What are some great things about the iPhone?

[Anonymous1234]

What are some things you guys like about the iPhone?

[whispous]

The only good OS/Hardware integration on the market

The predictable, standardised featureset from handset to handset, no "will this one be janky with my payment card? Will the fingerprint sensorwork with ALL my apps?"

The draconian App store walled garden makes it by far the safest (NOT fully safe!) in terms of software.

[CommanderAlex]

Also, software support tends to last quite awhile (I'm an Android user), IIRC about 6-7 years from launch so that's a nice investment over Android phones. 

[Niqesse]

iOS is standardized for any apple device. It occasionally drives me crazy that (major) features don't appear to exist in all android distributions. Also less bloatware and I dearly miss the notes and reminder apps

[Nocte]

It just works with anything since it’s standardised. 
I don’t want to troubleshoot stuff on the go.

 

I circumvent the downside of being “locked in” their ecosystem (same applies to Google tbf) by using Nextcloud for photo backups and calendar/phone contacts. 
That way it doesn’t feel like I need a Mac laptop to access all my stuff. 

[PDifolco]

The price

 

[Godlygamer23]

7 minutes ago, Niqesse said:

iOS is standardized for any apple device. It occasionally drives me crazy that (major) features don't appear to exist in all android distributions. Also less bloatware and I dearly miss the notes and reminder apps

I appreciate that I can remove many of the default apps from my iPhone. I remember when that wasn't a thing, and it infuriated me because I didn't really use most of them.

[Niqesse]

1 minute ago, Godlygamer23 said:

I appreciate that I can remove many of the default apps from my iPhone. I remember when that wasn't a thing, and it infuriated me because I didn't really use most of them.

Oh that's nice. Android only allows to deactivate some of them which sounds kinda sus xD

[Godlygamer23]

3 minutes ago, Niqesse said:

Oh that's nice. Android only allows to deactivate some of them which sounds kinda sus xD

Yeah, when I had a One M8, I wanted to remove the defaults, and I could only deactivate them. That's extremely annoying.

[Anonymous1234]

It may cost a lot but it just works and I've noticed in some cases where the price can make sense.

[Smithfield]

7 hours ago, Godlygamer23 said:

Yeah, when I had a One M8, I wanted to remove the defaults, and I could only deactivate them. That's extremely annoying.

HTC lets you do root and install custom ROMs. I currently am using an HTC ONE M8 until I use root access to make scoped storage history on my Pixel 7 Pro. I don't have dumb bloatware like the official YouTube app or Facebook or dumb carrier apps on my phone. LineageOS and OpenGAPPS makes bloatware obsolete.

 

Unfortunately, 2 GB of RAM clearly isn't enough and Android 7.1 is not going to be supported by developers soon, so I guess if I cannot fix my Pixel 7 Pro, I will stop using cell phones altogether.

[venomtail]

Two left field benefits.

 

• Higher resale value. Apple is a very prestegious brand so on the used market their value falls way slower than even the next best thing being the Google phones and Samsung ones. Chinese ones fall off a cliff in terms of value.
• Gonna sound weird but when it comes to dating it seems like you really are more succesfull with an iphone. Stigma against green bubbles and a generally more positive view of apple users by apple users.

[Godlygamer23]

9 hours ago, Smithfield said:

HTC lets you do root and install custom ROMs. I currently am using an HTC ONE M8 until I use root access to make scoped storage history on my Pixel 7 Pro. I don't have dumb bloatware like the official YouTube app or Facebook or dumb carrier apps on my phone. LineageOS and OpenGAPPS makes bloatware obsolete.

 

Unfortunately, 2 GB of RAM clearly isn't enough and Android 7.1 is not going to be supported by developers soon, so I guess if I cannot fix my Pixel 7 Pro, I will stop using cell phones altogether.

I shouldn't have to do that to remove default apps. 

[saintlouisbagels]

United States here. I use an iPhone for 

• iMessage
  • Most people I chat with, including all family members, have an iPhone. It would make things more difficult if I switched to Android
  • I use Discord/Google Chat for any friends on the Android side
• FaceTime
  • Fantastic video quality at low bandwidth. Useful for my current long distance relationship, and again family members
  • I don't think I've ever video-chatted with friends, but I have Zoom ready if I do
• Reliable high-tier camera
  • Use to own an HTC One M7 - the 4MP camera SUCKED and it developed a purple tint over time, along with scratches
  • Use to own a Samsung Galaxy S5 - the camera autofocus broke after a year, and also more lens scratches
  • The image quality is good enough. I'm not pixel peeping smart phone pictures, and I'm not gushing over ridiculous zoom or night shots.
• Ecosystem 
  • AirPods and AirPods Pro are my favourite headphones for all situations
  • EarPods w/ mic if I need to make a phone call with reliable microphone quality
  • MacOS and iPadOS are pretty nice - especially with AirDropping files between each device, and iMessage being shared
• It just works
  • I hate how slow my Android phones would feel after a year
  • iPhones are reliable recommendations for family members who don't need anything except a video-chatting device
  • Can easily use a device for 6+ years with stable performance
• Side opinions
  • I will never understand why people care so much about the notch on the iPhone and MacBook Pro. I never notice them. I'm not watching content at top center of my screen. My opinion is probably irrelevant since I also personally don't see the added benefit of things like filming movies in tall IMAX aspect ratio - with the exception some Oppenheimer shots. I saw Infinity War and Endgame in both regular and (real) IMAX, and I couldn't tell you if any scenes felt different.

[E-waste]

Do Not Track, a single tap of the screen has taken away hundreds of millions of dollars from facebook.

 

A software commitment to not allowing user tracking, presumably on all apps

 

6 or sometimes 7 years of software support.  Not jaw dropping or incredible, but better than most android brands, and historically more than all android brands.  Now Google offers 7 years of updates, so maybe apple will step up their support.

 

Battery management.  No power on until 15% charge if device runs out of juice.  Newly added charge limiter to 80% charge to prolong battery capacity long-term.

 

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Downsides

 

Part serialization.  You cannot swap parts from other similar iphones because of software locks.

 

No SD cards.

 

No headphone port.

 

Forced camera notch, and only one somewhat updated device (XR) without a flickering OLED screen.  660 - 680 nits is NOT enough for outdoor screen visibility.  Blackberry 900 had over 900+ nits for a 3.5" display.

[RabbidEwok]

On 12/4/2023 at 12:02 AM, Nocte said:

It just works with anything since it’s standardised. 
I don’t want to troubleshoot stuff on the go.

 

I circumvent the downside of being “locked in” their ecosystem (same applies to Google tbf) by using Nextcloud for photo backups and calendar/phone contacts. 
That way it doesn’t feel like I need a Mac laptop to access all my stuff. 

You can use iCloud on windows machines 

[Nocte]

On 12/5/2023 at 8:59 AM, RabbidEwok said:

You can use iCloud on windows machines 

You can, but it doesn't feel like a good experience. Also Google which doesn't have a "preferred" OS doesn't feel like a good experience (e.g. Photos).

A good experience for me means also not being restricted in what I want to do with my data.

For example, they make taking stuff out of their platform a PITA on purpose to disincentivise switching to a competitor while maybe you simply want to backup your memories elsewhere.

 

Self-hosting provides a good alternative and is definitely cheaper (if you use the investment for other stuff too) and provides better privacy (if setup correctly).

[RabbidEwok]

On 12/6/2023 at 9:38 AM, Nocte said:

You can, but it doesn't feel like a good experience. Also Google which doesn't have a "preferred" OS doesn't feel like a good experience (e.g. Photos).

A good experience for me means also not being restricted in what I want to do with my data.

For example, they make taking stuff out of their platform a PITA on purpose to disincentivise switching to a competitor while maybe you simply want to backup your memories elsewhere.

 

Self-hosting provides a good alternative and is definitely cheaper (if you use the investment for other stuff too) and provides better privacy (if setup correctly).

How is it not? You log into I cloud, click say photos for example and they’re all there. You can literally just import everything to the PC