I switched from iOS to Android last year. I had an iPhone 3GS, and now I have a Galaxy Nexus. When my contract ended, I looked at all the options I had, and realized that I don't really use my phone for all that much. I use it for texting. I use it as a camera (because it's always on me). I use it as a music player (because the train I use for my commute is *loud*). I check emails with it. I browse the Internet every once in a while on it. I'll check up on my social networks (Facebook/Twitter/Google+) when I'm feeling bored. And that's pretty much it.
I don't play games on it, because when I have only my smartphone on me, there really isn't that much time for me to play a game. And it burns through battery life. And I don't need this massive ecosystem of apps because, lets face it, a lot of them are crap. And of the ones that aren't crap, I really don't use a lot. Yelp is convenient to have, but it's hardly something I use every day.
The real reason I jumped ship was that I was bored with iOS. I had a good feeling of where Apple was taking that platform, and switched to Android because I wanted to see where Google was taking that thing. There was no real reason for me to switch, although I felt I owed it to myself and my profession (software development) to try out the other things out there, and prevent myself from getting this myopic idea that mobile really just meant iPhones.
So when this contract ends in a year, I'll do the same thing, and see what's out there.
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