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Daniel Z.
Daniel Z. Daniel Z.

I did the unthinkable. I switched to an iPhone XR from my Galaxy S7. Should I do a review?

  1. dizmo

    dizmo

    Maybe?

    Personally I'd never make the switch. Not until they change many things.

  2. lewdicrous

    lewdicrous

    Thought about switching to the XR (or an older iPhone) from my S6, how is it?

  3. Daniel Z.

    Daniel Z.

    @dizmo Like what things? It's a great phone so far, really no complaints. I suppose I didn't want to deal with some Samsung quirks anymore. The bad standby time was a huge turnoff for me. As for stock android, I really dislike it, and I would rather use Samsung whatever they call it now or iOS. iOS surprisinly has more features and customization than stock android and it's way more convenient.

  4. dizmo

    dizmo

    Oh man where to start....

    • Make it so that apps aren't just shit all over the screen.
    • More customization options akin to Android. I get why they don't have them, but still.
    • Up the battery capacity.
    • I'd say cheaper apps, but their apps are generally of higher quality, so it doesn't bother me as much.

    I don't really have a lot of demands, but I cannot stand having a home screen filled with garbage. I like a minimalist look, and I can't have that with Apple. And no, folders are not a reasonable compromise. I'd wonder if your stand by time was an app you had installed, and not Samsung as a whole. I've only owned a couple of Samsung phones but both have been superb with stand by time.

  5. Daniel Z.

    Daniel Z.

    @dizmo

    1) Completely agree

    2) I used to believe this, but after romming 3 devices and doing stuff like that in Android, I've come to the opinion that it doesn't matter from a practical standpoint.

    3) I agree, but iPhones have pretty decent battery. iPhone Xs is good, Xs Max is better than good, and Xr is a very long lasting phone. Most people can easily use it for 2 days.

    4) Also agree

    For standby time, no matter what I do by resetting or whatever, my S7 still is warm when I take it out of my pocket and always is lower than it was by a significant margin. I started the day today with 80 percent and I'm currently at 28 percent AFTER 7 hours of screen on time.

  6. dizmo

    dizmo

    Sure, from a practical standpoint it doesn't matter...but from a practical standpoint we don't need 90% of the things higher end phones offer. I still want to be able to customize every aspect of my on screen clock ?

     

    They're ok, but compared to some offerings from other companies they don't hold a candle to them. The Zenphone 3 Zoom, for example. I'd love to see an Apple phone get 14 hours of SOT.

     

    The S7 is old though. If you're considering what it does now, and it still has the original battery, that's a really flawed comparison. The battery is nearly EOL.

     

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