IOS 18 is available

Poll - Total Votes: 2

I’m upgrading soon

I’ll upgrade tonight

I’m an Android owner. I don’t need over priced fruit

I don’t need tech, my Nokia does what I need.

I use land line only

I don’t use mobile because “they” can track you.

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iOS 18 has Apples first foray into Apple Intelligence. Apple is trying a few new things with this one like rearranging items on your desktop as well as starting to delve into Apple intelligence functions.. for now just a few

I should also mention that while AI is currently being implemented globally in AI server farms for stuff like call centers etc, NO ONE else is doing it on device. Mainly because their phones aren’t powerful enough to run the AI algorithms.

Will you upgrade or leave it?

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NerdyPotato · M

Rearranging items on your desktop? 😂 You mean Apple didn't allow you set up your home screen to your liking until now? 😱

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Elessar · 26-30, M

@basilfawlty89 You can install Lineage, Pixel Experience or any other custom ROM on an Android that is EOL, with an iPhone/iPad/iAnything once it's out of support you have a brick in your hands.

I have a Pixel (6) and ads are on 3rd party apps only that I know of; I mostly use open source stuff (from F-Droid, not the Play Store) in addition to the built-in ones, that have none. Combined with Firefox, that on Android can run its own engine (whereas on Apple it's yet another wrapper of WebKit, because otherwise it would get booted from the AppStore 😒) and uBlock Origin (same extension that I have on desktop) I've yet to see a single ad on this screen.

Samsung, Huawei and the alike are cràp, software wise, if that's what one thinks of when they compare Apple to Android then yeah, I totally get the hate. But anything with a vanilla or quasi-vanilla Android experience (Pixel, OnePlus, etc) is hella solid and has absolutely nothing to envy to the iPhones.

Let alone the development experience, there's a level of bureaucracy just to get the simple most app to market that in comparison the Italian government is efficient and straightforward.

Elessar · 26-30, M

@basilfawlty89

hating Apple makes them superior

True. But I hate them because it required me €300, plus €1000+ for a Mac that I use basically only for compiling and codesogning and two days to install a *development* certificate just to *debug* my own app on my own device.

It's definitely more straightforward now than it was then (2017), but still, I hold grudges 😌

basilfawlty89 · 31-35, M

@Elessar

You can install Lineage, Pixel Experience or any other custom ROM on an Android that is EOL, with an iPhone/iPad/iAnything once it's out of support you have a brick in your hands.

Yes, but I addressed that earlier. Sure you can put on a custom ROM, that's literally what I did with my phone. Here's the thing though, your resale value on Android is crap. With Apple, I could still trade-in.

Moneyonmymind · 31-35, M

Every update is pretty much the same as are the new phones, I currently have the iPhone 14 Plus and don’t plan on upgrading for another 1-2 years maybe even 3

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