Opinion: From Apple to Android then Apple again: why I swapped the HTC One M8 for the iPhone 6

Source: www.techradar.com --- Friday, October 10, 2014 A rocky marriage with Android A few months ago, in the midst of switching carriers and desperately needing to upgrade my two-year-old iPhone 4S , I decided to make the leap to an Android phone. After a long period of deliberating different devices, I picked the HTC One M8 - TechRadar's pick for one of the best Android handsets around. At first I was hesitant about making the switch, but I was excited to see the experiment through with the hope of moving over to Androids permanently. Fast forward to the Apple launch where I found myself waiting for the new iPhone 6 to arrive in the mail where afterwards, I realized I would never go Android again. Here's why I went crawling back to the land of Apple. The grass is always greener on the other side The grass always looks greener on the other side. As part of the Apple camp I always longed for the freedom Android users had with customizing everything. Everyone's iPhone home screen pretty much looks the same. Other than changing your background and moving around the app tiles, iOS offers few ways to customize your phone. The one advantage of keeping things homogenous on iOS made the interface feel much more fluid and snappier compared to Android. Prior to my HTC One M8, I dabbled with owning a first-generation Nexus 7 tablet. I had no problems switching back and forth between my two devices despite the two different platforms. Looking through the Google Play Store, I could find almost e ...

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