30 days ago, free iPhone users were
volunttoled to give up their iPhones for a little experiment. The goal was to
figure out if all the issues that I ran into when I switched to an iPhone were
just because of what I was used to or if I had all those issues because Android
is just plain that much better. So to
ensure they had the best possible experience, I gave them the choice of
any flagship Android phone they want and
went on vacation and trusting my minimum wage employee to guide them to the right
choice. And you know what? I actually thought he did a really great job. That
is until I saw
this. What the heck happened? They all
hate their Androids and they want their iPhones back, Linus. We didn't even get
a chance to offer them the special bonus yet. Surely there must have been
something they liked about the Android experience. Actually, there was. It
turns out that in an ecosystem as diverse as Android, it's easy to find
devices with unmatched strengths. However, in such a diverse ecosystem,
you also don't have to go that far to find design choices that some consider
to be uh unnatural. So, there's going to
be a lot to say. I sat on this little prick. Oh, I guess that makes sense. I
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betterltstore.com. There were three main areas. Our test subjects had feedback on
the Switch, so transferring and setting up the device. the Android experience
and the phone experience, which is different because the physical phone you
pick has a big impact on the experience of using Android. And we're actually
going to start with the Switch since that's what's first. Andy, you chose the
Sony Xperia 15, but I couldn't help but notice during the month you had a Pixel
9 Pro. What actually happened? The reason why I switched mainly because I
think this is like a engineering sample so I can't really upgrade to like
Android 15. Originally I was like stuck
at like 13 during that transfer as well. One thing you mentioned you struggled
with was text messages though. They ended up still going to your iPhone for
the first little bit. Yeah. Right. Right. Because my number was like uh
attached to my app messages and because my wife and my you know majority of the
friend like they all use like iPhone and stuff. Um, so when they were sending
text message, it automatically sent IME messages instead of SMS. I see. So I
have to like unbung it. Did any of you guys also experience that issue at all
or was it right away working on your Android phone? It did happen the like
once or twice the first day and then I realized what happened. So So I had to
like kind of unlink it from my iPad and
from everything basically. Got it. I knew that I had to unlink it from my
account before I started so I didn't run into that issue. One other experience
you ended up talking to me about was you had an issue with languages on your
phone. Usually um for all my um devices
I set to like two languages, right? So English as my primary. I set like the uh
Mandarin on my Pixel as the secondary and if I like talk to my Google
Assistant in English sometime it replies
in Mandarin. It's so random. Like sometimes like my Google system like
it's Mandarin speaking. Sometime my Google Assistant is like English speaking. I'm like make up your mind. So
you guys didn't have to deal with the multi- languages. You only had it set it
in English. How was the other setting up and transferring to your phone? We'll
start with Tynen. For me, the switchover wasn't too bad. For the most part, it
was pretty straightforward. I definitely had a little bit of uh finangling with
trying to get the transfer via cable working. I think I ended up having to
like unplug, replplug, use different cables, restart both devices, and then
it just worked. Yeah, same. I mean, transferring over like data like my
images and things was pretty straightforward. It was fine. Um, having
to redownload all my apps was a real
pain. Um, because obviously when I get a
new phone and it's the same, it's another iPhone, everything just comes
with it. But when I'm switching over, I have to download it. I didn't download
everything. I see you making a face. Did you have to deal with that as well? I
noticed it as well. The thing that was weird for me was some things transferred
over. Some apps didn't. So, I would like go look for an app on my phone and be
like, "It's not here, but I see a bunch of other ones." Did you guys have
specific apps that just didn't work? I had an issue with the app that I used to
track my workouts. I couldn't sign into it because I didn't realize, but I had
signed in with my iCloud. And so it meant that the app developers didn't
have an option for me to sign in with my iCloud on the Android version of the on
the Android version of the apps. I did end up looking deeper into that as well.
Developers don't include that sometimes because in their mind if you're already
using an Android, why would you be signing in with your iCloud account?
Some apps have workarounds such as adding an alternative sign in whether
that's an email or maybe a different authentication. But if your app doesn't
include that, you kind of get stuck. But
overall, other than some of those kinks, I feel like the Switch honestly might
have been our biggest highlight because it was quick and it's over with. How
would you guys rate the Switch on a scale of 1 to 10? I'd probably put it at
like a six or a seven. Okay. I don't know, like maybe a four. It was
frustrating, but like doable. Yeah, I'll
put it in the middle, like fiveish. Now, we're going to move on to the hardware,
which I think is where I actually got the most positive feedback from you
guys. So, we're going to actually start with Andy. Did you switching over to the
Pixel give you a better Android experience than the one week you had the
Sony? Yeah. Yeah. Like absolutely. Especially for the camera. So the camera
I really do prefer this cuz I I did take
some comparison photo when we were in Disneyland actually on the iPhone and
the Pixel. I did like AB test and the iPhone looks way more processed than
this guy even for the video. Like a lot
of people say, "Oh, iPhone has the best like video functionality." Um, yes, but
the iPhone video looks like a phone video. This more like a action cam. So,
overall, the camera wins on this. And you mentioned the form factor of that
when we were picking phones might have been a little big on the XL. So, I
really prefer the battery uh life on this. So, like end of the day, I still
have like 50%. But like for this on
Disneyland, like 10:00 a.m. I was charging. I still prefer the small size,
but I like the big battery. What was some negatives about the Google the
screenshot? So on the iPhone, oh I see
Lisa reacting to this as well. On the iPhone I can just squ and then like you
know I have my screenshot like taken. But for the Pixel I have to do like a
weird hand gesture doing this. Like why
is that? I know Lionus in his iPhone video, he actually had the exact same
complaint because iPhone puts the volume rocker on the other side. It really is a
personal preference which side you prefer the volume rocker on. You also
had a different form factor. You can't put the volume button on your other side
because that's where your hinge is. How was the form factor of a folding phone?
Barring the whole buttons on one side problem, I really liked having the form
factor of the fold. I really like having the additional screen real estate for
going through emails, going through Teams messages, being able to get a
larger uh image to be able to show to myself. One thing you had a reaction to
when we opened the phone the first time was the keyboard on the big screen. I
got fairly used to it, though I don't know if I would be able to blind type.
When I was typing through with it open, I always found my eyes flitting between
the two sides looking for where the keys are. Got it. You got better with it. So,
it was more of just like a practice thing. Lisa, you also had a very big
reaction when Andy brought up the screenshotting. I'm supposed to somehow
press these two together, and if I'm tying in, I've got big thumbs, that's
okay. But that doesn't work for me. The
other way you can do it is to put the palm of your hand or the heel your hand
across the screen. Like, seriously. Yes. Like, in in what universe is that a
sensible gesture? I'm always going to have to use two hands. Were you bothered
by the crease at all on the folding phone? cuz I know some people get really
they see them at a glance and they're like why would you pick that? That there's a big crease in the middle. No,
I didn't I didn't mind that much. I know that some people when they looked at it
that was the first thing they noticed but it didn't really bother me. And then
the outside screen obviously you have a dual screen as well. Yours is much
smaller. Doesn't actually work. So cute. So when I had it sitting at my bedside
at night, it was quite handy. It's just a little phone and I used it for I
listen to books, audio books a lot and I had so I had the interface there. Um,
that was handy. And I also I just like the fact that I didn't have to always
open it to get key things. But that is
one of the most popular Android phones for women. And you brought up the exact
reason why when we had our one-on-one, it actually fits in pockets. Stinky. Not
only fits in hands, man. Yeah. Apart from the stupid button thing. But um,
sorry, Samson, but it is stupid. But like, yeah, I mean, this actually fits
in pockets and it fit in my bags and it was just I Yeah, I really like that. Out
of the phone choices you guys made, is there anything that was on that table
that you would have preferred to pick or do you think there's something else
you've heard of whether it's not on that table? No, you wouldn't. You would have stuck with what you guys ended up with.
Yeah. All right. No. Uhoh. I'll probably
go for a fold. Yes, you did actually have the fold as his number one choice,
but Pinan got to pick phones first. I want you guys to rate the form factor or
just the phone experience you guys had. I'd probably say nine or 10. Oh wow.
Okay. I'd say like a purely on form.
Probably about an eight. Okay. Seven or eight. Yeah. Cool. I'll give a seven.
Yeah. Now we're going to get into probably why everyone clicked on this
video, which is iPhone users trying Android. We're going to talk about
Android. Tynan, even if we ignored, you know, that weird split keyboard issue,
you actually brought up another point with me was that your keyboard felt like it changed sometimes. Yeah. So, context
switching for the keyboards is a thing in Apple as well, but it seemed a lot
more consistent depending on what type of app or UI I was in. One of the things
I noticed with this one is if I was going to enter a password for a bank or
something similar to that, the interface of the keyboard would change quite a
bit. For a lot of things like emails, the context switching was pretty
consistent where I would be like, "Okay, I know I'm getting apps." Another issue
you told me was about the Android Auto or your car. What happened with your
car? You couldn't use it. Uh, I have a 2014 that does have Ford Sync or
Microsoft Sync. It didn't work if I connected through a USB cable regardless
what the settings on my phone were. I end up having to connect it to
Bluetooth, which with my iPhone, I didn't have to do that because it just
treated my car like an audio output device. Once I got used to it, having it
hooked up to Bluetooth was actually pretty nice. And I think if I switched
back, I would have hooked my iPhone up to Bluetooth, too. Okay. Cuz then I
don't have to connect it via cable. Yeah, Android Auto is actually my
highlight of the Pixel. Okay. It's actually great. You know, this split
screen on the Apple CarPlay, the border on Android Auto is actually a lot
slimmer and also you can basically have
the map proportion a lot bigger than your media control. And then you can
swap sides if you want. But on the iPhone, on the CarPlay side, you just
stuck you stuck with half of your screen being the map and half of the screen
being the media control. And the second thing is um if you're using Google map
um like you know myself my car for example if you're using CarPlay it
doesn't really display navigation on your head-up display. Okay like anything
else if you're using like Google map on the iPhone but the but on the Android
Auto since the Google map is the default map app then I can have my navigation on
my headup display this way. That is a plus. Okay, now we're two cars down.
Your last car here. Did you have any positives with Android Auto? I did
actually. I didn't have to choose where I was going as a route and start it for
it to estimate how long it was going to take. With my iPhone, I have to actually
say, right, I'm going to work start and it'll go, okay, 35 minutes. Got it. You
could kind of get an estimate. Is it worth going to work? Should I just
go home? You know, do you have RGB lights at home? cuz you mentioned you
have smart home stuff. I specifically take Meta support one just so I can
integrate it into my home kit, but none of them work. They show up and on my
iPhone HomeKit trying to connect connection failed. But like on the on
the Android side is like everything just connect like magically. They're not only
like easier to use, they're also cheaper. A lot cheaper than all the meta
support, all the HomeKit support stuff. Oh, okay. So the Apple tax does exist.
Well, paying for that Apple tax might be a benefit because then you don't get ads
in your newsfeed, Andy. Exactly. Oh my
god. You like week one, you came up to me and were so upset that when you swipe
left on the home screen, you get the Android news feed that you can navigate
and see articles and you were so bothered cuz they showed ads. Home
screen. If I just swipe, first one is fine. Second one is fine. Third one is
add. And if I go in here and then block
ad and no like if I refresh another ad
but it's a different ad because it's a different ad from the same company from
the same company. So for iPhone if I swipe the iPhone news doesn't really
contain any ad. Well you guys mentioned having to swipe left to the news feed.
One of Android's things you can pick from when you set up the phone is gestures. So you could either have the
three buttons at the bottom for your menu, your home, or your back or using
swipe actions. What were some problems you had with gestures? uh really annoyed
me because I was in my Chrome. I was and
I couldn't go back. I was like, where? How do I how do I do this? I couldn't
even tell you how it works on my on my iPhone because I don't notice it. And
it's only whenever it doesn't work that I do notice it. Then I realized, okay,
so I have to make this decision between whether buttons or gestures. So I chose
then to go buttons cuz then I could actually see what was happening. And but
then I my gestures wouldn't work. Just really annoyed me. Why do you think you
don't notice the gestures on iPhone? What I think it is is that they have
spent an awful lot of time figuring out what is the most intuitive UX here? It's
because even whenever something new comes, I can figure it out. I actually
handed my phone to one of my colleagues and was like, can you show me how to go
back a page in this? And she's like, I don't know if I can't work it out in a
couple of steps. That to me isn't intuitive. I don't know how to do it immediately, but I should be able to
figure out how to do it. It's funny you bring that up because all of you almost
brought up the same exact issue related in the Gmail app about switching between
multiple inboxes cuz compared to Apple, it's all right there in one inbox or
it's within one or two clicks to be able to switch to a more focused view.
Weirdly enough for me, Apple Mail is just a very good app with a very easy to
migrate system for going through all of your main inboxes. And then if you need
to go into more detail for each mailbox, you can get there pretty quickly. And
after a while, I got more used to it. But at the start, I missed clicking the
mail app, seeing my three mailboxes. How many things unread do I have? And then
you showed me, sorry to interrupt, but you showed me the um where I can click
through the different ones. icon in the search bar, but it wasn't intuitive.
Like, how am I supposed to know that there's one little icon that doesn't
have any sort of action or anything action associated with it? Yeah, cuz you
actually also brought that point up even for the camera button on the lock
screen. Yeah, it looks like a button. So, you go to click it and nothing would
happen. You go to click it. To me, if you want somebody to swipe, you do
something that makes it look like it's a swipe. It's a meme that we've all
learned. If something is wrong, you press it. Yeah. You know, I actually
like the gesture on the Android, especially for the being able to go back
if you swipe left, especially like for
uh a larger phone that I have, uh swiping left to go back is very handy.
Something I noticed with at least my phone, swiping either direction goes
back. Oh. Which is nice, but also
annoying. It's a it's a it's a double-edged sword because some of the
times I really liked being able to do that, but then other times I would swipe
back and be like, "Oh, I need to go to the page that I just backed on and I
couldn't." Oh, that would drive me mad. One thing all three of you brought to me
that was a positive, which is more limited to Android, was fast charging.
Being able to see how much battery is left on the screen and how fast it's
going to take to get to 100%. I actually went on a business trip. sounds so
fancy, but I went on a on a work trip to Paris for a week um with two colleagues
who both had iPhones and they had their like little battery packs with them and
everything and my my phone was always completely full. Not completely full,
but it was fine by the end of the day. But they were like they were sharing the
battery packs and everything. So that was amazing. Now it could have been because this is a brand new phone and
they've had theirs for a little while. Yeah. So I won't discount that. But
yeah, I never had to worry about it. The fact that like when I'm plugging in, it
shows like if I'm like just charging or fast charging. That's awesome. Cuz like
for iPhone, like you plug it in, you don't really know how how fast it's
charging. And you don't really know how how long it'll take your uh phone to
charge. I know, okay, 11:00 a.m. I can take my phone away with a full battery.
But my iPhone, I just pray.
One other battery note that I had while I was using it after I want to say a
week or something like that, it gave me a prompt to say, "Do you want to make
80% your max charge?" Oh, got it. And I
turned that on. Yeah. I didn't really notice that I was running out of battery
pretty much ever. Got it. So, which is a notable improvement over my iPhone. You
mentioned AirDrop. I'm going to address every comment here that said Quick
Share. Did any of you get to try Quick Share on Android? quick share, I'd be
able to like send images and stuff like between the Pixel and the Sony, no
problem. Yeah. But since I'm a Mac user, if I'm like using a PC, for
example, I can't really send message or
uh just overall picture to my PC or my
Mac without installing a software. When
you work in images like I do, you do use AirDrop a lot. I use it multiple times a
day. Whereas I need to be able to send something from my iPhone to my iPad
possibly change move that from my Mac from my MacBook and then onto sometimes
I use my MacBook along with my iMac. Sometimes I will use even the handoff.
So I'll copy and paste I'll copy something from one of them and I'll paste it into something else in an email
and I couldn't do that. And that's the biggest thing that goes into AirDrop is
actually it's part of the bigger ecosystem called continuity which allows
you to have your AirPods again connect to multiple devices and switch
seamlessly. And AirDrop is part of that family. And so when you lose that, it
can feel like you miss out on a lot of extra things as well. So we're going to rate Android out of 10. Five puts this
on par with your iOS experience. 10 it was better, one it was worse. How would
you rate Android overall? Probably six.
Okay. little bit better. Yeah, some things were better, some things I
missed, but I got used to them relatively quickly. Got it. For the
Airrop, I think I would take it down a notch from five and say four. Got it.
Out of 10, my Android experience is probably four cuz like I can't used to
Android if I'm not in the ecosystem. It's it's a great phone, but overall
like the ecosystem is just too good to be, you know, jump out. I think that's
what it is. I think taken as a standalone it was perfectly fine and it
worked perfectly well. But essentially what I have with my iPhone is part of a
modular system. And if you try and and shoehorn anything into a part of a
designed modular system that is is designed to work together. It's not
going to work as smoothly. And I feel like that kind of leads into our
conclusion here. It's a bit tough to come down to just the personal devices.
But at the end of the day, did any of you feel that using Android would be
impossible if suddenly the iPhone just
failed to exist tomorrow? Absolutely not. Right. No. But tolerating something
isn't the same as enjoying it. So, there was actually a little secret at the end
of part one. I don't know if you guys watched the part one video all the way
through. When we kicked off this challenge, Lionus actually mentioned
that he had a special offer.
When the 30 days is up, I will present them with a second trade offer. You
receive the Android you picked. I receive your iPhone forever. Do any of
you want to take him up on that offer and trade in your iPhone forever and
you'll get to keep the Android phone that you picked. Why or why not? Lisa's
already shaking her head no. Andy's already shaking his head no. But my
understanding it wasn't as easy as a decision as you thought it would be. It wasn't. I actually I really I really
like the actual little phone. They were both great phones. They both do what
they're supposed to do and they both do them very very well. And it's just those subtleties of like your own personal
life and my life needs the things that
the iPhone can do. There you go. So Lisa's out, Andy. So I'm going to switch
back to my iPhone, but I do prefer all the form factor that you can get on the
Android side. I do want to stay with this phone. The
main pain points that I had switching over were mostly the switchovers. My
family probably has some other thoughts because I broke all of our iMessage
chats. Oh, yes. Group chats. We got one.
I think that was actually exactly what Lionus predicted. He said that he
believed you would switch over and you two wouldn't. I predict that Andy and
Lisa are going to stick with iPhone and Tinen, the already Android curious user,
is going to stick with Android. But I think he immediately ruled you guys out
right away. So, it was kind of nice to see that there was some decision making
that went into it. It wasn't just no, I
don't want to try. Blus, cute little thief. My goodness. You know what I
really like? Oh, yeah. A foldable iPhone. This one. Call it the iPhone
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