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Moving from iOS to Android...
Honestly wasn't ready to but events have transpired to move things along.
Not sure how I feel about it.
I liked it when I did it. And then regretted it when the instability and hardware problems came, and the lack of vendor protection. It's weird the things you don't think about in iOS are often the killer features. From an interface and usability standpoint, I liked the Android better.
The whole vendor support thing really irks me, as some vendors support for their phones varies by model.
Luckily(?) I'm got the use of a Pixel phone and updates are good (just got Android 14 today!).
Even Pixel update support sucks monkey ****. They're great at getting updates out for supported devices, but devices are only supported for 3 years from the first day the device was sold in retail. For those of us that don't update phones regularly, that still blows. Apple has Google beat hands down in this area.
I say this while my personal phone is still a Pixel 3a XL. It works fine, but I've been growing more concerned over lack of updates for a while now. While I know I should upgrade, it's working great still.
Root it and install a custom rom? I've done that when I've managed to keep a phone beyond it's usual updates.
I've been looking, but haven't decided on a rom yet.
i've always had android, since smartphones began. just can't make myself get an iphone. now i no longer care, purchasing is based on cost. recently had to get, didn't want to, had to get, a new phone. hard to go past a samsung with more features in it than an iphone for only $AU350.00.
not saying android is better than iOS, I don't care, but I am saying that spending $350 is way better than over $1000.
I go for what is cheapest per year of having a phone.
If you can get a deal on a latest Samsung Android phone, it can be like $120-ish - $200 per year for 4 years (I got a new Samsung S23 for less than $500 locking myself in with TMobile for 2 years after I traded in my old one). I say 4 years because that's how long they (Samsung) typically support phones, providing security updates and such. Being what phones are today, it's a requirement to always use a phone actively receiving security updates.
Sure, you might be able to get an S20-S22 for like $2-300. But then you have to do it again in a year or 2 years or it will go out of support. Thereby increasing the per year cost of having a phone.
https://endoflife.date/samsung-mobile