Why do some iPhone users forcefully also carry an Android phone?

BRUT

Disciple
I've heard this a couple of times. Why though? what are the reasons?
 

nitin_g3

Adept
One reason is the app availability, for example, some apps developed by govt are only available on android. These apps are must for employees of few specific departments. Thus, they end up carrying secondary Android phone along with their primary iphone.
 

kalph09

Disciple
I carry both all the time, been that way since 2013. One active device is in the pocket while the other is in the backpack. I swap them once in 6-8 months.

I work in the enterprise mobility domain. This highly competitive domain evolves very fast and staying on top of the latest development means investing in the best hardware (both iOS and Android).

Outside this, I prefer certain services which work best. Example: I love using Apple car play services over android auto or using Google Maps on Android devices. Am sure a lot of people keeping both may have similar thoughts, and have the best of what both offer.
 

lockhrt999

Not a Fan.
Skilled
BRUT said:
I've heard this a couple of times. Why though? what are the reasons?
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1. Earlier iPhones didn't have dual sim functionality. You can check most of the dual phone users are using old iPhones.
2. Photography public want to shoot with iPhones and SLRs but need microsd card support.
3. Earlier iPhones had poor battery backup. So many carried Android as backup.
4. People buy iPhones without realizing some of their apps have no alternatives on iOS. Until recently, there was no official option to transfer whatsapp chat between these platforms.
5. Showoff janta buy iPhones on multi year EMI plans. (like R15). They have no money left to pay for iTunes or a music subscription. So they keep their old android phones for media playback.

iPhones are probably outselling Android in big cities. I'm not surprised. iPhones better the android in almost every way (my net iPhone usage is very tiny). Android hasn't innovated in a last few years except for themes. Google has castrated itself. It's making android uglier and impractical day by day. The flux of people from Android to iPhones is increasing. And many of them get shocked by how much iOS is different from android. So some of them retain their old android phones for a little longer.
 

OMEGA44-XT

Adept
lockhrt999 said:
1. Earlier iPhones didn't have dual sim functionality. You can check most of the dual phone users are using old iPhones.
2. Photography public want to shoot with iPhones and SLRs but need microsd card support.
3. Earlier iPhones had poor battery backup. So many carried Android as backup.
4. People buy iPhones without realizing some of their apps have no alternatives on iOS. Until recently, there was no official option to transfer whatsapp chat between these platforms.
5. Showoff janta buy iPhones on multi year EMI plans. (like R15). They have no money left to pay for iTunes or a music subscription. So they keep their old android phones for media playback.

iPhones are probably outselling Android in big cities. I'm not surprised. iPhones better the android in almost every way (my net iPhone usage is very tiny). Android hasn't innovated in a last few years except for themes. Google has castrated itself. It's making android uglier and impractical day by day. The flux of people from Android to iPhones is increasing. And many of them get shocked by how much iOS is different from android. So some of them retain their old android phones for a little longer.
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The last 2 years of flagship androids were bad, poor SoCs by Qualcomm fabbed at Samsung led to overheating, lower sustained performance & lower battery life (check something like S20FE 5G vs S21FE on GSMArena battery tests). So indirectly, Samsung helped Apple gain more audience in the flagship phone market.

SD 8 Gen 2 is finally competitive.

Just to add, another reason I have seen is that *ahem* content is easier to access in android.
 

Rednekol

Recruit
I mean as a backup phone? Just in case your iphone battery runs out, or there's some Android Exclusive app??
 

superczar

Skilled
MarioBros said:
to experience best of the both worlds
Android OS & iOS

both great OS in their own ways
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This..
I have been using both concurrently almost since the first android phone launch.
I keep all work/banking/ personal stuff on iOS as in general, i find it more reliable and secure (subjective opinion, don’t flame me for this )
and use the android as a back up for any non standard/ ahem/keeda use case that I may have as i find it more flexible in that regard
 

MarioBros

Disciple
superczar said:
This..
I have been using both concurrently almost since the first android phone launch.
I keep all work/banking/ personal stuff on iOS as in general, i find it more reliable and secure (subjective opinion, don’t flame me for this )
and use the android as a back up for any non standard/ ahem/keeda use case that I may have as i find it more flexible in that regard
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yes similar case here..my main phone is iPhone and also use a Android for other purpose
 

solo_wing

Adept
for maps.
I never cared for iphone unless I have realized how smooth apps run on . I constantly need mapping apps like- OSM, Gaia etc and android phones get slow and sometimes feel cannot even handle it. I have seen my maps recording fail on android couple of times but apple never once.
The android i am using is med budget (25k) with plenty of storage left too so it is not because of using cheap android against iphone( even iphone i am comparing to is X) so both are equally in todays times but still apple performs exceptionally well .

however it is not like Apple does not have flaws I recently posted about how even after deleting hundreds of gbs I still cannot get storage back on iphone. God knows what backup it is downloading.

Both have the plus and minus.
android for ease of use and iphones for efficiency and smoothness.
 

Rockfella

Committed hedonist.
ex-Mod
Glad I am on android lol.
 

t3chg33k

Skilled
My primary phone is an iPhone simply because of the better privacy options, app quality/design being much better, Face ID being less awkward when using biometrics zillion times a day and MagSafe accessories being quite convenient.

I use an Android tablet for entertainment because I can mess with it any way I can without worrying about personal stuff. My secondary phone is an Android because I can run multiple profiles/accounts on it to completely isolate work stuff.

It is definitely not by force, but choice. iOS had a government app problem but since Apple made it free for government apps a couple of years ago, there is no app gap that I face in daily use.