rehess Loc: South Bend, Indiana, USA

Those options are why someone would want to convert an iPhone to Android.

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

Few people who have not experienced the Apple ecosystem of Mac, iPhone, iPad, Watch, and iCloud with all its services (or at least some combination of iPhone, iCloud, and one other device) understand why the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.

The iPhone by itself is great, if different in many ways from all Android phones. Android phones also have their own set of different appealing features, just as Windows has its own exclusive feature set that differs from macOS.

Humans approach different tasks differently, partly due to experience. For example, it's unlikely I'll ever use an Android device, because I have too much experience with Apple products that are tightly integrated to one another through iCloud. The same thing happens with Android users.

It takes several weeks of intensive usage of a different platform to begin to understand how to use it on its own terms, and not the terms you know from your old platform. As a former daily Mac AND Windows user, and trainer of both platforms, I understand that phenomenon well. A user simply cannot approach a new platform correctly at first, due to habitual and historical bias. There is an "unlearning and re-learning" process to confront. Eventually, you get to a point where the newer (to you) platform finally makes sense, and it works for you. As you gain confidence, knowledge, and experience, you see how and why each platform differs, and what you like better or worse about each difference.

Switching phone operating systems from iOS to Android (or vice-versa) over a single feature such as a camera makes little sense. OTOH, switching for business application compatibility, or to meet a business IT policy requirement makes a lot of sense. It's no fun if you're on the wrong platform, though.

alexol

Adding to the highly valid comments above, I think it is fair to say that UNLESS THERE IS A TRULY CRITICAL REASON TO SWITCH*, if you are an expert in one system, there is very little point and a lot of downside (read time & monetary investment). Both Mac & PCs are broadly capable of of doing the same thing, just in different ways, some of which are easier for some people, less so for others. [That may not be true for music, so I understand. My brother runs some music program on his $16,000 Mac Pro and apparently there is no PC equivalent. He'd like there to be, as he was PC network professional for some years and prefers PCs].

As a computer user since 1982 and a PC user since since 1985 (oh Compaq luggable where are you now?) I'm a dyed into the wool PC user and can't imagine changing. I tried to use Macs exclusively for nearly a year and found it an incredibly frustrating experience & couldn't wait to get rid of them - and there's an unused iPad somewhere in a drawer. My oldest friend is the exact opposite, 101% Mac all the way, won't use my Android even to make a call.

I think it depends on what type of brain you have and whether or not you like looking under the hood, perhaps. I want to know everything about my PC, from BUS timing on; my Mac pal has no clue - and no need to know - what a file structure is for his family of Mac products. We're both right.

"You pays your money, and chooses your poison".

* Truly critical means some totally overriding reason to change - a program only available on one platform, or a work change where one might be obliged to switch systems as examples.

gouldopfl

For about 3 years I worked as a software tester on a vertical market application using both a Android 21 plus and a iPhone 11 pro. As someone who has used Android from the beginning, I found the iPhone frustrating to use because it doesn't work the same as my Android phones. One other member said the had been using an iPhone since the first one and the Android was difficult to use. I don't know any reason that you need to switch. The new phones have so much power. My first programming job was on punch cards using a IBM 16k mainframe with a tape OS. These phones are light years ahead.

Red6

I think it would be a great idea if you enjoy using glitchy, slow, and unreliable electronics.

In most cases where an operating system is combined or used with hardware not designed to optimize or work with each other, there are problems and limitations. In today's high-performance devices, the operating system and all its peripherals are designed in lockstep with the hardware. This allows the designers to extract the maximum performance from the combination. Replacing the operating system with something the hardware was not designed for is usually not a good idea. Some people do things just to see if it can be done, it does not mean it works better or brings the best of both systems together. There are ALWAYS tradeoffs and issues.

Yes, it probably has been done but is it worth giving up performance, features, and reliability for appearances?

Years ago, it was popular to put a fiberglass sports car body on a VW frame and engine. From a distance, it looked like someone was driving a Ferrari or Maserati. But it was still a VW inside.

So if looks are what is important to you, I would say go for it.