Dating and having an android.

[FatLouie]

No idea for dating. But the irony is I’ve heard more comments form Android users in my field (I.T) than I have from iPhone users.

They seem to have some weird superiority complex or hate for Apple products and see my choice as being a sheep.

That is because we live in a walled, enclosed garden. We have little control over the software on our phones. We use the apps we are told to use, or at best permitted to use. We really do not own our phones; more or less, we buy the metal at above-market prices, and Apple owns everything else about the phone, including how we use it.

I own an OPPO; before I retired, my company had us on Samsung phones. I understand where Android users come from. Providers of Android family phones tend to listen to their customer base and provide changes and features. Apple does not. Android has around 70 percent of the world's cell phone market. Imagine the value of Apple and its market share if it had been less arrogant.

iOS 26 and Liquid Glass are typical of Apple Arrogance, and are why I now have an OPPO cell phone. Apple simply does not hear its customer base, and no matter how bad the design or software decision is, Apple refuses to step back and regroup... they plow ahead and create heartburn in their customer base. Apple Arrogance.

 

[headlessmike]

I used Nokia dumb-phones until c. the iPhone 8 era and it turned out to be an unintentional mark of distinction while dating; it was obvious that I wasn't a Luddite as I worked in quantum computing. Although I had finally got an iPhone when I met my wife...

Coincidence that you only met your future spouse after switching to an iPhone? I think not!

 

[TVreporter]

I was always told women judge a man by the size of his … wallet.

Let me guess women these days prefer a guy with a big… Pro Max!

 

[StevesBobs]

I read long ago that women preferred men with iPhones over Androids. https://www.techtimes.com/articles/...r-man-with-iphone-saying-they-look-sexier.htm

Does anyone on MacRumors have any stories or firsthand experiences? Do you think this is still true?

Honestly, I could see women being super attracted to me if I had a Galaxy Fold 7. We could watch Frozen anywhere on that big screen together.

I don't think it's as much of an issue as it used to be. Having Facetime still is a big perk being able to instantly do a video call. Though you can probably just pick any app to do that with, though it's not just built in...

iMessage used to be more important, but I think since RCS was supported by Apple, it much less of an issue now.

 

[ForkHandles]

People like people, it really is that simple.

Be kind, be genuine.

Not every new meeting will click but it sure has nothing to do with the size of your wallet.

 

[mblm85]

I'm gay.

I don't care as long as we have port compatibility and a pleasing interface.

 

[MBAir2010]

well this was fun......
stay tuned to next Friday when OP post a thread over a ponder
if single women prefer early Intels Mac users who install either a 2018 patch running Mojave, Catalina
or OCLP Big Sur and beyond.

that should be fun as well!

 

[MRM95]

In Europe everyone uses Whatsapp anyway. No one uses iMessage, so the Android/iPhone issue or infrastructure issues don't really exist.

 

[MBAir2010]

In Europe everyone uses Whatsapp anyway. No one uses iMessage, so the Android/iPhone issue or infrastructure issues don't really exist.

they also drive on the wrong side of the road!

 

[WarmWinterHat]

they also drive on the wrong side of the road!

Basicallly only in the UK and Ireland.

 

[AF_APPLETALK]

Seems like less of a problem/annoyance since we have RCS now.

 

[MBAir2010]

Basicallly only in the UK and Ireland.

I was gonna type that but my comment would not be that comical.

 

[robvalentine]

Basicallly only in the UK and Ireland.

He was correct, in that they do drive on the wrong side of the road, in the UK and Ireland (aus and NZ to name others) we drive on the correct side (the Left)

 

[Corefile]

I heard that women prefer men with iPhones because they are a status symbol and men with less money own Android phones. If true, that a very stupid way of thinking considering how much certain Android phones cost.

After my iPhone 6s, Apple phones are just so expensive nowadays. I repurposed a freebie Android phone as a replacement as it's a damned good Android telephone.

 

[splifingate]

It's been a minute since I actively 'dated', but I remember that we spent an inordinate amount of time just doing things together (e.g., walking-around, enjoying phở, board games, yelling at clouds, etc.) I don't remember what the last 'Gawd, but I'm glad that's over!' person used to schedule/communicate.

I'm currently digging this chic who has something like a Galaxy 8-9, with an absolutely post-apocalyptic screen protector . . . if she were to say "Yeah; I found it in the trunk of a car at a junk yard that had the tail light I needed" I'd be like "Mmm-hm."

Nevertheless, she's an itinerant txter, and it's rare in a F2F group that anyone can get a word in edgewise...

 

[Corefile]

well this was fun......
stay tuned to next Friday when OP post a thread over a ponder
if single women prefer early Intels Mac users who install either a 2018 patch running Mojave, Catalina
or OCLP Big Sur and beyond.

that should be fun as well!

Impress the ladies with your 2006 Intel Core Solo Mac mini.

 

[Corefile]

He was correct, in that they do drive on the wrong side of the road, in the UK and Ireland (aus and NZ to name others) we drive on the correct side (the Left)

Surely the right sided driving is right?

 

[headlessmike]

Basicallly only in the UK and Ireland.

Together with Malta, that spans the entire continent!

 

[AlaskaMoose]

In Europe everyone uses Whatsapp anyway. No one uses iMessage, so the Android/iPhone issue or infrastructure issues don't really exist.

I use iMessage along other iPhone users as well as family and friends, and the WhatsApp in my iPhone to communicate with a great number of Android users (friends, family, or businesses). In "my" reality I find WhatsApp a lot more useful than iMessage, specially when making calls, or text voice messages, or just send secure texts at an international level. I have family and "relatives" who either live overseas, and also in the US, and the EU as well. This is where WhatsApp excels.

 

[erihp]

I have an iPhone mini, iPad mini and a Mac mini.
Everything's mini with me.

user name checks out! haha

 

[WilliApple]

This is coming from gen-z and America, which is what I think the article is talking about.

My girlfriend had an android when we first met, but she later got an iPhone and was like "How did I use the android for that long" "Fresh air!", but to be fair, it was a cheapie Android she had before that is 10 years old because it was a hand me down nowadays she said, and shes the youngest in the family.

I personally don't care about what phone my girl would use, I look at the person on the inside, but to be fair, I could 100% see this article being true for gen-z. Modern dating culture is sooo screwed up... I see my girlfriend as a future wife, not something just temporary and I can see she hopefully sees me as a future husband as well. I always try to filter out the girls that just want to have fun, not seeing a future with. If anything her once using an Android is probably a good thing, idk why but all the good girls I have talked to in the past have had Androids, the pop "flashy" ones had iPhones...

 

[Black_Mage]

WhatsApp's private enough.

Anyone who's foolish enough to trust a Meta service deserves no privacy. Seriously, Meta is not to be trusted.

 

[WarmWinterHat]

Anyone who's foolish enough to trust a Meta service deserves no privacy. Seriously, Meta is not to be trusted.

Generally yes, but it is encrypted via the signal protocol.

It’s best to not trust any for-profit shareholder focused company.

 

[Frederik25]

it’s

 

[boswald]

Anyone who's foolish enough to trust a Meta service deserves no privacy. Seriously, Meta is not to be trusted.

I don't trust Meta either but that's a tad extreme.