Post by Android OwnerPost by Alan BrownePost by Android OwnerApple lost 10% of its sales in just the last quarter alone, where if Apple
Yes, the Chinese government is on the warpath to promote Chinese made
phones - and that is where the bulk of Apple's market loss has occurred.
"Apple's smartphone sales tumbled a stunning 10% last quarter.
The main cause: iPhone sales in China fell sharply."
<https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/15/tech/iphone-sales-plunging/index.html>
Duh. That's sort of what I said. Are you in echo mode?
Post by Android OwnerWithout the Internet, the iPhone is just a dumb brick.
Which is why 85% of smartphones sold are Android devices.
Yep - lot's of low end garbage - a segment Apple doesn't cater to.
Post by Android OwnerPost by Alan BrownePost by Android Ownercan only have 9 more of similarly astonishing losing quarters, we could
maybe finally be rid of the one smartphone company in the world that has
never had any intention to interoperate with 85% of the phones in this
world (yes, messaging app - I'm speaking to you).
Funny obsession of Android people over Apple's messaging app.
While no Android OEM wholly copied Apple's anti-consumer policy of removing
(or not ever supplying) basic hardware functionality (such as the
appropriate charger, 3.5mm jacks, portable memory, etc), Samsung at the
high end copied Apple's lucrative anti-consumer no-charger policy for its
most expensive phones.
3.5mm jacks? Cripes, the 19th century technology argument is back.
Well, proves it's another "Arlen".
Post by Android OwnerPost by Alan BrowneYou do know that Apple phones (and iPads and Macs...) support many
competing messaging apps. To the point that in many large markets (such
as Europe) Apple's iMessage system is scantly used.
For a while I thought you understood how messaging works, but apparently
you don't understand there is only one default SMS/MMS app per device at
any given time.
Defaults don't matter. User choices matter. So, if you're using an
iPhone and a message comes in on (out of thin air) Signal, then your
phone bings or vibes and you look at the message. Or not.
Post by Android OwnerThat you are unaware of something that incredibly basic, is worrisome.
Your constant lies, deceptions and slants are not only not worrisome,
they're just tedious. As always.
Post by Android OwnerPost by Alan BrowneThe extent that Apple have improved its own Messages app (and underlying
iMessage infrastructure to support it) for the benefit of Apple clients,
should not irk Android users very much - but it certainly "stimulates"
Android trolls into a lather.
Keeping in mind you are unaware there can only be one default SMS/MMS
messaging app on any device (yes, even on Apple devices)...
Answered above Troll. Stop the BS, lies and deceptions - even though
that is your default mode.
Post by Android OwnerThere are plenty of Android default messaging apps that do everything that
any Apple device can do, and more, since you can message using ANY device
with Android, whether that's Linux/Windows/Apple/Android, while with the
Apple messaging, you can ONLY message from an Apple device.
That you are unaware of this basic Android capability is worrisome.
Your constant lies, deceptions and slants are not only not worrisome,
they're just tedious. As always.
Post by Android OwnerPost by Alan BrowneAnd while messaging is indeed a big component of mobile phone use
(people would much rather text than call - and that is a good thing for
90% of communication - ig: "are you here yet?", "Where are you?", "Bring
home some milk."), it is far from the sole use of smartphones.
Nobody said that Apple's rabid anti-consumer policies are the only things
that makes iPhones far less functional than Android phones are.
iPhones are every bit as functional as most people need. You can (and
will) haul out edge cases or dead cases (like 3.5mm earphone jacks), but
the rest of the world has moved on and is moving on.
(Including high end Android devices that have copied Apple in abandoning
dead end features ...)
Post by Android OwnerPost by Alan BrowneIn short, Android fanatics obsess over attacking Apple and Apple have
been kind to Android fanatics in freely giving them something to obsess
and attack. Keeps them off of the streets, I suppose.
You're trying to justify Apple's anti-consumer stance on interoperability.
What is being said is Apple's rabid anti-consumer policies mean Apple
devices lack interoperability and they lack common useful interoperable
capabilities which most Android phones have always had and still do.
Answered above Troll. Stop the BS, lies and deceptions - even though
that is your default mode.
Post by Android OwnerApple devices lack
a. Interoperable SMS/MMS messaging (to/from/on any platform!)
False. I can even SMS/MMS from my iMac to anyone via my iPhone. Because
MacOS and iOS play together and iOS provides that functionality to my
Mac - even if they are many km apart.
Post by Android Ownerb. Interoperable bidirectional data transfer with the PC
Workarounds exist (I don't know the details as with a Mac and iPhone
this is not much of an issue).
Post by Android Ownerc. Interoperable portable memory
Dead issue. Many Android phones are the same.
Post by Android Ownerd. Interoperable headphone capability
Dead issue. For many Android phones too - you need USB-C style jack -
there is no 3.5mm jack (aka 19th century technology).
Post by Android Ownere. Interoperable charging standards (cables & chargers)
Sort of. I mean I can use all sorts of chargers that have USB-A style
rectangular connectors to Lightning and now USB-C. Further there are a
long list of adaptors. So - you fail again. And again.
Post by Android OwnerOnly the richest can afford Apple's rabid anti-consumer policies.
Since Apple sell iPhones to a market of about 1B people, that statement
is objectively wrong. And of course the enduring value of Apple
products means a lively and affordable 2nd and 3rd hand market as well.
So, Troll, you've crashed and burned. Again.
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