“I’mas far from a ‘fanboi’ as you’re likely to get, so the decision was more pragmatic than emotional”
Loyal PC Pro readers may recall that I switched from being an iPhone user to an Android one a decade ago. At the time, I felt that Apple had stagnated in terms of hardware innovation and, as I never invested in the wider Apple computing ecosystem, the move wasn’t a hard one to make. Roll on ten years and I’m doing the reverse: I’m switching back to an iPhone and iOS.
The move has been harder than it should have been, especially from the security side of the fence where I get most of my perspective. But before I head into the nuts and bolts of switching securely from one OS to another, I need to explain why I felt the move was necessary at all given how much I, mostly, love Samsung flagship devices.
The key word to focus on there is “mostly”. The hardware is great, with the Note the flagship of flagships as far as I’m concerned. It’s the device that Samsung throws everything at in terms of specs, innovation and features for power users. The obvious choice would have been to upgrade my Galaxy Note10+ 5G to the
