LOL, I wonder what this one will sell for. Probably less as it’s an Android phone 😉
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Android Phone With Fully Functioning Lightning Port Becomes Engineer's Latest Project
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Typing on Pixel 4:
1. This phone gets 3 years of updates, which is fine in my book. My last Pixel 2XL runs lastest Android with lastest security updates thanks to custom ROM. Android update also works differently than iOS, where it is possible to get security update without going for full on OS update.
2. Most premium Android phone, be with Google Pixel or Samsung Galaxy or whatever are very durable. I don't know why you think Android phone are less durable.
3. Try most recent Pixel or Samsung Galaxy. I have Pixel 2XL, Pixel 3, Pixel 3A, Pixel 4, Galaxy S10e, I have never really experienced slow down at all.
4. Don't know about smoother digital payment. Google Pay works just fine. I would say it is actually easier to add royalty cards with Google Pay than Apple Pay. All you need to do is scann QR code or bar code. With iOS, you need download App and add card to Apple Pay within Apps.
5. Apple does have bettery privacy control. But I don't really care.
6. I don't know how you measure lightning port is better than USB-C. It is more vestile and common than lightning port.
7. Google one works just as well as Apple cloud services. Although I don't get Apple TV+ or Apple Arcade, but I have no interest with Apple TV+ nor Apple Arcade anyway.
There are just too much misinformation or biase againedt Android on this forum
If you have experienced any fake iPhone, it is pretty much an cheap low end Android phone made into cheap fake iPhone she'll with lightning port. It isn't like Android + lightning port combo never been done.
Most cheap fake iPhone came out of China in past decades are Android + iPhone shell + lightning port. I don't understand why would anyone mod high end Android with lightning port, but whatever.
This isn't something new anyway.
Battleship's have fluff? Aircraft carrier? Ah you meant navel...slinks away.
This is about as useful as navel or naval fluff anyway.
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Yes, a handful of phones get a mediocre amount of updates. Apple supports devices that are almost 7 years old, not just with security updates but also additional and improved features. Thats a superior experience objectively.
From reliability studies, drop tests, etc. Are there a handful of decent Android phones? Sure. But we are talking about Apple vs. Android, not iPhone vs. Pixel
I have tried current get Android phones. I have one I use for work. It is noticeably less smooth in the UI department than iPhones.
Scanning QR or Bar Codes is less smooth than tap to pay. I can use my phone for transit without doing anything other than tapping as I pass through the turnstile. It may not be dramatically better, but its better.
So you admit this is another area where Apple/iOS is better, that was the point of the list. Whether or not you care is irrelevant to the question at hand.
Its smaller, better sealed against intrusion, doesn't rely solely on friction for connection strength, offers more capabilities and those capabilities aren't scatter shot like the various types of USB-C ports. Also Lightning is stupid common given the billions of iOS devices and accessories out there.
Again, if you prefer Android, great, no skin off my back. But this list was not about whether you should prefer one or the other, it was to point out areas where iPhones are objectively better than Android, not just in terms of ecosystem integration as the original post claimed.
1. Most average users will use their phone 2-3 years. Yes, iOS devices gets more updates, but for majority of consumers, it isn’t much difference. I would also argue, how many new features does iPhone 6S gets with iOS 15? Android update just work different way. You get Google monthly security updates, which my 5 years old Xiaomi still gets.
2. It is kind unfair to compare low end Android phone with super high end iPhone. But even if you compare with mid-range Android phones, like Realme, Oppo or Samsung compare with iPhone SE, they still offer far better hardware , and comparable quality.
3. Google Pay does not work with QR. You have absolutely no idea about Android. Google Pay work just like Apple Pay, but Google Pay offer far easier way to add loyalty cards.
4. There are lots of Android phone offer equal or better water and dust protection than iPhone. USB-C port absolutely can offer equivalent IP rating.
Darth Tulhu
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I agree that "Android" is too broad a term, almost like saying "car".
There are nice ones, and pieces of junk out there.
Clearly, I was referring to those comparable to Apple in quality.
I was, and still am happy with the stuff Samsung was and is putting out, for example, and would be using them now if it wasn't for Apple's return to form with the Mac, iPads and iPhone hardware, as well as the ecosystem that comes with it.
Darth Tulhu
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True, but the differences are less significant (at least in my case) than on paper.
I truly did not experience any of those issues with my Note8 (the last Android device I had before switching to iPhone).
That device was speedy till I replaced it.
OS upgrades stopped but security updates didn't, and Android was so far ahead from Apple feature-wise that there are still features today that Apple doesn't have. And their high customization levels kept things fresh, where with Apple it's THEIR way and timeline, or the highway.
I didn't use the digital payment features, but NFC payments were there before Apple IIRC (I don't use Apple Pay with my iPhone either).
My Note lasted four years with no problems (although screen burning was beginning to become apparent), so we'll see with my iPhone.
USB-C is objectively more ubiquitous than Lightning, so that's a knock against Apple in my book (as superior as Lightning is as a connector).
As far as the other services, I consider them part of the ecosystem, which was a reason to switch back for me.
Darth Tulhu
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He was just doing it as an engineering exercise to test his own skills and answer his own curiosity: "Will it work?"
Of course it will. How on earth do you think cheap knock off iPhone achieve lightning port?