Thought I'd try it out and every Android device I've had since then has just convinced me further. There are some nice things on Android, but most manufacturers seem to have a sell it and forget policy. I also can't be bothered trying to compare piles of devices to figure out which one to buy. Even individual manufacturers catalogues are usually a mess, looking like they randomly produce models or have independent teams working on each range. Some companies that only have a single phone range seem to just randomly throw features into the various models. Then to make matters worse each company customises the OS. If Google enforced a standard interface on everyone that would be a good start.
Apple's product lines are not as coherent as they were several years ago, but compared to them the Android market is like a drunk staggering around vomiting after downing lighter fluid.
Perhaps most telling is that my wife, who always used Android and refused to even consider iOS was converted after she had to borrow a phone from me for a while and all I had to lend her was an iPhone. She was not at all keen on that. Next thing she tells me that she doesn't want to use Android anymore.
I know many people complain about iTunes, but for me it has always just worked on both Windows and macOS. We even still have an ancient iPod Classic that works with current versions of iTunes. When we plug it in iTunes immediately knows which music belongs to that device.
I largely don't care about a lot of customisation. When I was younger I'd waste a lot of time tweaking everything, but not anymore. It's usually just a pointless time sink.
Another factor of course is that I have a large library of applications that do just what I want. Only rarely do I find a situation where an Android version is better than the iOS one or there's an Android app where one doesn't exist for iOS.
Expandable storage is a nice idea, but turns out to be fraught with problems. It's never as fast as the internal memory. If you integrate it into the main storage then you can't just remove the card, and you can't simply plug into a computer to copy files over. You have to integrate it otherwise there are always apps that refuse to use the external storage. So really you want a device with enough internal storage regardless of which OS you use. Then the card becomes just for those big files like films and such. Of course Apple has been moving for a while to allowing you to plug in external storage. Online is not a substitute for local storage.
Sometimes Wi-Fi doesn't want to connect, but that applies across devices.
Seen that same sort of battery behaviour on a variety of devices phones, tablets, Kindles.
It shouldn't get hot and it's not something I've ever encountered.
The 6s never had great battery life.
Another conspiracy hypothesis - Apple is deliberately optimising their software to run well on older devices. I've witnessed the results of this plot. It means my 6s is still really usable and I have no need to upgrade. When I eventually do I'll probably add it to the backup phones just like the iPhone 4 we have that still works fine as a phone with some basic useful apps. Also Apple has never forced me to update any iOS device. If any forcing happens it is an app developer who either due to using a new feature or just plain laziness requires the newer version.
Apple's product lines are not as coherent as they were several years ago, but compared to them the Android market is like a drunk staggering around vomiting after downing lighter fluid.
Perhaps most telling is that my wife, who always used Android and refused to even consider iOS was converted after she had to borrow a phone from me for a while and all I had to lend her was an iPhone. She was not at all keen on that. Next thing she tells me that she doesn't want to use Android anymore.
I know many people complain about iTunes, but for me it has always just worked on both Windows and macOS. We even still have an ancient iPod Classic that works with current versions of iTunes. When we plug it in iTunes immediately knows which music belongs to that device.
I largely don't care about a lot of customisation. When I was younger I'd waste a lot of time tweaking everything, but not anymore. It's usually just a pointless time sink.
Another factor of course is that I have a large library of applications that do just what I want. Only rarely do I find a situation where an Android version is better than the iOS one or there's an Android app where one doesn't exist for iOS.
Expandable storage is a nice idea, but turns out to be fraught with problems. It's never as fast as the internal memory. If you integrate it into the main storage then you can't just remove the card, and you can't simply plug into a computer to copy files over. You have to integrate it otherwise there are always apps that refuse to use the external storage. So really you want a device with enough internal storage regardless of which OS you use. Then the card becomes just for those big files like films and such. Of course Apple has been moving for a while to allowing you to plug in external storage. Online is not a substitute for local storage.
Never had a lightning cable fail, but have had a couple of Micro-USB. In fact none of my Apple cables has ever failed. Nothing special there though as generally power supply cables don't fail.
Sometimes Wi-Fi doesn't want to connect, but that applies across devices.
Seen that same sort of battery behaviour on a variety of devices phones, tablets, Kindles.
It shouldn't get hot and it's not something I've ever encountered.
The 6s never had great battery life.
Another conspiracy hypothesis - Apple is deliberately optimising their software to run well on older devices. I've witnessed the results of this plot. It means my 6s is still really usable and I have no need to upgrade. When I eventually do I'll probably add it to the backup phones just like the iPhone 4 we have that still works fine as a phone with some basic useful apps. Also Apple has never forced me to update any iOS device. If any forcing happens it is an app developer who either due to using a new feature or just plain laziness requires the newer version.
It's my alarm, so I need the watch. It's actually the haptic that wakes me reliably. But the watch charges so fast it isn't a big deal. I do wish Apple would put in a bigger battery though.
I don't even notice the watch.
It's not really that simple.But sure, it can tell you if you are not sleeping properly and show a pattern, but that’s like needing an app to tell me it’s raining when I’m standing in the rain getting wet
