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Comment by matchbok | Hacker News Reader

Have you used an Android phone lately?

There's just no comparison.

Yes, iOS and Android developer here. Switched my daily driver from iPhone to a Pixel 3a. Difference is negligible in everything except for cost.

I’ve switched back and forth several times. Nexus, Pixel, OnePlus, Galaxy, multiple generations for all but OnePlus. iPhones 3G and later (on the latest generation). The polish of the experience on iOS still beats android for me, although the last time I tried a pixel I think it was the closest it’s ever been. Google has some cool tricks, but apples integration with the rest of their ecosystem pushes it over the edge for me, and I do have other Google products like home/nest WiFi.

Similar. I mostly got tired of switching back and forth.

It's probably just because I'm used to Android, but whenever I use my company issued iPhone it just feels slugish and unintuitive to me. My android makes me feel like I'm operating a handheld computer with specialized software, an iPhone makes me feel like I picked up some weird foreign device at a farmers market.

I haven't use an apple product since 2015/2016. I switched to android (some junky Chinese phone) because of price, was a downgrade. Now I recently updated to a newer and nicer android device and the whole experience is much nicer than my old Apple product was. What has changed to make there be "no comparison" in your mind? I'm interested.

Is that comparable though? Seems like you're comparing the 2021 Android "experience" to the 2016 Apple "experience."

I'm comparing my 500$ Samsung S10e to my gf's 1200$ iPhone 11 Pro, the difference is there but it's definitely not worth extra 700$.

I said:

> What has changed to make there be "no comparison" in your mind? I'm interested.

I'm asking the question because I genuinely have no idea what's changed in Apple products over the years. I was replying to someone who seems like they have and I was asking for them to explain what's changed and what makes them so much better/worse respectively.

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