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I see it as the reverse. Apple is definitely a hardware company that makes a solid OS and generally makes mediocre software outside of that
by austenallred 9y ago
I see it as the reverse. Apple is definitely a hardware company that makes a solid OS and generally makes mediocre software outside of that
- valuearb 9y agoYea, but that OS is everything. They barely make any software outside of it. And it's the best mobile OS by far.
- computerex 9y ago> And it's the best mobile OS by far. And yet Android dominates the market share. I don't think iOS is the best mobile OS, let alone the best by far.
- shorsher 9y agoI don't think Android market share is enough of a metric to determine the quality of iOS. There are so many different cheap android phones to choose from, and people do not buy them because Android is a better mobile OS.
- lovich 9y agoI'm typing this from an Android right now, but it definitely feels like iOS is the majority of the high end market and Android completely owns mid to low end. Apples chosen their niche and fills it well, they shouldn't be compared to a generalist in terms of who is best
- KGIII 9y agoIt's a very subjective thing, really. I actually like my Windows phone, it's the only Windows I have. Someone above concluded they are a product company and I was thinking 'appliance.' That's not a negative, they make devices fit for function and they, Apple, are remarkably good at it. I can't think of an Apple product, and I type this on an iPad, that is truly the best in every aspect. However, they surely aren't the worst and the whole is greater than the sum of the parts, I think.
- lovich 9y agoI think appliance fits for apple if you use it with the connontations that word had pre 70s. They we're amazing time saving devices and well built enough that they seemed magical. Ive talked to my grandparents and their reaction to using a TV was similar to my reaction to a smart phone for the first time. My gushing over how much time my Roomba saved me also reminded my grandmother of getting a dishwasher
- valuearb 9y agoAndroid dominates because Apple refuses to sell $50 iPhones. iOS app revenues still outpace Google Play, Android is the OS of choice for people who use it like a feature phone.
- saghm 9y agoI've seen that revenue stat mentioned before, but never any evidence that this isn't due to something like Android having free options available for functionality that only paid apps have on iOS.
- valuearb 9y agoName one bit of useful Android functionality that is only available paid on ios. There isn’t any. The average Android users pay far less for their phones, and spend far less on apps, that’s been true forever. Apple targets only the top end of the market. I’m a mobile developer and that’s why native apps are almost always iOS first. We know our iOS sales will be higher, and these are proprietary apps, not system features.
- damnyou 9y agoiOS is a toy OS. The notifications alone make it useless for office productivity. The limitations on background processing break, say, Plex or Netflix sync. You can't watch a YouTube video while doing something else. Apps like FB Messenger can't display useful overlays on the screen. You can't even do basic things like set a system-wide default browser. Android O is light years ahead of iOS.
- xxpor 9y ago>Apps like FB Messenger can't display useful overlays on the screen. This is a feature, not a bug.
- Bahamut 9y agoThat is something I don’t miss at all from Android after abandoning Android for iOS 3 years ago (Samsung started locking down their phones with the Galaxy S5, decided I wanted no more part of Samsung bloatware and losing the ability to rid myself of it).
- damnyou 9y agoChat heads are a great feature, and of course you can turn them off if you like. iOS doesn't even give you the option to do that.