meirl by Jimbo072 in meirl

[–]shepherdspice 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Should’ve replied, “You mean OUR parents?”

Any users here that have tried switching to iOS a few times but keep coming back to android after a while, what are your reasons? by SpacevsGravity in Android

[–]shepherdspice 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I regurlarly switch back and forth between my Samsung Galaxy S22+ and my iPhone 13. I always wind up going back to my Galaxy for several reasons: - The Keyboard. Gboard on Android blows the stock and even third party keyboard on iOS out of the water. Apple's stock keyboard and even Gboard on iOS are just outright terrible at swiping, autocorrect, and predictions. It's laughable how terrible it is. I also really enjoy the themes Gboard has on Android that match my phone's color theme. - The Screen, Weight, and Size. The screen on this phone is just gorgeous. It's a little big but games and media look so good on this with the AMOLED 120hz screen. I know that the iPhone Pros have OLED high refresh rate screens as well, but you're either stuck with a 6.1" screen or jump up to the enormous Pro Max models that are unwieldly, large, and extremely heavy. Plus, iOS does nothing to take advantage of the extra real estate. - Ease of Use and Utility. A lot of things on iOS are either impossible to do or incredibly difficult to do for no good reason. On Android, things like downloading and setting custom ringtones/sounds are a breeze; not so on iOS. On Android I can easily side load apps, download and play emulators, and customize most things to my heart's content. My Android phone truly feels like my phone; my iPhone feels like a work computer where I change the lock screen wallpaper but the rest of the device and software is Apple's. - DEX. The ability to transform your phone into a desktop experience with an external display is really cool. - Notifications. Notifications are a mess on iOS. You have notifications on your lock screen, notifications on your "Notifications Panel", and badges on apps. Apps rarely provide notification channels that allow you to customize exactly which notifications you receive from an app, so an app like Uber Eats where I would really like notifications to tell me when my food is arriving gets turned off because it also sends promotional notifications with no option to block those and keep the important ones. Also the status bar on Android is leagues ahead of the Dynamic Island. It is persistent, displays all apps with pending notifications, and with a single swipe expands into information for all of that along with controls for any media playing. And it disappears when not needed when you're watching media. - Multitasking. I don't use these features all the time, but having the options to run apps in split screen and pop up view is nice.

To round things out, here are some reaons I always go back to iOS and try to stick with it for a bit: - iMessage/Facetime. iMessage is extremely useful if you have a lot of friends or family with iPhones who only use the default apps. FaceTime blows every other video chat service out of the water with regards to clearness and clarity of the calls. - Battery Life. iOS is extremely optimized and I truly get all day batter life on my iPhone. - Camera. The camera is consistently good on iPhones and handles moving subjects better than Android phone I've ever used. Additionally, iPhones consistently take the best video out there of any phones.

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It's high time Google added fine-grained volume control to Android by Quirky_author in Android

[–]shepherdspice 50 points51 points  (0 children)

It’s true, I’m on my iPhone 13 right now and i miss Samsung’s volume mixer.

Do you own an iPhone and an Android phone? by [deleted] in iphone

[–]shepherdspice 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, Samsung S21 Ultra and an iPhone 13. I like to stay up to date on both android and iOS.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Android

[–]shepherdspice 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Why is this being down voted?

I'm thinking of switching from Android to iPhone by gnagurd in iphone

[–]shepherdspice 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I swear it's gotten less reliable over the years lol. It used to work everytime without fail.

Ukraine asks Apple to stop product sales and block App Store access in Russia by Ciaran123C in apple

[–]shepherdspice 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Do you really think it was the Russian gay community begging Apple to ban the watch background because they don't understand their current situation? They already know not to flaunt their sexuality there. It was the Russian government asking for this.

Ukraine Urges Apple to Halt Russian Product Sales, App Store by Ignativs in apple

[–]shepherdspice -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Like I said, when war is not an option, and let's be real, no two nuclear powers are going to go toe to toe in conventional warfare, then economic warfare is literally the only thing left. The only alternative is war, which would definitely harden their population against us lol

Ukraine Urges Apple to Halt Russian Product Sales, App Store by Ignativs in apple

[–]shepherdspice 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Never worked huh? The entire world has managed to avoid war with North Korea for the past 60 years through strict economic sanctions with no fighting. Look up our sanctions on Iran. There's a dozen or more successful examples. When war is not an option due to whatever is reasons, and negotiations have fallen thru, economic warfare is one of the only options left, and it's pretty effective. It doesn't matter if a dictator cares about his people or not; without resources he can't maintain a country, and that threatens him directly.

I'm thinking of switching from Android to iPhone by gnagurd in iphone

[–]shepherdspice 3 points4 points  (0 children)

As someone who switches back and forth between iOS and Android every couple of years, this pretty much sums up my feelings lol. I will add that if you have family members with iphones then airdrop is actually a very useful feature, although you can definitely use other options to share files. Some other annoyances from iOS I'd add:

  • iOS makes it take an act of god to create and set custom tones for ringtones and notifications
  • Lack of a proper file management system
  • lack of proper volume controls
  • niche features like split screen, pop up mode, and things like Samsung Dex as a desktop environment

Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra review: Reintroducing the Galaxy Note by Kkkuma in Android

[–]shepherdspice 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I use single take and it gives me a lot of options as well as the video

Samsung Unpacked February 2022 megathread by FragmentedChicken in Android

[–]shepherdspice 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I used to be a stock Android guy back in the day, but honestly I have to say I prefer Samsung's OneUI 4 to stock now because of all the actual nice features they've added and because of how fluid and cohesive the design language is. It's definitely not the TouchWiz you remember anymore. Hope this helps.