Re: What if somebody just bought an iPhone?

On 2024-05-17 22:41:19 +0000, Tyrone said:

On May 17, 2024 at 5:33:24 PM EDT, "Andrew" <andrew@spam.net> wrote:

 Please see the sig for my summary of the emulators that I had tested.

 I did. Unless you are really desperate to run Android apps on your Windows PC,
I don't see the point in any of them.  You can just buy an Android
phone/tablet and not have to worry about emulation issues (and you listed MANY
issues).
 Same goes for iPhones and iPads. If you want to run iOS software, then just
get an iOS device. Easy. No compatibility issues.

Newer Mac computers can easily run iOS / iPadOS apps, but the developer does have to specifically allow it on the app's App Store settings.

The emulators I have used were always for hardware that is no longer
available. Those were actually uselful. When the hardware is readily
available, I see no point in fussing with emulators.

Depends on what you wanting to do. For example, if you are a Mac user, but need to occasionally use a Windows app, then it may make more sense to use something like VMWare Fusion (which is free for personal use) to emulate / virtualise a Windows PC rather than buying a real computer to take up extra desk space and sitting idle most of the time. Running the two OSes on the same computer can also make it much easier to share files and copy-paste data between them.
Cost is the other issue. A whole spearate device can cost a realtively large amount of money, while an emulator / virtualiser is usually much cheaper or even free. The downside is that emulators / virtualisers can be a legal issue - the emaultor software may be fine, but obtaining the necessary ROMs and / or apps to run on it can be a very different question.