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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.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I totally get your perspective. For me it's the tight integration, and the "it just works" aspect of the whole Apple ecosystem, including Watch with Fitness+, Airpods, iPad, and MacOS.

Starting with my morning, my alarm I set on my phone gently wakes me up on my watch. Turning off the watch deactivates the Sleep Focus on my Watch, iPad, and iPhone without me having to do anything.

I go to work out, and activate my Fitness+ Treadmill-routine on my iPad. My watch starts tracking my workout and reports it to my iPad without me needing to do anything. Meanwhile, I put on my Airpods, and they connect without any prompting.

When I'm done with my workout, I pull out my iPhone and fire up Podcasts. The Airpods switch from the iPad to the iPhone automatically.

When I get to my desk, my Airpods, again, switch to my Mac so I can have video-calls there. If my phone rings during the day, I can take the call, once again, without manually switching.

When I get a PDF I need to sign, I can open it on my Mac, click the Signature button, and direct it to use my iPad to capture the signature with an Apple Pencil. It just works without any extra effort.

If I take a photo of a prototype product I'm working on, I can Airdrop it to my Mac for further Photoshopping. Two clicks on my Phone.

If I need to focus for a while, and tune out any notifications, I change my Focus mode on my Mac to "Work" and the only notifications I get on my Phone, Mac, iPad, and Watch can come from my boss. When I'm done, deactivating that Focus mode turns it off for all my devices.

The sheer quantity of additional features Android has are less interesting to me if they work inconsistently, or not without a lot of tweaking and management. The Apple ecosystem works for me because I don't have the time or patience to tweak settings.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well, everything you've just said works on a Galaxy device as well, at least I can do everything you've said on my devices.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I've owned Galaxy Nexus, Galaxy Note, Note 2, Note 3, Note 4, S7, S7 Edge, Note 9, S10+, Note 20 Ultra, Fold 2, Fold 3, and Fold 4 as well as Galaxy Gear, Galaxy Watch, 3, 4, 5, 6 and the Buds, Buds 2, Buds Pro, and Buds 2 Pro.

None of those devices, or contemporary combinations thereof, have ever worked as well as the Apple ecosystem.