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I like iOS itself (I have an iPhone 6 through work). I'd feel smothered using it as a personal device, though. Off the top of my head: it doesn't give me direct
by khedoros1 9y ago
I like iOS itself (I have an iPhone 6 through work). I'd feel smothered using it as a personal device, though. Off the top of my head: it doesn't give me direct access to my on-device files, allow external storage, provide a relatively-unrestricted MTP share when plugged in, allow external app stores, or let me run a server (I sometimes run sshd for wireless file transfers, or an SMS proxy to send and receive SMS from my PC).
The things that iOS does, it arguably does better than Android. The things it doesn't do are what have kept me away.
- kavok 9y agoI will admit that the lack of file system access was a bit difficult to get over when coming from Android - but it comes up rarely and is easy to work around (store the files on something else icloud dropbox etc..). External storage seems to be pretty rare on Android though? My #1 complaint about iOS is that they don't really allow other browsers.
- khedoros1 9y ago> External storage seems to be pretty rare on Android though? Not too rare. Google doesn't like it, so their stuff usually doesn't have it, but Samsung, HTC, and LG seem to have it in most of their flagships, anyhow. Maybe a generation skipped, here or there. It's not guaranteed, but not rare. I checked some budget phones from Blu, for the other end of the price spectrum. Some of those have microSD slots, too.