It’s pretty hard to believe that an actual owner of a 10 would even start this kind of thread.
That’s some fine humor right there. Very amusing.
That’s some fine humor right there. Very amusing.
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iPhone X I feel defensive as a iPhone X owner
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He’s not wrong in a way. I say this as a long time android apologist who is now thrilled with his iPhone.
Battery life - Android owns standby, but if you are sick in bed and want to binge for 12 hours on Netflix, android will last longer
Fast charging - stock on $300 budget androids. Costs extra even on an iPhone X
Camera - iPhone wins video, pixel 2xl wins on stills
Price - No contest. A budget android is still very capable today.
Ip rating - Many androids offer ip68. iPhone is ip67
Storage - micro usb cards are dirt cheap compared to going with a 256gb iPhone over a 64gb
At the end of the day, android offers more, but what you get from Apple is better and more polished. Do you want quality over quantity or vice versa. If my budget was $500, I’d buy a OnePlus 5T over a used iPhone. You’re not getting a new iPhone for $500. Might be a moot point since most people finance for 24 months, but still. Some people still only pay cash for phones. An option is buying used on swappa.
How can people compare an operating system to a specific device (iphone). It doesnt make sense, android wins on price because there are cheap androids, it wins on camera because the Pixel, it wins on design because samsung galaxy etc.
Lol this is just too funny.
Lol this is just too funny.
Ok. Notwithstanding that I agree with the guy who said by another phone...
Camera - I’ve heard arguments for cameras being ‘better’ for so many different reasons. IMO the X, pixel, Note, etc.. all have excellent cameras and if the subtle difference of one over the other makes a huge difference for you then your phone choices are easy.
OS - I have experienced no bugs. At least no bugs that I’ve noticed. I’m sure some exist but they don’t affect everybody. If you think Android Oreo is perfect I suggest you do a little research. So for me A11 is a beast that is not hamstrung by anything.
Design - nope. We all can’t agree on that. The galaxy line of phones are gorgeous no doubt. I almost went that way. I personally like the X design better. Personal preference, I don’t like the useless infinity edge.
Software innovation - you’re probably spot on with this one. However I don’t view it as a negative that I use Apple and google software. I view the phone as a whole package.
Battery life - I’m surprised you actually listed this. ‘I’ve heard instances of...’ is a ridiculous thing to even consider. My battery life is fantastic. That’s all I care about.
Payment - I suppose you are right here too, but I don’t view the difference as that big. And it’s advantages would not drive me to Samsung. I’m sure mobile payments will continue to evolve.
Screen - X screen is rated the best. Not sure how there’s anything else to say here.
How about other areas that matter? Customer service, prompt updates, security, Faceid’s clear superiority, premium build quality, sound quality, edge to edge including chin, and resale value. And btw, at launch the price of the X was very close to the Note 8.
I’m not knocking any phone you’ve discussed. The galaxy and pixel are great options. Nobody would fault you for switching. But being defensive about your choice of phone is lunacy. There are so many pluses and minuses for each option you have to pick what works best for you.
Ok, compare apples best to androids best:
Galaxy S8/+
Galaxy note 8
Pixel 2/xl2
OnePlus 5/T
Mate 10 pro
Lg V30
So many apple fanboys can’t handle hearing anything positive about Android. It’s not a bunch of bug riddled phones owned by poor people anymore.
This is just one thread. Some are taking this post and throttling issue way to personally and it's borderline out of control on a tech forum.
If somebody doesn't like something, then find something that does make you happy with the money that you spent on it. But I want to add, a tech forum is a very small department of heavy tech enthusiasts who have strong opinions. The majority of iPhone consumers likely are more than satisfied with their devices and/or content with the iPhone X outside of this forum.
If somebody doesn't like something, then find something that does make you happy with the money that you spent on it. But I want to add, a tech forum is a very small department of heavy tech enthusiasts who have strong opinions. The majority of iPhone consumers likely are more than satisfied with their devices and/or content with the iPhone X outside of this forum.
Why do people have to be fanboys to disagree? I think the point of his post is that you can’t take the positives of each android phone and mash them together and then compare against iPhone. It’s not very realistic.
So why did you buy the X if you feel that an Android phone is better in every way? You made a bad purchase decision. Return it and move on.
Comparing several Androids to one Apple device isn't exactly a good comparison. But the problem of your perception is easily solved, get 5 Android devices to replace your phone. If you don't find the value is there, buy a different phone. This is what's great about competition, there's always an alternative. Buy it and enjoy it with my best wishes. Life is too short to have buyers remorse on anything.
If you are happy with your purchase why be defensive?
Better you than me folks know I don’t really care about their thoughts on my purchases.
Better you than me folks know I don’t really care about their thoughts on my purchases.
Oh thank you Apple!! Thanks for also not letting my phone blow up!!
You're such an apple apologetic. Maybe they should have used higher quality batteries in the first place? Maybe they should tell you your battery is garbage, so upgrade? But they're not. They're slowing the phone down and telling you your battery is healthy. This is plain wrong.
Apple may have found the best solution given battery requirements and CPU power draw, but to tell me my battery is "healthy" and slow my CPU down is BS.
ahh, the ‘ole ‘if it doesn’t happen to me, it doesn’t exist’ syndrome.
I’m surprised you didn’t just go with the ‘let them eat cake’ response instread. Same level of understanding for both incidents.
iPhone owners don't know or care a damned thing about Android and these phones and processes you refer to. Oreo? Google Lens? What's a Galaxy? Why would we know?
All that matters is if the iPhone X is better than the iPhone 6 that those considering a new iPhone currently own. The answer is "yes" so that's why we buy an iPhone X. Face ID, Wireless Charging, OLED Screen, Edge-To-Edge Display, Two-Day Battery Life, 3D Touch, Superior Camera, Water Resistance, these are all new features for iPhone 6 users. We don't know or care that some Android knockoff has had these features in the past. iPhone's didn't. They do now.
Just another customer used to $0 iPhone's upset that he now has to, wait for it- pay real money for one. Shocker.
I think a lot of iPhone users would love a pixel and vice versa.
So long as most (not necessarily all) of my information, etc is stored on my phone and not in the cloud or on Google’s server, and I can use Siri while every bit of Google’s tracking is still turned off, I will never be defensive about owning an IPhone. (Might not get the X though) It just works for me out of the box without having to worry about apps tracking me when they’re not open.
I totally agree with OP. However, I'd also say that right now midrange Android phones are already so good that paying anything from 2-5x more does not net you that big an improvement. Neither does going from an iPhone 6S/7/8 to X. Edge to edge displays don't improve phone usability in a meaningful way and IPS displays are perfectly fine.
Apple has gone too long with the bean counter option of essentially recycling their iPhone 6 design while Android manufacturers (excluding Sony) have evolved their designs in a far more significant way to the point where every improvement on the iPhone X aside from FaceID has already been available on Android phones for a year or more.
The X is a good phone but its price should come down to somewhere around the Galaxy S8.
Apple has gone too long with the bean counter option of essentially recycling their iPhone 6 design while Android manufacturers (excluding Sony) have evolved their designs in a far more significant way to the point where every improvement on the iPhone X aside from FaceID has already been available on Android phones for a year or more.
The X is a good phone but its price should come down to somewhere around the Galaxy S8.
While the s8 to x is a good comparison, the x should last for 3-4 years thanks to Apple support. Samsung will abandon the s8 within 2 years.
Agreed.
The pixel is better at being an “iPhone” than the iPhone X is at being an iPhone.
The pixel takes better pictures and I just found out they they can do PIP and play YouTube video audio in the background without paying for YouTube red.
How the tables have turned when we’re using specs to say why the iPhone is better when it used to be the smooth, reliable, “just works”, “fast” user experience would be the reasons why an iPhone is better.
I don’t care about what other people think about my purchases so I don’t feel the need to defend them. I buy what I want. I don’t think objectively the iPhone has been the best phone for a few years now however it’s still my preferred phone. I have tried the last two generations of samsung flagships and even then I decided that even the previous generation iPhone was better for me even if I did end up upgrading to the current iPhone (S7 edge vs 6S plus, Note 8 vs 7 plus).
As for your points I don’t agree with them all.
Camera- I’ve never used the pixel XL, however I do accept that most reviews put it higher than my X. However the X is a good camera and unltimately is good enough for me. It’s easy to use and I own several other Apple products and I like that any pictures I have get automatically uploaded to iCloud and are then available for me on my other devices. Yes I understand that google offer free storage but iCloud is a better solution for me even if I do have to pay a small amount every month for it. It suits me because I have multiple Apple devices and use it particularly on my MacBook and I use iCloud Drive on my other devices. I’ve used google photos on my iPad but uploading is slow and it just drained my battery. It does work better on android devices though. I’ve used the camera on the note 8 and prefer the camera on the X.
OS- I don’t have any issues with iOS 11. It was lacklustre in terms of new features but I prefer iOS and I didn’t see anything compelling in Oreo either. I wouldn’t get a stock android phone because I find them as boring as hell, yet samsung which would be my choice takes ages to get updated. So for me being on android is a moot point as far as software updates go. I think the Samsung’s software is more interesting than google’s anyway and you get features years before google implement them into android.
Design- Samsung’s flagships this year are gorgeous however so is the X.
Assistant- Yes google assistant is a lot better than Siri but I don’t really use it much and for the few times I do Siri is good enough.
Software Innovation- Yes google is better than this without a doubt. This is their speciality
Battery life- iPhones are better in standby. Also android phones are still not immune from rouge battery days and misbehaving apps. I don’t have time to install battery dr apps and try and figure out why my battery is playing up. The iPhone is not perfect but it is more consistent. If your battery life is rubbish on the iPhone it’s consistently bad, it doesn’t just do whatever the hell it wants on any given day.
Payment system- We don’t use magnetic strip readers in the the UK, so Android pay, Apple Pay and Samsung pay work in the same places here. However I give the nod to Apple Pay because its been here longer, its supported by more banks and from the get go it worked on the Apple Watch. Samsung have been selective on which watches it was supported on and this came in later updates. Google wear is a mess and I don’t think you can do android pay on those watches.
Screen- I haven’t put a samsung display next to the X. I’d imagine that the samsung display is more pleasing to the eye because you can have the screen set to pop. However the screen on the X is good enough. Both screens have limitations. The X has the notch and on Samsung displays the curved screen distorts some of the screen. Both don’t really bother me but neither are perfect.
So overall I prefer the X. I had the note 8 before the X. I sold it and initially was going to go back to using my 7 plus before I just decided to get the X. So you can see despite all of the bells and whistles of the note over the 7 plus, I still preferred the 7 to the note.
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Now if only there was some app that could leverage all that power
Don't ever think about proud or ? I really like my iPhone and have liked them all - fast, long battery life, smooth, great pictures, etc.
My wife had a Galaxy and it was really junk - terrible battery, updates always added junk to the system. Couldn't wait until paid off and loves her 8+
My wife had a Galaxy and it was really junk - terrible battery, updates always added junk to the system. Couldn't wait until paid off and loves her 8+
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Worse than that: that guy should have just asked "but where's the Apple logo?"
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Keep in mind that fake news implies a made-up story.
Apple has admitted to slowing down older phones when batteries have degraded some: https://forums.macrumors.com/thread...g-of-iphones-with-degraded-batteries.2096297/
Thus, NOT "fake news" in spite of your own experience.
I know that many here are programmed to defend Apple against anything that sounds like any kind of slight, but here you are having to call Apple a liar to call their own admission fake (news).