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  • iOS 11, Android O: What Apple can learn from Google's IO17

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    This article demonstrates everything I hate about Apple, elitism. Focus on those with money, rather than those that do not.

    Those cheaper android phones are still powerful devices, this article makes them out to be no more than a calculator.

    I thought Google also announced an easy way to update android which includes even down to graphics drivers, did I dream that?
    irelandgatorguyrogifan_newdoozydozenbrucemcsingularity

  • Google Assistant arrives on the iPad, but still isn't going to replace Siri soon

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    rotateleftbyte said:
    You have to assume that Google sells everything it knows about you to anyone willing to pay for it.
    If this needs a google account to be of any use then there is your feed to the Google AI.
    Like Facebook, whenever you sign into Google, the Ad slinging part of Google will get your complete history including things like browsing history, CC purchases, where you have been and used Google Maps etc etc.
    If you are comfortable with spy on you 24/7/52 then go ahead and use it.
    I've stopped using google entierly for this very reason. Perhaps you should think about your use of Google as well?

    I want to share my activities with Google, this is how Google learns and improves the functionality it provides and makes life better for us all.

    All the Google services such as search, Street view, Google earth, Google maps and android os have helped educate more people on this planet than anything Apple have created and it is all free to use.

    Google is awesome and so is Apple, we need them both. 



    ike17055

  • Google Assistant arrives on the iPad, but still isn't going to replace Siri soon

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    After a year stuck just on Android devices

    How long has siri been stuck just on Apple phones?
    watto_cobra

  • Samsung's 5 million Galaxy S8 sales far below 2014's S4 peak

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    Competition​ is healthy in the Android world, it seems even the core websites are suggesting people hold off and buy a OnePlus 5 over an S8. 

    Then of course there is the pixel and not too far off pixel 2, so Samsung just can't stand out enough from the crowd anymore.
    icoco3

  • A very false narrative: Samsung Galaxy S8 vs Apple's iPhone

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    nht said:
    saltyzip said:
    As long as the faithful stay with an iPhone then Apple has many more profitable years ahead.

    The problem for the iPhone is not Samsung, like appleinsider seems to think, it is Android in general.

    Google, LG, Motorola, Huawei all make great phones and most eclipse iPhone on the camera too. Look at the verge website for their latest camera shootout and you'll see iPhone doesn't even make the podium.

    Apple phone inovation has plateaued​, technical advancement takes a long time, and because they are running out of features to entice people to upgrade they are now falling behind what was the chasing pack.

    As long as the Apple faithful continue buying iPhones, then nothing will change, but don't expect to get best bang for your buck.
    https://www.flickr.com/cameras

    Verge can claim whatever but actual usage numbers from Flickr shows that the top 5 most used phones are iPhone 6, iPhone 6S, Galaxy S6, iPhone 5s and iPhone 7 with Apple as the most used brand followed by Canon, Samsung, Nikon and Sony.

    The best bang for the buck is an iPhone because we have a flagship 2015 android phone that isn't getting Nougat and a 2012 iPhone 5 with the latest 10.3.1 release.  Sure, 10.3.2 likely won't support the 5 but it's been 5 years and still runs well.

    I would think anybody who has an android phone is using Google Photos, why would they even entertain the thought, that there is any value in using something​ like Flickr?
    QJ