Switching from iOS to Nothing

Boyce0 · 2025-02-12T10:41:34+00:00

I guess this is kind of an appreciation post. I wanted to detail how I’ve found the nothing experience over the last few months. At some point last year a p...

Rob ⚡️

Boyce0 Thanks for joining the community and sharing your experience! It’s always insightful for us to hear about the motives for switching from another brand and to learn about potential pain points when transitioning.

Delighted to see that you’ve been trying out some of the fun projects our community has built! 🤩

Boyce0

Rob ⚡️ Thanks! It’s really interesting to see how engaging and welcoming the community is. I’ve been reading through posts for a while, thought it was time to finally make a contribution 😉

RSJoel7373

Boyce0 Welcome to the Nothing community. Good to know your point of view and preferences on Android being an iPhone (IOS) user

Boyce0

RSJoel7373 thanks, appreciate it!

100hzpanic

Boyce0 welcome to NOTHING community. Glad to see that you are happy with both the phone and buds. I also got ear (open) it’s a outstanding product. Will be fun to see more of your updates with NOTHING’s interesting products in the future.

Boyce0

100hzpanic Thanks! Maybe I’ll get the 3(a) and give an update… or maybe wait for the 3 (whichever is smaller)😏

100hzpanic

Boyce0 if you buy 3 or 3a what u gonna use your 2a for? 🙂

Boyce0

adbo Thanks! Yeah they’re so good for the gym, I don’t mind people wanting to strike up conversations but at least I don’t have to fiddle with my ears when they do 😅 They work better with the Surface Pro laptop I have to use for work over my Airpods too… there was a weird bug where the airpods wouldn’t connect if the laptop was plugged into the adapter?!…IT couldn’t work it out, and I gave up complaining🤷

I will have to check out the discord server 😃

100hzpanic tbh I don’t think I really need to worry about updating just yet… I’m just getting well ahead of myself 😅

hrry Thanks! The main reason for my switch “If I deep it” (as the kids say) was a more than usable specced phone that had a great design AND was made from plastic! I’m not sure why but I associate plastic with not needing a case, while the stronger materials do?! It makes no sense really but I suppose I grew up on Nokia’s and cases were never a thing 🤣 it feels so freeing! It would be nice to go back to the days of changeable batteries and phone shells 😅

Ealesy101 Thanks! This was the second time I’ve moved from iOS to Android, and it will be the last 😅 … I never listened to that album, I think out of pure defiance!

adbo

Welcome to the community! And thanks for such a great introduction and write-up of your journey 🙂 Always nice to hear from those that have made the “big” switch from iOS to Android to help show others how relatively simple it can be! And also nice to meet another Ear (open) fan - I use mine daily now! It sounds like we actually have a lot of similar devices which is cool 👀

Hope to see you around the community! If you’re a Discord user, be sure to join Nothing’s official Discord server too 😄

hrry

Boyce0 Welcome to the community - really enjoyed this read. I made the full time leap from iOS to Android with Phone (1) after flirting with the idea for awhile, I’ve loved it ever since… for me it was the in-hand familiarity of the Nothing Phone that kept me engaged but, over time the software matured, became more familiar to me and became enjoyable too.

You also unlocked the forced U2 album memory - those were the days!

Ealesy101

Firstly, welcome to the Nothing Community!

Secondly, thank you for a lovely write-up with your experience of your switch. It was fun to read about your journey and how you found the brand.

Glad to hear the Glyphs are helping you with your screen time. I also enjoy the attention to mindfulness that Nothing’s phones allow, I always place my phone screen down.

As someone who owns a MacBook Pro and an iPad, I know the benefits of keeping one hand in the Apple garden wall. But I wouldn’t trade my Android life for iOS again.

100hzpanic

Boyce0 I don’t think you ever need to buy another phone tbh now when u got ur hands on the 2a. I’m really really happy with my CMF phone one and my ear (open), no chance in hell imma need to switch to another device. But it’s fun to encourage other people buying their phones and gadgets and let more people getting to know the brand. I love expanding the knowledge of nothing

ChaitanyaNarang

Boyce0 Design wise this brand is on top. But it really lacks OS features. Even things which OnePlus had back in 2019, we don’t have those on Nothing OS. It’s solely relying on features that come with stock Android. They made their on OS based on it but forgot to add multiple features to make it better. Nothing really needs to add features like app-wise data usage control, spatial audio, Dolby Atmos, equaliser and HDR support on more apps! It’s high time! They’re not a new brand anymore

Boyce0

ChaitanyaNarang I think “better” is subjective, and down to personal experience? What you find are ‘forgotten features’ might not technically fall under mass appeal? I mean sure they’re great buzz words but personally for me, I couldn’t care. I genuinely had a list of needs and all boxes were ticked:

Good battery life (2 days vs 1)
As close to stock android as possible
NFC
Decent storage (256GB vs 128GB)
Android Auto (I just need to be able to see maps on my screen)
better physical dimensions than my iPhone (plastic vs titanium, larger screen but lighter and doesn’t require a case)
cost (1 off payment v recurring monthly payment)

This is literally all I needed and as I originally posted, the benefits of switching were spending less time on my phone. But yeah, ironically my needs are totally different to yours 😅 - hope this doesn’t come across rude