pls dont kill me…

im just curious, in 2023 what exactly does ios have over android.

the only two things i can think of is the longer support and apple ecosystem.

otherwise androids just have far far more features than ios does.

can anyone help me understand if theres more to it or if thats it.

  • gatsbyss@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago
    • Face ID is superior than on any other android. When I switched to iPhone I was concerned how will I manage without fingerprint sensor, but this thing turned out to be waaaay better.
    • Although many people hate notification center, I actually really like it. You can read ALL messages someone sent to you without opening them, while on Android it shows just like the last 2-3. It helps a lot if you ask me.
    • Apps auto-update. You don’t get those boring notifications “Reddit and 20+ apps are ready to update” like on Android.
    • Everything is just a bit more fluent. You don’t have extra steps and questions for everything like on Android (eg. Do you want to open document with: Word, Google Docs, Google Drive…). iPhone just opens it straight away, and that’s what is important.
    • GPS and location services just work better than on my previous Galaxy S20.
    • On 15 you have noise cancellation for calls.
    • It’s better optimized, hence battery lasts longer.
    • Screen rotate sensor is WAAAAY better on iPhone. I never had a problem that screen randomly turned horizontally like on Samsung. It turns when it really needs to.
    • Rorschach06@alien.topBEnglish
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      1 year ago
      • i dont use face id
      • to check a notification i have i need to drag down every time cant see while using the phone
      • not really had to update myself many times
      • slower animations phone feels slow to do some jobs like downloading something.
      • i cant change my default maps to google. Irks me.
      • ?? You have it on android too i guess never had problem on my calls
      • better optimisation my ass u just have lower resolution lol
      • did not notice difference

      Pros

      • air pods pro is just the best
      • typing under rain is much much comfort
      • haptics are so good. They feel real.
      • feels expensive in hand i enjoy using the phone
      • less useless apps

      Cons for me

      • cant close and open location fast i literally had to create url shortcut lol never done such thing in android
      • front facing camera is awful and cant close deep fusion
      • 9 gag app is awful for me i cant open links directly from comments. Need to copy paste and delete.
      • need back gesture really really hard this phone. In order to cancel something and keyboard i needed to use my second hand.

      Edit: i use 15pm my first ios device.

    • Gamer-707@alien.topBEnglish
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      1 year ago

      To add:

      • On Android, apps install their own notification services to the device which constantly checks for notifications from the developer’s server. Which is honestly bloat.

      • On iOS, developers need to set up their notification servers so that they push notifications towards an Apple server, and then the Apple server handles the rest of the process by sending it to the correct device. Which in result only requires a single “notification daemon” running on an iOS device for the entirety of apps, which also in turn is safer because the process is purely on the hands of Apple.

    • RomsKidd@alien.topBEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Notification center: No, I was able to see all the notifications, I think this was a problem with your phone only.
      Apps auto-update: Ehm, no it was silent and done in the background as well?
      Extra steps: Yeah, once you have to choose the app you want and never have to think about it again, on iPhone you have to do this extra step to get an other one you prefer than the one built in.

      For the rest I pretty much agree at 100%.

      • gatsbyss@alien.topBEnglish
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        1 year ago
        • Notification center: No, I was able to see all the notifications, I think this was a problem with your phone only.

        I meant more in a sense if you have longer conversation with someone and they send you lets say 10 messages, on iPhone it shows all 10 when you expand them in notification center, Android shows only last few and cuts them.

        As for auto-update, I must say it’s completely opposite for me. On S20 I have every day received notification “Something is ready to update” even though I had enabled auto-update on google store, but iPhone does it in the background, it never bothered me with that.

    • tagman375@alien.topBEnglish
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      1 year ago

      People hate on me for this, but I miss way less notifications on iOS. I like how it shows everything that I got notified for since I last looked at my phone. Not just jumbled mess of notifications with a 100 little icons that could have been there from 3 seconds ago to 3 days ago.

      They say “dude don’t you ever take care of your notifications”. No, I don’t want to swipe and click each one to get them to go away