Ryan, a few years ago when my two year contract with my iPhone 3GS was up, I decided to switch to Android.I had nothing but problems with my Android phone (Moto Droid Bionic). The UI customization was nice, but it was also necessary as my phone came with sooooo many garbage apps ....The battery life was abysmal. And finally the LTE service was spotty at best. You describe a very common experience from the early days (v2.x) of Android. While it's still possible to find extremely low end or used phones with carrier or manufacturer installed bloatware or sub-par battery life, there are dozens of modern phones that run Android and have none of these problems, some costing half as much of the iPhone and having not only the customization benefits you liked, but many others (better battery life, screens, camera features, voice assistance, etc.). It's amazing how many people still think that Android circa 2011 is similar to Android today, but they are completely different animals. The people I run into who carry the perception you do typically haven't used a phone running Android 4.3+ for any length of time. I'd love to hear your thoughts if you do. You'll most certainly find that the "it just works" concept is more applicable to many newer Android-based phones than the iPhone (the latest couple releases of which had many problems that had to be addressed through patches, workarounds, etc., upon release.) |
