I've been somewhat of an Android power user for pretty much ever. Unlocked & rooted just about everything I've touched. I'm been a QA professional for about a decade, and I've grown dissilusioned with their products lately. I'm not exactly looking forward to the new line of Nexus devices. Constant MMS and battery issues coupled with strange stability issues has me looking to jump off the boat.
In preparation for a possible switch to iOS, I spent 2 years on my Nexus 5 with nothing but the stock Android to see if I could stand just "leaving the phone alone" long enough to not go crazy. (Because in my understanding, the level of customization just isn't there on iOS - that's how they can ensure that everything "just works".) At the same time, my wife got an iPad Mini and an iPhone 5s. I've become as accustomed as I can to most of the intricacies without completely personalizing her devices for myself.
So, without further adeu, on to the questions!! (Try to eliminate jailbreaking from the conversation)
In preparation for a possible switch to iOS, I spent 2 years on my Nexus 5 with nothing but the stock Android to see if I could stand just "leaving the phone alone" long enough to not go crazy. (Because in my understanding, the level of customization just isn't there on iOS - that's how they can ensure that everything "just works".) At the same time, my wife got an iPad Mini and an iPhone 5s. I've become as accustomed as I can to most of the intricacies without completely personalizing her devices for myself.
So, without further adeu, on to the questions!! (Try to eliminate jailbreaking from the conversation)
- Privacy is a big draw, but I've kinda dug myself into a hole. I'm too entrenched in the Google ecosystem, and I'm going to continue to use Gmail, Google Maps, Google Drive, Google Music, Hangouts, Google Photos, and the Chrome browser. Is there any privacy benefit to coming over to iOS?
- Without jailbreaking, is there any way to have the Google apps be the default selection from Spotlight or a Siri command? ("Navigate to work" going to Google Maps and other random regular search queries that we all trust Google with more)
- Is there any way to get Google Now-like notifications and information? Like maybe in the notifications pull-down? (Weather, commute time, travel-time-to searched location)
- Android M has this new really cool feature where it backs up entire apps (saved data and all) to the cloud so that you can easily restore without losing any data. Does iOS have anything like that?
- What is everybody's favorite swipe-able keyboard? Swiftkey? I tried a few but they seemed horrible.