I've had an Android phone since the TMobile 3G (second ever Android phone) and I'm starting to seriously consider an iPhone.
I'm not an Apple fan. I don't use any Apple products right now. However, it's impossible to deny that Android phones are always 2-3 years behind Apple in terms of hardware and software.
I also never spend more than $500 on a phone, which has iPhones out of reach.
You can get a lot of used iPhone for $500. I bought my XS maybe 3 years ago for a little less than 500€. I’m still using it. The battery starts to age but not enough for a replacement (it generally finishes the day but I have no more extra buffer). Other than that, I can’t imagine what could make me buy anything else.
I would totally love an iPhone mini because i find the Xs too big but i don’t feel like it’s worth spending money. I would also totally buy a non-googled Android (because I don’t like nowadays Apple mentality) that I could keep updated for years but it just doesn’t exists.
So here I am, with my Xs, which honestly, feels like, to me, an exceptional phone for 2022: beautiful, fast, updated, nice picture quality, reliable, and totally cheap. It would be a total dream if the App Store wasn’t a dictature or if side loading was possible.
I think the iphone SE is under $500. I used an apple iphone 8 up until this Christmas. The iphone SE is basically a slightly upgraded iphone 8 which i think has 1 more gb of ram or something.
I will sometimes just buy a model or 2 back used or refurbished since they last for quite a while. You could probably get the 11 for under $500 as well.
Ah, same here. I really like the positives the iphone seems to have, but can't justify buying a phone that's as expensive as they are to myself, and then still be bogged down with consciously user-hostile design choices like no headphone jacks, sd card slots or app-sideloading.
Sucks, because everything else about iOS is super cool and well thought-out IMO.
I'm not an Apple fan. I don't use any Apple products right now. However, it's impossible to deny that Android phones are always 2-3 years behind Apple in terms of hardware and software.
I also never spend more than $500 on a phone, which has iPhones out of reach.