Now do VHS vs. Beta Max. Better specs don’t always make a better product. This is coming from someone who uses Android, 3 or 4 of the specs I don’t really care about. posts like these just divide us into tribes and that’s not useful for anyone.
betaax was expensive as hell for the better specs though. this seem to be the opposite.
As a Zune lover, I admit iPod was better because of apps. Zune HD never stood a chance against iPod touch.
I know this is in Memes and obvious bait, but you’re comparing a phone with a $1300 launch price to a phone that’s launching at $800. If you compared it to the $1000 16 Pro your bait wouldn’t be as good.
This has been the case for over a decade.
iPhone users didn’t care then. Why would they care now?
It is straight up a cult. I’ve tried explaining to people that Apple isn’t the best in many areas and it just goes over peoples heads. I also find it funny that Apple fans like to brag about new Apple features that are either meaningless or something that has been the standard for a decade.
Liked “Dear iPhone users:”
Laughed at an image
Is confused
I just love that every year the haters gonna crawl out and post their spec sheet cope.
Like yeah you got 120hz refresh watching a 30fps video, draining nearly 4x the power if not for adaptive framerate - so 120hz for nothing. Same with all high res audio and USB3. Fact is for 99.9% of everyday users those things aren’t beneficial and are solely existent because the android market is more competitive and devices have to stand out somehow. Apple has their UX and iOS as a unique selling point and with their enhanced privacy and long software support that’s the premium you pay not just for the hardware but mostly software (ignoring the „we are a premium brand tax“)Most high refresh rate screens on a phone will adjust dynamically to the use-case as to not waste battery.
Apple’s big selling point is the Apple ecosystem and their familiar UI to the phone market, If you’re an new player trying to take market share, it only makes sense that you copy their UI.
That being said, use whatever works for you.
Except that users very much want those. They may not no the features by name but they will notice they are missing. Also iOS is totally locked down and Apple exclusive. It might be fine if iphones were a cheap brand but they aren’t
Phones are just shit in general. Reject smartphone embrace hacked together cyberdecks
Replace the iphone with a current android and you probably won’t have to change much text.
Aside from the battery, 99.99% of people don’t care about any of those features in the first place. Even among Android users, each of those are incredibly niche.
I’d fucking murder for expandable storage back. Wtf am I supposed to do with a 300gb music folder and no SD card?
I have to set up a VPN w/ jellyfin just to listen to everything lmao.
Welcome to the 0.01%.
Yeah well the 0.01% seem to be the people who actually know how to use a computer, or at least a portion of them, so maybe design for them since the rest don’t seem to give a fuck.
Especially considering the people who actually work on hardware design are more likely than average to be a part of that 0.01%, if we really are that rare. Which I don’t believe.
Storing music and ROMs on your phone is a pretty common usecase I have to imagine. It sucks I can’t keep all my stuff on me like I used to.
While we’re at it I want my LG V20 style inbuilt DAC back. I shouldn’t have to choose between unlocking my phone every time USB disconnects, or in-line compression mixed with the vulnerabilities that come with Bluetooth. Onboard 3.5mm jacks let you reconnect headphones that disconnect in your pocket securely without an unlock.
Also ir blasters so I can make restaurants think their TV’s are broken again.
I guess more people drop their phone in the toilet than want to expand their storage
The $80 off-contract phone I owned in highschool had:
- expandable storage
- a 3.5mm jack
- a user replaceable battery
- ip57 water resistance
I used to shower with this phone regularly. I dropped it in a glass of water the day I bought it. If kyocera can do it for $80 10 years ago, modern manufacturers can do it now for $1000. Turns out coating your sockets, and putting gromets on your battery covers costs literal fucking pennies.
Stop simping for corporations who are looking for an excuse to squeeze out glued together shit.
Eh? There’s a huge number of Android phones with expandable storage, what are you on about?
Yeah but there’s none that do that and run graphene so I’m SOL :p
Turns out that’s worse than murder. That’s what I get fer being picky I spose.
And even with the battery; it’s not about the size, it’s how you use it.
Yeah, the chipsets used make a lot more difference in battery life than the actual physical capacity of the battery, itself. A well-optimized device can make excellent use out of a small battery. Not to mention any number of apps that could run amok in the background and have major impacts on your battery life.
In the Android space there are lots of options. If you want a niche device you can find it.
Haha I’m currently writing from Xperia 1 iii and that thing sucks battery quite quickly due to it having snapdragon 888 and 4k screen
I honestly need neither of that and would be ok with 1080p screen and 865 cpu.
“Non unlockable bootloader”
I think you mean no
Also there are use seriously salty Apple fans here
This comment section certainly won’t devolve into a raging dumpster fire /s
I’ll go pop the popcorn.
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Actually, it’s still USB 2 support unless you get the pro model, which is $300 more.
Wouldn’t compare an iPhone with an actual usable smartphone. Even with better specs it would be borderline unusable. Well at least if you want to do anything else than calling and posting Instagram stories.
