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Switching From iPhone to Android – Was It Worth It? | Prove It

Android says that when you switch from iPhone to Android, your favorite apps, photos and chats can come too… but do they really? How easy is it to migrate your digital life from Apple to Android? CNET video producer Carly Marsh swapped her iPhone 12 Mini for a Motorola Razr 2025 to find out. Producer’s…

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Android says that when you switch from iPhone to Android, your favorite apps, photos and chats can come too… but do they really? How easy is it to migrate your digital life from Apple to Android? CNET video producer Carly Marsh swapped her iPhone 12 Mini for a Motorola Razr 2025 to find out.

Producer’s Note: I reached out to Motorola about the issue I was having with transferring my iPhone messages to the Razr. Their advice was to factory reset the Razr and try the transfer again. When I did this, on the third try seen in this video, it yielded the same results. Motorola also said an update is coming to their Recorder app on the Play Store, and that a future version will support iOS Voice Memos.

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Switching From iPhone to Android Fractured My World

0:00 Today I switch from Apple to Android
0:17 Android’s promises
0:34 Why having an iPhone is kind of culty
0:54 Why I’m ditching my iPhone for an Android Razr phone
1:20 Telling my family I’m getting rid of my iPhone
1:28 A warning from an iPhone user married to an Android user
2:06 Transferring iCloud data to Google One
2:29 Transferring local data between iPhone 12 Mini and Motorola Razr 2025
3:08 Priority things to get set up on my new Android phone
4:20 My new life as an Android user
5:02 Switching to Android is a social nightmare
5:09 Group chats with iPhones shatter
5:53 Transferring iMessages and texts to an Android Phone
6:38 How my Apple apps migrated over to Android
6:50 Voice memos appear in Google Files without labels
7:15 Notes have to be manually copied and exported from the Apple Notes App to Google Keep
7:25 Premium app subscriptions transferred between Apple App Store and Google Play
8:00 Apple’s messy transfer of my iCloud photos and videos to Google Photos
8:57 Feeling isolated with an Android

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25 Comments

  1. @CNET

    October 22, 2025 at 2:19 pm

    Read more on CNET.com: Switching From iPhone to Android Fractured My World

  2. @BrendanJWalker

    October 22, 2025 at 5:15 pm

    Dear —- your phone seems to demand to much of you…Why not switch to reality and FIND ANOTHER WAY 🎉

  3. @Andrew-br7xm

    October 22, 2025 at 5:16 pm

    I recommend iPhone to most people that just want to *use* a phone with a few apps, as theres no technical issues and everything just works due to the locked down operating system. But for those who want *control* over the phone, data, apps with unlimited customisations then its android. The issues you just showed tells me you are a user of a phone. Stay with apple eco. You’ll stay happy and that all anyone ever wants to be.

    Also don’t believe any sales pitch promises. Research and get real workd results. There is always pain with change.

  4. @victors.

    October 22, 2025 at 5:22 pm

    Apple makes it intentionally difficult and also in other areas. Ex: U can’t transfer by bluetooth from Windows to and iPhone or backwards. And did u enable RTS messages in Google Msgs?

  5. @akarantze

    October 22, 2025 at 5:25 pm

    This is such a great example of what can go wrong and why details matter. Interesting to learn what is in place but also how it doesn’t work. Losing the metadata would be infuriating – how is this possible with modern database tools?

  6. @T_Ocha_Streams

    October 22, 2025 at 5:38 pm

    all of the problems between iPhone <> android messaging is on the iPhone side.
    past few years google/android pushed hard to get apple/iphone to switch to RCS which would add alot of features, fixes, upgrades to messaging for both android & iphone.
    but apple choose not too & only upgrade iphone messaging making blue bubble for iphones, & downgrading to mms green bubble for android.
    therefor the blue bubble cult continues.

    i think they did add an RCS option hidden deep in the settings but not on by default & everyone cant turn it on, seems limited to newer phones. & still seems limited version of it.

    i am team samsung so perhaps most of these probems are moto specific but would have to check.

    group chat thing used to have problems with is in the past. but it seems fixed now. half of my fam has iphone the other android. & no chats splitting chats

  7. @Gle-lv2fm

    October 22, 2025 at 5:50 pm

    When I switched from Android to iPhone I did the transfer manually, it took a while but it’s more reliable, of course I lost the apps I purchased on play store, but it was totally worth it for me.
    Also, most of the world use WhatsApp these days.

  8. @deborra-marceau-6109

    October 22, 2025 at 6:11 pm

    Oh my! As a tech, I often help family and friends with their phones. iPhone help is almost always a breeze; Androids… almost always a nightmare.

    I hope you backed up your stuff — and I’m glad you’re considering a return to iPhone. Also, saying that iPhones have become boring on CNET was flippin’-awesome! Perhaps Apple finally gets the message?

    (I suspect Apple might add something foldable next year — their ultra-thin model this year is, after all, half the recipe for such a device.)

    Lastly, just an observation: that pixie haircut you had in the photo really worked for you, just sayin’. 👍

  9. @jmtwins6690

    October 22, 2025 at 6:33 pm

    This video was better on mute.
    This chick probably cries every day

  10. @illicit99

    October 22, 2025 at 7:13 pm

    Android is designed for children. iOS is designed for adults. 😂

  11. @BanksFamilyFun

    October 22, 2025 at 7:17 pm

    7:36 you definitely lost me at “astrology app premium subscription”

  12. @HyperStimulation

    October 22, 2025 at 7:17 pm

    The thought of using Android makes me physically nauseous. No joke.

  13. @PBJ0204

    October 22, 2025 at 7:25 pm

    The ignorance in the comments is exactly why Apple has the control it does. A video like this from CNET is disappointing because you would figure they would know better as to why this is the experience.

  14. @endorkugo

    October 22, 2025 at 7:29 pm

    razr phone? lmao you would’ve had a better time with pixel or samsung….

  15. @scottivlow9962

    October 22, 2025 at 7:36 pm

    Since moving from Blackberry to Android in like 2012. I never bought in Apple iPhone I’m so glad. I can’t still can’t get Google to learn my shortcuts on when I walk home and want an Eta off by 3 minutes.I love Google search for answers.

  16. @shawnstro

    October 22, 2025 at 7:38 pm

    The messages are date stamped 1969 bc of your iPhone 12. iPhone 14 and up transfer tools are newer that is more robust. All of your messages and data are up to date. My mother has an iPhone 11 and had the same issue transferring to the Google Pixel 10 pro. What i did was a factory reset on my iPhone 14 and restored all of her data on it then I transferred all of her data on the Google Pixel 10 with no issues.

  17. @dondekeeper2943

    October 22, 2025 at 7:43 pm

    This is a great example why drug, oops… I meant Apple, addiction is so hard to shake off 😆

  18. @DaxDoesDigital

    October 22, 2025 at 7:49 pm

    I did the opposite. After 14 years of Android, I switched to iPhone and love it. Apps are more stable, and I love iOS, especially now that it’s iOS 26 with Liquid Glass. I am also the opposite, as 95% of my friends and family are on Android, and I have no messaging problems. I recently upgraded to a new iPhone and everything transferred over seamlessly in just minutes. I also switched to a MacBook Pro after 35 years of Windows PCs and Laptops. I love how all of my Apple devices work together. Getting my messages and phone calls on my MacBook if my iPhone is in the other room. AirDropping files, pictures, copying something on one device, and pasting it on another. I can’t imagine going back to the mess of Android and Windows…..

  19. @zapprodd9382

    October 22, 2025 at 7:58 pm

    WARNING !!!!!!!!!!!! PLEASE READ THIS ,THIS IS A FACT DUE TO MY EXPERIENCE ,FOR THE LAST 10 YEARS WITH IPHONES ,A IMPORTANT BUSINESS PERSON OR EVEN YOU OWN FAMILY WHEN THEY CALL YOUR IPHONE IT TAKES THEM RIGHT TO VOICE MESSAGE,YOUR PROBABLY WONDERING WHY DO MY FRIENDS SAY “I CALLED YOU AND IT WENT TO VOICE MESSAGING”YOUR GONNA SAY “WHAT!” I WAS WITH MY IPHONE THE WHOLE TIME ,YOU NEVER CALLED ,AND LOOSE THE DEAL OR THE TRUST THAT PERSON HAS IN YOU,BECAUSE APPLE IPHONE HAS THIS APP THAT MAKES I INCOMING CALLS GO TO VOICE MAIL IMMEDIATELY WHEN THEY CALL YOU ,THEY HAVE TO CALL YOU TWICE TO GET A GET A HOLD OF YOU! ISNT THAT THE MOST DUMB AND STUPID APP THAT USUALLY KICKIN YOUR IPHONE WITHOUT YOU KNOWING IT ,THATS WHY YOUR FRIENDS ARE PISSED OFF

  20. @asheiji7205

    October 22, 2025 at 7:59 pm

    Of course it’s a mess. Try moving houses and see if you don’t make a mess. It’s the same thing switching to another phone!

  21. @ProjectCovenant

    October 22, 2025 at 8:02 pm

    Imagine leaving Apple in the year that iPhones are the best they’ve been in 10 years

  22. @plainrock124teacher5

    October 22, 2025 at 8:25 pm

    You should have gone for a zflip 7 cause the Motorola poorly represents android

  23. @Kamakurajoe

    October 22, 2025 at 8:39 pm

    รัก android ที่สุด❤❤❤❤

  24. @JBerton

    October 22, 2025 at 8:55 pm

    Why don’t use both? My main is iPhone 15 Pro, and guess what? My work phone is S24 Ultra. And now I’m complete.🍻

  25. @EhCloserLook

    October 22, 2025 at 9:26 pm

    I’m someone who exclusively uses small iPhones… so I end up buying a new iPhone like once every 6 years…

    I don’t love Apple as a brand, but I think I’m going to stick with iPhone since I’ve been using it for like 15 years now.

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