We decided not to pay the crazy prices for the name brands anymore and went with the ZTE Z max2. We love ours. It has been the best phone we have had. Much better than the high price names we had been buying. I got mine at the att store and I got husband one at best buy online. It's a nice big phone has more features than the others and the screen brightness is good. Mine updated to the latest version of Android marshmallow.

https://www.zteusa.com/zte-zmax-2-unlocked

I have an iPhone 6s. My 3rd iPhone (started with the 3g, then upgraded to the 5s). I'll continue with iPhone. Mainly because of ease of use, but I have the Hipstamtic App and have paid a pretty penny for all the lenses and films.... But even if I didn't have that app, I love my iPhone.

iPhone, love them!!

I agree with terilyn. My husband has a Samsung Android (I have a Samsung tablet) and the Android system is not user friendly at all.

Another vote for the iPhone

iPhone all the way - on my 3rd - had original, then. 4, now a 6 - waiting for 8 to get a new one. Simply the best - love my iPad. Too!

As already mentioned, it is a personal decision. I do have an Android phone and would never have anything else---despite DH being very happy with his iPhone.

DH likes getting a phone and having everything transferred to it by the Apple Store and essentially leaving everything as it was when he bought it. He also appreciates that he can take it into any store and they will be able to help him with any questions or issues he has.

I like being able to set up my phone the way I like it. I can't stand a bunch of icons on my home screen, so just have my clock, with date and battery level showing and nothing else. I use a side launcher to pull a menu from the side for my most frequently used apps and contacts (for texting/calling). There is a bit of a learning curve, but I can usually figure things out on my own; when I can't, I just google my question and follow directions. I like having my contacts and other data synced with Google so that I can also access that information when using my laptop, as well. Not everyone would consider that a plus.

Thank you all for your responses. I really appreciate your feedback.

I should have mentioned that I am a happy Android user, but if an iPhone display screen can be seen in ordinary daylight I could go that way. I support both Apple and Android phones/tablets/ipads at work and find them quite similar in functionality. I currently have an old HTC Desire running KitKat.

More than the OS, I need a phone that I can see in daylight. This is my dilemna, we are out going somewhere to meet the kids or friends (hubby is driving) and I get a text...I cannot see the dang screen, it looks totally black to me leading to high level of frustration! I am getting agitated just thinking about it.

I desperately need something that I can read when I am out during the day.

Maybe I'll just go to the AT&T store and see if I can take some models outside and see if the screen is visible/readable to me. Maybe I'll just ditch the phone!

It's been my experience that *all* smartphone screens are illegible in bright daylight. I have an iPhone 7+ (I've had an iPhone since they first hit the market).

Out of curiosity - are you trying to look at the screen through sunglasses? Sunglasses filter out a lot of the colors and make it very hard to discern objects/text on the screen.

I'm on maybe my third Motorola droid. They have ~3.5 amp hour internal batteries that will take one day of very heavy use or two days of medium use in stride. Android has adaptive brightness that adjusts for ambient lighting level

Many sunglasses have polarized lenses that block any screen, could that be your issue?

I have to wear reading glasses to see anything close so no sunglasses. Maybe I just need to blame my eyesight.

You don't have the brightness set to auto do you? That could be over ridding your attempt to adjust. If I am in bright sunlight I slide my display brightness all the way to max and don't have a problem. Ask at the att store to look at the ZTE phones. They can be used on regular accounts as well as pay as you go. I have a regular family plan. My sim card out of my HTC phone went right into the ZTE along with the memory card. So much better than the HTC it replaced.

I just won't pay the kind of money for iPhone when my android does all I need and more. It's definitely a personal choice.

iPhone 6 here and love it.

I got my first iPhone in December. 6+. I love it and love the camera. It was through Total Wireless (prepaid owned by TracFone), on Verizon towers. Paid $300 for it on Cyber Monday. I thought it was a great deal. I also loved my Droid Turbo, my previous phone. Another one with a great camera.

When I go outside to take pictures with my iPhone, I always adjust the brightness to the brightest setting so I can see the screen better. Once inside, I move that slider probably 75% to the left to save battery life. It took me forever to get that in my head. I would get so frustrated because I couldn't see the screen. Then I saw my daughter do that with her phone. Duh me! I didn't think to do that at all. LOL

I feel pretty stupid. All this time I thought that my brightness was all the way up. I went to see if it was on an auto setting and discovered that it was all the way down. I just stepped outside and can see it just fine. I am leaning toward a LG G5, love that phone!

The important thing is the solution, not the reason. Great!

I’m a proud IPhone owner.
Had the 4, 5S, 6+ and now 7+.

Even with the brightness turned all the way up, and auto
brightness turned off, it’s still hard to see outside in direct sunlight. But until reading this post, I never realized
it’s most likely due to my sunglasses.

But I agree with sail_away, I do prefer the home screens of
an Android over the Iphone.

I’ve never had an Android.
Before I switched to the IPhone I was a Blackberry user. Everyone in my family uses an IPhone and
raves about IMessage and Facetime so I followed suit.