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Long-time iOS user considering switch to Android - Need advice on $1000 flagships (lemdro.id)

submitted 17 hours ago by mudkip@lemdro.id to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Title: Long-time iOS user considering switch to Android - Need advice on $1000 flagships

Body:

Hey everyone, I'm looking at phones around the $1000 price point and would love some input. I've been an iOS user for years but I'm seriously considering making the jump to Android this time.

Here's what I'm looking at:

iPhone 17 Pro - The safe choice since I'm already in the ecosystem

Samsung Galaxy S25 - Hearing good things about this generation

Pixel 10 Pro - Probably crossing this one off the list due to the stability issues I've been reading about (the 911 call failures, overheating problems, etc.)

Nothing Phone - The design looks really cool, but I'm not sure if they have anything in this price range

For those who've made the switch from iOS to Android (or vice versa), what would you recommend? Any major gotchas I should know about? And is the Nothing Phone even worth considering as a daily driver at this price point?

Thanks in advance!

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[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 20 points 16 hours ago (4 children)

As an Android user, the iOS keyboard is fucking horrendous and I don't understand how people deal with that every single day.

[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 4 points 14 hours ago

I’m literally questioning my life choices right now thanks to this keyboard. Somehow they managed to make it worse in iOS 26. I regret ever installing this OS.

[–] QuarterSwede@lemmy.world 2 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

The keyboard is bugged and someone JUST caught it on slow mo changing the user input. It’s a wild bug and explains a lot because the iOS keyboard and autocorrect used to the gold standard. It was sooooo good pre-ML.

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 1 points 12 hours ago

My complaints are not ones of bugginess. It's 1. the size and 2. having to switch layers every 3 characters.

[–] devolution@lemmy.world 1 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

iOS allows you to switch keyboards.

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 2 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Maybe they're better now, but every other one I tried also sucked. Especially compared to the likes of GBoard or heliboard or FUTO keyboard or many other FOSS Android ones.

[–] devolution@lemmy.world 1 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (1 children)

You can download gboard.

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 1 points 7 hours ago

Oh I didn't realize that. I've only ever seen people use Apple!

[–] dubyakay@lemmy.ca 1 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

I've dealt with it by using SwiftKey instead.

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 2 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

I recall Swiftkey being less awful, but with the side benefit of a keylogger, courtesy of Microsoft.

[–] dubyakay@lemmy.ca 2 points 12 hours ago

It definitely is. I'm not sure how to overcome this. The app offers the option to use it without an online account, but nothing guarantees that it won't phone home every second anyway.