I’ve been trying to collect my thoughts on this extremely touchy subject for months. Even after all this time of refining my opinions and gathering facts, I’m sure this will still sound very much like an Apple fanboy. Nonetheless, I think posting my opinions on why I want to move back to iOS will be helpful to those among us considering moving to Android. (Looking at you Binks)
History
Over a year ago I remember hearing all of these fantastic things about Android being the rising star in the mobile space. I got so curious that I even splurged on a G1. It was being backed by Google and had a considerable amount of praise from Android users. I soon realized that this praise was something more akin to parents looking on in adoration as their baby took it’s first shaky steps. It wasn’t that Android was miraculous or special. It was just beginning to grow up and the Android community had misrepresented this sense of pride for a serious threat against iOS.
Realizing my mistake, I quickly retreated to my iPhone 3GS and continued reading news stories about the improvements that Google was making on Android. Finally, I heard of the Nexus One. Wow, a phone that Google was backing very heavily and did fantastic things as demonstrated at Google IO. Wireless tethering, music streaming (still not here!), the Android Intent API… This was going to be a huge leap forward for Android.
I bought into Android a second time. I was so excited about the N1, that I actually purchased it knowing there was an iPhone announcement coming days later. That is how insane I was. Fortunately, the N1 wasn’t all that bad. The UI was much snappier, the OLED screen was gorgeous and I was really enjoying the 3G tethering to my iPad. But now that I’ve had almost a full year with the N1 as my only phone I’ve started to notice the cracks in the OS and bugs are starting to make themselves known.