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iPhone owner from day 1 in 2007, jumping ship to Android (Galaxy Nexus)

Doubleatheman

Doubleatheman

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Hey AndroidForums,

Before I dive into the regular forums, thought Id post a small intro here first.

I was one of those people crazy about the Original iPhone from day one it was available. Since then I have owned the 3GS (32gb) and 4 (32gb), waiting in line on day one for those iPhones also. Needless to say, the first 3 years I had with iPhone was amazing, with some drawbacks I did my best to look past.

Since I purchased my iPhone, every single last one of my close friends ended up buying iPhones, I was persistent, but I convinced them all having the internet in their pocket is something you cant live without. Now they hear I am getting an Android, they are downright angry with me.

Things I disliked about my iPhone from day one:

  • iTunes, I absolutely HATE iTunes. I never owned an iPod in my life, and I felt like dealing with itunes as my sync program for the last 4 years has been like pulling teeth. (The day iCloud iOS5 Beta 1 came out, I uninstalled iTunes.)
  • The lack of flash (adobe), I am still amazed at the amount of times I run into needing flash on my iPhone, this has been a pain in my side for years.
  • 20mb over 3g app/podcast limitation (not sure if android has something like this)
  • No data tethering for the first 3 years (I now pay AT$T $20 more a month for tethering)

In the long run, iOS has grown old and stale to me, Its the same look and feel of 5 years ago, yes I could jailbreak, but then updating software is a nightmare.

In the past years I have also ran away from stock Apple/AT&T applications & tools. My life has been Googlefied, not on purpose, but in each area of technical needs, Google seems to come out on top for me. I now use Gmail, Google Voice for SMS (I downright refuse to pay a single cent for text messaging) and Voicemail, Google reader, Google everything, we all know how that goes.

From Chrome on my desktop, to my CR-48 (love it, well it was FREE after all), to all the Google products I ended up using every day, why not make my phone something by Google too?

When the original Nexus came out, one of my friends purchased it, I was very impressed, that Android in its infancy of the time (~1 year old) was able to produce something so well made, but in my eyes the software was still behind, swiping between screens was laggy, and crashes were often.

Since the my only interaction with Android is when my boss purchased his HTC EVO, which immediately let me know how much I was missing on my tiny 3.5" screen.

I wanted a phone with a bigger screen, but I decided to wait, because all the iPhone rumors were pointing to a bigger screen, as we know that didn't happen.

So with the lackluster iPhone 4s, I have come here looking forward to the Galaxy Nexus.

The Galaxy Nexus is the first Android phone to answer to Apples retina display. And OMG its 4.65", I can finally feel comfortable sitting down and actually spending time on the web enjoying myself, not sitting uncomfortably trying to squint at my tiny 3.5" iPhone screen.

The camera is on par with the iPhone 4, and it takes photos faster, camera speed is a biggie to me. I could care less about 1080P though, as I own a dedicated Panasonic video camera. But taking 1080p from my phone will be cool, I guess.

Thin, I am obsessed with thin, and some of the early android devices were simply fat and clunky IMHO, wow is it a diffident story today, with many android phones being thinner than the iPhone is now.

Speed, I am a stickler for buttery smooth UI animations. I hate navigating around in a device when I feel its having a hard time just keeping up with me poking around in it. From what I have seen in the videos, the Galaxy Nexus is impressively smooth.

So here I await eagerly of any Nexus tidbits of news, I have to wait for the AT&T version, which appears to be still off in the distance.

Thanks for reading.

EDIT: I come to the forums to learn about Android, the ins and outs of it, to talk about rumors & to somehow get all this pent up anxiousness out of my system. (Yes it just a phone, but its a phone I use multiple hours every day of my life.)
 
Welcome to Android Forums!

You may not have to wait that long for the Galaxy Nexus, if you are that anxious for one. Rumor has it that they will be released overseas and most likely compatible with AT&T's frequency bands. You can buy one outright and use it without the bloatware. I am seriously considering doing that if I can find one at a semi-reasonable price.
 
lunatic59 said:
Welcome to Android Forums!

You may not have to wait that long for the Galaxy Nexus, if you are that anxious for one. Rumor has it that they will be released overseas and most likely compatible with AT&T's frequency bands. You can buy one outright and use it without the bloatware. I am seriously considering doing that if I can find one at a semi-reasonable price.
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I will likely do this, somehow paying up front and having no contract is a pleasing thought to me.

I assume the Galaxy Nexus will be about ~$629 unlocked? (going off the pricing that AT&T usually does for unlocked phones.) That is kinda pricey, although, I have been buying the iPhone higher model each time, with apple care, that usually sets me back ~$400 each year.

My line is not in contract, but the other on my family plan is.
 
I agree about the stale feeling of iOS. I got that after only two years of owning a 3GS. Another thing I think you'll find refreshing is the notification system. I got tired of my iPhone interrupting me all the time with notifications, whether it was a sports score or a text message. If you were in the middle of doing something else, you had to acknowledge that notification. With Android, your notifications show up along the top of the screen, but don't interrupt what you're doing. With text messages, the whole message scrolls across the screen, too, so you can read it and decide what you want to do. Getting to your notifications is just a simple swipe away, too. It's something I've found to be extremely refreshing.

Widgets are pretty cool, too.

In fact, just having the ability to customize a lot of the look of your phone is a welcome change. With iOS, all you could change were the backgrounds and the location of your apps. You couldn't even move the home screen apps around. With Android, you can set up numerous home screens (with one being the main home screen) any way you like. It's up to you. And if it gets stale, well, change it up. I really missed that ability after a while on the iPhone.

I haven't been an Android convert for long, but so far I am a big fan. I think you will be, too, mainly because you're doing it for many of the same reasons I did.

Oh, and just wait until you experience that bigger screen. It's awesome. One day you'll look at your iPhone and realize just how small it really is. And my 3GS feels like it weighs twice as much as my Galaxy S2.
 
Sierra255 said:
I agree about the stale feeling of iOS. I got that after only two years of owning a 3GS. Another thing I think you'll find refreshing is the notification system. I got tired of my iPhone interrupting me all the time with notifications, whether it was a sports score or a text message. If you were in the middle of doing something else, you had to acknowledge that notification. With Android, your notifications show up along the top of the screen, but don't interrupt what you're doing. With text messages, the whole message scrolls across the screen, too, so you can read it and decide what you want to do. Getting to your notifications is just a simple swipe away, too. It's something I've found to be extremely refreshing.

Widgets are pretty cool, too.

In fact, just having the ability to customize a lot of the look of your phone is a welcome change. With iOS, all you could change were the backgrounds and the location of your apps. You couldn't even move the home screen apps around. With Android, you can set up numerous home screens (with one being the main home screen) any way you like. It's up to you. And if it gets stale, well, change it up. I really missed that ability after a while on the iPhone.

I haven't been an Android convert for long, but so far I am a big fan. I think you will be, too, mainly because you're doing it for many of the same reasons I did.

Oh, and just wait until you experience that bigger screen. It's awesome. One day you'll look at your iPhone and realize just how small it really is. And my 3GS feels like it weighs twice as much as my Galaxy S2.
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Actually I have been using iOS 5 since it first came out as a beta, and the notifications inside of iOS now are just like on Android, but that was still far too late to keep me on my iPhone.

I can't wait for the bigger screen, I want to actually SEE the full web :)
 
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