By Micheal Fobia
Staff Writer
Now, it’s been a common belief in America that iPhones are better than Android. While this may seem true to the common eye, without FaceTime, iPhones really are nothing special. While you may think that an iPhone looks pretty and has lots of cool features, Android actually has all that and more for a cheaper price.
Let’s look at the Samsung S26 Ultra and the iPhone 18 Pro Max. Now, if you look at the two phones, you can see that the S26 Ultra comes with almost all the same specs as the iPhone 18 Pro Max at around the same price. The S26 is a little more expensive but can be bought at cheaper prices of about a thousand dollars. While the iPhone 18 Pro Max is able to drop to similar prices, since it is a newer iPhone, finding stock for it is quite difficult.
Now, most of the older iPhones, besides the iPhone 17, have been facing major problems with their products. iPhones that were made with titanium faced lots of overheating issues. While phones with aluminum faced scratching problems and had bad batteries.
When it comes to customization and features, this is where Android truly outshines the iPhone. Android users are allowed tons more customization options, such as home screens, widgets, icons, and overall appearance. Android’s performance allows for things like live wallpapers that would usually heat up the average iPhone. Androids also come with more on-screen functions and capabilities that iPhones lack. This could be little things like font changes, customization apps, micro-fun adjustments, etc.
Let’s talk about apps. For some odd reason, Apple tends to have a smaller app library than Google Play. This is because Apple limits general apps and games from other regions, as well as Apple’s unique control over payments. This also ties into Apple’s battery problems. Over the past few years, Apple iPhones’ batteries have slightly become better by 100–200 mAh, while Androids have been known to jump by 1,000 mAh and have tons of better performance.
Apple also tends to be “behind” when it comes to making their devices. Let’s use the new iPhone Duo as an example. A foldable phone: there have been foldable phones out for years now, and Apple is just now creating theirs. Apple’s problem is that they assume, if they have released the type of product, that it doesn’t exist.
Now, last but not least, premium feels. Apple has been making the products feel more glass-like and premium to shock or wow customers, forgetting about comfortability. Let’s use their Apple Vision as an example. The supposed Apple “VR headset” was rather heavier than the standard Oculus or any other VR headset. Did it feel premium? Yes. Was it 100% better? Not even close. In conclusion, sticking to a singular brand that sets themselves back to wow a slowly waiting audience just isn’t worth it. Switch to Android; what you want, they have.
