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one person isn’t a A full fanbase...
you only have to see the amount who are asking others on twitter to show off their home screens. That says it all.
120hz is not needed this year as well but when it comes in the 2021 iphone again it will be seen as this is great
No different to all the features that are come later to android and suddenly they are great, I guess.
Which features come after on android? Pretty sure android always for most part bring all features years in advance
Apple fans more than often get more excited as we have had to wait later than we should for features android has had for a while so really not many new features android fans get excited about
Things like finer grained privacy controls, capacitive Touch ID. Poor android folks are still waiting for Chrome to support adblockers for goodness sake! Most android phones are still missing secure Face ID.
You can believe the apple marketing about privacy all you like but no company is any different in this area. Apple believe it or not listen in too
Touch ID? You mean the one that's under the display which apple are yet to do?
Sounds like you are struggling for features if you are mentioning a Web browser.. There's many web browsers people can use so I hardly think ad blockers is worth mentioning
As for face ID as good as it is under display FPS are far more convenient certainly in the times of masks...
Apple make great products but there's not much android users are missing.
? It's ok.
BTW, how are those high smartphone prices going now they've caught up to iPhones? ?
(fyi, I'm not at all looking to start an Android vs Apple war, ever)
You, sir... I do not trust ?
Oh Please.....Pixel 4 XL has Faceunlock that is better and faster than FaceID....
Then try to resize the new widgets on IOS.....we will wait..........
Oh then next try to arrange the icons anyway you want them......again we will wait...................
These are BASIC things Android phones had had for YEARS!
Oh now since widgets are all the rage on IOS...try to theme the entire phone...custom notifications and sounds, icons, colors the whole gamit....you can't again something Android has had for years.
Apple fans are so funny....
We don't need a bigger display...4 inch is just fine
Gets bigger display with 6 Plus and it becomes the best seller....
We don't need wireless charging....it is just a gimmick on Android....
Gets wireless charging and it becomes the new norm for iPhones
We don't need widgets on the homescreen...they are so useless.....
Gets widgets on the homescreen and now its trending everywhere!
A friend who was a long-time Android user, partly due to it customizability, recently switched over to iOS.
Like other switchers, he said, "I don't have time for that stuff anymore. I just need for my phone to work, because I have a life."
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Like other switchers, he said, "I don't have time for that stuff anymore. I just need for my phone to work, because I have a life."
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Life is for living, not dicking around with your phone.
Exclusive: Apple adds New Widgets to Apple Music on Android
Apple had released a new beta update for Apple Music on Android a few days back. This update was a significant one, as it included a design overhaul & a ton of new features including a new “Listen New” Tab, Autoplay, and Story Sharing similar to iOS 14. Read more about the features of the New Ap
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So if Apple can make the widgets look great even on Android, at this point you have to call everyone else with their outdated ones lazy.
Typical mindless ani-Apple, pro-Android sentiment right here. Feeling A little hurt, jealous, I have no idea. But something cuts deep with you. Nothing based in fact with your post, just an oversimplified broad generalization based on nothing factual. I don’t even use iOS an iPhone (almost 4 years now) and even I know what you’re saying is trash. And they did have widgets just to have some fact-based content. It had widgets, It was just on a separate screen.
LMAO is right.
Totally correct. Android phone makers have a long history of "throwing things at wall to see what sticks".
Anyone saying Android is years ahead I still can’t wrap my mind around. It just is pure subjectivity if you believe that and that’s fine. But to couch it as some factual statement irks the hell out of me. If anyone thinks that Android has never borrowed anything from Apple you’re living in a fantasy-fanboy-land. I use both (Extensively). There pros and cons. There’s no insane overall leap going from one to other. There’s certain things each do well. Does one overwhelm the other? Not even close. Again, unless you live in this fanboy realm, where you get too sensitive because the other side has things to offer the user as well and it hurts you for some reason. Some people here are as bad and blind as they rip on the other side for.
Pathetic.
No ones losing their **** over this. Omg they're comparing home screens! And? There’s a thread for doing that for Android right now. And?
I mean considering the user base and the amount of time it took, it kinda shows IOS didn’t really need those features as the install base grew and sales still rose despite them. Apples just adding them on now that the so the matured.
My Home Screen is the same as it was, when I tried Android I thought it was clunky and I think the same of several iOS homepages now.
you could apply the same logic to all widgets that are not interactive or resizable.Exclusive: Apple adds New Widgets to Apple Music on Android
Apple had released a new beta update for Apple Music on Android a few days back. This update was a significant one, as it included a design overhaul & a ton of new features including a new “Listen New” Tab, Autoplay, and Story Sharing similar to iOS 14. Read more about the features of the New Ap
So if Apple can make the widgets look great even on Android, at this point you have to call everyone else with their outdated ones lazy.
Come on mate, don't be that person.
I can interact with my Apple Music widget on my iPad perfectly fine and there are three sizes to choose from.
As much as I'm enjoying my return to Android, there's no denying that the Apple Widgets cosmetically are better than the Android versions. And given Apple has made a bunch of good looking widgets for their Android app, my point still stands - either the developers for the apps on Android don't care at this point and if they do, they're being lazy about pushing out updates for them.
I don't think they are better at all....choice and preference are very subjective. Just because they have rounded corners?
Have you tried Nova and the endless customizations you can do? Then you can save those customizations to the cloud and have on any Android phone you want.
It is just the same ole story year after year...when Apple finally gets something Android has had for year the Apple fanbase acts like it is the greatest thing to happen to smartphones...It is a tired ole story to be honest.
I have Apples weather widget on my 11 Pro Max homescreen. It is not interactive at all. It can bring up the weather app...but not much else.
On my Note 20 Ultra the weather widget is interactive. I can scroll to different locations within the widget on my homescreen without having to open the weather app. I can also refresh the temperatures with a little circular refresh button again without having to open the app.
Don't be that guy that now that Apple has done something it is somehow automatically better than everything else.
Most of it is adopted in later iOS versions though, so most do stick. Not all, but most. Don't act like iOS hasn't had features that don't stick though.
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Then isn't that called listening to your customers? Android phone makers are more willing to try new features that people might like.
Most does stick and why apple are finally adding it to their phones
Nobody is saying android is perfect and miles ahead of ios. Android took years and years to add air drop for example
Both have their pros and cons.. Alot of features android is ahead of and will likely continue to be
Doesn't mean iPhone aren't any less great platform without those features