Hello. New to this sub and using iPhones in general.
I came from an S22 ultra to 11 pro max (wife’s old phone) to now having a 15 pro max.
I have used Samsungs all my life. And I can say with confidence that I used to thing there’s minimal, if any, difference hardware wise or any other matter. It’s just preference.
Using the 11 pro max was to just test the waters on ios and to be frank the experience was not great compared to the almost flagship S22 ultra.
But man is the 15 pro max something else. I don’t know just what it is but I am in love with a phone after a very long time.
Maybe it’s the novelty factor, maybe it’s what my wife calls “the iPhone charm”, or maybe something else.
Just wanted to ask other people who might have switched if they too feel the same and if yes, how do they describe this feeling.
Thanks.
P.s. I still have my S22 U for sentimental reasons and I’m not bashing any phone, just appreciating.
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I find that iOS (and Google’s version of Android) have a lot of squeeze and stretch, and playfulness to their animations, which are not present in Samsung’s Android skin in the same way. That playful responsiveness is MASSIVE for making things feel good and charming.
You are comparing a brand new phone to one that is what, a year or so old? I wouldn’t be surprised if the brand new phone felt smoother. There’s also the whole thing about the S22U having an unoptimized CPU, which was addressed in the 23 series with the snapdragon for galaxy processors.
IMHO it’s two things.
First, the touch to screen response time.
How long it takes from the time your finger touches the screen to the corresponding action being seen.
Where talking about 50-60ms. It’s seems counterintuitive, but it makes a difference.
All iPhones rank really high in this. In fact most older iPhones are better than this generation’s (as these have some issues).This is the result of two factors: the better screens (not so much at the pricier devices, but for mid tier it’s a crazy difference) and also the integrated development of the whole device.
The second is thing is the tools Apple provides for developers.
Android moved a ahead a lot in this matter, but it’s still tracking.
I’ll spare most of the details, but the apps developed for Android aren’t optimized to run in the processor directly, they use an intermediate state. iOS apps are compiled to be fully native for the processors they’re ran on.
This being better performance, hence faster response times, better animations, …I’m considering swapping from s23 ultra to iphone 15 Pro max, I’ve had androids for a while and fancy a change
This is never ending argument, from both sides.
Comparing technical features is one thing. Comparing “feel” is very subjective.
I say, if you enjoy iphone, then good for you. If you enjoy android, then good for you. If you enjoy paper mail, then good for you.
We each have own reason or two to buy/use anything. We weigh pros/cons, then take action.
Exactly. It’s all about personal preferences, there’s no need to bash anyone because of their phone choice (I’m not talking about OP, he was friendly about it. I mean in a general sense).
So having used an iPhone for a while, this is what I think. Animations on iPhones make sense and flow from one animation to another better. And theres a feeback animation or haptic wise to most interactions. I have never used any Pixels, but from what I have seen, I think Pixels might be even better.
I’m curious what led you to such differing opinions about the 11 Pro Max and 15 Pro Max?
I ask this as a 11 Pro user who has not felt a need to upgrade, and of course there’s always an itch to upgrade, but my 11 Pro still works as good as new, other than the usual degradation of better health.
One word: optimization
Apple designs the majority of the hardware. And then they design all of the software with that hardware in mind and the longterm feature and capability goals in turn influence the hardware designs. There are considerable advantages in being able to leverage bespoke design on virtually the entire device down to the last circuit and line of code.
By contrast, and this is by no means an insult, as the entire PC industry runs just fine in the same setup, Android device makers as a whole use an OS that they didn’t design with off the shelf parts that they also didn’t design. And Android itself needs to maintain a wide net for compatibility purposes, all of this leads to flexibility, because it has to, but also inefficiency.
Have you tried the Pixel phones? I felt the same when I switched from Samsung to Pixel.
But not so much from Pixel to iPhone.
“It just works”
It doesn’t. I have Xiaomi (Poco f3) and my wife has an iPhone 14.
I hate whenever I have to use her phone. So clunky and unintuitive.
Because iOS is superior to open source android.
Apple puts a lot of resources into making sure the materials are not just practical but are manufactured in a way that gives them both a luxury and novel feeling. The new special brushed metal effect on this years titanium for instance.
I have had the 12 Pro Max for 3 years now and it still looks and feels brand new. Shiny and sturdy.
Its boring. In a good way. Jumped from S21 to 14Pro as well last year. There’s so much to tinker around my S21, too many customizations to think of.
When I did the jump to 14Pro, I set everything up in less than an hour. Everything is so simple, straightforward, and void of unnecessary customization, less decision fatigue. iOS is too smooth. Not to mention airpods are so seamless (got one 3months after buying the 14pro) and other quality of life features such as airdrop, imessage, FaceTime is plain good.
Still use both phones today. Iphone as my daily driver, and the s21 mainly for mobile hotspot (hotspot is problematic on iOS lol), android auto, and from time to time browse/message on it when I leave my iPhone charging.