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| What you should know before switching from Android phone to iPhone |
Before you decide to ditch your Android phone and buy an iPhone, it is important that you understand that information about data portability, features offered by iOS and Android features that you don't need accessible on iPhone. Here are the most important things you need to know before you replace your Android phone with an iPhone:
1- Data portability:
When we want to switch phones, we mainly focus on the ability to transfer data stored on the old phone to the new one, such as contacts, media files, documents, and application data.
Apple makes it easy for users to transfer most of the data, including email accounts, apps data, and media files from Android phone to iPhone.
2- Backup in the WhatsApp application:
It is important to know that currently it is not possible to transfer WhatsApp chat history backups from Android phone to iPhone. Thus, switching from Android to iPhone leads to losing all previously available WhatsApp chat backups on your Android phone.
3- Install Google apps and services:
Various Google services apps are pre-installed on Android smartphones, for example: Gmail, Google Calendar, Chrome Browser, Google Maps, YouTube, Google Drive, Google Photos, etc. For the iPhone, you can use Apple apps instead of Google apps, such as for example Mail, Apple Calendar, and Safari.
Therefore, it may take some time to get used to using Apple apps. However, iPhone supports almost all Google apps. You can download Chrome Browser, Google Calendar, Gmail and many other Google service apps from the App Store and use them on iPhone.
4- The possibility of connecting various accessories:
Multiple Apple devices form an integrated system with better compatibility with each other, iPhone like this, has better compatibility with other Apple products such as: iPad, AirPods, Apple Watch, Mac computers, etc. Some difficulty connecting accessories of other manufacturers to the iPhone.
Example: Some recent smartwatches such as Google Pixel Watch and Samsung Galaxy Watch 5 do not support iOS. On the other hand, if you own an iPad or a Mac computer, you may find that using an iPhone works best for you.
Add to this the type of charging cable to use: when you switch iPhones, you have to forego the USB-C cable and use the one specific to the iPhone, that is, the Lightning cable. In view of the European Union’s decision to force all companies to switch to USB-C connectors in smartphone chargers, Apple may in the coming years replace the charging connector (Lightning) with a USB-C connector on iPhone 15 phones, and this tablet will be powered by Apple. Until 2024. A computer and a camera.
5- Editing the user interface:
iOS provides its own user interface on iPhone phones, which is completely different from Android phones. Although it is very simple and easy to use, some may find it a bit complicated compared to the Android phone interface.
6- Follow the application displayed on the App Store:
If you have an iPhone, you need to manage the apps available in the App Store, and while you can find most of the apps you need, Android provides its users with the ability to engage with third-party app stores such as (F-Droid), (Aptoide), and even Amazon's app stores. And Samsung which has several apps that you might want to try.
That will certainly change in a few months as Apple prepares to give iPhone and iPad users access to an alternative EU-compliant App Store.