone (and I've tried just about every iOS keyboard and the Google one is similar but not as good as the Android Google keyboard). Notifications are far superior on Android although iOS has copied the best features so looks superficially similar.

The app selection is similar but you may find differences in functionality due to the OS and app store policies (eg IFTTT app)

Where iOS wins is battery life and stability. The number of times I've flashed an android update and my phone grinds to a halt, or it just has a few days of poor battery life and performance. I realise these are most likely app problems but it is more pronounced on android.

Other than that it's a personal preference - many feed iOS looks dated and hasn't changed much in years, others don't like the fragmentation you get with Android. The Google rewards app means I rarely pay for an app as my account always had plenty of credit on, but family sharing on iOS is far better (especially as I use Google apps so I can't use the Android equivalent at all)

I'm waiting to see what the iPhone 7 and the new Nexus phone is like before I make the jump...
You may not have spotted but you can now set up family groups on android and share app, movie, book, music purchases etc between your family group

We used to have a "shared" secondary account to achieve this but don't need it any more
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Old 26-08-2016, 19:10
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You may not have spotted but you can now set up family groups on android and share app, movie, book, music purchases etc between your family group

We used to have a "shared" secondary account to achieve this but don't need it any more
You can't start a family group with a Google apps account.. We all have our own with domains. With hindsight I should have used a standard Google account many years ago 😀
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Old 26-08-2016, 19:22
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Apple or Android

My advice is go to an Apple or any phone store and try out an iPhone and see how it works since you already have an Android phone. Then compare them and choose the phone and operating system that you like the best.
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Old 26-08-2016, 21:52
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You can't start a family group with a Google apps account.. We all have our own with domains. With hindsight I should have used a standard Google account many years ago 😀
Ok. You've lost me Google apps account ?

(Intrigued)
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Old 26-08-2016, 22:00
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Thank you everyone for your replies. I think I will pop into a Apple store when the new mobiles are released.
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Old 26-08-2016, 22:01
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I moved from Android to Apple 4 or 5 months ago and although I did like Android I do like Apple. I'm not to keen on ITunes as a music player though and now use Spottify a lot on my IPhone. 5s. I had an IPad Mini 4 for last 2 month before I got my IPhone 5s.
My sister as been using an IPhone ever since the IPhone 3 came out and upgrades every 18 months or so.

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Old 26-08-2016, 22:03
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Ok. You've lost me Google apps account ?
https://apps.google.com/

Allows you to have gmail and other google products branded with your domain name and company logo. For a while you could get this for free (for 10 users) but no new free accounts can be set up. Lots of US universities and lots of small businesses use this. Competes with MS Office 365 email etc.
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Old 27-08-2016, 21:02
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Apple, Apple, Apple, Oi, Oi, Oi. Apple, Apple, Apple, Oi, Oi, Oi. Apple, Oi. Apple Oi. Apple, Apple, Apple, Oi, Oi, Oi. Now try replacing Apple with Android. It doesn't work does it!
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Old 27-08-2016, 22:22
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Notifications are far superior on Android although iOS has copied the best features so looks superficially similar.
Could you expand on this please?

As someone on the cusp of jumping ship to iOS from Android I'm interested in what I might miss from a notifications perspective. Thanks.
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