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It doesn’t sound like you’ve tried Google Pixel products for Android phone + tablet. They’re expensive, but they are the best. I use both Android and iOS devices regularly everyday. I wouldn’t waste my time on anything but Google products for Android.

It’s also the only fair comparison of Android to iOS: when using Pixel, the OS & hardware are dictated by Google just like Apple does with the OS & hardware for its phones.

I have good & bad to say about each, but pointless to share them. My peeves are nnot yours and vice-versa.



I have been an Apple user for almost my entire adult life. Most of my friends and family are on iPhones. I have a personal and a work Macbook. I have a lot of Apple momentum in my life.

Is there something so good about the Pixel ecosystem I should consider a switch?


From my experience, Pixels are great mainly because they are just as fluid as iphones and aren't bloated with crap that basically every android hardware vendor puts on. I tried out a htc one and a samsung galaxy s4 and went straight back to iphones as the software was just so laggy and bloated. My pixel 2 feels just as fluid as the iphones I have had though.

Iphones and pixels are both great and far above the other phones I have had so I don't think you can go wrong with either. Main benefit I have with android currently is that I can sideload a wifi hotspot app without paying a stupid subscription fee and google services like assistant, photos, and maps are much better in my opinion.


Battery life for me is important on my phone. So I just can’t use android, period.

Every android phone I’ve had or people I know. The battery is great, but as you download apps it gets slower, and laggier, and battery life shortens.

That simply just doesn’t happen on an iPhone. This happens even with an expensive pixel or a Samsung and large battery.

People can complain the battery is smaller in iPhone, but it still lasts longer.


> Battery life for me is important on my phone.

They actually decreased the battery capacity on the Pixel 4 compared to the 3 (yay for thinner devices!). This seems like a good reason.

I've always plugged in my phone in the car (being a big fan of Android Auto), at my desk and when I sleep. I'd probably go mad if I didn't have those habits.


This is new for me. I use Android myself, and people around me are mixed of Android and iPhone users. All iPhones users I know carry mobile battery. None of the Android users I know do (well, technically they do, but it is almost never used)




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