# Convince me to switch to Android and give up my iPhone **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 20, 2014, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/convince-me-to-switch-to-android-and-give-up-my-iphone/696006 "2014-08-20T15:35:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2014, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/convince-me-to-switch-to-android-and-give-up-my-iphone/696006/41 "2014-08-23T20:36:19Z")
> [@Eliahna](#): > > An Android feature that I love, even though it is one tiny little thing, is that the keyboard changes the case displayed on the keys when you tap the shift key. Never understood why iPhone doesn’t; it’s just one of those little niceties. How is this accomplished on an iPhone? I’m surprised it could be that much different, and this is exactly the sort of detail I need to know. I’m in the same uncertain territory of having an imminent upgrade opportunity, but thinking of going from Android to iOS. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2014, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/convince-me-to-switch-to-android-and-give-up-my-iphone/696006/42 "2014-08-23T20:50:49Z")
> [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](#): > > How is this accomplished on an iPhone? I’m surprised it could be that much different, and this is exactly the sort of detail I need to know. I’m in the same uncertain territory of having an imminent upgrade opportunity, but thinking of going from Android to iOS. On Android, if you are in lowercase mode, the entire keyboard is displayed in lowercase. And vice versa. iOS keyboard always displays uppercase. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2014, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/convince-me-to-switch-to-android-and-give-up-my-iphone/696006/43 "2014-08-23T22:24:02Z")
> [@control-z](#): > > On Android, if you are in lowercase mode, the entire keyboard is displayed in lowercase. And vice versa. iOS keyboard always displays uppercase. The iOS keyboard doesn’t display the case of letter you are typing? Wow. Somebody must have thought that was a good idea at some point ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2014, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/convince-me-to-switch-to-android-and-give-up-my-iphone/696006/44 "2014-08-23T23:12:09Z")
> [@bup](#): > > **Convince me to switch to Android and give up my iPhone** > > Switch to Android and give up your iPhone or I’ll steal your family in the night. I hate my family, so you’re welcome to them! ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2014, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/convince-me-to-switch-to-android-and-give-up-my-iphone/696006/45 "2014-08-23T23:15:57Z")
Is the Android voice command feature localized to the phone? One thing I HATE HATE HATE about Siri is that it always uses the internet. So, if I’m driving in a bad cell phone area and want to use voice command to call someone, I’m SOL. ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2014, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/convince-me-to-switch-to-android-and-give-up-my-iphone/696006/46 "2014-08-24T00:28:41Z")
I can search my contacts by voice with the phone in airplane mode, so yes it does work to find contacts without data or phone service. An iPhone won’t? ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2014, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/convince-me-to-switch-to-android-and-give-up-my-iphone/696006/47 "2014-08-24T00:38:48Z")
My iOS experience is limited to a 4th gen iPod with iOS 6 (so maybe my complaint is no longer valid) but I have two identical Logitech bluetooth speakers, one at home and one at work. With my Android phone, I can rename each device on the screen I connect to devices at, so one is is listed as “Logitech work” and the other “Logitech home”. I simply select the one I want, although in most cases it will simply connect to the one that is within range. On the iPod, I can’t change the name, both are listed as “Logitech speaker” and it won’t automatically connect to the speaker in range. I then have to decide which of two identically labeled options is the right one. Editing device names seems like an obvious feature to have, but not on the Apple device. ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2014, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/convince-me-to-switch-to-android-and-give-up-my-iphone/696006/48 "2014-08-24T00:48:42Z")
> [@urban1a](#): > > Upload all of your music (up to 25,000 tracks I belive) to the Google Music service and it is immediately available on any Android device you have Provided your mobile network connection is good enough at the time and place where you want to access your music. Every commercial for a service provider these days seems to show people streaming video when they’re out and about. “Yeah, right”, I snort to myself, as I continue downloading a podcast to listen to while I go out grocery shopping. And that’s audio content, never mind video. There’s still no substitute for having the music in your pocket. ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2014, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/convince-me-to-switch-to-android-and-give-up-my-iphone/696006/49 "2014-08-24T00:56:36Z")
> [@Baron\_Greenback](#): > > > [@](#): > > > > iOS keyboard always displays uppercase > > The iOS keyboard doesn’t display the case of letter you are typing? Wow. Somebody must have thought that was a good idea at some point If he means that the virtual keyboard is always shown in upper case, but typed letters, such as when you are typing in a case sensitive password, are shown in the proper case, then I could live with that. ---
**Author:** ![Kiwi\_Fruit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kiwi_fruit/32/12_2.png) [@Kiwi\_Fruit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kiwi_Fruit)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2014, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/convince-me-to-switch-to-android-and-give-up-my-iphone/696006/50 "2014-08-25T04:48:06Z")
> [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](#): > > If he means that the virtual keyboard is always shown in upper case, but typed letters, such as when you are typing in a case sensitive password, are shown in the proper case, then I could live with that. Yes they are. Also, the shift key changes fill colour from white (lower case) to black (upper case). ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2014, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/convince-me-to-switch-to-android-and-give-up-my-iphone/696006/51 "2014-08-25T06:37:11Z")
> [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](#): > > Provided your mobile network connection is good enough at the time and place where you want to access your music. > > Every commercial for a service provider these days seems to show people streaming video when they’re out and about. “Yeah, right”, I snort to myself, as I continue downloading a podcast to listen to while I go out grocery shopping. And that’s audio content, never mind video. > > There’s still no substitute for having the music in your pocket. I live in regional Victoria, Australia. We have dodgy coverage around here. I use Google music to stream to my phone when I’m in the car and it almost never misses a beat. For those rare occasions when it doesn’t work, I have “pinned” some songs to my phone so I can still access them anywhere. I didn’t think our mobile network or coverage was anywhere good enough to stream music on the go, but it is. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/convince-me-to-switch-to-android-and-give-up-my-iphone/696006.md?page=2)