iOS vs Android

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Which do you prefer for your phone?

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Publicado originalmente por Snow:

iOS devices don't even let you install other OS, so that's a no from me. Staying with Android ones.

It will be tough for Android phones to compete with the A13 Bionic processor at $399.

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I dont have phone

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Publicado originalmente por RyReps:

Which do you prefer for your phone?

If I ever have to buy one, I'd definitely get an Android phone. I'd never buy anything Apple... unless it's small round fruit.

I do have a Mac system and an iPhone on my desk right now, but that's because I'm "working from home", you can't remote-control an iPhone, the Simulator doesn't really simulate anything, and X-Code only runs on Macs.

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Publicado originalmente por RyReps:

Publicado originalmente por Snow:

iOS devices don't even let you install other OS, so that's a no from me. Staying with Android ones.

It will be tough for Android phones to compete with the A13 Bionic processor at $399.

I think you overestimate how much people actually care about the detailed specs of the hardware, when it comes to buying a phone. And if they care, it's more about the quality of the camera than the processor.

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Publicado originalmente por RyReps:

It will be tough for Android phones to compete with the A13 Bionic processor at $399.

A13 is a badass indeed, over the last few years Qualcomm struggled to keep up with Apple CPUs' performance, let alone MediaTek and HiSilicon. But unless you're gaming heavily on the phone - what's the point? I've been using a smartphone with SD425 for years now, and my only complaint is it's not an octa-core, so I turned on cores hotplug to prolong the battery life. I also turned on Camera2 API to use my CPU's Hexagon for Pixel-like photos, which are indeed amazing for old $100 smartphone.
Point is - there are more things to consider than raw CPU performance.

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Publicado originalmente por Snow:

Publicado originalmente por RyReps:

It will be tough for Android phones to compete with the A13 Bionic processor at $399.

A13 is a badass indeed, over the last few years Qualcomm struggled to keep up with Apple CPUs' performance, let alone MediaTek and HiSilicon. But unless you're gaming heavily on the phone - what's the point? I've been using a smartphone with SD425 for years now, and my only complaint is it's not an octa-core, so I turned on cores hotplug to prolong the battery life. I also turned on Camera2 API to use my CPU's Hexagon for Pixel-like photos, which are indeed amazing for old $100 smartphone.
Point is - there are more things to consider than raw CPU performance.

That's why I am waiting for the Google Pixel 4A.

OLED display and a top spec camera.

[saranacX]

I've only ever had android so... Android

[Watchful Liz]

Apple bad! Android is better. My Android takes more abuse and still no cracks on my screen.

[highfivingbears]

I prefer Android, simply because of the price. Phone performance doesn't matter to me, and I don't need a professional level camera, nor do I care about the "status" effect of having the newest iPhone. Personally, I think they're vastly overpriced, fragile things.

My last Android phone simply would not break for trivial matters. It took me jumping in the air (I weighed about 185 pounds at the time) and landing on my butt, where my phone happened to be in my back pocket, for that phone to break.

[Tuthenutter]

Never used an apple phone but from what i have seen i think ill stick with android.
Android phones usually give you the higher bang for the buck nowadays.

[Electric Cupcake]

Sounds like stable non-developer versions of the Pinephone and Librem 5 are almost ready.

Also, I preordered the Dragonbox Pyra with GPS and SIM card access. Hopefully, Debian packages for telephony calls and texting will be viable.

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android is way better in my opinion, ios isn't bad but i prefer android a lot over ios, and like other people said iphones are also extremely overpriced

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Android you can do so much more with it then apples locked down os.

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Publicado originalmente por Snake:

Android you can do so much more with it then apples locked down os.

exactly

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Publicado originalmente por East German Squidward:

android is way better in my opinion, ios isn't bad but i prefer android a lot over ios, and like other people said iphones are also extremely overpriced

The new iPhone is only $399 and the processor is a generations ahead, moreso than any Snapdragon processor.