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Rayz2016 said:

joebags said:

Spotify is simply a better product.

Apple won't introduce a simple, streaming-only app (like Spotify) and instead continues to confuse users with an iTunes app that's a cluster-f of purchase and streaming.

Yes, this nonsense comes up pretty regularly still; often parroted by people who haven't taken a minute to think it through. So for the pseudo-geeks out there, let's run through the logic once again: why doesn't Apple provide app for Apple Music?
An Apple customer is not interested in the source of the music; they are interested in the music. An Apple customer thinks, "I'd like to hear Sympathy for the Devil", so he then starts the music app and plays "Sympathy for the Devil" unconcerned as to whether it was a track he downloaded, ripped from a CD or streamed from Apple Music.
Under the pseudo-geek scheme, the Apple customer has to think "Now where will I find the song?" Before he can play "Sympathy for the Devil" he has to remember where to find it. "Now, do I stream that one, or did is it part of my library?"

So what you want is for Apple to introduce a scheme whereby their customers have to remember which application to use before they can play their music.

ericthehalfbee said:

I also still question the revenue they get from those "premium" subscriptions. I constantly see promotions where you get 6 months or 1 year of free Spotify Premium if you buy "insert product here".

minglok50 said:

saltyzip said:

ronn said:

saltyzip said:

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

That's been said so many times over the years and it still isn't true. Nokia. Motorola. Huawei. LG. Samsung. Google's Nexus line, and now its Pixel line. They were all supposed to take out Apple either alone or as a group. Apple is not only still around, but thriving, and looks extremely healthy for the foreseeable future.

IMHO buying a phone has now just come down to personal preference, there isn't much difference between any of them these days, they all do the job asked of them pretty admirably. Like cars, I pick the one I like in my price range, they all get me from a to b and back again at the end of the day. The market has matured so fast I can't justify spending 1000s on a top tiered phone anymore. If more people start thinking like me, it will hurt Apple as they will no longer be able to justify their high prices, but it will be good for consumers. Apple aren't a tag heuer brand, where you have to pay through the nose for exclusivity.

Sorry Saltyzip, but you are an Android apologist on an Apple based site. Samsung S8 phones are relatively the same price as the iPhone so do not use price point as an excuse for your bias.