I even go as far as a flip phone. Excellent battery, its works with 3G, no UI bugs, no security problem, and no refresh rate issue. It simply works. But I love my iPhone.
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Mind the gap, I honestly cannot think how this got through. My best guesses would be:
1 - It is an underlying restriction with springboard that they cannot overcome easily
2 - They think it is a good design choice
3 - It was too much work to make the page symetrical or have the gap at the top instead
4 - It actually is symetrical when you account for the dock and dead space we already have at the bottom for gestures
5 - They think everybody has 5" thumbs and has no problem reaching up further to do anything
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1 - It is an underlying restriction with springboard that they cannot overcome easily
2 - They think it is a good design choice
3 - It was too much work to make the page symetrical or have the gap at the top instead
4 - It actually is symetrical when you account for the dock and dead space we already have at the bottom for gestures
5 - They think everybody has 5" thumbs and has no problem reaching up further to do anything
??
I think the problem is you need to charge your phone. 😆
To expand on the bluetooth comment for those who do not know then bluetooth on an iPhone is effectively capped to 250 kbps as it only supports AAC (well it supports SBC too which is slightly higher but worse overall)
There are better codecs out there that support higher quality audio like APTX, APTX-HD and LDAC which goes right up to 900 kbps.
There are arguments that things are transparent when you get to 250 kbps AAC and you will not notice a difference and if all you use is apple music then it is no problem anyway. Personally I think LDAC is snake oil as it is adaptive and will often drop right down and IMO APTX-HD is the best option.
YMMV
There are better codecs out there that support higher quality audio like APTX, APTX-HD and LDAC which goes right up to 900 kbps.
There are arguments that things are transparent when you get to 250 kbps AAC and you will not notice a difference and if all you use is apple music then it is no problem anyway. Personally I think LDAC is snake oil as it is adaptive and will often drop right down and IMO APTX-HD is the best option.
YMMV
😂 Not my phone, I nabbed that one off of the interweb.
Not if you press and hold them. Then if gives you the power off option. If you short press them (don't keep holding them after you press them), then, yes, that will take a screen shot.
I tried the iTest and wow! It really did suck. Android really isn’t good. Themed and all, it really isn’t that good. Most for the icons suck, and the software updates are only for a short while. And they are definitely more prone to always. There’s even malware on their play store! True, App Store has a few scams, but no malware! Android has a lot of shortcomings compared to iOS. And just wait until iOS 15.
Everything with both OS's are based on your preference, there is no wrong choice. As an avid user of both OS's here's my opinion:
App stores:
Apple being the more secure choice, they RECENTLY started labeling apps that were accessing your contacts, web history and other info. Android has been doing this for a long time - hence Android apps were less "secure" because most thought this didn't happen with Apple. Yes, you can disable permissions on Android.
Both companies need to monitor their App stores better overall between money scam apps and spyware. Yes Apple has let some spyware apps through, a coworker had a cheesy time wasting game and randomly Apple removed it off his phone and stated it was reading his personal data.
Android's preloaded carrier apps without the access for removal = pure garbage. My cure to this was getting the clean Pixel experience.
OS Bugs:
I feel that Apple's definitely went downhill from what they used to be (IOS 5-10 era) and i'm not saying Android is much better. When I used a Pixel as my main phone for a few years, the monthly security updates would sometimes break things and you have to wait a month or two for a fix. Apple on the other hand seems to pick and choose what they fix bug wise, such as mail with iOS 13...it was just forever broken. This year with iOS 14 is mostly with random iMessage and springboard bugs. Both companies solution to problems is "reset phone and start from new" - but why would we really need to do that if Apps and OS's were "on par". I feel Apple and Google need to start doing 1.5 year releases, so we can get a solid OS and framework before moving to a "beta" public release buggy start.
General OS Layout:
Both are the same old blah. I'm curious to see if we will ever see a new generation type of home screen. Apple has to step up with a better icon layout and slimming down on space wasters (notifications are huge).
Notifications:
Android wins here hands down IMO. Simple swiping left or right from a pop up notification actually clears and removes it. Apple's process to remove it from seeing it from notification center is a two step process which distracts you from what you were doing. Hopefully iOS 15 fixes/improves on this.
Fingerprint vs Face-ID:
Pre-pandemic Face-ID worked, but now dealing with the reality of times it's a pain in the a$$ to use when you have a mask on. Not everyone has an Apple Watch to fix this solution, its more of a plus for whoever has one. I feel they should of pulled the trigger on a touch-id power button for the 12, hopefully they release it with the 13/12S. I also think this is part of the reason SE2 sold so great during the pandemic. Touch-ID/Fingerprint security IMO was way smoother process for ApplePay/Google Wallet, it felt like one less step than using it with Face-ID.
Phone Cameras:
All preference. Each manufacturer has their own color and image processing. One disadvantage with Apple is that they do not push new camera features on older hardware. For example: i'm pretty sure they could process low-light photography on the front cameras of recent phones or even Pro Raw with their top of the line SOC's.
Messaging:
US based opinion: This is where Apple's lock in got me. Imessage is the best thing since sliced bread. It's smooth and works even without cell phone service and the MacOS tie-in is amazing. Android has nothing to compete - yes SMS and MMS work fine but the different compression types between the US carriers destroy videos and pictures overall. I can live with regular Messaging but iMessage is where its at. Don't get me started on RCS.
File Management:
Being an old school computer nerd - Android's plug and play is the easiest solution for me. It's basically like having a flash drive. If Apple used the Files app like this, it would help users like myself a lot but I get that's how they lock certain things down for security.
App stores:
Apple being the more secure choice, they RECENTLY started labeling apps that were accessing your contacts, web history and other info. Android has been doing this for a long time - hence Android apps were less "secure" because most thought this didn't happen with Apple. Yes, you can disable permissions on Android.
Both companies need to monitor their App stores better overall between money scam apps and spyware. Yes Apple has let some spyware apps through, a coworker had a cheesy time wasting game and randomly Apple removed it off his phone and stated it was reading his personal data.
Android's preloaded carrier apps without the access for removal = pure garbage. My cure to this was getting the clean Pixel experience.
OS Bugs:
I feel that Apple's definitely went downhill from what they used to be (IOS 5-10 era) and i'm not saying Android is much better. When I used a Pixel as my main phone for a few years, the monthly security updates would sometimes break things and you have to wait a month or two for a fix. Apple on the other hand seems to pick and choose what they fix bug wise, such as mail with iOS 13...it was just forever broken. This year with iOS 14 is mostly with random iMessage and springboard bugs. Both companies solution to problems is "reset phone and start from new" - but why would we really need to do that if Apps and OS's were "on par". I feel Apple and Google need to start doing 1.5 year releases, so we can get a solid OS and framework before moving to a "beta" public release buggy start.
General OS Layout:
Both are the same old blah. I'm curious to see if we will ever see a new generation type of home screen. Apple has to step up with a better icon layout and slimming down on space wasters (notifications are huge).
Notifications:
Android wins here hands down IMO. Simple swiping left or right from a pop up notification actually clears and removes it. Apple's process to remove it from seeing it from notification center is a two step process which distracts you from what you were doing. Hopefully iOS 15 fixes/improves on this.
Fingerprint vs Face-ID:
Pre-pandemic Face-ID worked, but now dealing with the reality of times it's a pain in the a$$ to use when you have a mask on. Not everyone has an Apple Watch to fix this solution, its more of a plus for whoever has one. I feel they should of pulled the trigger on a touch-id power button for the 12, hopefully they release it with the 13/12S. I also think this is part of the reason SE2 sold so great during the pandemic. Touch-ID/Fingerprint security IMO was way smoother process for ApplePay/Google Wallet, it felt like one less step than using it with Face-ID.
Phone Cameras:
All preference. Each manufacturer has their own color and image processing. One disadvantage with Apple is that they do not push new camera features on older hardware. For example: i'm pretty sure they could process low-light photography on the front cameras of recent phones or even Pro Raw with their top of the line SOC's.
Messaging:
US based opinion: This is where Apple's lock in got me. Imessage is the best thing since sliced bread. It's smooth and works even without cell phone service and the MacOS tie-in is amazing. Android has nothing to compete - yes SMS and MMS work fine but the different compression types between the US carriers destroy videos and pictures overall. I can live with regular Messaging but iMessage is where its at. Don't get me started on RCS.
File Management:
Being an old school computer nerd - Android's plug and play is the easiest solution for me. It's basically like having a flash drive. If Apple used the Files app like this, it would help users like myself a lot but I get that's how they lock certain things down for security.
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It’s crazy how weighted iMessage is for me too. Looking at your list above, I agree that Android wins a lot of these. But every time I’ve had an Android, you know how many times I’ve had people tell me they never got my text? Or “did you get that picture I sent? You never replied”. It’s just hands down so much better than sms.
And it's crazy for us europeans how dependent you are on iMessage. It's rarely used here in Germany.
I never realized that Android has been labeling apps with privacy statements for a "long time". Doesn't sound like it is exactly what Apple is requesting from it's app developers. Seems like Android privacy statement of accessing your contacts happened, because there was no way to stop it.
Spyware/malware etc is a big issue. I don't see how this can be eliminated 100%.
I can't point to the level of bugs before ios 5-10 nor can I point to some benchmark after ios 5-10. So to me I've been on ios since ios 4 and I can't tell if there is more bugs or less bugs on a year to year schedule, unless I read about them. (Of course pedantically, bugs could mean anything, including minor display issues)
I don't have an issue with notifications and find I don't lose my train of though.
Disagree here. One or two times a day I have to unlock my phone to use Apple Pay. Putting in a pin is no issue at all. Sure touch id would be great to have, but that doesn't mean face id falls short. This is definitely a ymmv topic.
Yeah maybe good reasons for not purchasing night site on older cameras. Don't really know.
Yup.
I think there are apps that enhance the functionality making it easier to user like windows explorer.
My two cents.
I kind of think y'all are missing out. iMessage is really great. You do have great beer in Germany though.
I think so too but it’s really hard to convince people to use iMessage. Most of my family and friends are using WhatsAppI kind of think y'all are missing out. iMessage is really great. You do have great beer in Germany though.
Any news, will 14.5 fix notification issues? I have never had I problems with notifications until 5 days ago. On wifi + apple watch it works normally, on LTE also works normally. But with lte + apple watch I dont receive Instagram/Viber messages. I tried resseting all settings and nothing. Only when I enter in app I get notifications.
Use a galaxy note 10 and iPhone 7 Plus. All the standard stuff (looks, feel, features, bugs) -meh - nothing between them.
However I continue to use the iPhone more prevalently for one reason that no android device can compete with.... music production apps.
There is nothing even remotely close on Android to the ecosystem of inter-working music apps that there are in iOS. Yes there are the likes of cubasis and flstudio but even those feel a bit janky on Android compared to the iOS versions. Maybe it’s the architecture or the priority that the sound-system gets on the hardware but at the moment that’s the one thing that keeps me coming back to iDevices.
However I continue to use the iPhone more prevalently for one reason that no android device can compete with.... music production apps.
There is nothing even remotely close on Android to the ecosystem of inter-working music apps that there are in iOS. Yes there are the likes of cubasis and flstudio but even those feel a bit janky on Android compared to the iOS versions. Maybe it’s the architecture or the priority that the sound-system gets on the hardware but at the moment that’s the one thing that keeps me coming back to iDevices.
Yup which makes me sad as I'm dependent on WhatsApp for keeping in touch with basically everyone, and I generally would only use a Facebook product as an absolute last resort. Really want to ditch it but basically nobody in the UK uses iMessage, if they do they're usually a bit of a weirdo.
One swipe also clears it when in Notification Center. Just because swiping the pop-up/banner notification doesn't remove it from Notification Center shouldn't distract you since you're in an app, not in Notification Center. But you can also go to Settings > Notifications, then tap on the app in question and change it so it doesn't appear in Notification Center:
Please elaborate on the bolded part. As an American I'm genuinely curious.
I predominantly use iMessage and I’m in the UK. And everyone that I know with an iPhone also uses it. And a weirdo I ain’t… Much
WhatsApp has its own charm. It was introduced and worked well before the iMessage was introduced. Facebook would never be able to reproduce something like this unless just acquiring using the money.
Imessage is great to have one-on-one chat with people. That is a perfect place to have single chats and replacement for sms/mms.
Whatsapp is more convenient when you have group chats.
Given the picture below, i could easily understand your point. In my country we also have the same allocation - so if you wan't to keep in touch with anyone using android, then you have to use Whatsapp for the means of faster communication vs sms,mms,email.
When I moved to US, you will be surprised, but the only phones that i see is the easily iPhones all over the place like bus, metro, street, cafe. Only time i see android is when people got it for free(carrier deals), don't care for tech, android fans (samsung note 21 ultra).
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lol nothing really was just joking, just that WhatsApp is so widespread among my family and friends that when someone uses iMessage it’s a real novelty. All my last 10 threads in the message app are dispatch notifications or similar. Don’t really know any actual people who use it.
The opposite is the case for me. I have a pretty massive circle when considering friends and family and I don't know a single person that uses Whatsapp, even among those that hate Apple and refuse to use iPhones.