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"I’ve had an iPhone — which, sad to say, did not survive dunking in water — and now have a Samsung, and the differences don’t seem huge" everyone new to contem
by cyphunk 13y ago
"I’ve had an iPhone — which, sad to say, did not survive dunking in water — and now have a Samsung, and the differences don’t seem huge"
everyone new to contemplating the mobile scene always seems to miss out on the longer term advantage of apple phones due to upgradability. it's an absolute hell with andriod. im not saying this will create a swing back in apples direction for marketshare, not at all. I'm just saying that difference is indeed huge to anyone that looks at it.
(disclaimer, I've had iphones and andriod phones and i think they all suck equally. i role on motorola c155 with 3 text line display)
- tadfisher 13y agoOS updates are not something non-techies think about, in my experience. For the vast majority of users, they mostly care that their favorite apps continue to work, and this is something that Android provides good tools for.
- saltyknuckles 13y agoThe problem is when your favorite app stops supporting your Android Frosted Cup Cake on a phone that was abandoned by its maker.
- tadfisher 13y agoThat's an issue with the maker of your favorite app, as it is their choice to abandon older versions of the platform.
- cyphunk 13y agoand hence we come full circle to the argument that the fragmented update makeup in andriod adversely effects apps and users than ios. (again, i have neither and dont care... but one clearly has a problem)
- overgryphon 13y agoI'm surprised iPhones don't survive been dunked in water. I've dropped my $150 nokia smartphone in water numerous times with no problem. I would certainly expect a much more expensive phone to have the same level of durability.
- CanSpice 13y agoThey can. My wife dropped hers in the bathtub once. We put it in a sealed container with uncooked rice overnight, and the next day it was fine (other than the piece of rice that ended up in the microphone jack somehow). It's a crapshoot though. Sometimes you're lucky, sometimes you're not.