Apple to Android and Android to Apple – Do People Really Switch?

I did once, iPhone 3 to Android honeycomb. I help a lot of people who are iPhone/iPad users (volunteering with elderly users) and they're awesome devices if sometimes confusing to seniors.

But, I'm content being an Android phone owner with a macbook pro. The upsides of integration inside the Apple ecology don't work out for me economically compared to owning a motorola Android device with good battery life.

I won't say I'd never switch back but it's unlikely several Android phones down the timeline.

Treating this as a survey: yes, people (this person, anyway) do switch; first Android, then hand-me-down iPhones, and now I just want this iPhone to last as long as possible and then I'll accept whatever's passed down from friends or family. I miss my Samsung Galaxy S3 with its removable battery and removable data storage.

I use an iPhone. I tried switching to Android 3 times over the years since the first iPhone came out. Same plan, same provider, grandfathered in, same house, same spot. Each Android phone did not get the same level of cell service in my house as the iPhone. I have side gigs I do contract work for, and I have had cases of missing calls where the Androids have cost me $100's of dollars; the phone didn't ring... just a voicemail notification showing up hours later.

After the 3rd attempt, the last being a Nexus 5, I gave up. I draw a line when a device messes with my income, regardless of my ideological stance on open source and not having a Windows device or even an Apple laptop in the house for the last 15 years. I'm hitting 40 this year, and switching doesn't have the appeal it once did, and I'm not sure it's worth the effort at this point.

To answer the question, yes we do try, and some of even want to. In my case it just wasn't in the cards

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