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Lifetime Samsung user switches to iPhone for a week

(Topic created on: 03-13-2020 09:52 AM)
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jamesy
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Apple for a week

So I decided to take a risk and try an IPhone for a week. I bought the 8+ running the latest version of ios. and set everything up and Here's how it went. The home screen is plain pretty boring but it has everything you need app wise there. It's pretty smooth but I wouldn't say its game changing. Here are my pros and cons

Pros:
Smooth (transitions are smooth with no frame drops)

Imessage

Itunes music

Apple pay is quick

Battery life was outstanding

Apple's Genius support felt more friendlier and welcoming compared to Samsungs support.
In the Apple store they have tutorials and hands on activities that help you maximize your phones capabilities.

The phone has a good weight to it and feels really Premium.

Cons
The home screen has no button where you can organize your apps in alphabetical order.

Google apps aren't that good on the phone.
No mini player for YouTube Premium (expected that)

The music player has a lot of issues with track descriptions and is very frustrating to deal with.

The camera app wasn't designed well, i don't know why you need to leave the app to change the settings for the camera, doesn't make sense.

Phone reception was disappointing. Always had 2 to 3 bars.

The speaker quality was poor even after a professional cleaning.


At the end of the day for me personally I went back to my s10. In my opinion it's so much better and it does the things I need/want better than the iPhone.



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Jmak
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Unjustified price tag is something I hate about iPhone.
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jamesy
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Samsung is up there too. you're just getting more for what you pay for.
Jmak
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Yes but the Samsungs hardware is like no other smartphone.
Besides samsung comes out with so many phones in a year, all you have to do is wait for couple of months and phone comes to affordable price range.
JohnH
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Don't forget the S20 series. Mostly the S20 Ultra.
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Montreal1
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wait til you try S20 series
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jamesy
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i tried it. its pretty good but way too expensive.
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Jeremie
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Thank you for taking the time to share with us your experience with Samsung. Your feedback is appreciated.

CHMultimedia
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Not even trying to understand what people post anymore. Geez
thebigguy86
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who cares about IMessage when there's What's App, Telegram, FB Messenger to name a few. Battery life has always been awesome on Samsung devices, even the A series. IOS is boring and reminds me of BB10, Android has it's issues but offers far more than IOS can offer me