Why do I switch from Android to iOS, and back to Android

And why there is no good or bad 

I still remember the first time I see a smartphone, it was iPhone3G and my cousins were holding the phone and talking about it. It was mind blowing to know what these small devices can actually do that time. 

I really wanted one but it was way too expensive at that time. My cousin suggested me to get a iPhone3GS because apparently iPhone3G was laggy and slow, well, what do yea expect, Rm1,500 was a lot of money back then for a 15 years old of me, and also my parent wouldn't think it's an awesome phone to own.

iPhone3GS, not my hand 

Here come the S 

After a couple of years later, I finally managed to get myself a smartphone. A dear friend of mine managed to persuade me to go for an Android phone instead, and it was the very first Galaxy series smartphone, Samsung Galaxy S. Long story short, it was an ok phone, the camera is good at it's time, but the problem is the Android and it's ecosystem.

Before I jump into how terrible my Android experience was back then, without checking at gsmarena for what the phone specs is really like, I'm going to tell you straight away what I remembered, that's the most genuine to tell a story right? It was a single core phone at 1.2Ghz, a super AMOLED display, 5MP rear camera with no flash light, 0.3MP at the front, 8GB internal storage and around 500mb of RAM. Okay now, go check if I was right.

Samsung Galaxy S 

The first time I turn it on, it feels like not just I am holding a phone, but also a camera, a music player, a video player, and a handheld game console because you know, in the older days, you can't do all these in one device. After I installed my first app, I was thrilled on how simple it is to install an app, well, compares to the one in computer, you have to look for the installer, download it, click hell lots of Next, and play it, but on that time, to be able to use the app was just a few clicks away, it was astonishing!

But then I realize one thing, the phone was a hell of a lag compared to how current average smartphone performs, it literally lags with anything that you were doing, typing the keyboard, opening the apps, lock the phone, the dialer, the android marketplace, and anything that you named it, there will be lag for that. 

So I went google around and look for any possible solutions on how to improve that, it was the Gingerbread era by the way, and it is lack of many things of what Android Lollipop has today, and we have never even heard of or know what JellyBean is. 

So I went to this XDA devs forum, courtesy of my friend that was too dealing with a laggy phone, I got to know about these custom ROMS, custom kernels, custom tweaks, and lots of custom this and custom that stuff. So I tried to perform tweaks that makes the phone smooth, save battery, UI tweaks and many more, some are good, some crashes your phone every half a minute or make your phone getting really warm for no reason. I tried a lot of tweaking back days, but all I remember was the CyanogenMod ROM that was stable and usable, everything was pretty good back, then I decided to get a tablet.

How I was made a fan of Apple products 

So one day I've decided to get myself an Android tablet, Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 to be precise, why? Well, apart of it being something that is mainstream, who doesn't enjoy looking at a bigger screen? so I've made up my mind to get an Android tablet, but wait, why do everyone uses iPad? That question bothers me a lot, I mean, statistically if you compare the number of tablet users, we are talking a lot and lot more iPad users compared to Android, how wrong could it be to try out a new device with a totally new ecosystem? 

The moment I brought home my iPad2, I quickly noticed the design of the device, it was absolutely stunning! and when I turned it on, I instantly fell in love with iOS! People who uses Android had been complaining about the laggyness, random app crash/close, lack of functionalities, securities, malwares, etc etc etc in Android(Gingerbread vs iOS5), but in iOS, you barely noticed any problems. The moment you swipe across the screens, animations were fluid smooth, and the quality of Appstore is supreme compared Android, and I still think it is despite it's already 2015! 

So I ultimately spent less time on my Galaxy S and do whatever I can on a big and beautiful display on my iPad2. After that, I totally changed my habit on my interaction with mobile devices, spending lesser and lesser time on my iPad2, and then hand it over to my dad, not because I go back and use my Galaxy S, but because I got a bad boy coming along, Apple iPhone5. 

How iPhone 5 made most of my day awesome

iPhone5 has been serving me well, in fact very well. As a proud owner of the phone for approximately 3 years, I am still confident enough to say that this smartphone still kick asses compared to newer Android phone. Throughout these years, my iPhone is still amazingly fast, responsive, it gives me literally no problems at all apart from a few screen hangs and

The phone hanged a few times..... in 3 years, in 3 years! 

I mean how awesome is that isn't it? A hard reboot would solve the problem and then I'm ready to go. I don't really want to boost on how good Apple is at product quality and software stability, but you know I'll be lying if I say iOS is crappy and slow and hangs a lot. 

So I've been using my iPhone do what other people normally do, surf Facebook, upload images to Instagram, watch Youtube, got me woke up with the alarm app, Reddit, Twitter, Foursquare, etc. It is still an awesome smartphone to date, but sadly later on, things changed, I have a few strong reasons on why I decided to leave the Apple ecosystem, reluctantly, and get back to Android. 

1+1

The first thing that caught my attention was material design. I have to say, this material designs beats iOS design by many level. There's have never been a design that was so define by how it interacts with every action you performed in the phone. So I've decided to buy a phone that performs well in speed and performance but also at a steal price point, and here I am now, a proud owner of OnePlus One with CM12. 

Android Lollipop continues to surprise me with all these functionalities that iOS are lacking of, seriously. I have no complaint at all expect for a occasional app crashes that I had, the phone is fast and animation was fluid most of the time. But wait, there's a huge problem, Jelly Bean promised us the UI animation will be silky smooth, and yes it does, but somehow it is not as responsive when I touch my screen and scroll through list views. I genuinely dislike the experience of using Facebook, or any other app that requires scrolling, it is not as responsive as the one in iOS, so yeah, big disappointment in that. 

Other than the slight unresponsiveness, the biggest big plus was going from a 4 inches phone to a 5.5 inches phone. It just feel better to look at a bigger screen, you'll feel more comfortable, no stress on the eyes in trying to interpret small letters, great for watching movies and also manga.