You said it yourself, the keynote vibes are not relevant to anything behind their strategy for the keynote/product introduction.
I would say these days both Android (from almost all OEMs/segments other than sub $150 devices) and Apple are basically equivalent. I haven’t tried all OEM UI lately, but it’s a fact that they have been refined greatly relative to Android UIs from even the late 2010s (or further back with Samsung when they used TouchWiz).
If anything people looking for promotions at Apple and Google (and other companies?) are the biggest source of UI/UX issues since they are shitting up stuff for no reason.
What’s a big smartphone innovation from the last ~10 years? These are mature segments, there are lots of iterative improvdments and some neat things
That being I think the US might be different with different carrier corruption and people using iMessage and Facetime (you never see them globally and if you do, it’s someone trying be a hadrcore fan; just posturing).
Right, I never use iMessage or FaceTime, I just use Telegram. My wife uses Android, her siblings use Android, one of their partners uses Android, another partner uses iPhone, my nieces and nephews use a mix of phone platforms. iMessage is… okay. I mean, it’s the iPhone messaging app, so it has some nice features, but otherwise, it’s just texting, and texting is old. FaceTime (and FaceTime Audio) is good for when you’re on WiFi, and you can generate a link to people using Android phones.
But yeah, smartphones plateaued a long time ago and all the OEMs are just bullshitting their way through these keynotes trying to sell the new shiny. I mean, I have a 2024 iPhone 16 Pro Max, and I have a 2019 Galaxy S10. The S10 is still a great phone. It’s all busted up, but I have a case and a screen protector on it. It still works great. Battery isn’t great, but I could probably swap that for not much… assuming the battery can be sourced. Maybe a third party unit? I think only Apple really cares about stopping you from doing that. And the S10 still does a few things better than the 16PM, despite being 5 years older. Its camera isn’t as good, but Samsung was always behind Apple on the camera. That said, it’s more than passable. If I’m holding the S10 and I need a quick photo, the S10 is what I’ll take with. Only for video will I bother reaching for the iPhone, because nobody competes with Apple on video. But Apple can’t make a keyboard to save their lives.
I am assuming iOS arbitrarily limits comically simple messenger features under the guise of “We Care about your Security and shit…”
So what’s that magical feature in iMessage? I am waiting for my mind to be blown. Is it attachments? Cuz you need iCloud for attachements to work and shit, right? How can cloud data work without an iCloud (not to mention a copy to US authorities a PRISM type deal with Trump).
Google too, putting in a 24 hour “cool off period” to install apps not approved by Google under the false claim of security. Google fucking allows Meta apps on their shitty app store.
Europe (and really any society/polity/region) that remotely values freedom (in the real sense, not the ostentatious posturing of American freedom
You said it yourself, the keynote vibes are not relevant to anything behind their strategy for the keynote/product introduction.
I would say these days both Android (from almost all OEMs/segments other than sub $150 devices) and Apple are basically equivalent. I haven’t tried all OEM UI lately, but it’s a fact that they have been refined greatly relative to Android UIs from even the late 2010s (or further back with Samsung when they used TouchWiz).
If anything people looking for promotions at Apple and Google (and other companies?) are the biggest source of UI/UX issues since they are shitting up stuff for no reason.
What’s a big smartphone innovation from the last ~10 years? These are mature segments, there are lots of iterative improvdments and some neat things
That being I think the US might be different with different carrier corruption and people using iMessage and Facetime (you never see them globally and if you do, it’s someone trying be a hadrcore fan; just posturing).
Right, I never use iMessage or FaceTime, I just use Telegram. My wife uses Android, her siblings use Android, one of their partners uses Android, another partner uses iPhone, my nieces and nephews use a mix of phone platforms. iMessage is… okay. I mean, it’s the iPhone messaging app, so it has some nice features, but otherwise, it’s just texting, and texting is old. FaceTime (and FaceTime Audio) is good for when you’re on WiFi, and you can generate a link to people using Android phones.
But yeah, smartphones plateaued a long time ago and all the OEMs are just bullshitting their way through these keynotes trying to sell the new shiny. I mean, I have a 2024 iPhone 16 Pro Max, and I have a 2019 Galaxy S10. The S10 is still a great phone. It’s all busted up, but I have a case and a screen protector on it. It still works great. Battery isn’t great, but I could probably swap that for not much… assuming the battery can be sourced. Maybe a third party unit? I think only Apple really cares about stopping you from doing that. And the S10 still does a few things better than the 16PM, despite being 5 years older. Its camera isn’t as good, but Samsung was always behind Apple on the camera. That said, it’s more than passable. If I’m holding the S10 and I need a quick photo, the S10 is what I’ll take with. Only for video will I bother reaching for the iPhone, because nobody competes with Apple on video. But Apple can’t make a keyboard to save their lives.
I am assuming iOS arbitrarily limits comically simple messenger features under the guise of “We Care about your Security and shit…”
So what’s that magical feature in iMessage? I am waiting for my mind to be blown. Is it attachments? Cuz you need iCloud for attachements to work and shit, right? How can cloud data work without an iCloud (not to mention a copy to US authorities a PRISM type deal with Trump).
Google too, putting in a 24 hour “cool off period” to install apps not approved by Google under the false claim of security. Google fucking allows Meta apps on their shitty app store.
Europe (and really any society/polity/region) that remotely values freedom (in the real sense, not the ostentatious posturing of American freedom