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Apple's 'Move to iOS' App Likely Rebranded Version of Existing Android App
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I just tried using it from my old Android (Moto X 2014 CM12) to my iPhone 6 (iOS 9). It worked fine.
Another couple of good reasons why I never want to release my iOS-only app in Android. What a bunch of whiners.
You realize that this is an app to help Android users move to Apple, right? It makes perfect sense for Apple to be focusing on it.
What??? The purpose of the app is to help Android users move to Apple products. Your condemning something for doing exactly what you say it should be doing. Doesn't make a lot of sense to me.
I never knew that the horrible mess on Android was called "material design" until I read this story. I thought it was just random design since it makes no sense whatsoever.
Its not a legitimate reason to give it one star, as it has nothing to do with the app being reviewed.
It is a legitimate reason to complain about Apple's practises though. The irony of Apple not allowing a mention of Android in an iOS app, while creating their own app for Android to convert customers over (that would mention iOS and Apple countless times) hasnt been lost on me.
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The Apps is working perfectly. What the Android users rate is not the Apps but the Apple and iOS, and who cares if their fanboyism rate it negatively 1 star. Apple fans are far better by giving Google Apps a fair assessment.
So because Apple rejected an entirely seperate app you think it makes sense to give the Switch app one star? Isn't that like rating one movie badly because the studio did a bad job on a completely seperate movie?
Actually it makes perfect sense. They hire and pay for android experts while focusing on iOS development. Instead of hiring android devs.
Of all the things they could say, they are giving it one star for UI design LOL
If you look at the actual Media Mushroom's app it has 4/5 rating.
So Apple licensed their app and now suddenly it's 1/5. People are dumb.
So Apple licensed their app and now suddenly it's 1/5. People are dumb.
hah.. recycled for free at the apple store. those people got trolled by apple 
I've never heard of iOS users hating Google products that much. Who is the sheep now?
Android fanboys are insanely stupid. I'm an android user but I gave this app a 5 star review after seeing all the negative reviews of iOS being used on the review page. Apple make great products and iOS Is a wonderful operating system, I do think it needs to be a little more flexible but that's more apples policy's rather than the products themselves.
Criticisms in the negative reviews include complaints about iOS, Apple, and that the app uses Apple's design philosophy rather than Google's Material Design.
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What I find particularly silly about the "doesn't use Material Design" complaint is that Google does the same basic thing in their iOS apps - they use their own design, rather than iOS-standard design. So those complainants should give all of Google's iOS apps a bad rating, too.
Why would the UI design even matter if you're using the app to switch away from Android? A person who uses this will be getting rid of either the app or the entire phone after the process is complete anyway.
It's like complaining that an Xfinity flyer that says "Switch to us from U-verse" isn't designed in AT&T's colors.
It's like complaining that an Xfinity flyer that says "Switch to us from U-verse" isn't designed in AT&T's colors.
Android enthusiasts are especially hostile and protective of their platform. They're not just fans, but extremists. The irony is that they call any and all Apple users fanboys, when theyre the ones who behave irrationally and sheepishly. It literally pains them to see Apple successful. Whereas on iOS, Google apps are consistently some of the most used apps on the platform. As well as Microsoft apps. Apple users are apparently such fanboys, yet the majority of serious Apple fans seem to behave with a level of maturity that makes these Android enthusiasts look like children.
Funny how they complain about the UI. They hate Apple products, yet every single one of their Android products has significant Apple influence. Obviously iOS has some influences from Android, but not the fundamental framework of how the entire interface works. It just always makes me laugh. Someone saying "I hate Apple products!" While typing on a glass multitouch display virtual keyboard that has the letters appear above your finger when pressed, inside of a WebKit browser, scrolling with momentum based physics that makes the page feel like it's floating, inside of a black or white rectangular slate that has the entire front surface covered by glass including the bezels. Yea, they hate the iPhone so much, that's why they use a phone that functions exactly the same way.
Funny how they complain about the UI. They hate Apple products, yet every single one of their Android products has significant Apple influence. Obviously iOS has some influences from Android, but not the fundamental framework of how the entire interface works. It just always makes me laugh. Someone saying "I hate Apple products!" While typing on a glass multitouch display virtual keyboard that has the letters appear above your finger when pressed, inside of a WebKit browser, scrolling with momentum based physics that makes the page feel like it's floating, inside of a black or white rectangular slate that has the entire front surface covered by glass including the bezels. Yea, they hate the iPhone so much, that's why they use a phone that functions exactly the same way.
Good for you! Myself, I have contacts on my now fifth iPhone that originated on my Palm Pilot, then Handspring Trëo and then the iPhones.
Absolutely. Instead of throwing your phone away and causing damage to the environment, you can take it to an Apple Store and Apple will make sure it is recycled properly. The same goes for any computer in many countries. Apple is doing a lot for the environment; in this case they _have_ to tell people about it because recycling doesn't work if people don't bring their android phones for recycling.
So you refuse to sell your app and make money because of a possible bad review? Either the app is not good enought or you are already making enought money that you don't need to gain more.
I find it hysterical that Android users are complaining that this app doesn't look Android-enough. On an app that's designed to be the last Android app you ever use. If it works, you'll run it once and never use Android again, but heaven forbid that it not look reassuringly Android-ish.
Exactly my thoughts. A 99 cent charge would have scared off 99% of these 'reviewers'. Too late now though.
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