Steve Jobs' Thermonuclear War Over?
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Posted on 01/31/2015 10:16:59 AM PST by Star Traveler
I’ve already spoken about one of the plays made by Apple and Tim Cook to damage Android. This was the push to 64-bit computing in the iPhone 5S. As that smartphone was announced, the roadmaps for Android devices did not have 64-bit computing planned in the near future. Manufacturers and component suppliers were bounced into making bold claims that they would join Apple in the 64-bit world.
They had no choice but to do this. Android’s success was built around the promise of being faster, better, and stronger than its rival OS. If Apple was 64-bit, Android had to be 64-bit as well. Promises were made, plans were changed, and the rush to 64-bit comp
The impact of that push remain to this day. Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 810 was the chipset expected to lead the charge, but production issues have forced manufacturers to delay products into Q3 2015, or choose alternative chips with the resulting compatibility problems of running third-party Android applications.
Apple weakened the chipsets in Android by forcing the manufacturers to follow them on the 64-bit roadmap. Resources, time, and developmental energies were directed away from competing directly with Apple and into something that has taken far longer than planned.
(Excerpt) Read more at forbes.com ...
Apple finally made a phone similar to Samsung’s big screen Galaxys (something Jobs would never have allowed) and Apple is bragging that they have “beaten Samsung”.
Huh?
“Copy Samsung” is more like it.
I’m not a big Apple vs Android type but I just upgraded my phone and almost went with the Droid platform (my wife and I have iPhones but my older kids who pay for their own phones have Droids) but compatibility with iTunes (I’m stuck) Apple TV, and the customer service experience with Apple kept me in an iPhone. However, there was not that much difference in price between the two. IPhone 6 plus and a Samsung something that had a large screen so my middle aged eyes could read.
Apple and Samsung sold the same amount of phones in the last quarter I read somewhere.
The Samsung Galaxy 6 is going to be 64-bit I think
You bet!
Android’s success was built around the promise of being faster, better, and stronger than its rival OS.
How come IPads have no USB or SD slots?
If they included that kind of expandable memory, I would like them more.
Well, I’m glad to hear that they were really intent ... then ... on being slower, worse and weaker than Apple ... because they have SUCCEEDED! ... LOL ...
Yeah, look at the last six quarters for Samsung in this chart, in the article ... :-) ...
Analysts say Apple has beaten Samsung to become world’s largest smartphone vendor
http://www.theverge.com/2015/1/29/7937177/apple-beats-samsung-smartphone-share
I guess you’ll have to ask the ghost of Steve Jobs ... :-) ...
They stick to their vision - data lives in the Cloud, not on the device. The tablet is simply a perfectly engineered Cloud access device.
No, I don't like it either - but Android is making moves in the same, NSA-friendly direction.
You would probably love the iPad for its size then. I use the iPad all the time for free Republic. I’ve been known to post a few replies at a red light, too! ... :-)
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You posted a link to an article with a premise that is dubious. Please have the courage to defend it rather than engaging in silly fanboi-ism.
BTW, here is the android mission statement:
Android is an open-source software stack created for a wide array of devices with different form factors. The primary purposes of Android are to create an open software platform available for carriers, OEMs, and developers to make their innovative ideas a reality and to introduce a successful, real-world product that improves the mobile experience for users.
We also wanted to make sure there was no central point of failure, where one industry player could restrict or control the innovations of any other. The result is a full, production-quality consumer product with source code open for customization and porting.
Android is a piece of junk, from my hands-on with other such phones I’ve had in my own hands. You defend Android ... the sales and mass-market appeal (and results) from the iOS ecosystem is all that anyone needs to see.
Sauce for the goose if so. Samsung made no bones about copying Apple.
Apple adhered to Steve Jobs' philosophy regarding the size of a smartphone, with ergonomics dictating a need to fit into peoples' hands comfortably. When viewed purely as being primarily a phone, Jobs was correct.
However, preference for larger "phablet" phones that blurred the distinction between phones and tablets, continued to grow primarily in overseas markets, where such devices were often the sole internet access point as well as telecommunications.
With the passage of Jobs, it took some overcoming fears of cannibalizing iPad sales, but eventually they came out with a "phablet" of their own, to great success.
As it appears to have turned out, people were buying Android "phablets" merely because they couldn't get it in an iPhone. Now that they can ... boom.
Uh, nope:
Add your existing keyboard, mouse, and screen. Done.
Really? You get off on Apple making products? Paid troll? Bandwidth Thief, using FR for paid Apple advertising?
I’ve got a 40-inch screen (the TV, which is high resolution) and I have a keyboard already (I use it sometimes with my iPad, when typing a long note) ... so that looks like a pretty good deal!
LOL ... welcome to our Apple-hater trolls ... they have arrived!
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