can you explain what Android 14 on a Pixel 8 Pro has that is amazing?
I can't see much difference in anything from picking and playing in store.
So is it something in the actual day to day use that I'm not seeing?
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iOS 18: 10 New Home Screen and Lock Screen Features
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I can't see much difference in anything from picking and playing in store.
So is it something in the actual day to day use that I'm not seeing?
You might want to try again.
Find me a stock keyboard that works across all stock Apple apps on an iPhone that has a number row.
I mentioned ABAP in response to your software comment.
Can you move multiple app icons at once? Moving them one by one is such a PITA. It was so much easier back in the day when you could rearrange your app icons in iTunes.
Sure, but you need to use more than one finger.
Basically, hold one and then with another finger tap others.
Basically, hold one and then with another finger tap others.
Ironic how the first iPhone to introduce Lock Screen buttons will never get the option to change them.
For the entirety of the X‘s life people were hoping Apple would allow us to change this software mandate.
Never.
But that seems so Apple.
The first to get it now is the first to miss out later.
For the entirety of the X‘s life people were hoping Apple would allow us to change this software mandate.
Never.
But that seems so Apple.
The first to get it now is the first to miss out later.
Because Apple isn't a startup is exactly the reason why it should not be excused for mistakes. I can accept a learning curve for new entrants, not for a company as successful as Apple. Apple did struggle early on but the company found its place well the iPod's success. I think that's when they discovered mobile was the "next big thing" and a move away from x86 would generate this. That's the roadmap that is still being followed today. Cook should not get credit for any of this as it was already planned by Jobs. Again, he is simply collecting dividends from Jobs' work. I think we agree on this.
Tech isn't a traditional business and I understand that but a new look to the OS doesn't mean much either; it's just marketing hype. A basic feature like moving icons without constrains is looong overdue - it took 15 years to implement this? That's just laziness and I blame Cook for not doing this sooner. That laziness leads to the downfall of even giants.
Qualcomm's latest mobile chips have not been as impressive as they claimed but the gap is closing. Eventually, even iPhone/Apple users will not be able to justify any price markups, assuming Google doesn't keep gutting themselves to show profitability to Wall Street. I think the latter may actually be the real reason why Apple stays on top - relatively poor execution at Google.
I laugh every time I have to see the icons everyone on my iPhone and then cringe about using the iOS App Library. It is simply inferior to the Android App Drawer, both in the stock Pixel launcher and customized ones. Keeping just a few apps on your home screen and simply swiping up is objectively a cleaner look.
Google copies Apple all the time. Moving icons anywhere on the home screen and swiping up for all apps is the very least Apple can copy from Google. Apple's move is a step in the right direction.
That sounds simple but it's not.
There's a whole raft of reasons but mainly copy protection in all the various guises will stop it from happening.
Even paying licence fees to someone might not work.
I didn't know about it until it was posted here a while ago.
There are so many of these little things in both iOS and MacOS that aren't really documented anywhere useful.
We do know why. Apple wants it so that when someone looks at your phone screen its instantly identifiable as an iPhone. You, like me, paid apple huge sums of money to be walking advertisements for them.
Not only you can change the size of the dock on the Mac, but you can also tweak the launchpad (grill of apps) on macOS in order to put more apps per row or column, by using the Terminal.
But then again, macOS is a product that still carries the soul of operating systems from the past century. They can be tweaked, personalized, and use Unix commands to do even more than what the UI allows you to. iOS on the other hand, was born on the current century, with a very different philosophy: being as closed and restricted as possible. Although Apple’s mobile operating system has been opening up progressively since iOS 12 (when a lot of new APIs were released), until the present day, it still has that soul of a closed operating system.
$3 trillion company took forever to allow you to put icons where you want on the screen… Still doesn’t work nearly as well the android one. So yes it’s worth mentioning that it’s lame and still lagging the competition.
Nice that they do now and then loosten up their control freak tendencies.
Nice that they do now and then loosten up their control freak tendencies.
I don’t think the press has been spinning it that way. Everyone knows Apple was behind in this regard. Most people are just being positive about it that Apple users have this ability now.
That’s the great thing about it you can keep it how it is now if that suits you. It is good for people to have the option to customize as they see fit though.
Or they can go android and stop demanding or whining iOS doesn’t work or look the same as an android.
I still a year later despise usb c and if I wasn’t in need of a new iPhone I would have stayed with the old one until the day I died probably lmao.
I despise the idea of RCS but thankfully that can be turned off.
It’s a shame I have to choose between a new iPhone and tolerating the android like iOS 18!features I don’t want and many don’t care about Or be stuck with my 15 pm.
Change will ALWAYS happen. So you have to choose if apple does enough of what you want out of a phone and operating system. There are literally on two out there that most people use. I’m very confused by your stance on apple using the industry standard for charging and connecting along with text messaging. There is a balance there and Apple is about as good as you will get. You can’t have everything you want.
There was absolutely nothing wrong with lightning. Nowadays I just use wireless charge because I refuse to the usb c port lol.
Also RCS isn’t necessary in a world where billions ppl use cross platform messaging apps.
I will say you are in the minority with this thinking. There is nothing wrong with updating your features to industry standards. 🤷🏾♂️
Its now possible to have blank spaces and rows. but. Why on earth do *other icons* STILL move when you move an icon?? At least give us a setting to toggle off auto arrange icons! Possibly being able to create adjustable blank spaces could help. Especially if blank spaces don’t move and icons adjusted around them. It’s now just even more unpredictable where icons will move to. Almost a fun game trying to figure out its logic 😂
Also would love to see the jiggle replaced by the gentle pulse when arranging control centre icons
Also would love to see the jiggle replaced by the gentle pulse when arranging control centre icons
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