There’s a common perception that Apple overprices their products, but if you really look and think about the competition and their own values, you’ll realize that it’s time to rethink what you think, about Apple. Now this article is not saying that you should go with either an Apple device or any other brand, but to just clear up some things about Apple and Android that needs clearing up.
Price
When you think about Apple phones, a price of around $1000 pops into your mind, and that’s because most Apple phones are priced around that price point. Now you can find thousands of semi-flagship phones at the $700, $500, or even $300 area, but those phones don’t compare to Apple phones. The Galaxy series, most prominently the S24 or S24+ from Samsung is the real completion against Apple, but those phones have a price point of $799 and $999.99 respectively. The base model iPhone 15 costs $799, the same cost of the Galaxy S24. Now. what about those cheap phones? $300 Galaxy A25 5G? You can argue that for the lower price point, non-Apple phones win, but those phones are “you get what you pay for”, and are still pretty good, but nowhere near as good as an iPhone.
Design and Software
If you want an iPhone, you’re going to get an iPhone, and it’ll be the iPhone-iest iPhone that ever iPhoned. Every iPhone, no matter if it’s yours, your brother’s, your best friend’s, they’re gonna be very similar. Even the the iPhone 15, the latest iPhone, comes in only two sizes. The only choice you have is how much to spend, how big it is, and how many cameras you want, but that’s good for some people. People know what they’re getting when they buy a “certified Apple product”.
Android phones, on the other hand, come with many different form factors and manufacturers that you can choose from. If you want a Nothing Phone 2 with a clear back and some software tricks, or the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra with its own “One UI”, or the foldable Oneplus Open, with it’s own customized OS. You can also opt for smaller Android devices like the Google Pixel 8, or even the “Huawei P60 Pro”. You can get a phone based on any size, form, speed, and quality that you’d like with a wide variety of Android phones.
Cameras
The cameras are one of the most important parts of your phone. The cameras on the iPhone are universally super solid, producing very high quality photos, and the iPhone 15 Pro Max winning the best smartphone camera award from Mrwhosetheboss, a very well known tech reviewer. You can also get zoom lenses if you want to on an iPhone, but don’t expect it to be more than even 5X optical zoom. iPhones has amazing point-and-shoot capability, meaning that if you pull out your phone and snap a photo without adjusting any settings, it’s probably going to be pretty good.
This isn’t the case on Android. Depending on the model you choose, some cameras on Android phones, like the Google Pixel 8 Pro, have powerful cameras and AI that can post process the photos that you take, but the same cannot be said for other non-flagship phones. The different qualities of cameras are usually connected to the price you pay for the phone, but even that isn’t always the case. For example, folding and “gaming phones” usually have “below average” cameras that aren’t very good.
Conclusion
Ultimately, which brand you prefer will really just be based on your own preferences. There are many of reasons to choose an iPhone. It could be that “it just works”, or it could be that all your friends have it. Or it could be because if your friends see a green text bubble they will completely annihilate you. If you want a phone with continuous (~5 years) software support and one that has a premium feel, an iPhone is for you. Most importantly though, if you already own Apple devices, like AirPods, a Macbook, or an Apple Watch, then an iPhone makes the most sense for you since it can be seamlessly integrated.
Android is the still the leading mobile operating system worldwide, with a market share of 70.1% in 2023, while Apple’s iOS market has a share of 29.2%.
If you’re looking for a more customizable mobile experience, Android phones allow a user much more flexibility. You can install a theme from a show that you really like. You can change the feel of the phone, the fonts of the text, or even the launcher of the phone. Android also has a ton of apps, way more than iPhones, but they aren’t checked and perfected as much as an iPhone app does.
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