{"id":151617,"date":"2022-12-08T08:40:09","date_gmt":"2022-12-08T08:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/how-the-galaxy-s23-ultra-will-break-my-vicious-iphone-cycle-and-why-its-so-difficult-to-stop-using-apples-phones-in-favor-of-android\/"},"modified":"2022-12-08T08:40:09","modified_gmt":"2022-12-08T08:40:09","slug":"how-the-galaxy-s23-ultra-will-break-my-vicious-iphone-cycle-and-why-its-so-difficult-to-stop-using-apples-phones-in-favor-of-android","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/how-the-galaxy-s23-ultra-will-break-my-vicious-iphone-cycle-and-why-its-so-difficult-to-stop-using-apples-phones-in-favor-of-android\/","title":{"rendered":"How the Galaxy S23 Ultra will break my vicious iPhone cycle (and why it’s so difficult to stop using Apple’s phones in favor of Android)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Who knew that I’d become an iPhone user? And not only that \u2013 but a long-term one too. I sure didn’t. Five years ago I was happy with my big, midrange, and fairly basic Xiaomi Mi Max 2 smartphone, and Apple’s iPhones seemed like overpriced, polished, yet fairly unimpressive options that people chose purely for the obligatory status symbol that they’ve become.I wasn’t familiar enough with iPhones, and was quick to judge, as I’ve seen many other people do. But things are never as simple as they look from across the fence.<\/p>\n

iPhones are, in fact, fantastic phones from a lot of angles. Fairly reliable, very simple and easy to use, featuring great build quality, long-term software updates, and (at least a reassuring promise of) user privacy.<\/p>\n

For better or worse, though, I’m a power user, meaning that I like to make the most out of every one expensive device that I own, and having been used to Android, it’s hard to deal with the iPhone’s limitations.<\/p>\n

No. Samsung DeX modes, no sideloading apps, heck, not even simple split-screen multitasking. No stylus support, can’t change the launcher or customize too much\u2026 A chunk of things that I may want from my phone, to not only make the best of it, but also make it truly my own, are rapidly coming to mind when I think about this.<\/p>\n

And over the last few years, I’ve been trying to go back to good ol’ Android, so I can get back that power and freedom.<\/p>\n

In fact, one of my New Year’s resolutions will be to finally switch back to Android in 2023, and I believe I know the phone that’ll help me do it \u2013 the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra.<\/p>\n

However, breaking away from Apple is going to be a challenge. Things are more complicated than you may think, so let me explain what the problem is\u2026<\/p>\n

Apple has locked me in; I’m in ecosystem jail! Now I have to buy several all-new devices just to switch back to Android<\/h2>\n
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