Same reason why you should pick an iphone over any ot phone
iPhone 6 perfection in production
Posted on July 21, 2014
Its that time of the year again, with the rumour mill teasing us with iPhone 6 leaks there are several key changes to be made with Apples latest instalment in the iPhone franchise, notably; a larger screen, an iOS upgrade and opening up to third party apps. On the surface of it, these may look like the typical incremental changes that weve all been accustomed to from Apple, and in essence, they are, however the impact these changes will have will be astronomical in making the iPhone 6 the best phone out. The brief summary below outlines only two key avenues that need to be addressed when comparing the iPhone to phones on other platforms.
As is the case with Apple, we can simply overlook the numbers and the nitpicking when it comes to comparing specs in the race to determine the best smartphone. What that means is Apple has made the GHz and mgp suffixes redundant. Instead, the words user experience, and maturity should be the sole determining factors when choosing your next phone, and heres why
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USER EXPERIENCE
Every phone user requires that their phone perform any task, open multiple applications and transit seamlessly between them, work fast and maintain high performance over a course of time, run increasingly powerful games and applications, and make full use of its hardware capabilities. An iPhone does all these better than any other phone, and then some.
What Apple was once ridiculed for has now become its saving grace, while android based phones are churned out at rapid rates with an increasingly impressive spec sheet, Apple continue to make incremental tweaks to its mature OS. Android based phones put emphasis on hardware and performance and in turn end up neglecting the overall user experience by not focusing on making the hardware specifically for its OS, an example of this is the high level of fragmentation on Android devices, where most of the phones do not run the latest Android OS and some devices do not have the capabilities of running the particular OS, also, rolling out the latest upgrade can take so long that by the time the latest Android update reaches the older devices there is another update ready to be rolled out.
As a consequence, simply ramping up the processor speed and memory instead of allowing it to organically develop alongside its OS can end up having an adverse affect on the performance of the phone. This is where specific needs of the device have been overlooked and instead the specs have been beefed up without taking into account how best to utilise these extra Hertz. The strategy at Apple is different, in the release of the 5S the chip was improved, introducing the A7 64 bit chipset, with increased registers, allowed for processing more bits during each clock cycle, thereby making it more efficient and more powerful while maintaining a slower clock speed, which is why the iPhone is so fast because its processor speed (which is lower than other flagships) is optimised with its chip. With Apple having future proofed its phones, the full extent of the iPhones ability to harmonise the architecture of its chips with its overall hardware and OS will only be fully appreciated when more power hungry functions will need to be performed, and this is where other devices will struggle. So, you can expect Apples next release to be the fastest phone on the market despite seemingly having a lower clock speed than, say, a rival 2.6Ghz quad core for example. As we all know the Apple model so well, we can expect the iPhone 6 to outperform its rivals in all departments and provide an enhanced user experience with its speed in execution of tasks, integration with other technology, and overall set of features.
MATURITY
Over time we have come to realise that much like a fine wine, the iPhone gets better as it matures. To begin with, the first iPhone was painfully difficult to use, didnt perform many tasks and was somewhat limited in general. However, Apple has gradually improved its OS alongside the slight enhancements in its hardware, without drastically changing either one; this has allowed the development of the phone reach a level where everything seems to work just perfectly due to the harmonisation of the ecosystem. This is what has made the iPhone the frontrunner in an arena of giants, in regards to what the phone is capable of doing and how well it does it.
Owing to its mature OS, the iPhone continues to receive popular support from the biggest developers, this is why the best and most feature packed apps not only come to Apple, but they work so much better and offer more on iOS than on the other platforms. As already stated, the apps will only get more impressive as developers begin to make full use of the power of the iPhone, especially since Apple will be giving developers access to core iPhone features in the next upgrade.
The importance of a mature OS can be seen by studying other models with great potential that have truly stagnated. Using examples of the Windows Phone and Blackberry it is evident that without continuous development, a working and efficient OS with longevity, and support from the developer community the phone ends up failing on multiple fronts. Blackberry was shunned by some major players including Facebook and Instagram, and its once famed BBM feature was woeful and then overtaken by its understudy; Whatsapp. This is by no means an attack on Blackberry, the Blackberry 10 OS was incredibly innovative and smooth to use and the Z10 phone itself was a solid performer with some neat features, what this shows rather is the oft overlooked importance of a mature OS and highlights how heavyweights and market leaders like Microsoft and RIM were unable to catch up to both iOS and Android simply because iOS and Android were trusted platforms that had been doing their stuff over a longer period of time. With that being said, iOS is not only the most mature platform but it is constantly and consistently maturing, so with the next iPhone release imminent you can expect to not only see apps specifically for the iPhone or with iPhone specific features but also greater integration amongst other electrical and lifestyle devices, resulting in a major expansion of the ecosystem with the trademark seamless interactions.
To conclude, these two determining factors of user experience and maturity encompass all the different features and qualities overall within a phone, as they are a result of how the hardware and software work and are built in conjunction with one another to complement each other, producing an optimum final result. For this reason the iPhone lacks in no department and functions flawlessly. With some added improvements such as a larger screen and ability for more customisations the iPhone 6 is set to become the most complete phone ever made.
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