Switch To iPhone Or Stick With Android + De-Google It

uikakarotuevegeta · 2025-11-11T13:29:05-05:00

iPhone - Switch To iPhone Or Stick With Android + De-Google It For business use, I'd go with iPhone all... (7 replies).

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For business use, I'd go with iPhone all the way, but for personal use idk yet. Sick of using Android because every phone I use has QC issues either from the start or after 2-3 years. Google is doubling down making Android resemble iOS without the benefits, so might as well make the switch. If I have to buy flagship or Pixel phones to not have a shitty Android experience, I'd rather use that money for Apple. I still do care about customizing but only for stationary devices, not mobile.

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swirlie · 31-35 Best Comment

What I like about using Apple is that I can trade-in my older phone every couple of years on a new iPhone and know years in advance how much they will pay me for my used phone.

So really, when you pay $1000 for an iPhone 16 for example, it will cost you about $150 per year in depreciation to own it, so after 2 years it will have depreciated by $300...

..which means $1000 minus $300 = $700 they will give you for your old phone if you buy another iPhone.

This means that your next new iPhone doesn't cost $1000+ dollars, it means the new phone only costs you $300+ dollars to upgrade and you have a brand new phone every 2 years ..or how many years of your choosing between upgrades.

You won't get any of that from Android devices for cellphones.

uikakarotuevegeta · 26-30, M

@swirlie well Samsung offers something similar but I don't like them copying Apple and having worse QC over the years, while only prioritizing optimizations for upper mid range to flagship

swirlie · 31-35

@uikakarotuevegeta
Then, what's your answer to your question?

uikakarotuevegeta · 26-30, M

@swirlie what you answered lol

swirlie · 31-35

@uikakarotuevegeta
I'll bet 100 iPhones that you would never have acknowledged that if I had never asked you.

uikakarotuevegeta · 26-30, M

@swirlie oh I thought you voted iPhone in the poll

swirlie · 31-35

@uikakarotuevegeta
So what? What's that got to do with my last post?