Comparing TikTok videos taken on an iPhone - even an older version like the iPhone X - with those taken on my Galaxy S10 Plus is like night and day. It also was frustrating that apps like TikTok diminished my camera quality on Android. WhatsApp also diminishes the quality of videos, and Google Drive takes a lot longer to upload videos to. until I began to envy my friends who were instantaneously AirDropping pictures and videos after our hangouts. Unless you use a third-party app like WhatsApp, there's no easy way to send high-resolution photos and videos directly between an Android phone and an iPhone. Until I realized I was missing out on other, more significant benefits of owning an iPhone. Because this felt like a superficial complaint - and is 100% Apple's fault - I brushed it aside. I've been told countless times that I ruin group chats by turning all the texts 'green.' This is because Apple refuses to make iMessage compatible with Android phones, so when you message someone who isn't on iOS, you'll see green text bubbles instead of the standard blue ones. iPhone: 7 Things Apple Phone Owners Wish They Could Do But at the end of the day, there was one big thing my Android could never offer: a seamless way to communicate with all my friends on the iPhone. Yes, I loved my Galaxy S10 Plus and everything it offered: a top-notch camera, a customizable interface and Object Eraser, which removes any unwanted people or objects from your pictures ( Pixel phones have a similar feature). And so for years, I stuck with my Samsung Galaxy devices, which I still believe are incredible phones.īut after conversations with friends and family about what I could get from the iPhone that I could never get with my Android, I started to reconsider my stance. Despite years of pestering from friends to switch to an iPhone, I pushed back, maintaining that I liked being different from the masses. I've always prided myself on not buying into the Apple hype. It may sound like I'm being overly dramatic, but that trip to the Verizon store signaled a big shift for me. (Especially now that I'm no longer teased for having green texts - more on that later.) But at long last, I've traded in my beloved Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus for an iPhone 14 Pro. For a decade, I defended my choice to own an Android to countless haters.

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