Android vs. iPhone in 2024 - Which is Better?

Additionally in this video, we’ll take you through how the Apple and Android ecosystems compare, the hardware variety in the Android ecosystem, how well different Android devices work with each other, comparing the Google Assistant and Siri, compare the years of software update support you get with each phone, the iPhone’s hardware quality, chip performance, screen quality and finally, our recommendation on which phone type we think is best for most people.

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🕰️Timestamps:
0:00 - Android Ecosystem Diversity
1:08 - Android Hardware Variety
2:06 - Android Customization
2:52 - Android 3rd Party Integrations
3:19 - Google Assistant
3:51 - Years of Software Updates
4:13 - Android vs. iPhone Price
6:22 - Apple Ecosystem advantages
8:52 - Consistency across the Ecosystem
9:46 - Software update release timing
10:07 - Hardware quality
10:39 - Chip Performance
10:47 - Software feature support
11:21 - Apps Ship to iOS first
11:44 - The Apple Store
12:05 - Apple’s Business Model
12:25 - Recommendation

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[jonegroove]

I think it's the amount of UI features that I am offered with Samsung that keeps me on team Android.

[mitsuturbo]

Correct. If you want a phone that just "kinda" works, then yeah. You get the iPhone. If you want to be able to Actually do everything with your "phone" you buy a flagship Android device.

[nasrimarc]

I'm usually a Android user and i experienced iOS on iphone 15 pro max, I noticed a huge lack of features and user experience compared to Android, result Leave iOS and back to Android❤❤

[ninjanerdstudent]

All the benefits that he mentioned of using the iPhone include spending $5000 on multiple devices. Most people do not buy a package of devices. Each device should work well on its own *and* with other devices.

[URBANKINGPIN]

I love both Android and Apple because of their own specs but it's becoming hard to choose which one I want as a main phone and seeing all my friends with an iPhone kinda gives me unintentional peer pressure. I guess it's about what phone pleases u the most

[ninjanerdstudent]

I could not care less about apple updates because the only update they ever stuck with me is slowing down the phone. They also disabled 3D Touch, which is a feature that I paid for, and the iPhone contained hardware for 3D Touch. I'm just glad my iPhone days are behind me.

[InstaTreePiptee]

Android is just more fun to use. Especially Google's. #TeamPixel

[AdamSmith-gsdv]

Android. I absolutely hate how limiting iOS is. Android is a proper operating system while iOS is a toy OS

[SoMuchGroove]

I do not understand how everybody brags about iOS ecosystem. It isn’t that impressive. Have you never seen Samsungs ecosystem? Completely better than iOS.

[Jeremy_czm]

Android sells configuration and functions, while Apple sells animation and system. Make choices according to your own needs

[djhitmanchicago]

So curiousity got to me and I decided to finally give the iPhone 15 Pro Max a try after being stricty a Samsung Note user since the Note 3 (most recently had a Note 20 Ultra). I have yet to find ONE benefit about this phone as a stand alone device after 2 weeks. In fact, it feels like I've time warped back 5 years with so many missing basic features. At this point I am going to give this phone another week, and unless theres a big revelation, I'll pay the extra $200 and get the S24 Ultra.

[donovanmitchell]

I currently have a Galaxy Note 8 as my personal phone and my job gave me an iphone 8 forever ago as my work phone. Even though they were both released in September 2017 they both still work great and have aged well. I don't think you can go wrong with Android or Apple, and I am happy to use either one. If you use a phone only for basic uses like I do, then they are both great. I don't know why iphone and Android users have so much hate against eachother.

[liveridge]

You don't have full control of your apples storage. When the phone runs out of space, you cannot individually target application folder to be deleted or the equivalent of 'gallery' i.e. 'photos' wont sync with your local storage and have to manually add them to the 'photos' app which also takes up double space for keeping it in both sectors.

Iphone usually provides low storage even for a high price, while android flagship usually starts with 256gb, at the same time higher storage dont cost far beyond from the base variant and sometimes with additional slot for sd card which can be directly refered by the camera app to use it as recording storage.

Iphone have lower battery life while recording videos while android flagship seems to last longer, without the stress of using up the storage.

And as for the camera quality, flagship android more or less has the same capability as Iphone image sensors are also provided by Sony, who also provides it to Android manufacturers.

[ninjanerdstudent]

iPhone is literally a dumb phone of the modern era.

[Mannyphaantom]

I just got an S24 Ultra today after using iphone religiously since the iphone 5 and being locked to the apple ecosystem. And let me tell you, where the F was I??!?🤣 This phone is amazing, the one UI OS is as smooth as IOS but with many many more features. I do love apple for its simplicity and ecosystem, but Samsung knocked it out of the park with the S24 ultra. My experience will be different from others, but so far, I do not regret my purchase. I did keep my iphone just in case to help control or manage subscriptions. But my main phone will for sure be the s24 ultra, not having imessage was my biggest downside, but with the Beeper app, I have imessage and all the goodies from android! Samsung really caught up and in my opinion, maybe even surpassed apple.

[Joue]

I have to use an iPhone for work and iOS just sucks as a user experience. It's just not intuitive to me. The hardware may be good, although the phones always seem top heavy and unbalanced, but the usability is so archaic.

Google Pixel has some awesome quality of life features that I just can't live without anymore.

[sparrowcide]

Only advantage of iphone from this video I got was the ecosystem. If you dont have it, there is no point of owning an iphone. You just waste a 1000$ on a glass brick. I am happy with the freedom I have with android

[Lennyviews_official]

Growing up I was a diehard android fanboy, but as you get older you realise the more simple and effective things are the better life in general becomes, that’s where I think iPhone and iOS come in, unlike android which in pursuit of providing a plethora of customisations overcomplicates stuff, the iPhone keeps it way simpler, I honestly find it less irritable to use an iPhone. ❤

[Abdulla]

Maybe it’s early days but the one major distinction going Android rather than iPhone is the AI abilities on Android (specifically the Pixel and Samsung devices which substantially upgraded their AI abilities recently) are far more superior than on IPhone. Hopefully this time next year, Apple will have a better solution than Siri. Great video overall !