If you are hesitating between buying an Android mobile or buying an iPhone, you have an internal conflict that is difficult to resolve. Both operating systems have advantages and disadvantages, and some of these are only subjective from a subjective point of view. Here I give you 7 reasons (between objectivity and subjectivity), for choosing an Android mobile and not an iPhone - which does not mean that the latter is worse than Android phones.
1.- Personalization options
I like the design, I like being able to design my own mobile interface. To decide the grid of my desktop, the size of the icons, how I order them, and even to be original, and put all the icons diagonally. This may not be the optimal interface for a smartphone, but I like having the ability to customize the mobile however I want. That with an iPhone is impossible. With an Android it is not only possible, but there are even mobiles that already arrive with the possibility of changing the theme to completely change the appearance of the smartphone. You will not have a new mobile, OK, but you will have a somewhat different mobile. iOS is always the same. And that can be a good thing, if that's what you're looking for. But it can also be a reason not to choose iOS and choose an Android mobile.
2.- Some simpler options
There is a popular, almost axiomatic belief that iPhones are simpler than Android phones. That may be the case at first. And a user who has never used a smartphone may find an iPhone simpler than an Android. But there are some options that are simpler on Android than on iPhone. And I say that I have an iPad, that I use a lot both my Android mobile and my iPad tablet, and that from time to time I do not find settings on the iPad because I do not know where they are. When I find them, I ask myself which Apple engineer came up with that setting option should be on that menu, because it doesn't make any sense. Yesterday we were talking about something similar when we said that on an Android mobile one can change the volume of the alarm without changing the volume of calls. Of course, it may seem that it is more complex to have 3 or 4 volume levels than a single common one, but the reality is that iPhone users cannot have one volume level for the alarm and another for calls, only one volume level. general volume.
3.- Compatibility with other smartphones and tablets
If you buy an iPhone, and you are going to buy a tablet, it does not make much sense not to buy an iPad. If you are going to buy a smartwatch, it will have to be an Apple Watch. And if you are going to change your mobile, after having an Apple Watch and having an iPad, you will have to buy a new iPhone. However, if you buy a Samsung mobile, you can buy a Nexus 9 tablet from HTC, and you can buy a Motorola Moto 360 watch. Then you can change your tablet for a Google Pixel C, and your mobile for an LG G5, which your Motorola Moto 360 will remain just as compatible. In the future you can even buy the Huawei Watch, which will also be compatible with other Android smartphones and tablets. It is an advantage. You actually have a lot more options when it comes to choosing.
4.- Unique mobiles
And in that same line of argument we want to continue to talk about unique mobiles. How many iPhones are there? Two main ones, the previous two, and one that is sold as a cheap iPhone. But all alike. Now there is the variation between one with a 5,5-inch screen and another with a 4,7-inch screen. But among Android mobiles, you have mobiles with small-format screens, such as the Sony Xperia Z5 Compact, and high-end ones. You have phones with unbreakable screens, like the Motorola Moto X Force, and you have phones with 6-inch screens (yesterday we saw the 5 best phones with 6-inch screens or more). You have mobiles with metallic designs, with a glass, ceramic, or wooden back cover. You have mobiles with high-level cameras, and mobiles with two cameras like the LG G5, with a wide-angle camera. You even have waterproof mobiles. If you buy an iPhone 6s, you will have a mobile that has many people. But there are unique mobiles that you will only find if you search among Android mobiles.
5.- In general, with a better quality / price ratio
In addition, Android phones tend to have, in general, a better quality / price ratio than iPhones. It is true that there are cases of very expensive Android phones, such as the high-end Samsung or Sony. But it is also true that there is no iPhone with the quality / price ratio of a Xiaomi Mi 5, or a Xiaomi Redmi Note 3. If you are looking for a relatively inexpensive mobile, your option will always be Android. Not because there are no cheaper iPhones, but because you can buy something similar to an iPhone, for half the money. Sure, it will never become what an iPhone is, or what a Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge is, but you will have saved money, and you will have a good mobile.
6.- The best screen, the best camera, the best battery
Perhaps the iPhone was a pioneer mobile in the world of smartphones. But today it is not the mobile that has the best screen, but it is the Samsung Galaxy S7. Nor is it the mobile that has the best camera, but it is the Sony Xperia Z5. Nor is it the mobile that has the best battery, since it is considered that the Sony Xperia Z5 Compact is the mobile that has the best battery management. So things. The iPhone 6s is no longer the best mobile around. You have Android phones that are better for the photographic world, or that stand out for having a high-quality screen. The iPhone is no longer the no more.
7.- Android mobiles are more innovative
But I think that if there is something to highlight about Android mobiles with respect to iOS mobiles and that represents a radical change with respect to what iPhones were a few years ago, it is that Android mobiles have become more innovative. While at the time the iPhone were the best, and incorporated the most relevant news, now that is over. The payment technology of the high-end Samsung Galaxy, which can act as a magnetic stripe card, for example, the curved screens of smartphones, too. There is talk of folding screens for the end of this 2016. We have already seen a kind of modular mobile, the LG G5, and even some mobile with a 4K screen, such as the Sony Xperia Z5 Premium. But we will simplify and summarize everything in that today you can pay with your Android mobile in Spain, but you cannot pay with your iPhone 6s Plus. Not because the mobile phone does not have the necessary technology, but because Apple has not yet closed all the necessary agreements for this technology to reach Spain, nor does it allow other apps to use the NFC, as could happen with Spanish banks. It is curious, because if there is one thing Apple has characterized itself throughout history, it is by innovation. But precisely now innovation in the iPhone is conspicuous by its absence. That's not good for the market, nor is it good for users. But it is a reason to choose an Android mobile, wanting to have a technology, or a feature present in a single mobile on the market.