There are too many things my phone can do that my Mac can't

[andreyush]

And now I'm on iPhone, the things my phone can do that my Mac can't continues to increase.

On my iPhone I can send GIFs over iMessage. I can't do that on my Mac.

Umm...And why are you telling us this ? I mean it's your opinion but somewhere in the box of facts..there is a fact.

Fact: Mac can do things that iphone can't do and vice versa. And you will never change that because iOS is very limited .

Like our friend said : Different tools for different jobs.

 

[Mildredop]

Umm...And why are you telling us this ? I mean it's your opinion but somewhere in the box of facts..there is a fact.

Fact: Mac can do things that iphone can't do and vice versa. And you will never change that because iOS is very limited .

Like our friend said : Different tools for different jobs.

You've not understood - iPhone can do things my Mac can't. I feel that a £1,500 computer should be able to do everything the iPhone can do and more. But there are a lot of things I can only do on iPhone.

Seems an odd decision on Apple's part.

 

[simonsi]

You've not understood - iPhone can do things my Mac can't. I feel that a £1,500 computer should be able to do everything the iPhone can do and more. But there are a lot of things I can only do on iPhone.

Thats just a silly assumption - based on equivalent functions per $$$???

Devices are built to give a mix of features the consumer base finds a useful combination <just> having a feature-by-feature equivalency for its own sake isn't something enough people want, hence Apple don't make it that way. (or Samsung for instance). IMHO a perfectly sensible decision on Apple's (and Samsung's) part.

 

[marcociccone]

And now I'm on iPhone, the things my phone can do that my Mac can't continues to increase.

On my iPhone I can send GIFs over iMessage. I can't do that on my Mac.

You should get an iPad Pro then, and you probably do the same things you do with your phone, with more real estate.
I think the iPad Pro is modelling as a perfect "at home" computing machine for both consuming media and productivity like attending lessons and schools and taking notes, design, etc.

For more intensive tasks and particular jobs like web/app developing, business analysis, etc they probably require more power-horse and most important all those apps are not available on iOS, so a Macbook Pro will be the right choice.

Then on a side note, if your main purpose is using the MBP to "talk with it" and sending gifs through iMessage, I believe it'd be really wasted...

 

[simonsi]

OP won't be happy - still can't make cell calls with an iPad... ;-)

 

[marcociccone]

OP won't be happy - still can't make cell calls with an iPad... ;-)

I thought it was possible through Facetime and Handsoff? Same for Macs?

 

[2IS]

A car isn't a computer, so that analogy doesn't work.

But a Mac and a phone are both just computers. The iPhone isn't a phone in the traditional sense in the same way the MacBook isn't a traditional book.

Both a Macbook and an iPhone have processors, a screen, a battery, memory etc. But if my Mac has no connection to the net, I can't load Google Maps. It's useless in that sense. But I'm able to download the maps onto my phone.

If there's no wifi, my Mac can't check emails, browse the net etc., but my phone can.

Why doesn't the MacBook have a fingerprint sensor?

Everyone so far has just got petty and defensive rather than answering a simple question.

Cars have had computers in them for many many years. But it's for a different purpose. Much like your phone and Mac.

Or in other words, this is a stupid thread.

 

[T5BRICK]

You've not understood - iPhone can do things my Mac can't. I feel that a £1,500 computer should be able to do everything the iPhone can do and more. But there are a lot of things I can only do on iPhone.

Seems an odd decision on Apple's part.

I don't follow your logic.

A $10 hammer can be used to drive nails and it can also be used to remove nails. A $100 pneumatic nail gun can also be used to drive nails, but it can't be used to remove them.

They're different tools and they serve different purposes. Just because you define them both as computers doesn't change that.

 

[simonsi]

I thought it was possible through Facetime and Handsoff? Same for Macs?

So is tethering but that isn't good enough.

 

[maflynn]

I feel that a £1,500 computer should be able to do everything the iPhone can do and more

That makes no sense at all.

The phone is a personal communication device and thanks to apple it does other things very well, but that doesn't mean a desktop or laptop computer should do everything a phone can do.

Yes there's overlap, but spending 2,000 on a Mac does not mean it needs to do the same (and more) of a phone.

 

[jerryk]

That makes no sense at all.

The phone is a personal communication device and thanks to apple it does other things very well, but that doesn't mean a desktop or laptop computer should do everything a phone can do.

Yes there's overlap, but spending 2,000 on a Mac does not mean it needs to do the same (and more) of a phone.

This the correct way to think about it. While they have versions of Powerpoint and Word for a smartphone, I sure would not like to use them to create a 20 slide presentation or a 50 page document. Similarly, I would not like to use my mac to take pictures while I am out and about, or to navigate in my car.

 

[Fishrrman]

OP wrote:
"You've not understood - iPhone can do things my Mac can't. I feel that a £1,500 computer should be able to do everything the iPhone can do and more. But there are a lot of things I can only do on iPhone."

That's your opinion.
But your opinion is not going to change how Apple designs things, or how things actually work.

Computers (with their own OS's) are computers.
Phones are phones (with their own OS).

I don't expect them to ever do everything equally...

 

[gngan]

A car isn't a computer, so that analogy doesn't work.


But a Mac and a phone are both just computers. The iPhone isn't a phone in the traditional sense in the same way the MacBook isn't a traditional book.


Both a Macbook and an iPhone have processors, a screen, a battery, memory etc. But if my Mac has no connection to the net, I can't load Google Maps. It's useless in that sense. But I'm able to download the maps onto my phone.


If there's no wifi, my Mac can't check emails, browse the net etc., but my phone can.


Why doesn't the MacBook have a fingerprint sensor?


Everyone so far has just got petty and defensive rather than answering a simple question.

Just an FYI, most modern car has processors, a screen, a battery, memory, etc. So your analogy doesn’t work also. It’s like saying why can’t a Ferrari have a boot space, sit 4 adults, easy to get on/off of a SUV. The Ferrari cost more! A Ferrari and SUV have 4 wheels, doors, engine, etc. According to your logic, it doesn’t make sense! You get the point? It’s built for different purposes!

Yes - it works very well (better than my home broadband, in fact), but it just seems odd to me that in a lot of situations, my nice thin, light portable Mac still relies on my cheap little phone to remain truly useful.


I personally think the future is ultra high speed internet over the airwaves, and I'm surprised Apple aren't championing that idea with a SIM slot available in their MacBooks.


I never use my home phone anymore. If someone came to me and said I could connect to wireless internet (meaning I don't have to pay £16.99 line rental to BT every month) I'd do it in a heartbeat. My home broadband is around 13Mbps, the 4G on my phone is 90Mbps.

How it Mac still relying on a cheap little phone to remain truly useful? You don’t need internet connection to do a lot of things in Mac which your phone can’t do or do as good (e.g. editing photos). Apple did test a sim slot in their Mac before but never released it to the market. In addition, just because your home broadband is slower than your 4G doesn’t mean that Apple needs to create a SIM slot in their MacBooks. You are probably the minority and does not justify the cost to make a sim slot MacBook.

 

[Beachguy]

I'm angry. My iPhone 6s can't do the things my Jeep can. The iPhone only has- what, 2 cores? 4? My Jeep has an 8 speed automatic! If my Jeep crashes, I have seatbelts and airbags. If my iPhone crashes? NOTHING! My Jeep has an air conditioner. The iPhone lets me sweat like crazy and doesn't care.

Ridiculous.