I've stuck with IOS since I bought an iPhone 3G in 2008 and my moved onto my current iPhone 4S when it was released. The 4s is starting to get a bit long in the tooth and is running slowly plus the battery has seen better days. Also, I'm increasingly finding recent apps run slowly on it or don't support it's non standard screen aspect and the smaller 3.5" display .
I've been fairly happy with the last 2 iphones I've owned in terms of the hardware and overall experience. However, I tend to use Google services for most stuff in general (email/calendar/photos/file storage/etc) so moving away from it wouldn't really be a big deal for me. Windows is my main PC/desktop/laptop OS and I have no intention of buying a Mac anytime soon and the Google browser based apps work really well alongside it so I'd wondered if perhaps moving to an Android based device might be a better fit for me? I have a 2012 Google Nexus 7 tablet so I'm not unfamiliar with the OS.
Size wise I'd ideally want a smaller phone around 5" as I'm not a fan of phablets that cant be wielded with one hand. Probably something around the same dimensions as an iPhone 6 (or the 4.7" 6S which I'd likely buy in a couple of months if I don't see a suitable android handset). I thought about buying something like a cheap secondhand Google/LG Nexus 5 so I can try out android first without excessive cost but would running it on a 2 year phone just put me off and give me a poor experience?
I like the idea of a native Google device so android phone wise I'm favouring the upcoming 2015 revised Google Nexus 5 when it's out in a couple of months time. One of the main things that's put me off android in the past is the OS bloatware/customisations that manufacturers insist on bundling plus the general fragmentation and lack of timely updates as a result.
http://bgr.com/2015/08/07/lg-nexus-5-2015-features-android-pay/
Anyone made the switch from IOS/iPhone to Android? Did you stick with Android or go back to IOS? Would love to hear your thoughts and opinions.
I've been fairly happy with the last 2 iphones I've owned in terms of the hardware and overall experience. However, I tend to use Google services for most stuff in general (email/calendar/photos/file storage/etc) so moving away from it wouldn't really be a big deal for me. Windows is my main PC/desktop/laptop OS and I have no intention of buying a Mac anytime soon and the Google browser based apps work really well alongside it so I'd wondered if perhaps moving to an Android based device might be a better fit for me? I have a 2012 Google Nexus 7 tablet so I'm not unfamiliar with the OS.
Size wise I'd ideally want a smaller phone around 5" as I'm not a fan of phablets that cant be wielded with one hand. Probably something around the same dimensions as an iPhone 6 (or the 4.7" 6S which I'd likely buy in a couple of months if I don't see a suitable android handset). I thought about buying something like a cheap secondhand Google/LG Nexus 5 so I can try out android first without excessive cost but would running it on a 2 year phone just put me off and give me a poor experience?
I like the idea of a native Google device so android phone wise I'm favouring the upcoming 2015 revised Google Nexus 5 when it's out in a couple of months time. One of the main things that's put me off android in the past is the OS bloatware/customisations that manufacturers insist on bundling plus the general fragmentation and lack of timely updates as a result.
http://bgr.com/2015/08/07/lg-nexus-5-2015-features-android-pay/
Anyone made the switch from IOS/iPhone to Android? Did you stick with Android or go back to IOS? Would love to hear your thoughts and opinions.
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