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  • Blue and Orange@lemm.eeEnglish
    163·
    1 year ago

    Probably because it’s not 2010 and both platforms are matured to the point of being able to do almost the exact same things for the majority of users, so it’s just down to small personal preferences.

    • fireshaper@infosec.pubEnglish
      94·
      1 year ago

      This is so true now. I used to go back and forth between iPhone and Pixel phones, and then a few years ago decided it’s just nicer with an iPhone. I know I’ll get regular updates and I’ll get OS updates way longer than any Android phone will. The OSes are pretty much the same now, little tweaks here and there between the two and they are nearly identical to how they work. And iPhone just has more QOL features over Android.

      • SnowdenHeroOfOurTime@unilem.orgEnglish
        22·
        1 year ago

        Yeah pretty much the same except iOS is absolute trash with the shittiest ux imaginable. Yeah, I have to use them for work. Safari is a fucking trainwreck as one example

        • fireshaper@infosec.pubEnglish
          11·
          1 year ago

          The UX is pretty comparable to the Android one, I think. I don’t use Safari, so I don’t know too much about it. I use Firefox instead.

          • SnowdenHeroOfOurTime@unilem.orgEnglish
            1·
            1 year ago

            Firefox on iOS is actually just a reskinned safari, because apple will not allow an actual different browser on their platform. The EU probably is going to change that though.

    • Mr_Dr_Oink@lemmy.worldEnglish
      41·
      1 year ago

      I think this is mostly right. There used to be big differences and now its very much just a preference. Except when price is taken into account.

      Apple no longer have an excuse for the high price of their phones because they are, as you said, basically the same as androids and in some cases just not as powerful.

      Androids have the advantage of competing with itself. There are many different makes and models of android all fighting for space so new features or improvements happen faster than they do for iphones. Apple have lost what made iphones unique and therefore “worth it” in many consumers opinions.

      If they are now basically an android they should cost the same as an equivalently specced android.

    • Phoenixz@lemmy.caEnglish
      65·
      1 year ago

      iPhone is still WAY more expensive, more prone to failure, harder and more expensive to repair, and you can’t do the same with the device as on an android. So as long as you are a rich non-power user with little technical knowledge and don’t care about the money, then I guess iPhones (and apple in general) are okay, I guess.

      That also directly describes most Apple users

      • Acid@startrek.websiteEnglish
        51·
        1 year ago

        If anything that’s nonsense, iPhones are cheaper and easier to get repaired and far less to failure and I say this as someone who runs a store that sells phones.

        • Phoenixz@lemmy.caEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          iPhones are cheaper than Android phones? And they’re easier to repair?

          I’m sorry but both those claims are lies. iPhones and apple hardware in general always is more expensive for less hardware. And though I’m sure there are some hard to repair Android phones out there, apple typically makes sure you get sabotaged if you don’t repair your hardware at their stores and yes, their repair services are insanely expensive