For me Google Service(apps) on the iPhone are way more advanced than Apple's stock apps. For instance I never use Apple Maps. Did a test a couple of days ago going to our sons away basketball game. I used Apple Maps and my wife who was the passenger used Google Maps. Apple Maps took us on a weird route. As far as email for me gmail is way more advanced than iCloud especially on the Google Inbox app. The Google Inbox app rocks and to me puts iCloud to shame. However I think that Apple hardware puts all competition to shame. To me iOS and Apple's OS make for a almost buttery smooth experience and yet somewhat simple to use.
To me the Apple ecosystem 'being able to work on all your Apple hardware' is hype per se. It's like people say there's Apple's system then 'there's everybody else.' I don't look at Google as an ecosystem, I look at services based on technology. Not than I'm a techy, I consider myself a little above an average Joe user.
I wasnt comparing Google services to Apple services. I was comparing Google services on Android to Google services on iOS.
As far as the change of subject. I still have Google maps on my iPhone but over the last year, I've found Apple maps to be just as good for me. Yes it took a VERY long time. But now that Apple uses plot information to pin point addresses I don't have a problem with it. Sure sometimes Apple maps will take the long way but Google does it all the time too. Its not perfect by any means, for some reason if I don't enter the entire address it will "guess" the wrong state or city. And satellite images arent as good. AND it doesn't have street view which I don't use often but in a city looking for the entrance to a parking garage can be useful. All stuff I rarely use or need however its a moot point because I have the option to use Google maps if I choose. Besides its a preference.
Apples ecosystem is a service for me and greatly enhances the ecosystem. Being able to send and receive text and make phone calls on my Mac is very useful. Instant hotspot on my iPad via my iPhone is incredibly useful. Taking a picture on my iPhone and its saved on my Mac without any interaction by me. Other iCloud services. etc etc
I get its not for everyone or their desire for an Android device may outweigh their desire for a tight ecosystem. But for me Android doesn't actually offer me anything. And after using iOS in combination with OS X (MacOS) I would be more likely to switch to Windows. However thats a huge compromise for me so its not even a competition compared to Android.
Thats just my opinion, I respect that your opinion on the subject differs and I think you should stick with what you like best.
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I was wondering this. Apple seem to be happiest letting other companies develope new tech, let them work on it for a year or two, then adopt it just in time for it to be outdated.
I feel this is true in a sense however I would say its more accurate that Apple takes tech (I wouldnt say "outdated" though), makes it actually work right and be useful again. A lot of other phone manufacturers half ass something, drop it, leaving their customers SOL.
Motorola Atrix was probably the first phone to use a fingerprint sensor. It was garbage. Apple picked it up, nearly perfected it and now its common place amongst iOS devices and competitor phones.
Not saying Apple isn't guilty of dropping services people use but that is usually because its a garbage idea not a garbage implementation.
It appears we may see the same thing with wireless charging seeing how Apple bought out a company that specializes in wireless charging over distance a while back. But still people will obsess over the idea how Apple didn't make wireless charging which is true but that is only to distract from the point Apple enhanced the user experience for it.
