Vratislav Holub Apple has managed to build a huge fan base during its tenure. Undoubtedly, the main product is specifically the Apple iPhone, an apple phone that has been forging its own path together with its iOS operating system since the beginning. On the other hand, we have its competition, phones with the Android operating system, of which we could find hundreds. There are a number of key differences between the two platforms.
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Adam Kos As we already mentioned in the beginning, Apple is proud of its loyal fan base, which cannot tolerate its products. We would find such fans the most with apple phones, who do not let their little apple go and you would hardly motivate them to switch to the competition. Therefore, let's focus on what these users perceive as the biggest pluses of iPhones, because of which they are not going to change their devices for a phone with the Android operating system.
The most important features of iPhones for Apple fans
In practically every comparison of the iOS and Android platforms, one argument is brought out, which, according to the answers of the apple owners themselves, is absolutely key. Of course, we are talking about the length of software support. This is practically unbeatable in the case of apple phones. Apple offers approximately five years of software support for its iPhones, thanks to which even older phones will receive the latest updates. For example, such an iOS 15 system can also be installed on an iPhone 6S from 2015, iOS 16 can then be installed on an iPhone 8 (2017) and later. In short, this is something that you will not encounter in the case of Androids.
iPhone 13 (Pro)
But it is necessary to perceive this support as a whole. Of course, you can count on software updates for Androids as well. But the problem is that you have to wait a long time for them, and if you own an older model, then you don't even really know if you will ever get an update. In the case of iOS, the situation is completely different. If you own a supported model, then you can download the update almost as soon as Apple releases it to the public. Without any waiting. Updates are usually available to everyone immediately.
But it is far from over with software support. After all, Apple owners don't allow how iPhones work within their own ecosystems anyway. If you own several Apple devices at the same time, then you can significantly benefit from their interconnection. For example, the Universal Clipboard function, which shares the contents of the clipboard between iPhone, iPad and Mac, AirDrop for lightning-fast file sharing, and iCloud, which ensures the synchronization of all kinds of data, can take care of maximizing productivity. Last but not least, we must not leave out the famous simplicity of the Apple operating system iOS. This is the absolute priority for many users, which is why they don't even want to hear about Android. While fans of the competition consider the closedness and limitations of the apple system to be a negative feature, many apple growers, on the contrary, cannot tolerate it.
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Is iOS better than Android?
Each system has its pros and cons. If we were to look at it from the opposite point of view, we would find a number of negatives in which rival Android clearly dominates. Both systems have moved forward significantly in the last few years and today we would not find such big differences between them. After all, that's why they inspire each other, which motivates them to move forward at the same time. It is no longer about one system being necessarily better than the other, but about the approach and preferences of each user.
Mainly, Apple is safer, viruses are more likely to be found for the widespread and freely available Android than for the closed Apple OS.
For me, the biggest plus is that if I buy a phone for 30k, in a year I will sell it for 25k, after five years for maybe 12k, this will probably never happen with Android. I'm not rich enough to buy an android..
I would like that too. Unfortunately, this is not true. Last year I sold 12 Pro for 20 after a year, now I'm going to sell 13 Pro anyway. I lose 10 thousand in a year, which is a third. However, I would lose half of it on Android.
I am not willing to pay for a Xiaomi what I would pay for an iPhone. First, the environment is a copy of iOS. And I don't know how it is with advertisements in their system. Because the cheap Redmi has enough of them in it.
Advertisements can be turned off in Xiaomi. And uninstall the bloatware.
Where's the Mac, so anything other than the iPhone doesn't make much sense. If I had a Widle, I'd probably go for the Pixel. Reference device for Android. It's definitely not a bad system. And if someone is stupid and downloads software from an unverified source, it's their fault. The Google app is pretty neat. Sometimes something gets away, but so does Apple. The advantage of Android is that individual applications are updated for you, so you have the latest chrome even on Android 5. System things are updated with Apple even with the new version of the system, which can take longer and unfortunately, Safari can be vulnerable for a long time. Otherwise, in general, solving security for people who blurt out everything about themselves on social networks is quite funny.
So this is the most reasonable comment I've read in years.
On the contrary, it is the least reasonable comment.
iPhone apps are updated whenever a patch or new version is released.
I don't know where he got the idea that he has to wait for a new version of the system.
He wrote system apps, not ordinary apps ;-)
As a negative for iOS, it is that the developer withdraws support for the iOS version more often than in the case of Android.
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This is discrimination against iOS users.
It is not possible to download older versions of the app for your device from the appstore if you have not downloaded it in the past.
Of course it's possible, try to get a new app on an older iOS, it's not a problem, it just won't give you the latest version but the last supported one.
I don't know how many people are like me, but one system seems boring to me. Either iOS or Android.
Back when there was only Symbian, there was no choice. But then came iOS, Android and Windows. Windows 8.0 was terrible on mobile, it was terribly closed, you couldn't do anything with it.
Yes, and I shouldn't forget to try MeeGo. The use in the Nokia N9 was so contradictory, SW and its abbreviations may have been a bit ahead of their time. But the Nokia N9 was such a weird step aside by design. Since the Lumia 800 and N9 were very similar in appearance, it wasn't the happiest and best-looking plastic solution.
Windows 8.1 and after that Windows 10, it was already quite usable, and I still have the Lumia 950 XL and it still works.
So I am a daily user of both iOS and Android.
If I had to pick just one, it would probably be Android.
The reason is the greater variety of the system and greater options for editing, setting, better work with the desktop, with widgets. More applications, including free applications.
I especially appreciate the cleanliness of the construction and the quality of the processing of the iPhone. It's just that the design of the iPhone is so exclusive, more like a piece of jewelry, a fashion accessory.
The fact that Apple's devices are interconnected is probably quite logical, if it is a closed unified system, then of course it is much more refined and more refined on all products running in their own way on the same system and on the same core.
But Android can also be paired, with iOS and Windows. We would be wronging him. I myself have everything paired across platforms and everything runs as it should.
So how many users like me are there?
I agree, I also use both mobile OS. There are a lot of things that annoy me about each of them, but I also see their strengths.
Just one note… It wasn't just Symbian before. At that time, I had been using Windows Mobile for a long time (e.g. on the HTC Vario) and before that Palms. Both systems offered capabilities comparable to today's Android. And I mustn't forget the BlackBerry, it already existed too.
Apple my heart. I didn't understand with android.
I love the philosophy of Apple. Steve Jobs was the person who made me look at Apple in a different way.
But that's all... The idea is great, the product is divine, only the closedness is an insurmountable problem for me. This is why I will definitely never buy an Apple…
Because of work, I had to buy a MacBook this year, the system doesn't fit me, but what could be done, I just had to. So when my android dropped and broke in the summer, the choice was clear, the iPhone 13 Pro Max. And now I'm doubly angry. They say it's great how it's connected, etc.! What is connected? Calendar and notes? That's quite a bit for the money. For example, I have to use the Lightroom Premium photo editing program on each device separately! Totally awesome. The basic camera options seem like a bad joke to me. ISO aperture setting or something? Forget it! You have to download an app for that again, of course usually a paid one. And the display bezel? Have you seen the display bezel on the iPhone 13Pro Max? The last time I had something like this was on a Nokia Lumia. That frame is about as decent as Brezhnev's eyebrows!
Well, software support is a great thing. Ecosystem support too. But I use the phone for calling and sometimes for some applications. I don't care what version of the system I have. All I know is that if I buy an Android phone for 8-10 thousand, it will work for 4 years, including all applications. Then I will throw it away because it will already have a bad battery and I will buy a new, better one. And if I accidentally drop it and break it, I won't be sadder than if I broke an iPhone for 20-30 thousand. So probably the argument why not the iPhone.