[nortonham]

> the iPhone is nudging me further to giving a Macbook/OSX a try one day,

Gaming isn't great on Mac (depending on what games you play), but macbooks are great imo. A pro or an air with apple silicon is worth the money. I've never really appreciated the build quality of a mac before.

> I just got an iPhone for the first time, and it is a noticeably better device than my previous Android phones.

In what way? What Android phones did you use in the past?

[catlover76]

My last phone was a Samsung Galaxy A50, and it was pretty good as far as the hardware went. But I felt that Android was bad; I couldn't help but notice that a number of the apps loaded very slowly and had other small glitchy issues. Nothing that would compel a person to switch phones, just a lot of mostly minor inconveniences, except for 2 that really stick out right now: the Android messages web app always had a hard time connecting to my phone even when the phone was clearly on, had the messages app open, and was connected to same wifi as my computer; and second, Chrome recently just started becoming unopenable (like it would open and then immediately close for some reason).

These are just a couple data points in a bag of info and anecdata that has made me question whether Google is a company whose products are worth investing in, gives a damn, etc.

As to what exactly about the iPhone seems so good in comparison, the things that really stand out are the crisp aesthetics (noticeably better "graphics" than my Samsung) and the speed of everything. It's also just pleasant to touch/interact with--I think part of that is Apple's craftsmanship, and part is simply the fact that the phone is new.

[nortonham]

>the Android messages web app always had a hard time connecting to my phone even when the phone was clearly on, had the messages app open, and was connected to same wifi as my computer; and second, Chrome recently just started becoming unopenable (like it would open and then immediately close for some reason).

Those are definitely annoying and off putting. On my pixel 5 chrome always worked well (but I use other browsers), and messages app was trouble free...

Wonder if it was a problem with that model of phone you had.

But it's true, apples ecosystem is definitely a draw

[lyton]

which iPhone model did you go for?

[catlover76]

iPhone 15 (normal)