You shouldn’t migrate to Apple’s iOS if you’re…
First off, maybe we should start asking ourselves.
“Why am I wanna use an iOS?” in the first place. Is it cause of the trend? That, if my neighboor is using it, so should I? What are the things that Apple has, but Android do not ?
These are an example of questions that leads to the current discussion surrounding the discrimination issue happening in some countries where the Android user group are placed sideway. There have been studies conducted on the perspective viewed from eye level of an iOS user.
Well, both are computers. Booklet-size computer that anyone can be carried to any place that they want. But again, the question still remain,
What are the things that the iPhone has but not on Android?
I do understand that Apple’s iOS is smooth as butter, that’s what most people says. Plus, it’s getting tiring hearing the same things from other people since iPhone 5 that the UI is smooth that even Micheal Jackson can Moonwalk on it.
Now here are some of the reasons that I believe and gathered alongside my first time using an iPhone after 7 years being a true fans of Android, overall ecosystem.
Reasons
#1 a complicated, everyday WhatsApp user
Why among other reasons, this is the number 1? Simple answer, this is the issue that I’ve been struggling when I made the decision to jump my WhatsApp to iOS. Actually this confusion has been voiced by my friends prior of writing this entry, when they want to migrate from an Android to iPhone 5/6 several years back. Now I feel you bro.
Now let me explain. If you’re a WhatsApp user — that you use it to engage in daily messaging, that you have historical chats that you can’t afford to be left behind, that those messages are dear to you, that you still need it to refer every single day, then migrating to iOS is not a recommendation.
Why? Good question. First anyone who plan to migrate need to know and understand that these 2 OSes operates somewhat differently from each other, totally different. Both of companies — Google and Apple, stores backed up data on their respective cloud platform, BUT, they way data can be restored are different.
Google stores backed up data on Google Drive while Apple stores in iCloud. Both stores data in cloud, so what’s the deal? The issue arises when new iPhone user sign into WhatsApp on iPhone, but can’t recover data backed up from Google Drive. Ubiquitos Computing doesn’t works here.
#2 disagree to pay Apple more.
What does it meant by this? As elaborated above, Apple stores user data on iCloud when user perform backup. Performing data backup, even WhatsApp messages and media will cost user their iCloud storage spaces. A free 5GB of iCloud won’t be enough for all kind of backup there is — WhatsApp, photos, videos, as well as iPhone’s overall backup.
Let’s assume you, the reader who are reading this entry is a kind of person who values data and really practice data backup rules. If you adhire to the weekly data backup because anything could happens in a week, that 5 GB os free storage will be filled up in less than 5 months.
But because some users can’t move out from this so-called ecosystem of Apple, they’ll end up paying more for additional spaces. A bright user should know how not to spend more to this Trillion Dollar company. Probably it’s time to learn from others and take opportunity.
#3 into creative minds
Veterant Android and iOS users should have already knows that iOS limits itself for customization. In the early days of iOS, the system are very limited on what you can change — wallpaper, app icons arrangement and size, widgets and system launchers.
In case you’re an iOS user since the OG iPhone 3g and never know what are the customibility options available on Android, let me list — Wallpaper, icon themes, sizes, widgets.
Customization enable users to change any UI appearance to suit their needs. Such people may loves dark themes for their phone, and they can easily do it by changing the wallpaper and app icon, by installing new launcher and icon packs to suit their aesthetic needs. If I think that 4 app icons on a row is too much and I want to change it to 3, I can do it.
#4 into everything transparencies
Apple as until now in 2022 have not yet disclosed on users about their product specifications especially regarding their hardware — RAMs and Battery Capacity. For most of smartphone manufacturers, they will at least print on their packaging about any important informations of their product to let their potential customers know about it.
Apple did it the other way, no information about these 2 things, instead for battery capacity they always tell users about how much call time users will have for a specific model of iPhone, for example an Endurance rating of 89h that can be translated into 19:21h talk time, 16:08 web browsing, 16:50 video playback.
I don’t know about your thought on these 3 metrics, but for me, I myself not gonna talk on the phone for 19 hours just to know how much juice the phone has. It’s not that I have to take a call and keep talking to whoever I’m on the phone with, just to know how long the phone gonna stand. That’s not really represents battery capacity, more like durability. But what I do know that, iPhone battery is not long lasting enough for a day, 8–10 hours outdoor usage.
What about RAM? Don’t it carry the same reason? Users that are closed to me always claimed that iPhone as so smooth as butter. Like, there’s no lagging at all. Well, that’s the opinions from 4–6 years ago that being used until today. Yes, I’m not denying that current era of iPhone is still (getting) smooth when what you did, just a swipe back and forth on homescreen.
#5 into small budget gadget.
Remember that, smartphone is just an intermediary device — pickup the phone, sending messages, browsing the new for quick intel, taking photos or videos as well as sharing documents between 2 devices. The other usage of smartphone other than taking photos and videos does taking up storage spaces.
iPhone models prior to iPhone XR only comes with 2 choices of storage,which is 64GB and a maximum of 256GB of storage. Well, for I’m a photographer and videographer, 64GB of storage ain’t gonna enough. So opting for a bigger storage, say 256GB — which I think gonna be good enough for my media requirements and that will cost more budget, if you ask me then I’m disagree with the price different.
Luckily nowadays, 128GB of space become the new lowest though I’m not sure if the price tag is the same or it’s the normal 64GB tag. I’ll leave it to you to dig into it and share it with me in the comment section.
#6 fast pace tech junkies.
Technology is evolving day by day. Almost every months new technology being introduced to the mass. Apple being one of the company that are reluctant when it comes to introducing new technologies to their customers.
Back in the day, NFC were one of the technology that has been used widely in other Android devices, as one of the method used to transfer data between two devices. Apple took several years just to adopt it. I remember there are some of Apple’s fanboy used to claim that Apple need some times to do testing before any implementation, well NFC is not a newly announced tech that need testing too much.
So, if innovation in technology is what you aim for, then it’s bad decision to stick with an iPhone. Now let’s see when they will introduced VR into one of the products line up, well at least, VR inside an iPhone. No discrimination on non-Pro model, por favor.
#7 have wide knowledge on computer security.
This next reason is where the writer thinks that “Apple provide more secure OS/ecosystem to user” is such a lie. Computing security is not solely depends on the hardware and the software that runs with it. Computing security depends on how knowledgable the users has on security. Everyone should knows that as much as “secured” any Apple’s device is, the security can be breached in the any seconds if the users are not aware of their positions.
A lot of people over praised on how “secured” their device is when at the same time they themselves give out their data to the net.
So, that’s just a brief of short compositions on why the writer thinks that you should not migrate to iOS if you have the above reasons. Computing is general, and it should support each other to provide ubiquity experiences to every users.
The main reason content like this existed is not to give hatred towards Apple or their associates, but rather on letting user knows their rights to choose, and how to make the right choices over value. Well, thats about it my rants after 7 months of using an iPhone.
Thanks for spending your time here.
