Re: The 10 Worst Smartphones Of All Time

On 2024-05-01 03:38, badgolferman wrote:

Andrew <andrew@spam.net> wrote:

badgolferman wrote on Tue, 30 Apr 2024 22:19:25 -0000 (UTC) :
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Nice list.  8 Android phones, 1 Blackberry and 1 Apple.  Looks like
Apple is doing just fine.

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I tried to avoid iPhones so the Blackberry Storm was my first "smart"
phone.  I will attest to its being on that list.  I finally relented
and switched to the iPhone 4 and have been a user ever since.
Sometimes I think I should switch to a Google Pixel, but I'm too lazy
to learn a new OS, and more importantly I have apps that can't be
replaced in the Android OS.

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I'm curious what that functionality might be that only iPhones have.
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I'm sure that you can't replace Apple branded apps (e.g., Apple Maps
doesn't likely run on Android - although I haven't checked that myself).
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But given Android doesn't limit what developers can provide by way of
useful functionality and Apple severely limits that functionality, what on
earth could be the functionality that you love with Apple not on Android?
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I'm not asking you to switch from iOS to Android as you mentioned that the
sheer amount of differences is enormous (most in the complexity and
capabilities of Android dwarf that of the iPhone simplicity & naivety.
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But I'm curious...
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What functionality (not trade names, not brand names, but what it is that
you're trying to accomplish) can you do on an iPhone that isn't already on
even the cheapest, nay, even free Android phones (even from long ago)?
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 I’ve already told you, Arlen. It is certain *apps* that are irreplaceable.
 -NewsTap / NewsTap Lite. There is no equivalent UseNet app that can do what
this app does.
 - FindMy. I share location data with my family members. Maybe Android can
do this, but since my wife and youngest son use iPhones, I must too.
 However I do use many Google services which I think are superior to
anything Apple provides:
Gmail, Calendar, Drive, Translate, Maps, Chrome, Voice, Docs, YouTube.

In what way is Gmail "superior"? Is it that Google scrapes it to target you for advertisers?
Calendar? Same question.

 So when it comes to the battle between Google and Apple, I’m fairly
agnostic about them and use what works best for me.