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I'm an Apple user so I'm not very familiar with the offerings on Android. I don't drive. Apple Maps has all the public transport info so that's key to me for an
by sdm 11y ago
I'm an Apple user so I'm not very familiar with the offerings on Android. I don't drive. Apple Maps has all the public transport info so that's key to me for any map. Plus, in Suzhou where I live, I've found much of Google Maps to ridiculously out of date. It's gotten me lost many times before I switch to Apple Maps. Now when I go for a trip abroad I switch back to Google Maps and when I get home I switch back to Apple Maps.
> Interestingly enough when roaming for free on T-Mobile (at 2G speeds) I was able to access Google Maps and most foreign internet services without the need of a VPN.
Yup, if you are roaming on another a foreign provider you will rare have any troubles. Not sure why, but that's always been the case.
- verst 11y agoNever made it to Suzhou so I can't tell you how I would have fared there. However in Yunnan province (Dali, Lijiang, Kunming) I didn't have too many problems with Google Maps either. I would have loved to use Baidu Maps all the time if there were a Pinyin mode. When I first installed the app I was shocked by the permissions it requested, but on stock Android I didn't really have a choice. I do think international iPhone users generally have it easier in China. Let's see what happens this year (or next) with Google resuming some operations in China (saw some job openings focused on Ads in Shanghai and Beijing).