Concerns of an Android convert - Part 1

  • By Amelia Ali
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  • 13 Sep, 2018
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Here in the Silicon Valley you can find majority of individuals with a Macbook in one hand and an iPhone in the other. I have to admit I was one of these people. Having been a fan of Apple for a very long time, I found their products streamlined and easy to use. But once I saw the release of Google's Pixel 2, something inside me wanted a change. At first I was ecstatic, stepping away from the norm made me feel like a tech connoisseur. However, once the honeymoon phase wore down, I started to notice everyday inconveniences I could no longer overlook.
Let's start with the biggest issue I have, headphones.
If you recall, Google gave Apple a hard time about the release of their headphone converter, only to mimic them one model later. If we compare, Apple provides not only a converter, but also a pair of headphones. Google only provides a converter.

Now I am unsure if headphone shortcuts can only belong to a certain company (i.e Apple), but why is it that when I had my Apple headphones plugged in, the general pause/skip/volume features would not work?

It makes me wonder, if you (as a company) had the slightest idea that majority of your new clientele would be converts from Apple, why would you make the converter not Apple friendly? Essentially, if you are not willing to provide headphones at least allow my old ones to work. In order to resolve this I had to buy new headphones, which is an added cost and hassle for no justified reason.This also brought up another issue. The fact that the converter did not work well with Apple headphones meant I would plug them into the converter, then the converter into my phone, yet the sound would still play from my phone. The converter would not register being plugged in and as a result would not play sound through the headphones.

My suggestions to Google would be either provide headphones that have working shortcuts and actually register with the Pixel, OR provide a converter that is able to work along side not just Apple headphones but others as well.

Concerns of an Android convert - Part 4

By Amelia Ali • September 13, 2018

Images and the pictures we take are things we want to keep with us for as long as possible. Pictures in particular are the main concern when transferring over to a new phone. Will they transfer? Will I lose any in the process? How will they be organized?

The thing is, Apple to Apple there is no issue, simply sign into your iCloud and life is good. I'm sure between Android devices is a similar situation. However, when going from Apple to Android or vice versa, there is some grey area of unknown.

Google was clever enough to provide a converter along with the Pixel which, for the most part, was able to copy over my phone perfectly down to the wallpaper. Unfortunately there is one thing that did not go as smoothly, pictures.

Concerns of an Android convert - Part 3

By Amelia Ali • September 13, 2018
As a recent convert to Android from Apple, I have a few concerns that have come up that I want to address.

Concerns of an Android convert - Part 2

By Amelia Ali • September 13, 2018
As a recent convert to Android from Apple, I have a few concerns that have come up that I want to address.
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