“Reddit user ‘Joniak’ is a self-described Android fanboy who recently decided to ditch his Android phone and try out Apple’s iPhone 5s. And as it turns out, he may never go back,” Zach Epstein reports for BGR. “Joniak put together an informative post on Reddit explaining what it was like to make the switch, and he also listed the biggest pros and cons after a week of using the iPhone. His post is an interesting and level-headed one that is definitely worth reading.”
“He explains that he had been an Android user for years, having bounced between the Droid X, Galaxy S3, Nexus 5 and the ultimately the HTC One (M7). But then he decided to give the iPhone 5s a try and he ended up loving it,” Epstein reports. “Among the most important advantages he lists for the iPhone over Android are iCloud, Siri and Touch ID. He also says that iOS apps are ‘better built’ than their Android counterparts, which hugely important and is a sentiment we have expressed a number of times here on BGR.”
“There are still some things he misses about his Android phones though,,” Epstein reports, “and included among them are the larger screen on his M7 and the fact that third-party apps can’t really replace Apple’s pre-installed apps as they can on Android.”
Read more in the full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: The only “Android fanboys” either work for Google/Samsung/Etc. and/or have never really used an Apple iPhone.
The larger iPhones, due within months, will cause patent-infringing fragmandroid handset peddlers much well-deserved pain.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Readers “Fred Mertz” and “Dan K.” for the heads up.]
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