{"id":227126,"date":"2026-03-24T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/24\/welp-i-bought-an-iphone-again\/"},"modified":"2026-03-24T13:10:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T17:10:12","slug":"welp-i-bought-an-iphone-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/24\/welp-i-bought-an-iphone-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Welp, I bought an iPhone again"},"content":{"rendered":"

Welp, I bought an iPhone again<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/899602\/best-phone-android-ios-app-store<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-03-24 13:00:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: www.theverge.com<\/a><\/p>\n

It takes a week to switch phones. First, there\u2019s the technical process of moving eSIMs across devices, which takes either a few minutes (if you\u2019re switching from one Android phone to another) or two days, a half-dozen calls to Verizon, a verification text message sent to your mom, and approximately 11,000 restarts of your phone (if you\u2019re switching from iPhone to Android). Then comes a few hours of app downloading, settings tweaking, and personalization, because every phone has a bunch of unique ideas about everything.<\/p>\n

You can be up and running on a new phone in an afternoon, but by the time you\u2019ve downloaded all your Kindle books, synced your podcast queue, moved all your two-factor code generators, and reconnected to all your Bluetooth devices, it will have been a week.<\/p>\n

I know this, because I spent the last few months switching phones just about every week. I\u2019d grown tired of my iPhone 16, a phone I bought almost entirely because it was blue, and decided to see what other options I really had. I\u2019m also in an unusual position: I used to be a phone reviewer, which meant I spent nearly a decade switching phones every few months, but for the last five years or so I have been almost exclusively an iPhone user. I think I qualify as a normal phone owner at this point. But I do have one distinct advantage: I can ask a bunch of phone manufacturers to send me their devices to test, and some of them will! So I spent the winter on a Tour de Android, looking to see whether there was a phone \u2014 or, more exciting, a whole new concept for a phone \u2014 that might entice me.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ll just spoil the end: Last week, I went to the Apple Store and bought an iPhone 17. I know, I know. I\u2019m not thrilled about it either. But I can explain.<\/p>\n

For even more of our thoughts on the state of phones, check out this episode of The Vergecast.<\/p>\n

The first phone I tested was the one for which I had the highest hopes: the Motorola Razr Ultra. I remain convinced that flip phones are a good…<\/p>\n

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