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They seem to innovate faster then Apple like a recent example being Wireless PowerShare (charge one phone with another).

It's reported Apple will be adding that into the iPhone 11; wirelessly charge your watch or another phone with a charged or charging iPhone.

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Apple’s innovation is and always has been on the manufacturing side. The fact that they can make such well designed devices AND manufacture millions of them that meet such precise tolerances and high quality is what really sets them apart. Apple has been doing this for over a decade, while other manufacturers have only (possibly) caught up recently, if at all.

I’m sure someone will chime in about the butterfly keyboard or something else, but the number of those issues is small compared to all the devices they create.

Many of the most interesting Apple innovations for me are behind the scenes e.g. Marzipan, Bitcode, Secure Enclave, A-series CPU.

And Samsung isn't innovating faster they are releasing faster. Big difference.

Yeah that is true as Apples release schedule stays the same every year while Samsung’s release schedule personally to me is all over the place.

I hope Apple adds that Wireless PowerShare feature as the ability to use my iPhone as a charging mat to charge other devices would be handy!

This has been done by other Android manufacturers before Samsung as well but I think it boils down to launch schedules. Apple doesn't launch new iPhones until September so, even if innovative functions are planned, they always appear to be added later than the rest of -or in response to- competitors.

That, and other manufacturers are individually and collectively throwing more features at the wall than Apple ever would.

Whether they’re well thought out and will be supported on the next generation appears to be beside the point: they attract attention and serve as a differentiator.

Apple has neither the desire nor the luxury of throwing half-baked ideas into their phones.

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