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All my Android phones 'have just worked'.

chefandy 7y ago
All of mine just didn't. I had to install alternate mail clients, alternate messaging clients, alternate web browsers, etc. etc. etc. The defaults looked terrible and were absolutely non-intuitive. With Apple I get a consistent, well designed interface consistently across any of their devices I purchase. Replace the phone? Don't have to think about it. Just sign in.
- 0xcafecafe 7y ago
  Same thing applies to me and my google branded phones (first nexus, now pixel). Just sign in after changing the phone and works like a charm.
Taylor_OD 7y ago
+1 for having no issues with android phones thus far. I've switched back and forth between android and ios/apple phones and while my apple phones would start great it would take them a year or so before they were almost useless. Plus my headhpones just work in my android phones.
- chefandy 7y ago
  Admittedly, the headphone jack thing on iPhones is f'ing BS. I hate it. Just give me the damned headphone jack, Apple.
  - hnspirit 7y ago
    4m of water-resistance or a headphone jack. The choice is yours! (I'm ok with the dongle)
  - pmarreck 7y ago
    I have Airpods and a set of Sony bluetooth noise-cancelling cans and I do not miss a corded headphone whatsoever, I don’t get what the big deal is here
    - snovv_crash 7y ago
      Try taking a packed subway where everyone else is also wearing Bluetooth headphones.
      - pmarreck 7y ago
        Alright then. I have a little lightning adapter that goes to a headphone jack.
        Taylor_OD 7y ago
        "just works" is different than works in ideal conditions or special proprietary adaptors.
        pmarreck 7y ago
        https://www.amazon.com/Apple-Lightning-Headphone-Jack-Adapter/dp/B01LXJFMGF/ref=sr_1_3?crid=17T199553NZGZ&keywords=lightning+to+headphone+jack&pldnSite=1&qid=1570208504&sa-no-redirect=1&sprefix=lightning+to+headpho%2Caps%2C140&sr=8-3 https://www.amazon.com/Apple-Lightning-Headphone-Jack-Adapte... You're right, $8.79 is a RIDICULOUS price to expect apple users to pay for the former ability to use wired headphones!
mikestew 7y ago
Mine haven't. Samsung's flagship Galaxy Note 3 got so laggy I couldn't even pick up a phone call before it went to voice mail, as one of many examples. My stack of iPhones have had their occasional problems, too. But waving our phone penises at each other isn't the point of the article, eh?
- helpPeople 7y ago
  Samsung sucks. They are one of the worst tech companies. Never buy. You must watch lots of commercials.
pmarreck 7y ago
Except when you want to upgrade to the latest Android OS. Then, unless you have a phone made by Google, you have to deal with the sluggishness of Samsung or your cell provider... if you ever get an OS update at all!! Unlike literally 100% of iPhone owners, who can upgrade the second a new OS is available (if they’ve had a phone made in the last 5 years or so) This is especially ridiculous considering the adverse security environment we currently inhabit.

All of mine just didn't. I had to install alternate mail clients, alternate messaging clients, alternate web browsers, etc. etc. etc. The defaults looked terrible and were absolutely non-intuitive. With Apple I get a consistent, well designed interface consistently across any of their devices I purchase. Replace the phone? Don't have to think about it. Just sign in.

0xcafecafe 7y ago
Same thing applies to me and my google branded phones (first nexus, now pixel). Just sign in after changing the phone and works like a charm.

Taylor_OD 7y ago

+1 for having no issues with android phones thus far. I've switched back and forth between android and ios/apple phones and while my apple phones would start great it would take them a year or so before they were almost useless. Plus my headhpones just work in my android phones.

chefandy 7y ago
Admittedly, the headphone jack thing on iPhones is f'ing BS. I hate it. Just give me the damned headphone jack, Apple.
- hnspirit 7y ago
  4m of water-resistance or a headphone jack. The choice is yours! (I'm ok with the dongle)
- pmarreck 7y ago
  I have Airpods and a set of Sony bluetooth noise-cancelling cans and I do not miss a corded headphone whatsoever, I don’t get what the big deal is here
  - snovv_crash 7y ago
    Try taking a packed subway where everyone else is also wearing Bluetooth headphones.
    - pmarreck 7y ago
      Alright then. I have a little lightning adapter that goes to a headphone jack.
      - Taylor_OD 7y ago
        "just works" is different than works in ideal conditions or special proprietary adaptors.
        pmarreck 7y ago
        https://www.amazon.com/Apple-Lightning-Headphone-Jack-Adapter/dp/B01LXJFMGF/ref=sr_1_3?crid=17T199553NZGZ&keywords=lightning+to+headphone+jack&pldnSite=1&qid=1570208504&sa-no-redirect=1&sprefix=lightning+to+headpho%2Caps%2C140&sr=8-3 https://www.amazon.com/Apple-Lightning-Headphone-Jack-Adapte... You're right, $8.79 is a RIDICULOUS price to expect apple users to pay for the former ability to use wired headphones!

mikestew 7y ago

Mine haven't. Samsung's flagship Galaxy Note 3 got so laggy I couldn't even pick up a phone call before it went to voice mail, as one of many examples. My stack of iPhones have had their occasional problems, too. But waving our phone penises at each other isn't the point of the article, eh?

helpPeople 7y ago
Samsung sucks. They are one of the worst tech companies. Never buy. You must watch lots of commercials.

pmarreck 7y ago

Except when you want to upgrade to the latest Android OS. Then, unless you have a phone made by Google, you have to deal with the sluggishness of Samsung or your cell provider... if you ever get an OS update at all!! Unlike literally 100% of iPhone owners, who can upgrade the second a new OS is available (if they’ve had a phone made in the last 5 years or so) This is especially ridiculous considering the adverse security environment we currently inhabit.