Hi Fellow Blinders ๐๐ผ, To the people who are die hard Apple Fans, do you genuinely buy apple products because of the functionality or do you just buy it for the aesthetics, and social pressure. From a pure functionality perspective, iPhones are lacking compared to Samsung and other brands. What inspires you keep going back every year for the new iphone or macbook?
Curious What functionalities are lacking in Apple phones compared to Android
Because of sandboxing apple does not have third party file explorer. It's photos app is not that great. It has a boring theme across iPad, iphone, MacBook all the places. You can't customize it. Of course this all for security but it is what it is.
To me that's not lack of a functionality but something that can be bettered.
Durability.
Durability, Samsung sucks after one or two upgrades.
As a long time android user I'd still have to acknowledge that the iphone offers a simpler experience that is far easier for non-technical folks to follow. But mostly, Apple customers will mindlessly buy whatever lord Tim tells them to. I mean, look at how many of the apple watch they're selling ๐
And just like that apple released a $19 cloth to yet again prove thier customers will literally buy whatever they tell them to.
I always bought / used Windows laptops. I got a Mac at work few years ago. I initially requested a windows, due to the workflow and nature of the job they insisted I take a mac/linux. Took mac and boy I loved it. Later when the time came to upgrade personal laptop, got a mac. Easy to use, durability, years of new updates, and support for almost everything in the open internet. For me Mac is the Android of PCs.
Exactly my story ๐
MacBook and iPhone are different IMO. IPhone has nothing out of the box to offer to the user experience may be it has great camera. But MacBook is of highly beneficial for Media professionals. For developers it is having Linux flavor.
durability and ecosystems for apple is very attractive. Also their data transferring thing is beautiful i changed phone and took 20 minutes to have exactly what i want, passwords signed in and everything i donโt need to redownload or relogin Also Linux is great, my team is giving us the new M1X computers when they come out
Only reason I ever considered it is the camera. Not sure how it compares to flagship Android phones these days
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Social pressure and apple environment for sure. 99% of my social circle uses iMessage. Photos, group chats, etc get fucked up if one person has an android. This is the main reason for me to stick to Apple iPhone.
Pretty much this. From a functionality standpoint I believe android devices vs Apple devices are moot, but this is me tinkering and playing with android since itโs inception to ios7 and currently into ios15. I donโt mind the walled garden. Texting, phone calls, everything and my workflow just works. After awhile I got tired of running scripts to remove bloat + ad block + root to have proper backups. Also since apple stores are local to me, I can walk into a store if I need to and my device is fixed asap instead of mailing a device, waiting 3-4 days, get confirmation, pay for work, have it sent back. Thatโs 2-3 weeks without a phone for me.