Breaking up with iPhone for Android By Johanna Foudy
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I got my first iPhone in 2014. It was an iPhone 5c in coral. Although I was only 8 at the time, technology has always been exciting to me, especially when it came to Apple. However, as iPhones have continued to evolve, they have become repetitive and expensive. This is why, after owning an iPhone and being part of the Apple Ecosystem for more than a decade, I switched to Android.
My Relationship with Apple:
I have owned four iPhones. The 5c, the 6s, the 8 Plus, and the iPhone 12 mini.
I remember when the iPhone 5c and 5s first came out. It was incredible, exciting, it was new – the colors and features. Touch ID, etc. All were such foreign concepts to me, yet it fascinated me in many ways.
Then the iPhone 6/6s came out. It was larger, offered different colors, yet had many of the same features as before. The iPhone 7 had no headphone jack, the iPhone X had no home button and FaceID, the iPhone 11 had a new camera system, which then switched again for the 12 and 13; however, after a while, it became repetitive.
Incredibly repetitive. Apple, to me, went from being fun, exciting, and new to repetitive and boring. There weren’t too many new features, and all that really changed was the camera quality, the materials used to make the phones, and the battery life.
Why I made the Switch:
Now, before anyone comes for me, yes, I understand that the battery life of the phones improved, yes, they get faster -- yes, the cameras were incredible -- however, many of these new features did not do much for me.
Unless it is my job to create content, it is not really necessary to be shooting film-style footage on my phone. Even with major camera upgrades and battery-life improvements, there is still no way to justify the prices of iPhones or the constant releases of what feels like the same device year after year.
I am also tired of the lack of innovation that the company has presented over the past several years.
It has also gotten very expensive to even get the latest phone. I paid $399 for my Google Pixel, while the new iPhone 17 is over $1k and has many of the same features, such as a great camera and screen dimensions.
There hasn’t really been anything that makes me go “Now, this is what technology is about,” especially when my new Google Pixel offers many of the same features for less than half the price. Often, Android has offered these features longer than Apple has.
For example, features such as AI (Google Gemini) have been available on Android for 2 years longer than on Apple. Apple has also been said to be quite behind in AI and other innovations.
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