but I AM suprised, anecdotally, how good Siri is vs previous iterations on my iphone 6 and OS 8
It feels close to "good enough" for the majority of functions I actually use eg: dictate an email, get directions, lookup a contact, and dial a phone number.
My sense is that Apple will nail the base functions so that most users, self included, won't notice a difference between the two.
This is how I interpret most responses when people talk about Apple.
But we all have our biases as well. (Even as an Apple user I fully expect Google to always win the Knowledge Vault race. Its in their wheelhouse more so than Apple's.)
Heh, you not only proved kumarm's point about apple fanboi'sm but served the proof on a silver platter with a little side of dessert.
This is exactly why I'm shocked that Cortana's accuracy is so much lower than Siri's (under the assumption that this test is reasonably valid). They've got a world-class research arm and they've run a search engine for yeaaars, and somehow they dramatically underperform a company whose biggest fans would even admit has a spotty record when it comes to services. I guess the "time on the market" advantage is a lot more dramatic than I would've thought.
> In addition, this was a straight up knowledge box comparison, not a personal assistant comparison. For purposes of this study, a “knowledge box” or “knowledge panel” is defined as content in the search results that attempts to directly answer a question asked in a search query.
In terms of 80 % functionality I think all three are quite close. In terms of general features I think Android is already lightyears ahead. But I need a solid day-to-day phone with consistent usablitity concepts and I'm very tempted to give WP a try as it seems to be the cleanest here. Let's see what WP 10 brings ...