Got chance to go to iPhone 7 plus, do I?

Combat squirrel · 6 Oct 2017 at 17:30

As title, I have the chance to go to iPhone 7 plus 128gb for a good price, I currently have an LG v20. My question is do I? Have people made the move? I can't decide, here is my pros and cons, advise appreciated.

Pros
*ios
*Double cpu power (820 to a10)
*Waterproof
*Portrait camera effect
*Fast camera... (I mean to load then snap a shot, it's faster than my current one, but no different once both cams loaded)
*fashionable

Cons
*no extra memory support
*no wide angle camera
*worse main camera
*no removable battery
*no fast charging
*no headphone port or quad dac audio

My other gear is a Windows desktop, macbook air, iPad pro.

I mainly use my phone for Fb, social media, instagram for my business etc , and photo and video...... And obviously it's my most used device.

The LG battery lasts easily a day, but heavy use constantly can take it down low towards tea time but having fast charge I'm not to bothered right now as I can top up in 30 mins..... I'm wondering if the iphones faster processor will make its battery last.

I like the LG phone as I'm a content creator, but, I like the idea of the 7+ as well and the portrait camera appeals.

But also same time on a couple of occasions the LG has dropped frames filming 4k....am thinking the iphones have very fast flash memory? But most of the time it's been fine tbh.

It's quite a 50/50 situation right now, am on fence, help?

Captain · 6 Oct 2017 at 19:37

How much to swap?

Combat squirrel · 6 Oct 2017 at 20:48

Clov!s said:
How much to swap?

£30 if I went for it outlay from me

ChrisD. · 7 Oct 2017 at 08:03

I'd do it but then I find Android a clunky mess.

Akagi · 7 Oct 2017 at 08:08

I wouldn't do it, I find that iOS is a clunky mess.

sanaxe1 · 7 Oct 2017 at 09:37

I would do the swop, sell the iPhone and buy a Windows phone. I find both iOS and android a clunky mess.

Rannoch · 7 Oct 2017 at 09:39

Windows phone is dead. Tiles are boring and Android is bug city.

Combat squirrel · 7 Oct 2017 at 10:17

11/10 OCUK standard responses haha

Ok so, I think I might just dare and try it - worst happens is I sell the phone on?

Akagi · 7 Oct 2017 at 10:28

Get a Nokia 3310, it's the only way to be sure.

sanaxe1 · 7 Oct 2017 at 10:42

Combat squirrel said:
11/10 OCUK standard responses haha

Ok so, I think I might just dare and try it - worst happens is I sell the phone on?

The iPhone will have a better resell value , so it is win win.

MrRockliffe · 7 Oct 2017 at 10:50

Try it. They still fetch good money so. iOS feels more like android than it ever has. You have to get used to the new gesture navigation. Everything relies on swiping on iOS so it takes some getting used to

DarkHorizon472 · 7 Oct 2017 at 11:06

Having used Android and IOS I much prefer IOS as I only use the more common phone apps and it means all our Apple devices are easy to manage.

Its really down to personal preference and what you intend to use it for.

I wouldn't bother with a Windows phone, they are very poor in comparison in my experience.

Combat squirrel · 7 Oct 2017 at 11:23

Yeah I might try and then resell tbh, whichever phone I prefer. Haha God no I never want a windows phone... Someone's joke above.

Tbh I am mostly interested in the cpu chip, I'm intruged to how fast the phone will be, a super fast phone appeals, the snapdragon 820 is no slouch but no android phone is near apples cpu.

Zeebedy · 7 Oct 2017 at 13:48

Do it.

Feek · 7 Oct 2017 at 14:08

Most iPhone users neither know, nor care what CPU is in their phone because it really doesn't actually matter. As long as the phone works, the architecture is irrelevant really.

My work phone is an Android, I don't particularly like it but I would never dream of telling anyone what type of phone they should use, it's all down to personal preference.

/edit - Except Windows phone. Just don't

Combat squirrel · 7 Oct 2017 at 19:21

Yeah obviously I’d never ever consider a windows phone, I’m not crazy haha.

Does make me laugh though, ocuk never agrees on anything ever....except windows phone haha, we all unite against that lol, the Donald Trump of Phone’s !

ChrisD. · 9 Oct 2017 at 08:49

Combat squirrel said:
Yeah I might try and then resell tbh, whichever phone I prefer. Haha God no I never want a windows phone... Someone's joke above.

Tbh I am mostly interested in the cpu chip, I'm intruged to how fast the phone will be, a super fast phone appeals, the snapdragon 820 is no slouch but no android phone is near apples cpu.

You can't really compare a CPU in an Android device to one in an IOS device.

Combat squirrel · 9 Oct 2017 at 09:37

ChrisD. said:
You can't really compare a CPU in an Android device to one in an IOS device.

You can, & I have, Geek Bench 4 says its a very very fast phone ! lol

Now my 820 powered phone isn't to bad at all, its just fine, but this is OCUK so, ya know, 'overclock' or get the fastest speed.

However, I'm still sitting on the fence, been delayed until the end of the week to get this phone unlocked and im having 2nd thoughts now, not sure, I guess I could sell on I keep telling myself.

ChrisD. · 9 Oct 2017 at 09:49

What I mean is, Android fanboys usually bleat on about number of cores and clock frequency etc. You can't assume that an Android phone with 6 cores is faster than an iPhone with 3 cores and half the RAM.

The 7 Plus is a fast phone and beats most top Android handsets in benchmarks. That said, it's the user experience which counts more than benchmarks.

Combat squirrel · 9 Oct 2017 at 10:07

ChrisD. said:
What I mean is, Android fanboys usually bleat on about number of cores and clock frequency etc. You can't assume that an Android phone with 6 cores is faster than an iPhone with 3 cores and half the RAM.

The 7 Plus is a fast phone and beats most top Android handsets in benchmarks. That said, it's the user experience which counts more than benchmarks.

Well yeah, I'm not bothered about core count etc - but yes the benches do appeal though - that combined with optimisation should make for a nice user experience.

The apple eco system appeals in many ways - despite this being the worst time in history to think of getting into it due to the high costs - so as with most things id go the 2nd hand market for everything if I did.