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DeadEndStreets t1_iu73tbn wrote

Reply to comment by ThatAdamGuy in Android features you miss? by throwawaypenguinnn

I think most people maybe haven’t tried anything that isn’t iOS? Like you won’t know it’s bad if you haven’t tried something else.

Either way android and iOS has pretty much coalesced to very similar things imo and the differences are pretty much minor annoyances about preferences. Like iOS could have better file access, but android apps were generally more buggy for me due to all the os fragmentation of having a bunch of different oems making phones on all sorts of android builds, notifications could be better on iOS, android phones could have more thought out hardware, iOS could benefit from more adjustability/customization of home screen setups, etc etc.

There’s always a trade off but I think the differences are pretty small these days.

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ThatAdamGuy t1_iu75c7j wrote

I largely agree with you, but I think some of the differences are kinda major.

  • Only iOS has Airtags. For people who travel, or who have wandering pets, that feels like a pretty major thing.
  • When I switched my primary SIM to my iPhone, I couldn't believe both how many spam calls I was suddenly getting and, clearly, how many my Pixel had been blocking.
  • Some aspects of a genuine "it just works" with iOS (like what I understand is the case with airpods, for instance)... if it involves something you do multiple times a day, that's really gotta add up.
  • And Support. I've been tempted to get my parents iPhones because knowing they can literally walk into a local friendly Apple store and get help anytime is... really something. Not possible with Pixel.

To your larger point about... not knowing what you're missing if you haven't tried it. Heh, I often think the same way about people who've never left their home country. Like... of course you won't realize how awesome public transit can be or how great it feels knowing your waiter is getting a fair, consistent wage and you not having to worry about tipping ... until you actually go to a country where those things exist.

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mostancient t1_iu7zdfb wrote

Samsung has SmartTags if you’re looking for an equivalent to AirTags.

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ThatAdamGuy t1_iu7zh6x wrote

I hear ya, but in the U.S. at least, I don't think the 'Samsung network' is equivalent to the Apple one. Do Samsung phones even serve as finder hubs by default (like iPhones do), or do the users have to install an app first?

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mostancient t1_iu84ost wrote

Samsung SmartThings is installed by default on most Galaxy phones. They also work practically the same way like Airtags with iPhones. The only difference is that Samsung provides two versions; regular (cheaper) SmartTags which only use BLE, and SmartTag Plus which uses UWB like in AirTags.

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