A lot of you use iPhones. A lot of you use Android phones. And some of you use more traditional phones. That’s because no one thing is right for us all when it comes to a phone or mobile device.
I’m gonna focus just a minute on the Android users out there. Today is the anniversary of the announcement of the Android operating system. The first Android phone didn’t come out until nearly a later, but November 5, 2007 is when Android was announced.
How many of you use and like Android? And which version? I’ve not used Android 10; the latest I’ve used is 9 (Pie). And if you’ve used both Android and iOS, which is your preference?
There’s nothing like kicking the day off with a good old fashioned tech fight, is there?
Teletype and VHF radio.
The classics are the best.
Motorola Razr was the best phone ever.
it’s been all downhill from there.
Was that the one that flipped open like a Star Trek communicator?
But that screen … It reminded me of a Blackberry in a way.
My smartphone chronology began with the iPhone 3G, 4, 5 and 6 plus. When my 6 plus was dying, I switched to the Pixel 2XL. Never say never, but I will not intentionally switch back to iOS. It was a learning curve at first, but I really enjoy the ability to customize the vanilla Android OS. You can pick up my phone and then someone else’s Android and they look nothing alike. Pick up one iPhone and compare it to another, and they are alike. I’m not saying that’s a bad thing. Some people are content with driving a Yugo.
I’ve been checking out the OnePlus 7 Pro as a possible upgrade.
I like Android for phones and iOS for tablets.
I think Google actually started working on a phone before Apple did. But Apple was first to release
Microsoft actually realized several smartphones before Apple or Google but they just didn’t update them fast enough.
I’ve never owned an iPad, but I’ve had a couple of iPod touches and iPads, and my wife has had a few iPhones (I think she currently has an iPhone 9…ish). And I’ll give Apple credit where it’s due; at a time when smartphones were either Blackberries or Windows Mobile they made a simple, polished OS that everyone could use.
That simplicity is simultaneously the iPhone’s greatest strength and biggest weakness. For a lot of people it just works, and if they need something there are tons of apps in the App Store. But if you’re someone who’s a little tech savvy and you like to fiddle with things until they’re just how you like them iOS is far too restrictive. So I’ve used Android phones, going all the way back to the Droid Incredible and Android 2.2 (Froyo) back in 2010. Today I have a OnePlus 7 Pro. It’s currently on Android 9, but OnePlus is rolling out the Android 10 update as we speak.
MacApple is a cancer upon this earth.