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Good Call ... :straight-face:Have the Note 9 512GB and thinking about dumping it for the 512GB max.
Mainly for the decent selection of cases.
Good Call ... :straight-face:Have the Note 9 512GB and thinking about dumping it for the 512GB max.
Mainly for the decent selection of cases.
Man I'm really on the fence. Have a Note 9 but went and got an XS Max last night. Initial thought was I miss iOS. As I was restoring back it like an old friend. But..... After a couple hours though I'm realizing I quite like Android and the Note 9. Maybe more so now.
I got used to working around my Apple ecosystem (MBP, Apple TV) with the Note over the course of this last month. Have a first gen apple watch that is so slow now haven't been wearing it anyways. The lack of notch, customizable interface (more for dark themes). Also things like Always On Display (AOD) are things I quickly got used to.
Another factor with Android, you can place all your most used icons at the bottom of your homescreen (without having to fill the whole screen). Makes it nice on large displays without resorting to reachability band aids. Widgets aren't as much an asset but nice option. I do also like iOS's take on widgets in the left screen that you swipe over. Keyboard I think Android has more choices and customization (plus things like a number row).
Face ID is fast as ever on the Max, but not having a finger print sensor as a backup or alternative is a bit of a pisser.
Decision, decisions, decisions... the XS Max might actually have to go back. Haven't made up my mind quite yet... but it's feeling that way. I have 13 days left to decide...
Please let me know what one you decide to keep.
the XS Max might actually have to go back
My 512GB iPhone XS Max went back to Best Buy tonight. I felt really stupid paying $1,449 for an incremental upgrade to the iPhone X. Not only that, my 512GB Note 9 only cost me a little over $1,000 on Amazon. And for $1K I get so much more features on the Note 9 vs the XS Max.
The most important is your being happy, but my IT director hat (and seat) never sees the more features people talk about unless it's phone only stuff.
The Apple desktop update that also just came out makes the iPhones even better for doing work. The tied together features added more function for using the camera as an example.
As a G Suite and Azure/365 administrator I see Google has full screen apps, even Admin is all screen.
Basically it seems like the Android features issue many always talk about are how you tweak the way your phone looks or behaves more than overall capability or ability to do work and collaborate.
One point for being fair is smart phones are so ubiquitous that use varies a lot.
Android works better in my life. I don't use a Mac computer. I gave a PowerPoint presentation a couple of weeks ago and I was using the Bluetooth S Pen functionality to switch slides. I was able to answer an email this morning while watching the news in split-screen view. I couldn't do that on the iPhone XS Max. I don't know why Apple didn't give the iPhone that functionality like they did on the iPad Pro.