Apart from the Apple Ecosystem stuff of course.
Nothing? Like, it’s easier to say what you can’t do on iOS than the other way around. If you say iPhone can do x, there’s 100% an app for that on Android, but if you say that Android can do y, iPhones might not be able to do the same thing due to artificial limitations Apple set on the devices or ecosystem in the name of ‘privacy.’
@Axel
Flighty is a game-changer on iOS.
They’re both mature operating systems that do pretty much all the same things but in different ways. People say iMessage and FaceTime as if they’re truly unique things. They’re not; Android can do video calling and send high-quality photos and videos just like an iPhone.
iMessage and FaceTime.
More polished apps in general, as developers prioritize iOS.
Integration with other Apple devices (AirDrop, etc).
But, of course, all these things have alternatives on Android.
@Onyx
I’m on my 211th smartphone now; the 16PM is the daily driver, and I still buy a few green things each year to see how the grass is growing. If you are 100% committed to a pure, heavenly Apple environment, the experience is almost enchanting. Android and Google simply don’t deliver the polish and relative reliability I’ve got baked into my life.
There are software bugs and hardware glitches with Apple, but I care more about how quickly they resolve matters than having a few oddball issues. Phones all have bugs. If anyone tells you differently, they’re lying to you. If I don’t get an angry text from my husband saying his phone or Mac isn’t working, then it’s a great day. Apple easily wins the day with stores we can hit everywhere we travel if hardware issues come up.
Honestly, if you can swing it, you should try both platforms and see how you like them at the same time. There are niceties in both.
Less taxing on the heart. iPhone users live longer on average.
As a long-time Android user that switched to iOS a couple of years ago, and apart from the ability to attract indie devs… Focus modes are an absolutely great feature (I don’t know if some Android skin has copied this feature, but it’d be great to have it in Android).
They’re a supercharged yet intuitive DND mode where I can set a different home screen and notification rules for each situation and then easily jump from mode to mode. Last time I used Android, the DND settings were more confusing and limited.
If you don’t add a Google account, the Pixel 5a had no note-taking capability. That’s a pretty basic function that should have been allowed on local storage. Not sure if the later Pixels had local notes.