Things you can't do on Android

[LIVEFRMNYC]

Until RCS is supported by all carriers and device manufacturers (or messaging app developers), cross-platform media sharing WILL be a problem.

I don't think that's in carriers best interest, unless there's a guarantee that consumers that switch from iPhones, will switch to an expensive Android flagship.

If there is a lack of need for iMessage, then there will be an influx of consumers that will switch to Android. Carriers don't want to risk switchers choosing an Android device that is hundreds of dollars cheaper. That will affect the money they make on financing and in-store accessories that mostly cater to flagship models.

I wouldn't be surprised if Apple already had that conversation with carriers.

 

[hallux]

I don't think that's in carriers best interest, unless there's a guarantee that consumers that switch from iPhones, will switch to an expensive Android flagship.

Except there is a long list of carriers on board with RCS, including all the major carriers in the US. Exclusive: Chat is Google’s next big fix for Android’s messaging mess - The Verge
T-Mobile has even started rolling it out. T-Mobile is rolling out support for the next-gen texting standard backed by Google - The Verge

 

[LIVEFRMNYC]

Except there is a long list of carriers on board with RCS, including all the major carriers in the US. Exclusive: Chat is Google’s next big fix for Android’s messaging mess - The Verge
T-Mobile has even started rolling it out. T-Mobile is rolling out support for the next-gen texting standard backed by Google - The Verge

That's great news, and about damn time as rumors of this happening have been years ago. I honestly lost hope of it ever happening.

 

[mi7chy]

Android doesn't have Apple A11 Supercomputer performance.

Fortnite on iPhone X.

Galaxy Note 9 for comparison.

 

[I7guy]

Android doesn't have Apple A11 Supercomputer performance.

Fortnite on iPhone X.

Galaxy Note 9 for comparison.

Are you saying these peeps are bad ios coders?

 

[IowaLynn]

Synthetic. I have both. Even my Essential SD835 loads apps and is smoother performance than my iPhone X. Maybe more RAM is why? Or games and GPU performance (I never use any).

 

[Michael Goff]

Synthetic. I have both. Even my Essential SD835 loads apps and is smoother performance than my iPhone X. Maybe more RAM is why? Or games and GPU performance (I never use any).

Second possibility: iOS 11 is kind of awful.

 

[IowaLynn]

Second possibility: iOS 11 is kind of awful.

I've been on 12 not 11. 3GB RAM though is a joke.

 

[mi7chy]

Android doesn't have these semi-weekly surprise features.

 

[Gathomblipoob]

Android doesn't have these semi-weekly surprise features.

These "surprise" features are usually fixed very quickly, however, on iOS.

 

[jamezr]

Are you saying these peeps are bad ios coders?

for Fortnite....the performance on the iPhone X and Note 9 are night and day.
On the X it lags and is slow. On the Note 9 it is blazing fast and never lags. I know thats just one game but that is my real life experience.

 

[mi7chy]

Easy jailbreak vulnerability 24 hours after release.

 

[mi7chy]

A cut out to rest a thumb when playing Fortnite.

 

[Dj64Mk7]

Is there an Android phone that gets updates day of release? I know some think the Pixels do, but Google sends it out in waves and it could be weeks if you’re unlucky.

That’s something Google still needs to work on.

Essential.

 

[Michael Goff]

Essential.

I, too, like to buy a phone from a company that might not be around within a few months.

 

[Dj64Mk7]

I, too, like to buy a phone from a company that might not be around within a few months.

Live in the present, and you may be rewarded in the future.

Idk either. All I know is that, at least for now, Essential Products is a very real example of a company excelling at customer service. See https://www.reddit.com/r/essential/ for evidence if you don't believe me.

 

[Cryates]

I, too, like to buy a phone from a company that might not be around within a few months.

That's your choice, but the Eesential phone may be the most beautiful smartphone design ever, and the support they offer is fantastic. Per the September Q&A, it'll be getting the Android Q update as well as security patches through 2020.

 

[Dj64Mk7]

That's your choice, but the Eesential phone may be the most beautiful smartphone design ever, and the support they offer is fantastic. Per the Q&A, it'll be getting the Android Q update as well as security patches through 2020.

@Michael Goff

This is another big plus. Name one other phone hardware company, tech company in general even, that consistently holds monthly Q&A sessions for the public to speak directly to engineers.

 

[Technarchy]

These threads are always super weird because Android can basically do whatever you want it to do but iPhone has a ton of plusses that most phones simply don't have.

The best thing iOS has that most android don't have is Apple hardware.

Send an iMessage with your android phone...I'll wait...

 

[Hater]

I, too, like to buy a phone from a company that might not be around within a few months.

Nokia... might have the same issue with not being around for long though

 

[AustinIllini]

Send an iMessage with your android phone...I'll wait...

Comparatively, the number of things an Android device can do is much greater than the number of things an iPhone can do.
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I've been on 12 not 11. 3GB RAM though is a joke.

lol. No it's not. 3 GB is more than fine in the iOS environment.

 

[jamezr]

But to be

@Michael Goff

This is another big plus. Name one other phone hardware company, tech company in general even, that consistently holds monthly Q&A sessions for the public to speak directly to engineers.

But to be honest...they have to do that right now. They are on the brink of being no more. They let the public have that kind of access to the engineers to get feedback and sort of do some beta testing for them.
If Essential were to take off sales wise and grow as a company....I'll wager they will stop doing that altogether.
They are small and agile right now. So they can afford to get up close and personal with consumers.

 

[hallux]

Send an iMessage with your android phone...I'll wait...

That's important to YOU. LOTS of people get along fine communicating between iOS and Android without involving iMessage. The poster you quoted did not say Android absolutely does everything you want.

 

[mib1800]

Think something like this makes Android/Galaxy so much more useful than ios

 

[Tsepz]

Think something like this makes Android/Galaxy so much more useful than ios

Please just take it easy on them. You have to remember, they
will not understand this until Tim Cook and Phil Schiller, tells
them it's useful.

They didn't need anything bigger than a 3.5inch display until
they were told it was fine by Apple
They were told a notch that ruins the immersiveness of a
display was fine, they were told replacing a 3.5mm jack with
a dongle that has a 3.5mmjack was fine to "save space" .

Heck, they were once told they were holding their phones
wrong, and they accepted it
By the way that last one may just happen again going by
this:

https://www.tomsguide.com/us/iphone-xs-antenna-problems,news-28160.html