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The Smartphone Platform War Is Over
Statista, the Statistics Portal ^ | August 22nd, 2016 | Felix Richter

Posted on 09/05/2016 5:39:45 PM PDT by Shanghai Dan

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To: Swordmaker
Alternately, you can just double tap a column of print and it will expand to fit the screen.

You can do that on MacOS in Chrome and Safari. It's called smart zoom. Double two-finger tap in the column you want to expand. Pinch or spread to adjust. Double two-finger tap again to reverse. It's a killer feature.

181 posted on 09/06/2016 11:02:26 PM PDT by cynwoody
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At the top end, it appears Samsung is beating Apple in the US. The Galaxy S7 / S7 Edge accounted for 16% of sales vs 14.6% for iPhone 6S / 6S Plus.

That always applies in the month Samsung releases their new model. Then historically, it goes back to the iPhones being back on top in the number 1 and 2 spots. However, those sales of the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 in July the article is referring to are being voided as Samsung is recalling all 2.5 million due to exploding batteries.

182 posted on 09/07/2016 2:41:53 AM PDT by Swordmaker (This tag line is a Microsoft insult free zone... but if the insults to Mac users continue...)
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I have no ill will. All I have done is state the FACTS, as they happened. Neither the Techs at Verizon, nor my friends the iphone snobs, could show me how to do it. Next time, I’ll try it again.


183 posted on 09/07/2016 4:20:45 AM PDT by Tucker39 (Welcome to America! Now speak English; and keep to the right....In driving, in Faith, and politics.)
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To: Swordmaker

Sorry. I tried the pinch and expand. It would not do it. I was flabberghasted that the Verizon Techs couldn’t help me; to the point of voiding the iphone sale, and selling me this Galaxy S-4 instead. Sorry. Those are the unvarnished facts.


184 posted on 09/07/2016 4:26:04 AM PDT by Tucker39 (Welcome to America! Now speak English; and keep to the right....In driving, in Faith, and politics.)
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To: Swordmaker

My, someone is mighty touchy when anything pro-< not apple > is discussed! Almost jihadic in the defense of Cupertino...

So, in the interest of your “balance” - what does Android do right? Anything? Where does it beat iOS?


185 posted on 09/07/2016 7:52:34 AM PDT by Shanghai Dan (I ride a GS scooter with my hair cut neat...)
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So, in the interest of your “balance” - what does Android do right? Anything? Where does it beat iOS?

The only area I will cede superiority to Android is in personalization of the home screen, where it does shine a bit. I don't count that for much, because it makes it more difficult for one to share one's phone with others. On an iPhone, it is far more intuitive for anyone to use, because the interface remains the same, regardless of who is using it. The OS home screen is merely a launch platform and is not of much importance. It should do its job and just stay out of the way except when needed.

Consistency of operation should be more important than individualization.

Windows finally put down its collective foot and followed Apple's example to require its developers to maintain a standard on drop down menuing and even the location of the position of certain standard commands. Before that, every developer was free to use his own ideas of what the proper location for everything was.

Then Microsoft itself threw its own standards out the window when it made major changes in where normal commands were located in such important applications as Word, Excel, etc. This threw power users to the wolves. That should never happen for no good improvement in productivity, but that's what they did.

In Android, that problem still holds. There are no standards for applications.

186 posted on 09/07/2016 10:23:32 AM PDT by Swordmaker (This tag line is a Microsoft insult free zone... but if the insults to Mac users continue...)
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So - no. There is nothing. You say one thing, then spend 3 paragraphs slapping it down.

So - it’s Apple. Only.

Got it!


187 posted on 09/07/2016 11:59:23 AM PDT by Shanghai Dan (I ride a GS scooter with my hair cut neat...)
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