I'm doing it: Going from Android to iPhone

Tsepz_GP said:
Welcome and congratulations!
If you know to get around an iPad you should be good.
16 Pro Max is an excellent choice too!
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Honestly, I don't really know my way around the ipad much. I use a few apps and that's about it.

I reckon ill be learning much quicker when forced to on the phone

It's on backorder now, 3-4 weeks

Also.. please convince me not to get the ultra watch 2
 
SAguy said:
Honestly, I don't really know my way around the ipad much. I use a few apps and that's about it.

I reckon ill be learning much quicker when forced to on the phone

It's on backorder now, 3-4 weeks

Also.. please convince me not to get the ultra watch 2
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Do not NOT get the Apple Watch Ultra 2 that will work so seamlessly with your 16 Pro Max. 😁
 
SAguy said:
Been a macbook user for 10 years, using iPad for 3 or so
Have always had an Android phone, but I've decided it's time to finally take the move

I don't do much on my iPad other than use it for sheet music when I play in orchestras, so I really don't know iOS well
It's gonna be an interesting learning curve, but we'll see!
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What do you play, what instrument.
 
This must be the most piss poor launch and stock situation of an iPhone. Are there any 16 Pro units available south of the Equator?

I should just get a 15 Pro if I can find a new one on contract somewhere.
 
Velskoen said:
This must be the most piss poor launch and stock situation of an iPhone. Are there any 16 Pro units available south of the Equator?

I should just get a 15 Pro if I can find a new one on contract somewhere.
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May as well just wait for the 17 at this point, with Apple Intelligence Pro (coming December 2025).
 
SAguy said:
Been a macbook user for 10 years, using iPad for 3 or so
Have always had an Android phone, but I've decided it's time to finally take the move

I don't do much on my iPad other than use it for sheet music when I play in orchestras, so I really don't know iOS well
It's gonna be an interesting learning curve, but we'll see!
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Welcome. Say hello to more time and more money.
 
Velskoen said:
This must be the most piss poor launch and stock situation of an iPhone. Are there any 16 Pro units available south of the Equator?

I should just get a 15 Pro if I can find a new one on contract somewhere.
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It’s what happens when you want to shoehorn it in and match America.

Wouldn’t have hurt anyone if it was just a month later.
 
SauRoNZA said:
It’s what happens when you want to shoehorn it in and match America.

Wouldn’t have hurt anyone if it was just a month later.
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Yeah, I have to wait a month, at least
Assuming istore ever gets back to me, their service has also been so kak
 
I got my iPhone and Ultra 2 a few days ago, man it's been a rough couple of days.

Migration of WhatsApp went very well, just took maybe 4 hours or so.

What I'm loving:
  • Everything works so well together, handing off pages, copy/paste, etc
  • The privacy features for app permissions are superior to Android, it's a lot easier to give specific permissions
  • The shortcuts for programming things

What I'm figuring out:
  • Getting the notifications just right is proving to be a challenge, I'm missing notifications because I'm used to seeing them in the status bar on the top of the Android - on iPhone it's not there. So if set an app to not have a banner for notifications while I'm on my phone, it's very difficult to actually see the notifications
  • Figuring out how to be discrete but also have some options for messaging from the watch, I don't want entire messages/images to show on my watch. Like what if I'm making a cup of tea for my MIL and then I get a message from a boys group
  • I have near zero idea how anything on the watch works tbh

What I hate:
  • This lack of a persistent back button is mindblowing - you are forced to use two hands. Each app decides how to handle going back, and this lack of uniformity is surprising on an iPhone
  • The lack of numbers and period/comma on the keyboard all the time. I know you can double tap for a period, but to insert a comma you need to go into the symbols menu (or swipe in it)... why?
  • Inability to close all apps, you have to swipe each one away
  • Androids second hidden OS for having a second copy of applications and hiding them is VASTLY superior to Apple's implementation

Overall I'm happy with the move, and with time I'll probably find new workflows to help with the above, there are definitely things that Android does better, and definitely things iPhone does better
 
SAguy said:
  • Getting the notifications just right is proving to be a challenge, I'm missing notifications because I'm used to seeing them in the status bar on the top of the Android - on iPhone it's not there. So if set an app to not have a banner for notifications while I'm on my phone, it's very difficult to actually see the notifications
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You are aware you swipe down from the top-left of the screen from anywhere to see them right?
SAguy said:
  • Figuring out how to be discrete but also have some options for messaging from the watch, I don't want entire messages/images to show on my watch. Like what if I'm making a cup of tea for my MIL and then I get a message from a boys group
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Your phone will only ever show notifications to you when your Face is in view, anyone else will just see a blank.
SAguy said:
  • This lack of a persistent back button is mindblowing - you are forced to use two hands. Each app decides how to handle going back, and this lack of uniformity is surprising on an iPhone
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Why do you need two hands? You either press the button top left to go "back" to the previous App or you swipe from the left side of the screen to the right to go back inside the same app. This is a pretty standard gesture across the OS and I've never specifically felt it not be available in any particular app with multiple windows.
SAguy said:
  • The lack of numbers and period/comma on the keyboard all the time. I know you can double tap for a period, but to insert a comma you need to go into the symbols menu (or swipe in it)... why?
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Guess I'm so used to it this has never even come up as an issue. Purely muscle memory.
SAguy said:
  • Inability to close all apps, you have to swipe each one away
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Stop doing this and stop doing this now...it's Android bullshit like restarting Windows. You do no need to close anything on iOS due to the way it manages resources. The option to close all apps doesn't exist for this very reason that Apple doesn't want you to be managing and closing ****.
 
You know as the saying goes, once you go trans and cut it off you can't go back.
 
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