My iPhone 6s has been with me for 3 years. I love iPhone but it’s time to let it go : (1) 16G storage is really a pain for me even though all the photos are stored on cloud and (2) the battery can not last for a half day even though I got a new battery.

At this time, pixel 3 is on big sale, so I plan to give Android a try, as well as Google project Fi.

One month after I switched from iPhone to Android, I list the following pros and cons for the Pixel 3. My views have been changed a lot after six months. If you want to know my newest comments, scroll down :)

Pro:

1. Good camera. I shot the following pic near the California Temple. Really good night sight. Even though it only has one camera in the back, the complex pic tuning algorithm shipped with Pixel makes the night pic even better than iPhone 8 (even iPhone X).
   

2. Google assistant better than Siri.
3. OLED screen. The color is really amazing when you switched from a Phone which is three years old;
4. Unlimited Google original photos storage. As a heavy Google photo user, this indeed saves me some money!
5. Airpod. The sound effects of Airpod seems to be better with pixel. The connection speed is the almost the same as with iPhone, and the double-click control still works.
6. More customizable features like lock screen, and widgets! I really missed the widget.
7. Charge really fast. 18W charging makes 5W iphone charging a joke.

Cons:

1. Android emoji is too ugly.
2. Two fancy front camera useless to me.
3. Swipe up twice to show all apps, extremely stupid.
4. No front touch ID.
5. Really bad icons of the apps. The default is round and small, but some icons are really bad in this style.
6. App store does not have enough apps with high quality. And the default apps have really bad quality. I really missed the iOS calculator and iOS voice memo.
7. Chrome on iOS is even better than that on Android. For example, I really love the gesture control of Chrome on iOS, e.g. close a tab with gesture. I really can not understand why they do not have the same feature on Android.
8. Google assistant (GA) doesn’t support Chinese. = = A great pain when Google assistant can not recognize my poor English. GA also can not recognize Chinese names even though I have them in the contacts. :(

I was expecting the new Pixel 3 can last for two years, but it will probably not according to current experience.

Main complaints

1. WeChat fits poorly on Pixel 3. Or the Android version of WeChat is poorly designed!!

• WeChat now eats 3GB out of 64GB storage on my pixel 3, and I can not clean the cache (mainly old pics in the friends circle). If I want to clean the cache, I have to re-install the app, which means all my chat records will be lost. However, on iOS I can choose to clean all the cache and only keep the chat records.
• My Pixel feels like a hot potato when I do video chatting in WeChat. Even my old iPhone 6s does not have this problem.

2. Battery issues. The battery can not last for a whole day with normal use. This is only six months after I got my new Pixel!!! I have to get a separate charging line in work place. (The wireless charing suite was unreasonably high.)

These two issues make me feel really bad for the six-month Android experience. And I believe more issues will appear in the next few months. Even though I hate notch screen, I am now considering go back to iPhone, probably with a cheap XR.