The problem with long term iPhone users is that they don't know what they don't know. Superficially, it's very easy to see an Android phone and an inferior iPhone if you only look at what iPhones can do.
That being said, I always recommend iPhones over Android for family/friends/etc. For someone like myself, who is a little bit technical I actually prefer the control, customization, and advanced features of Android. I actually find iPhones to be frustratingly simplistic.
And these days, I’m against the kitchen sink. I watch movies on a TV (there’s always one anywhere I’ve been) I read books on an e-reader, and I have a DAP for listening to music (except today, streaming is becoming more convenient for general listening). And most of my computing is done on my laptop. My phone is very much an appliance because I don’t need it to do much, just that it does it reliably.
One thing I did literally 2 days ago: I've been using my phone for navigation a lot more this month than ever before but having the maps audio go through the Bluetooth to the car is awful in my car. For media and calls it's fine but for navigation it's just not a good experience. So I've been manually flipping the app audio to my phone every time I use it. I finally got fed up and created a routine to automatically set the audio for maps to the phone whenever it's connected to the car and, if also plugged in, launch maps automatically. Took only seconds to setup (should have done it sooner) and now I'm less annoyed whenever I have to use my phone for navigation.
Windows: https://support.apple.com/library/content/dam/edam/applecare...
Mac: https://imazing.com/uploads/screenshots/imazing/datasets/app...
iPhone 14 Plus MSRP: $899.
Google Pixel 7 Pro MSRP: $899.
Guess which one will last longer and have higher resale?
iPhone 14 Pro: $999
Pixel 7 Pro: $899
iPhone 14: $799
Pixel 7: $599
Pixel 7a: $499
Here's the quote again.
> There's simply no reason to choose Android - iPhone does everything better, for the same price.
The person you replied to, then replied
> I'm sorry, but - "for the same price"? You must live in a very different place than I do.
They are saying that android phones don't have to cost the same as iPhones for the same functionality. A point you made for them by having to compare a pro of one to a bigger screen normal version to get the same price.
Yes I have seen synthetic benchmarks. But, they haven't had any relevance to what I do on my phone since like 2012, so I'm wondering what other people are doing?
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