I always wonder why Android users have these delusions that Android has more features than iOS.

Because the truth of the matter is, features on iOS is simply better defined that the crazy world of iOS.

When you talk about iOS, 15 has more than 14 has more than 13 and so on. Rarely does a feature that existed on the previous model of iOS goes missing on the current model.

Android? Be ready for features to come and go, because now you have to factor in manufacturers, Google itself, etc etc. Notwithstanding the fact that Google has start to offer features than are behind paywalls - case in point, some extra photo editing features you need a google drive subscription to have.

And Google can always change their minds. Used to be that using google photo was an advantage since you can upload for free - that now is gone.

In the end though, I leave you with this point - When you talk about features, are you talking about the OS or the associated feature that came with specific apps - Cause we have Google apps in iOS.

Barring Apple Music, not sure what else you have from Apple in Android.

I sell/repair phones for a living.

Seems that there is a possibility that the technician has basically incorrectly fixed your phone. These things happen, and in my country, such repairs are usually prefaced with “we will try and replace your battery but yada yada yada” noting that some models are not that easy to fix, especially those who use glue instead of screws.

Plus we have a rather pro consumer tribunal for problems such as these, so most of the time, we would tell the difficulty of doing those types of battery replacement.

Not sure about your country though. If you have something like a consumer tribunal, they would be a better place for you to argue things.

Read the whole thing.

The writer still misses one huge point. When you are talking about Android, you are going to have to talk about what that means.

Because Android as it stands right now, has no consistent experience. Different manufacturer slaps different skins on their devices and some goes all the way to slapping ads built into the system now.

That shenanigans shunted Android into places where you don’t want your brand to go.

Yeah, in the end, people will use what they want to use. I’d very much doubt that in the end, it is going to be the profit centre that all the companies hankering for it think it is.

I mean, the eu tried it with browsers. For five years, they got Microsoft to display a browser choice when you install windows. Perhaps hoping that their homegrown browser would be the choice of Europeans.

In the end, the one that benefitted is Google with Chrome. Opera, the original browser that filed the anti-trust case in the first place and Mozilla who joined later, both lost out, and currently only held around 3% and 5% of the market share in the EU.

Here’s a funny thing I found. Onedrive, Microsoft’s very own cloud drive service worked better on my Macbook Air than on my Acer laptop. Oftentimes, I have trouble moving files to the cloud, with the transfer hanging and all, especially when I am moving around 30K plus images.

So if Windows have a problem with copying files off an iPhone, or even an Android for that matter, I’d look at the Windows machine first based on my experience. A bad driver update, a bad update, bad mood, doesn’t matter what, it’s always something that you have to do the restart dance to fix sometimes.