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Android's had multi-user capabilities since v4.2 (2013-07). This doesn't mean that a 1:1 relationship between a person and their phone / tablet isn't the commo
by Jedd 4y ago
Android's had multi-user capabilities since v4.2 (2013-07).
This doesn't mean that a 1:1 relationship between a person and their phone / tablet isn't the common configuration - I'm sure it is - but it's fair to say that 'the rest of the world' has had this feature for nearly a decade.
As a sibling comment noted, Apple has developed this feature already in their 'the first hit is free' (aka the Education <sic>) version, so at this point it smells a lot like a plain old vanilla-flavoured marketing ploy.
- Gigachad 4y agoI think the real answer is that Apple does not see Android tablets as real competition so they don't need to match Android feature for feature since someone considering an iPad will not consider a Samsung tablet a viable alternative.
- kcplate 4y agoJust my opinion, but I have both apple and android Samsung tablets (use both for testing), The android tablets are simply not in the same ballpark in terms of quality and UX. So if I was Apple, I doubt I’d take the android tablet market seriously. Android mobile phones are viable alternatives but not the tablets.
- Jedd 4y agoTo be fair, that first statement conflates Samsung and Android, so the second half of your first line should be that Samsung tablets are not in the same class. Samsung's take on Android is, in my experience, dreadful.