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  • - So no, this title is not clickbait.

  • I really do feel like it's time to consider switching

  • to Android from iOS.

  • So just give me a couple minutes to make my case.

  • So I've been primarily daily driving an iPhone

  • ever since the 5S back in 2013.

  • Now before that I pretty regularly use Android.

  • I mean phones like the Galaxy Note II

  • and the HTC One M7 really were way ahead of their time,

  • especially compared to the iPhones of their day.

  • But once I got my hands on that iPhone 5S I was hooked.

  • Part of it was the camera was absolutely top of its class

  • for back on its day.

  • But on top of that, the performance,

  • and especially the fact that iOS 7

  • was such a big step forward

  • and the design really did draw me back over

  • to the iOS side of the camp,

  • and once I was in, I was in.

  • FaceTime, iMessage, the lock-in that you find

  • with these Apple devices is really real.

  • And in the last seven years I really haven't had

  • a huge incentive to go outside of the iOS ecosystem.

  • Yes, I can and absolutely have continued

  • to use Android devices as a secondary device, right?

  • So when I'm reviewing something,

  • when I'm spending time with it,

  • I will absolutely switch over to that device.

  • But after the week or couple of weeks

  • or whatever the case is,

  • that iPhone always has slid back but not anymore.

  • All of this started to change with this,

  • the OnePlus 7T.

  • Now, like most other devices when I got it,

  • I started to do my video on it,

  • I spent some time with it.

  • But the difference was this stuck around

  • in my back pocket for most of last year,

  • at least most of the end of last year,

  • and for a couple of major reasons.

  • First of all, I've always appreciated OnePlus phones

  • for the very clean simple build of Android,

  • with a lot of emphasis on performance.

  • So that's one of the things have always drawn me

  • to the iOS side of the camp.

  • Because iPhones almost without fail since

  • that 5S had been one of,

  • if not the most powerful phone

  • that you can get your hands on,

  • and the 7T especially with its 90 hertz display,

  • made some huge strides in really pulling me away

  • from the iOS ecosystem.

  • Because I realized,

  • this phone had pretty much everything I needed except

  • for a good camera.

  • Naturally, that brings us to today

  • where we of course have the OnePlus 8

  • as well as the OnePlus 8 Pro.

  • Now these phones really do promise to deliver

  • a full flagship experience.

  • And specifically I spent a lot of time

  • the last few weeks using the OnePlus 8 Pro.

  • This display with a 120 hertz refresh rate

  • and honestly excellent color, excellent resolution.

  • The entire package has been one of the most appealing things

  • that I have ever laid my eyes on in the phone space.

  • But when you look at just how smooth this phone is,

  • you look at how much work the OnePlus has done

  • on optimizing all aspects of this phone, right?

  • With Snapdragon 865,

  • with the high end LPDDR5 memory,

  • with the fact that they've done a lot of work

  • on the optimization side of Android,

  • and you pair that all with probably what is

  • the best display on any phone out right now,

  • it was immediately something that drew me away.

  • Now that's not to say that you should overlook

  • the standard OnePlus 8.

  • Again, this is not only a cheaper phone

  • and it does have a lot of major features including 5G,

  • which we'll get into a little bit later,

  • but this still does have an excellent KDP 90 hertz display,

  • very similar to that 7T last year that really drew me over.

  • Sure, if all you're looking for are benchmarks,

  • then the iPhone still is

  • an absolutely incredibly powerful device.

  • Both the iPhone 11 as well as the 11 Pro

  • have the incredibly powerful Apple A13 chip,

  • and while yes, they may only have four gigs of RAM,

  • a.k.a one third as much RAM as my OnePlus 8 pro here,

  • there's something to be said for these sheer leadership

  • that Apple has had and continues to have in

  • the actual chip space.

  • Where it starts to fall behind,

  • is when you look at the overall package.

  • For example, both the OnePlus 8 as well as the 8 Pro

  • have full fat 5G built in.

  • Now sure, Apple will likely bring out a 5G iPhone

  • in six months or whatever,

  • but I don't care about six months from now,

  • I care about the experience I can get today.

  • Not only do they continue to have their Warp Charge 30,

  • which will charge the entire phone up to a 100%

  • in less than an hour,

  • but they also now have Warp Charge wireless.

  • Now this is something that I've dinged OnePlus

  • on many times in the past.

  • While the 7T and the 7 Pro last year were very, very solid,

  • they weren't the full package, right?

  • The camera wasn't really there,

  • there was no official water resistance

  • and there was no waterproofing.

  • When you look at the 8 Pro,

  • pretty much all of those things have been addressed.

  • It not only has that super fast wired charging,

  • but you almost get the exact same speed using

  • the wireless charging.

  • Sadly, this is not a feature on this standard OnePlus 8,

  • which still has that wired charging

  • but doesn't have the wireless charging,

  • and it also doesn't have the reverse wireless charging,

  • which I find to be kind of useful.

  • But one of the things that really does elevate

  • these phones is the camera experience,

  • especially on the 8 Pro, it is a major step up.

  • So first of all, with the OnePlus 8 Pro,

  • the 48 megapixel main camera is much better.

  • So importantly just like a lot

  • of others flagships this year,

  • they've gone with a much larger sensor,

  • which means that you actually get surprisingly

  • good low-light performance within 12 megapixel mode,

  • and when you're out and about with

  • the sort of really nicely lit like daylight conditions,

  • 48 megapixels actually looks pretty good.

  • Unfortunately, the night mode really can't hang

  • with something like the iPhone or the S20.

  • And while I really liked the look of

  • the 3X telephoto camera on the 8 Pro,

  • that is sadly something which is missing on

  • the standard OnePlus 8.

  • Speaking of the OnePlus 8, it's similar,

  • although it still has on paper,

  • 48 megapixel camera,

  • is a much smaller sensor.

  • And generally speaking, I have found the results

  • to be better on the 8 Pro.

  • And if I'm being real, I still feel like while OnePlus

  • has sort of stepped up the game,

  • they're still behind something like the iPhone

  • or the Galaxy.

  • And specifically when you look at the iPhone 11

  • it's 700 bucks,

  • it's kind of a little bit of a tough sell on the OnePlus 8,

  • because it just simply cannot compete.

  • Video is also somewhere where OnePlus have...

  • Well, I mean they're trying,

  • they're making some progress,

  • but really the iPhone is the undisputed video champ

  • as far as I'm concerned in smartphones,

  • which is a problem,

  • because obviously as someone who spends

  • a lot of time working with video,

  • the OnePlus is not really something

  • I feel comfortable using,

  • whereas I will use the iPhone to shoot video all day long

  • for the channel.

  • Is this OnePlus 8 Pro an expensive phone?

  • Absolutely.

  • But iOS is expensive,

  • pretty much every other flagship out there, right?

  • $900 is a lot of money, but so it was a $1,000, so is $1,400

  • for the Galaxy S20 Ultra,

  • and so is the other phone that

  • has really tempted me away from iOS.

  • Look, I have absolutely no problem recommending

  • the OnePlus 8 or the 8 Pro.

  • There's certainly many people who will be very happy

  • with these phones,

  • but if you've listened to the Test Drivers,

  • you will know that I am a proud member of the Z Flip gang.

  • Yes, that's well we call ourselves.

  • - I'm Mike Hurley and I'm Austin's new podcasts co-hosts on

  • the Test Drivers.

  • When I saw that first Galaxy fold,

  • I felt like I knew that I'd seen a future.

  • I think the jury's still out if folding phones could work

  • for everyone, right?

  • But I think I could see in that device,

  • this was something else,

  • this was something different,

  • this is something we hadn't seen before.

  • And since then there's been a lot of interesting stuff,

  • and nothing has caught my attention in the same way

  • that the Z Flip has,

  • which I know is exactly the same for you.

  • I pick up the Z Flip just to play with it after having owned

  • it for months.

  • Not in a, "Oh let me check out what's going on,

  • "on Instagram," kind of way,

  • but like, "Let me just hold this device," kind of way,

  • because it's so much fun.

  • - For all the faults of this phone,

  • and they're many starting with

  • the absorbent $1,400 price tag.

  • But if you could look past that for a second,

  • I have found that I have fallen in love with this phone

  • in a way which is not particularly irrational,

  • but it's also not a way that I've fallen in love with

  • a piece of technology in a very, very long time.

  • Now, if you can ignore me being a Z Flip weirdo

  • for a second, there are many, many downsides to this phone.

  • It doesn't have 5G like the OnePlus does.

  • It doesn't have water resistance like the iPhone

  • and the OnePlus does.

  • It only has a 60 hertz display like the iPhone,

  • and unlike the excellent display on the OnePlus,

  • it only has a single mono speaker as opposed to

  • the Stereo speaker on those other two devices.

  • I mean there are many, many reasons why this falls behind.

  • It also has an older 855 verses 865 Plus.

  • So I mean, there's a lot of sacrifices that you make.

  • But the thing is, all those sacrifices in my opinion

  • are totally worth it.

  • Now, am I recommending you to go out and buy

  • a Samsung Galaxy Z Flip?

  • Absolutely not, right?

  • It is a very niche product,

  • it is very much for early adopters.

  • The thing is while it might be behind in some areas,

  • there's no deal breaker.

  • And that's usually what I look for in something like

  • the Moto Razr for example,

  • which while it had that awesome flipping design,

  • fell short in most other aspects.

  • But with this for example,

  • I have reasonably fast wired, fast charging, sweet.

  • I also have wireless charging, reverse wireless charging,

  • doesn't really matter that maybe this is a little bit slower

  • because I can actually fit it in my pocket,

  • unlike the giant OnePlus 8 Pro.

  • I've always appreciated something which is

  • a little bit smaller, a little bit easier to carry,

  • and that's really where the idea of a foldable

  • has made a lot of sense for me.

  • Being able to unfold the phone

  • and getting much larger display,

  • I fold it up and not have something massive

  • in my pocket all day, that's what she said,

  • is really, really helpful.

  • If I shouldn't have said that.

  • But you know what?

  • This is quarantine content I can say whatever I want,

  • because Ken's not here to stop me.

  • When it comes to the Z Flip for example,

  • the reason why this is still remained my daily driver

  • is because on top of the small size

  • it has some legitimately really cool features.

  • Well, yes, it does have a whole punch selfie camera

  • and I've used it for stuff like video chats,

  • like you've already seen this video,

  • but if I want to actually take a selfie,

  • all you do is flip it around and turn on the cover display,

  • it makes it really easy to frame up a shot.

  • So I could just do this,

  • and boom, (camera clicks)

  • I got a much better looking photo that is taken on

  • the real legitimate camera on the back versus

  • the tiny selfie camera.

  • All right, I'm going to say that's not my best selfie,

  • but we're going to ignore that for a second.

  • There's also the fact that the phone stands up on its own,

  • which I really appreciate when I'm watching video,

  • when I'm scrolling through something

  • or if I'm on a video call and I don't want to have

  • to hold the phone on my hands.

  • And yes, of course there's the cool factor, right?

  • This is what is new.

  • Most people have never seen a folding phone.

  • I can't tell you how many times before all of

  • this stuff happened that people will be like,

  • "Oh, what's that phone?"

  • "Hey, that's pretty cool."

  • It's just something that I appreciate,

  • because it still makes me smile, right?

  • It still makes me excited about technology.

  • It's like, "Oh look at this awesome piece of thing,

  • "look at this piece of glass,

  • "slash plastic that folds in half,

  • "how cool is that, right?"

  • But this comes down to a really fundamental question about

  • what kind of smartphone you want to use.

  • I have the incredible luxury to use a wide variety

  • of phones, right?

  • I get to take a look at most phones that come out

  • and so I kind of get to choose whatever

  • that I personally like.

  • And with that being said,

  • there are some major advantages in Android right now.

  • So for example, if you want a folding phone,

  • now like could you go with the Z Flip,

  • but you could go with the Galaxy fold.

  • You could go with the Moto Razr,

  • you could go with what I'm sure will be a large number

  • of folding phones that will be coming out over

  • the next couple of years.

  • If you already use iOS,

  • well you get a slightly smaller option

  • or a slightly bigger option or maybe an older option

  • and that's pretty much it.

  • Apple has and will continue to make excellent hardware

  • that works really well with the software.

  • I mean there are many things that I feel like

  • I would prefer to do on an iPhone,

  • and the lock-in isn't entirely for no reason.

  • While yes, there are workarounds for iMessage and FaceTime,

  • but for someone like the Apple watch,

  • there's no great alternative on the Android side.

  • Yes, Wear OS exists.

  • Yes, there are many very cool watches,

  • but do any of them hold a candle to the incredible work

  • that Apple has done over the last five years

  • with the Apple watch?

  • I would argue not really,

  • this is still by far my favorite smartwatch.

  • And realistically, many days I will go out

  • with my LTE Apple watch and my Galaxy Z Flip

  • with no iPhone in sight,

  • because that just feels like even though

  • it's a very odd way of living my life

  • and it's not something I would really recommend,

  • but it works for me, right?

  • Because this device is so ahead of the game.

  • While the current iPhones are absolutely

  • the most complete package that Apple has shipped in years,

  • and the iPhone 11 specifically is still a reasonable value,

  • especially when you look at some of the competitions

  • such as OnePlus 8, what it isn't is really exciting.

  • And when you have these devices such as the OnePlus 8

  • which while expensive offer 5G

  • and a higher refresh rate display

  • at the same price as that iPhone 11,

  • it becomes a harder and harder justification,

  • especially if you were not already locked in.

  • If you have all these Apple devices

  • and it's difficult to get your entire family

  • to get away from iMessage, that's difficult, right?

  • And I will totally admit I'm in that camp too.

  • I am not saying that you should toss your iPhone

  • in the garbage, it is still a perfectly competent device,

  • and in many ways it is better than what you can get

  • on the Android side of the fence.

  • But while yes, you can wait until this year

  • or next year or the year after to get 5G

  • and higher refresh rate and folding designs

  • and maybe not folding designs,

  • but all this stuff will come,

  • but I've gotten tired of waiting.

  • And honestly the Z Flip is really

  • what has dragged me away from my iOS cocoon of happiness

  • and safety for some more adventurous shores.

  • So will I continue to carry my iPhone

  • and use it for taking photos

  • and answering family iMessage threads?

  • Yup.

  • Will I still carry my Apple watch

  • and my Galaxy Z Flip most days?

  • Yup.

  • But you know what it is,

  • I feel like is really time for me personally

  • and maybe for you guys as well,

  • to consider switching to Android.

  • It really is a fun, brave new world of...

  • I don't want to say it's different

  • because obviously Android has been great for many years,

  • but 2020 feels like the time

  • where you're legitimately getting different experiences

  • that simply cannot be replicated on iOS.

  • Because of that, I feel that the grass really

  • is greener this time.

  • Subscribe, catch you guys next time.

  • Bye.

  • Don't get yelled at by Ken

  • for making very long dumb videos by myself,

  • always happens anyway, so it's fine.

  • (soft music)

- So no, this title is not clickbait.

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