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The difference is this. iOS devices boot in about 30 seconds - they don't give you progress reports or anything to tell you how long it will take to boot, just
by mintone 11y ago
The difference is this.
iOS devices boot in about 30 seconds - they don't give you progress reports or anything to tell you how long it will take to boot, just the logo and then it's on, all cylinders firing. It's a design decision which means you don't actually notice how long it's taking. The blackberry on the other hand has a progress bar which creeps along, giving a much longer perceived sense of time.
All phones need you to sign up for an account to get the best from them - the difference is that blackberry and android let you use the phone without one, whereas apple does not. Thus, the other two annoy users who haven't created an account with popups, whereas with Apple, you are never hassled because you have had to sign up to use it.
Cut and paste on BB is confusing - again, iOS is relatively simple (although not perfect) tap words > copy, tap empty space > paste
I'm not sycophantically promoting the iphone, but Apple understand that users want an easy to use phone. No hassling to do this or that, no 'launch pad' of apps which you then have to tap another icon on to get to all of your other apps, they are just all presented on the swipable screens. BB and Android both fail to 'get' this, still.
- anthony_d 11y agoI get the feeling a lot of people form their phone opinions without actually giving the others a chance. I have an Android tablet (Nexus 7) but my iOS experience is mostly helping my daughter when her iPod starts acting weird. I touched a my father's Windows Phone once. I'm happy with a BB phone, don't like Android phones and see nothing attractive about iPhone's. Are there people who honestly compare the different OS's regularly? I'm skeptical an honest comparison is even possible at this point. Blackberry hasn't had a progress bar during boot in years, not since BB 10. Thinking of BB OS 7 maybe? I rarely use an iOS device but I don't remember cut/paste working different than it does on BB. I agree with your comment about a launch pad, but that's an Android thing. Blackberry and Apple seem comparable in how they present installed applications. BB is really different about running apps, but honestly BB's approach seems simpler to me.
- gurkendoktor 11y agoThere seem to be quite a few people who use a BlackBerry for work or BBM, and an iPhone or Android for everything else. These people should have a pretty understanding of both platforms - they're just probably not tech bloggers :)
- lmz 11y agoI used the iPhone for a while after a factory reset without entering an Apple ID. It "works", if you don't mind not having access to the App Store at all. I spent a lot of time in Safari.
- gurkendoktor 11y agoYou don't have to sign in to use an iPhone as a dumbphone with a nice camera. There is not even one Apple account that rules the system - you can use different Apple IDs each for the App Store, iCloud, iMessage, FaceTime and Game Center (and probably TestFlight now). Apple even keeps bugging you about signing up for Game Center if you are "only" logged into all the other services with your Apple ID. I think it's quite messy, but at least it is easy to selectively share an Apple ID with your SO (e.g. shared purchases and photos, but separate iMessage).
- gbersac 11y agoI understood copy and paste without any problem.