We both have android but she likes pink stuff and I wasn't seeing a lot of good options for phones and watches. Today I secretly bought her a pink iPhone 15 plus, pink apple watch 9, and an unfortunately white pair of airpods pro 2. She has no idea they're coming and I have no idea how she'll react to being moved to the apple ecosystem. Maybe if she likes it I'll eventually change over.

She's coming from a samsung galaxy s20+ and a galaxy watch 4

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[–] [B] 2 points 2 years ago

I’m just glad this title is for a post in an iPhone sub not r/amitheasshole

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  • [–] [B] 2 points 2 years ago

    She may not like it.

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    Coming from a s20 maybe she'll ask where the mini sd expansion port is..... hope you got lots of storage.

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    iCloud is also a option if you mainly use storage on photos,

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    I personally don't like icloud, as I like to just put in 1tb of external memory and only just buy the card and not pay to use that service all the time. I also have a 4gig mobile plan. Not beneficial for me, but could be for OP.

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago

    You can get the AirPods wrapped in pink.

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago

    If things don’t work out with her… 🙋‍♀️

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago

    That’s one heck of a present! She’s going to love it!

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago

    Don't downvote me, but I think you need to want to convert if you're switching to iOS. I use ipadOs and apple silicon macOS but I don't think I would want to switch to an iPhone from my Samsung.

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago

    If she is not wanting to convert be prepared for no positive reactions for the money your spent. I hope she is thrilled, just be prepared.

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago

    I hope she likes pink. I have found out (from my wife and other women) that being female does not automatically mean liking pink. For example, how do pink clothing and accessories play a part of her wardrobe?

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    Come back in February and let us know how it works out.

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago

    Depending on how she uses her Samsung, she will have fun. I went from Samsung to iPhone 14 plus has March. Some things I like better on each. My Samsung is still my calendar and contact list, plus my gmail and on WiFi. The iPhone is my voice and text toy.

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    You should have mentioned you wanted to buy an iPad too see if she say, I hate iPhones etc

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago

    You can get come cool cases for the airpod case with monograms…

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago

    I tried iPhones in 2012- I think I had a 3…. What impressed me about it was how intuitive its use is. The only instruction I needed was my 5th grade student showing me to double press home to close apps. 😂

    Whenever I picked up my husband’s android phone, it was confusing.

    I’m up to 7 plus as of a few years ago, and just ordered a 12 pro.

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago

    Signing up for the update 😂

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago

    Colorware offers very high-quality painting for your Apple products, including the AirPods. You should check them out and consider doing them in pink.

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    Drink a lot of water, my dude

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago

    I tried to have my wife try an iPhone just to see if she liked it. She was back at at&t the next day to get an Android.

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    Is she a gadget/tech/phone person?

    I do a ton of research before I buy anything and this would be an area I would not like to be surprised.

    If that is not her, I hope she enjoys it.

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  • [–] [S, B] 1 point 2 years ago

    Not at all haha, I've made pretty much every tech decision and purchase for her in our ten years together

    I'm imagining it'll be an adjustment period where I teach her how to use it, but not worried outside of that. The better battery life and faster processor should win her over.

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago

    Get her a nice pink airpod case :)

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago

    stoppp that’s so cute she for sure is gonna love her gifts!

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  • [–] [B] 0 points 2 years ago

    We need an update, good luck mate ! You are a good man

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  • [–] [B] 0 points 2 years ago

    Awesome you’re thoughtful

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