Google's Eric Schmidt Really Wants You To Ditch That iPhone For Christmas

Justin Sullivan/Getty ImagesZDNet's James Kendrick weighing the positive and the negative aspects of switching over to Android.

Now Google chairman Eric Schmidt has written a personal post on his Google+ page, advising readers on how to switch from Apple and join the Android community.

'Many of my iPhone friends are converting to Android,' he writes. 'They are a great Christmas present to an iPhone user!'

Unfortunately, Schmidt's guide is so long - at least 14 steps - that it may convince some iPhone users that it's simply easier to stick with Apple.

One of the instructions is: 'Import the vCard file into Gmail/contacts using the 'Import contacts' command and it should have manually added your contacts. Delete any duplicates or use the 'More / Find & merge duplicates' function.'

And there are five footnotes to the instructions, too.

(To be fair, converting from Android to iPhone is no picnic, either.)