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Phil Schiller Goes on Offensive Against Android and Samsung
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I'm not sure. But how hard is it to install an app. Is that really a make it or break it feature. That the find my iphone feature is part of the OS? Is that really what makes the iPhone a better choice/experience? Please tell me there's more.
Obviously the latter. His line about needing 8 different accounts was so out of touch that it should make investors nervous about what's going on at Apple, why they don't know anything about their competition.
Meanwhile, Apple will release the same freaking phone again, with a few minor tweaks.
"Timmbbbeeeerrrrrr!"
"Timmbbbeeeerrrrrr!"
I have a Sony Camcorder just like that... and it said Win compatible on the box...
I use both an 2009 and 2012 iMac. One is running Snow Leopard. The other Lion. And I've used both Vista and Win7 on desktops/laptops.
I understand why you might ask the question. Unfortunately - none of that info changes my experience.
Both Macs and PCs are machines. And their respective OSes imperfect. Things happen. The best experience/machine/etc is completely subjective to an individual's use case.
W-what?
Apple includes their EarPods with the iPhone and iPod. Which maybe are not the best headphones out there but they sound very good still.
I don't deny that OSX is a good experience, but can you name some fragmentation issues that you have come across on a PC? For reference, a common complaint on mobile operating systems is applications. I can't think of a whole lot of applications that cannot run on Windows 8 versus Windows XP, and there is over ten years of disparity between the two. Most newer games require higher direct x version comparability (that XP doesn't have), but aside from that, I honestly can think of nothing.
Why is this state of mind represented as rational, and an Apple fan is a semi-religious cultist? You like Android. I can see the differences, and it's very important to you.
We're only getting our "ass kicked" if you regard sheer numbers and numbers of phones, without pointing out what the bulk of the Android market is. Except for Samsung, nobody but Apple is making money on Android. That's you know, kind of significant.
See, the Apple model isn't the same old monopolistic model as Windows was in computers. But we're doing okay. For my life, I much prefer what Apple is likely to put out. C'est la vie.
I think it's proof positive that Phil posts here under one of these names in this thread and others... Because the same FUD/Crap that appears on MR in threads is right there in print coming from his mouth.
What? Emotional because Apple feels it has to have a well knows executive publicly slam the competition with a huge bunch of lies as opposed to try and actually innovate? Or change iOS in 6 years?
No not at all emotional, the same as he is doing the same thing that many on here attack anyone else doing against Apple.
Well I was being sarcastic because there were comments re: Samsung's superbowl commercial that made it seem like Samsung was sad for attacking Apple (even though they didn't say the name). And yet...
I do not see much of that in Germany.
I have seen some Android users going to iPhone. And vice versa.
But. But I have also seen huge masses of dumb-phone/etc users switching to Android phones. The comparison with the feature-phones in the RTFA isn't wrong: Android devices are in more price niches, compared to the iPhone. Android has literally wiped out the feature-phones. Recently I have also seen some Samsung and LG Android-boasting devices (my colleague got one as a BD present) which are really more of a dumb-phone and are only useful as dumb-phones - but are very very cheap (street price of $150 or less). Price flexibility is something iPhone doesn't have at the moment.
Of course not. But that's one of the features that many iPhone user will have right out of the box while only android users who knows of a certain app can have. Just saying.
Exactly! Seems like I keep repeating myself lately but I guess some people are just too stubborn. The days of Android being a joke are over. Most of those still bashing it have either never used an Android device, have bad memories from years ago, or are just repeating what they read in some fanboys forum post.
I am not loyal to any brand. I work hard for my money and spend it on what gives me the most of what I want. Android phones are Awesome. I am able to do so much more with Android then I ever could with iOS. Apple has become stale and boring in a lot of areas. I wish they would stop feeding fanboys with rhetoric and instead get back to the drafting table.
If Apple only cared about profit they would write software that works on all devices and advertise. Hey that's what google and Microjunk do!
Schiller is just blathering about the competition in lieu of having new, exciting offerings to talk about.
Neither he nor Tim Cook have anything to say other than "intense discussions" are underway. They blather on about Apple TV / return more of the cash to shareholders / Mac Pro / exciting pipeline / not managing for short term stock fluctuations.
Non stop blather....
Neither he nor Tim Cook have anything to say other than "intense discussions" are underway. They blather on about Apple TV / return more of the cash to shareholders / Mac Pro / exciting pipeline / not managing for short term stock fluctuations.
Non stop blather....
Then I think the issue is whether or not users know that iphone has this feature and/or android does not.
If one doesn't know Apple has it - they need to seek out that it does and how to use it. Same for the android user.
Both require the user to be proactive regardless.
There are a few things I didn't like. I am using the Lumia 920. I returned it initially after three weeks of ownership due to random reboot issues. Once that got fixed I purchased another (some four months later).
The OS is refreshingly different, so I like that about it, but there are some glaring issues that I still don't much fancy. Not being able to set custom alert tones drived me bonkers. Just about the only custom tones you can install are ringtones. WHat about mail, facebook, twitter, etc. Worse still is you can;t even select presets for text tones. That means if a text comes in from work, you friend, your wife, they all sound the same, no matter what you do.
App backup is another slight pet peeve, in that there really is none. Not a huge issue because I don't go restoring my phone often, but still it would be nice. As it stands, a "backup" just backs up some basic settings, sms threads, etc.
Some other minor gripes that I am just blanking on right now. All in all, it seems the least finished of the three I use.
Interestingly, I spent some time on WIndows forums and that bunch was even more hostile than the Apple people. They basically told me to GTFO if I don't support the forum. I wasn't banned or anything, but sheesh, talk about brand loyalty. They weren't happy about me comparing Android and iOS to WP8. Why the heck not? It's a mobile OS. If it doesn't do what I need it to, and something else does, why shouldn't I point that out?
Lol, you've never used Android have you? Search "Backup" on the Google Play Store and see the results. I can tell you've never used Android because you also can't think of any features that Android has that iOS doesn't.