Moving from iOS to Android (my experience)

AndyCr15 said:
Yeah, it's all fair... except I think this is like day 2 perhaps? You shouldn't really judge until about 2 weeks time. I've set mine to stop charging at 80% now and still hardly ever go below 50%.
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This. Once adaptive battery learns your habits battery life should improve.
 
I just got a notification for an email!


Which was sent to me 2 hours ago :P



Will have to monitor this, as I’m currently job hunting + consulting and using my email quite a lot. I can’t have missing/delayed emails to this extent.



Pixel battery has been a lot better since I killed Google Photos. Now down at 70% so I’m seeing expected behaviour now.


Then again, the aforementioned problem is probably why :P



Thanks to all who have added tips/notes so far, very much helping me find solutions. It’s weird how much I’ve forgotten - I used to be an Android power user running Cyanogen nightlies!
 
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MrRockliffe said:
I just got a notification for an email!


Which was sent to me 2 hours ago :P



Will have to monitor this, as I’m currently job hunting + consulting and using my email quite a lot. I can’t have missing/delayed emails to this extent.



Pixel battery has been a lot better since I killed Google Photos. Now down at 70% so I’m seeing expected behaviour now.


Then again, the aforementioned problem is probably why :P



Thanks to all who have added tips/notes so far, very much helping me find solutions. It’s weird how much I’ve forgotten - I used to be an Android power user running Cyanogen nightlies!
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I suggest trying a different email app, they usually sync more often even via IMAP.
 
I’m going to be returning the Pixel.


I’m finding more than once emails are coming through too delayed.


More than that though, the device is… fine.



It’s hugely expensive but doesn’t scream premium. Like Pixels have for a while, it just feels behind the competition.



It doesn’t offer anything, other than a clean software experience, that the competition doesn’t.



Battery life has been fine. Cameras are decent but they are on most flagships. Build is fine, albeit very heavy.




It’s a great device in its own merits but the 15 Pro Max still feels quicker, more responsive and a better feature set. Not to mention the battery life trounces the Pixel by such a long way it’s embarrassing.



I charge my iPhone to 80% but no chance I could do that on the Pixel.





The Samsung is a tough one. It doesn’t feel like a flagship, and I’m disappointed they’ve removed features from the S24 Ultra.

The display is phenomenal though. It’s hard to describe without seeing it in person. It’s just so good.



There are many features software wise which are ace as well. Stupid things like being able to move multiple apps around the screen in one go - you can’t do that on a Pixel.


It isn’t quite polished enough though. I see and feel stutters which make me nervous about what it’ll be like in 1-2 years. My S20 FE I previously had did slow down a fair bit in the 2 years I had it, and I wasn’t using it for anything other than work.



It’s also a terrible design ergonomically. Edges are sharp to hold and the corners are causing issues with my trousers - they poke out and cause greater wear.




I think that Android is for me though. I love the keyboard and flexibility of it. I just need a manufacturer to make a device which actually competes hardware wise with an IPhone.


There are many other things about Android which I have really missed - I’ll have to collate a list once I think about them all.
 
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MrRockliffe said:
I’m finding more than once emails are coming through too delayed.
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It's embarrassing this is a thing in a native app, Google really need to do better, this is a basic functionality of a phone you'd think.

I'm patiently waiting for the day this is fixed and may consider the move back.
 
Kanpai said:
It's embarrassing this is a thing in a native app, Google really need to do better, this is a basic functionality of a phone you'd think.

I'm patiently waiting for the day this is fixed and may consider the move back.
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I’m currently doing some consulting and dealing with C suite execs, so missed emails doesn’t look so great on my part!
 
Orcvader said:
Hence why I recommended using a different email app. The Gmail app is just... bad.
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I like to separate my emails between different apps so that I know which email is for which account just by seeing the icon difference. It helps me organise my emails better.



I think I’m going to move to the Samsung, but I’m not 100% yet.


The emails thing is… annoying. But broadly everything else is either as good, or better by a long way.


There are two things which are really winning me over:


1. Display - though I think the iPhone 17 PM will have it too.
2. Keyboard - I’m horrified I managed to tolerate the iOS one for so long, but it’s so bad. It corrects words I’ve spelled correctly to different words, all the freaking time.



That and the constant hardware issues with the iPhone.
 
I’ve ended up keeping the Samsung, and it’s great.


Apple are continuing to gaslight me, despite providing multiple videos/pictures of the ongoing issues. Having to do a section 75 claim on my iPhone.



The main problem I was facing was the Gmail app and notification sync. I don’t think it’s an outright “Doze” issue as it’s seemingly the only app which is this delayed.


I downloaded the Samsung email app to compare. Signed into my gmail account.


Received an email through the Samsung app around 5pm one evening, at the same time (roughly) as my iPhone. The gmail app didn’t notify me of that email until I unlocked the phone next at roughly 9pm (I was bingeing Severance :P)



Keyboard = bliss
Screen = immense



What do I miss? The well thought out gestures in iOS.


I still find hamburger menus which you can’t use gestures for anymore with Android.


I don’t like that you can’t swipe up for tabs in any of the browsers I’ve used, like you can in iOS.


iOS feels better thought out than Android for this.




But the power to customise so much more is awesome and I’d forgotten how much I “tolerated” so many aspects of iOS.



Will keep my iPad and MacBook because there aren’t any tablets or laptops which I’d spend any money on, even if I had unlimited funds.


OnePlus pad was the closest contender but no biometric is a deal breaker.
 
The Samsung email app seemed to be doing the trick, but I'm finding that email notifications have slowed drastically again.

For example, I had an email come through at 09:20 on my iPhone, and it still hasn't arrived on the Samsung yet.



Also, Android Auto has been a bit buggy, and I'm getting a lot of audio playback issues, mostly skipping. The audio doesn't stop, it just misses a bit.
 
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Kanpai said:
It’s not just Gmail that this impacts, it’s pretty much most apps that will be impacted by doze and result in delayed notifications
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Never had a massive issue with Outlook. I mean, I've had the odd delayed notification but it's usually a minute or two at the most.
 
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superleeds27 said:
Never had a massive issue with Outlook. I mean, I've had the odd delayed notification but it's usually a minute or two at the most.
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What I noticed was after a restart of the device(s) or a software update/clean install the notifications would be fine, but give it a few days and doze just goes super aggressive and I'd get delayed notifications from most apps, even repeated notifications that I would swipe away that would randomly appear again after a few hours. It was all very frustrating but if they do manage to fix this in the near future I would definitely switch back to Android.

For now, I don't have any of these issues on iOS and the compromises of iOS are ones I can live with for now because the core functionality of what a mobile phone should be works just fine.
 
Kanpai said:
What I noticed was after a restart of the device(s) or a software update/clean install the notifications would be fine, but give it a few days and doze just goes super aggressive and I'd get delayed notifications from most apps, even repeated notifications that I would swipe away that would randomly appear again after a few hours. It was all very frustrating but if they do manage to fix this in the near future I would definitely switch back to Android.

For now, I don't have any of these issues on iOS and the compromises of iOS are ones I can live with for now because the core functionality of what a mobile phone should be works just fine.
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I think this is why I'll be switching back.

I just can't have emails delayed by an hour - I'm running a project for a rollout of a new software tool for a company, and I'm first line of support.

I've got it set up that I receive emails when people submit a ticket, but those emails are coming in an hour or two delayed, which doesn't look good on my part/reduces the time in which I have to respond.
 
Just spent a few minutes on support with Samsung. They're really nice, and significantly more helpful than Apple.

Within minutes of going through troubleshooting steps, they offered me a return or replacement.


While it seems Google haven't resolved some core issues with the OS, I'd undoubtedly buy another Samsung product based on my experience with them.
 
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