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Iphone users, of the two choices, what is your priority: ios or hardware?
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To Me, hardware is superficial, it does look nice at first, but it eventually wears off. The real experience is in iOS itself. Rather someone appreciate iOS or not, is up to them. But hardware is a superficial shell that is a fading process as the phone ages, where as iOS will continually improve or refesh Over the course of the iPhones life span, which is approximately five years.
Heh. I figured you would say ios. It's true..hardwares will fade away and will always be newer hardwares.
I think we all know and expect Apple puts our premium hardware, so that's almost an expectation every single iPhone release. But to what extent does someone appreciate the hardware over that the software? iOS has its downfalls, but Apple wants it to be easy and intuitive. They just don't allow for much customization.
i thought it was hardware. then i switched to the S7 for a few months and realized how bad software can be. back to iOS.
will never go back to android again, unless it's a crapware free device.
going with iOS.
will never go back to android again, unless it's a crapware free device.
going with iOS.
Software
I always come crawling back to iOS for the UX (and the UI to some extent, but after switching from a S8+ to a 8 I do miss the smaller UI elements and look, iOS seems to be getting too big for the 4.7 screen). I always keep Apple phones the longest, my 6s at 14 months, while Androids only a few. The Nexus phones were my longest kept Androids, haven't tried a Pixel yet.
While Apple's hardware is not always cutting edge, when they finally add new stuff, they work well. I do like aesthetically pleasing hardware, but at the end of the day once the pretty new device feeling wears off, you just want a device that works well and doesn't get in the way of using it.
I always come crawling back to iOS for the UX (and the UI to some extent, but after switching from a S8+ to a 8 I do miss the smaller UI elements and look, iOS seems to be getting too big for the 4.7 screen). I always keep Apple phones the longest, my 6s at 14 months, while Androids only a few. The Nexus phones were my longest kept Androids, haven't tried a Pixel yet.
While Apple's hardware is not always cutting edge, when they finally add new stuff, they work well. I do like aesthetically pleasing hardware, but at the end of the day once the pretty new device feeling wears off, you just want a device that works well and doesn't get in the way of using it.
Software
Perhaps I'm just getting old but I simply haven't got the time or patience anymore to sit on the net looking for better apps / ways of doing things.
Possibly I got burned with my first (and only) Android phone which was a Sony. It was slow, unresponsive and 2 months after I bought it, was told it wouldn't be getting the latest version of Android even though the hardware could run it!! That alone really annoyed me.
I like how I can pick up an iPhone and it just 'works'
Hardware is secondary simply because it's out of date before it hits the shelves. You can have the world's fastest, most powerful phone in your hand but if it's a pig to use then what's the point?
Perhaps I'm just getting old but I simply haven't got the time or patience anymore to sit on the net looking for better apps / ways of doing things.
Possibly I got burned with my first (and only) Android phone which was a Sony. It was slow, unresponsive and 2 months after I bought it, was told it wouldn't be getting the latest version of Android even though the hardware could run it!! That alone really annoyed me.
I like how I can pick up an iPhone and it just 'works'
Hardware is secondary simply because it's out of date before it hits the shelves. You can have the world's fastest, most powerful phone in your hand but if it's a pig to use then what's the point?
For me it’s more of a combo in that I love how Apple makes their own chips so that the software is optimized to fully tap into their hardware. I just wish the software had more bite to it. The iOS has been out for 10 years now. Give us more advanced features to customize our device how we want. Ship it in easy mode and if someone wants to customize it, we can toggle that on.
I would say the reason for this is Apple's hardware decisions doesn't always line with everybody's views with the camera bump, touch ID removal for face ID, Antenna lines large bezels. Most can overlook the hardware differences and understand the iOS operating system is exactly what Apple wants the user to be drawn into, which is easy and intuitive that's fluid.
Well...as you said before..hardware changes and Withers away, but it's the user's experience that matters.
iOS but... with the hardware optimisation we're all used to.
iOS would run like crap if it was only as optimised as Android is for nay particular hardware platform.
iOS would run like crap if it was only as optimised as Android is for nay particular hardware platform.
