5 reasons to choose an iPhone over a Galaxy phone

Key operations

• Apple’s ecosystem seamlessly integrates products like Macs and iPads with iPhones, providing overall ease of use.
• Family Sharing on iPhone lets you share purchases, subscriptions, parental controls and location tracking – great for families.
• iPhone apps like Snapchat, Instagram and TikTok are better optimized for better performance than on Android.

Android vs. iPhone is the ultimate smartphone battle. It’s often been characterized as the iPhone versus Samsung’s Galaxy phones for most of its existence — and it’s not hard to see why. Before the Google Pixel became the main line of flagship Android devices, Samsung sold more smartphones than anyone else in the world, surpassing the iPhone, pitting them against each other.

If you’ve never been in any way attached to an Android phone or iPhone, you’ve probably found yourself debating between the latest offering from Apple and the latest Samsung Galaxy. While the choice may seem difficult on paper, there are many reasons to choose an iPhone over a Samsung Galaxy.

1 Apple’s walled garden isn’t as bad as you think

There’s a lot to be said for Apple’s ecosystem

Steve Jobs often talked about new Apple products when he talked about new Apple products. That attitude is embodied in Apple’s ever-growing ecosystem of products to this day. If you own any Apple product other than any iPhone, you already know that everything — whether it’s AirPods, Apple Watch, or Apple TV — will only work with your iPhone.

Products like Mac or iPad also work perfectly with iPhone, syncing all your essential app data without any problems. With iPhone and Mac, in addition to receiving calls, you’ll be able to send and receive messages directly from your Mac.

If you own an Apple Watch, especially the model with GPS, it could become a paperweight without an iPhone to go with it.

If you own products like AirPods, you’ll love the ease of setup and continuous use compared to using Apple’s wireless headphones with your Galaxy phone. If you own an Apple Watch, especially the model with GPS, it could become a paperweight without an iPhone to go with it. Even then, if you own a mobile Apple Watch, you still need an iPhone to set it up, change settings, or update its software.

For those who haven’t fully committed to the Apple ecosystem, perhaps only owning an Apple TV or a Mac, the logical next step is to get an iPhone. For those already deeply entrenched in the Apple ecosystem, switching to any Android device, including the Samsung Galaxy, can be almost a financial burden when you realize you also need to change your smartwatch and other peripherals.

2 Apple Family Sharing saves you money

Share app purchases and subscriptions

Few things in the world are better than sharing subscriptions. With more and more streaming services going like Netflix and cutting back on password sharing, it can be nice to find solace in other shared subscriptions.

With Family Sharing, you can share purchases from the App Store and iTunes Store with up to six family members. You can even share subscriptions, including Apple’s own Apple One service, which bundles various Apple services like Apple Music, Apple News+, Apple Arcade and 2TB of cloud storage into one subscription for you and your family.

And Family Sharing isn’t just about subscriptions to Apple services, as many iOS app subscriptions offer shared plans that work seamlessly with Family Sharing. Another compelling feature of Family Sharing is the parental controls and Find My network. With the Find My network, it’s easy to check the location of any device owned by a family member.

Family sharing makes iPhone a very tempting option for those with a family full of iPhone users looking to save money.

Screen Time gives you parental control over your child’s device, limiting what types of apps they can download, how much time they can spend on their device, who they can contact (and when), and show you what types of apps they’ve downloaded. Family sharing makes iPhone a very tempting option for those with a family full of iPhone users looking to save money.

3 iPhone application optimization

Developers love making iOS apps

It is often joked on social networks that Android phones have low-quality cameras. That’s not exactly true, but what is true is that Android phones take lower-quality photos and videos for apps like Snapchat, Instagram, and TikTok (although that will change when Android 15 is released later this year). The reason for this is the optimization of the application.

All of the apps listed above are optimized to work directly with the iPhone’s array of cameras, resulting in better quality photos and videos in each app. This isn’t the only example of the clear advantage the iPhone has when it comes to apps, as many apps come to the iPhone first.

The explanation for this phenomenon comes down to logistics. A ton of different Android phones come out every year, all running on different hardware. Meanwhile, Apple has reliably released a handful of phones a year for the better part of a decade. Although the Samsung Galaxy will feel the least of this problem due to being the de facto face of Android, there are still some a lot of apps that come first to the iPhone. Some apps never make it to Android.

4 Apple Privacy and Security

There’s something to be said for Apple’s stance on privacy

Concern for privacy and security is a growing fear in our society, and it makes sense that you would want to feel both when using your phone. When it comes to which phone will offer you the best privacy and security experience right out of the box, the answer will be the iPhone.

Yes, you can install more specialized security software on Android or use Samsung Knox tools on Samsung Galaxy to improve security performance. However, this is not really in line with the habits of most consumers. Most people want a product that keeps their usage private and data secure from the moment they start it. The iPhone has plenty of security and privacy options available to you by default.

For starters, almost every iPhone user knows the experience of opening apps on a new iPhone and being greeted prompt “Ask the app not to track.” This query appeared with the release of iOS 14.5, which gave users far more control over the collection of their data. These types of controls include the general feature of asking apps not to track your activity in other apps.

All this comes with the fact that Apple has a much stricter, and thus more secure, App Store than Google’s Play Store. Apple also pushes security updates for many years to each new iPhone model, as well as pushing them very quickly when the need arises. When it comes down to security and privacy, the iPhone and Samsung Galaxy really have no competition.

5 For many, iOS is just a better choice

The Android vs. iOS argument will never end

When there’s a fight between Android and iPhone, it’s almost inevitable that things boil down to the narrower topic of the differences between the two operating systems, Android and iOS. One of the main arguments for Android in this context is customization. Android is, without a doubt, much more customizable than iOS. However, this does not necessarily mean that it is better.

iOS is beautiful. This is one of the main advantages because it is not so customizable. Everything Apple makes for the iPhone can be designed around a single vision of the iOS look. This results in a visually harmonious experience. Every part of the iPhone experience, from widgets to app icons to simple buttons, looks like it belongs on your device.

While Samsung offers a very nicely polished version of Android on the Galaxy right out of the box, there’s not much Samsung can do to offer the kind of harmony you find on the iPhone. If you want a simple and consistent user interface, the iPhone will win that battle every time.