After 15 years with Android, I’ve decided to try my hand at Apple. On Christmas Eve, I purchased an iPhone 16+ 256GB in Black, aiming to get as close as possible to my Samsung S24+.
I still remember my first Android phone—a HTC. It didn’t do much, but it had a big screen, a stark contrast to my trusty Nokia at the time.
My whole family has been Apple fans from the start—iPhones, iPads, MacBooks—you name it. I’ve always resisted the pressure, often saying, “Apple doesn’t play well with others.”
First impressions of the iPhone? It’s nice. The big screen and great battery life are definite pluses. But the ease and flexibility I enjoyed with Android aren’t there. For instance, custom ringtones were simple on Android: download a song, move it to the ringtone folder, and voilà. On the iPhone, it’s so complicated that Apple even wrote a tech note on how to do it (https://support.apple.com/en-au/120692).
I also used the Android-to-Apple migration tool, which worked… sort of. It didn’t tell me which apps didn’t transfer. Some banking apps made it to the iPhone, but not all. Perplexing, to say the least.
It’s now Day 4. My plan is to stick with the iPhone until Christmas Day 2025 and then decide whether to continue or switch to Pixel. Using it feels like driving a left-hand-drive car in a right-hand-drive country. Some things are intuitive, while others require extra thought. Right now, I’m in that early frustration phase, but hopefully, it gets easier with time.