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Goodbye Apple, after 9 Years of Loyalty
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I agree. It's really crazy to have to open up settings to disable them. It makes no sense to me.
01silver4
macrumors 6502a
That’s all true, but here is one of the reasons that keeps me going back to apple. If there is a problem with my phone or MacBook Pro etc, I can walk into an apple store anywhere in the United States and get what ever issues I have resolved and that’s a big deal for me. That alone out weights what android have to offer me.
andiwm2003
macrumors 601
same for me. only addition I would make is that I'm a bit locked into Apples ecosystem. So even if Android was better (mostly safer regarding data security) i would think twice about switching due to the convenience of apples ecosystem.
ultravisitor
macrumors 6502a
I might be able to get onboard with Samsung if they stopped filling up their OS with apps that do nothing but duplicate apps that are already part of Google's Android. I just don't have any want or need for a Samsung software ecosystem.
Mac Tyson
macrumors regular
Android is safer? I know of many IT shops in government or high security clearance required agencies that are choosing or have chosen iOS over android.
Android and its larger share of the market is an inherent reason why it will not be safer.
ultravisitor
macrumors 6502a
See, that's why I use Google services on my iPhone, like Google Keep for notes. Since the Google services work on the web, on Android, and on iOS, and they obviously sync across platforms, I don't have to think twice about what info I put where.
mzengr
macrumors regular
ultravisitor
macrumors 6502a
It's not a bug; it's entirely intentional. They did it so that Continuity would still work (and the Watch and the Pencil).
Personally, I think it's stupid and annoying and extremely misleading.
pat500000
Suspended
For now, there are apps to sync with droid and osx like pushbullet(imessage like). Hopefully their os could integrate with notes and imessages naturally.
Agreed, that convenience has been the been the biggest selling point for me since 2007. Apples customer service is second to none
In the years that I’ve been on this board, I have been screaming about this from rooftops: no matter where you look, iOS devices are everywhere where security is concerned, airlines issue iPads to their pilots, I’m in high security sensitive transportation, we have company issued IPads, not galaxy tabs. IOS is more secure and convenient. Exception to this is maybe galaxy devices with Knox.
Duncanator
macrumors 6502
I love my 8+ but I agree the design is a smidge dated...but oh well! As for the X, I’ll probably get it to be able to actually say if I like it or not.
Yes some of the duplicate apps are not needed however you don't have to use them. There are also Samsung apps that trounce the built in google ones like the Samsung Browser for instance.
jonnysods
macrumors G3
This. I don't want to put words in your mouth, but I feel like you'll be back soon OP.
fathergll
macrumors 68020
I don't find Android to be as polished as iOS. Everything from typing to browsing seems to be more fluid with iOS. Some of the default settings with notifications in Android are brutally annoying and you need to turn them off.
To be honest the S8 vs 8 reminds me of comparing a higher speced Windows laptop to a lower speced MacBook. There is something about the Windows laptop that is off. The entire system isn't put together as well despite some tech advantages.
bopajuice
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Sounds like for you it has more to do with the nuances of each OS. I have used Android in the past, but it was the slow hardware that brought me back to Apple. The Android OS seemed to work pretty well for me.
I am not a big fan of bloatware, which Samsung seems to force upon the user, but I found both to be fairly usable. I'd like someone to give me specifics as to why iOS is preferable. Nuances could mean anything. Many times when I have asked users to given examples of why one OS is preferable to the other, I usually get nit picky complaints. No real reasons, just minor stuff really. I wonder if there is a side by side comparison out there. You know like calendar vs calendar, mail vs mail, browser vs browser, etc.
throAU
macrumors G4
Its uh... the fastest mobile phone you can buy (by a LONG shot), still runs iOS and has the same basic design as the iPhone 7.
What's wrong with that? "small upgrade"? I'm not quite sure you understand just how much more powerful it is than an iPhone 7, let alone an iPhone 6. Its as fast or faster than the current iPad Pro if i'm not mistaken. Let that sink in for a sec... the iPad Pro beats the 12 and 13" Macbooks in a variety of tasks...
They've made some errors lately, the iPhone X, the butterfly keyboard, the Macbook pricing and forced touchbar adoption.
But in terms of their core technology and things like ARkit, i think they're doing OK. In terms of standing up for user rights and privacy, they're doing WAY better than anyone else.
Certainly leaps and bounds ahead of what Microsoft and Google are doing in that respect.
The only alternative i'd consider for my personal machines would be Linux, and that's still a UI/UX disaster (and i say this as someone who has used it professionally since 1995). And to do that I'd need to give up a heap of Apple services, applications and content, which i do use and like.
Mac Tyson
macrumors regular
Folks in this thread complaining about looks? iphone 6,6s,7,8 look the same? It’s looked the same since 5.
Look at samsung. looked the same from s5-s7. s8 bezel less. iphone x will be too
https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Samsung-Design-Galaxy-S8.jpg
Look at samsung. looked the same from s5-s7. s8 bezel less. iphone x will be too
https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Samsung-Design-Galaxy-S8.jpg
ultravisitor
macrumors 6502a
Right. I know I don't have to use them. But if I'm not using them, then I don't want them to ever even be there. I don't want their changes coded into the OS.
Well, remember that Apple produces both the hardware and the software for the iPhone, so the iPhone is a very well optimized system. Samsung produces the S8's hardware, but they acquire Android from Google and make their own changes and additions to it, so it's not quite as slick of a system and definitely not as polished.
If you want to make a good comparison between the operating systems, you should really be making a comparison between the Pixel and the iPhone. That's the closest you'll get, despite the fact that Google is making their own changes to stock Android specifically for the Pixel phones.
That’s the thing, small nit picking reasons. Nothing too major.
Just that with what Apple is doing with the new phones and a setting or two that if wanted along with some more robust upgrades have me lookin at the s8+.
I’m still undecided though and I need to think on it.
Yep. I use to switch back and forth between both. I've actually kept my 6S+ for almost a year now. I don't miss Android.
ET iPhone Home
macrumors 68040
Sometimes in order appreciate iOS and the iPhone, one has a step away from it and use another competitor device to understand the differences between both platforms . And then they make a decision if they stay with android or come back to Apple. I find most come back to the iPhone.