Re:Ask HN: Is shifting to an Apple iPhone worth?
by nytesky on Sunday May 22, 2022 @02:53AM
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That’s surprising, I thought apple provided iOS updates and security updates much longer than Android phones — i thought there was some issues where Googles update had to be pushed by the manufacturer and they tend to drop support much sooner. Did I misunderstand that support timeframe?
Re:Ask HN: Is shifting to an Apple iPhone worth?
by stereoradonc on Sunday May 22, 2022 @03:05AM
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Samsung is now committed to providing it for 5 years (2 years of security updates). It's fine.
Re:Ask HN: Is shifting to an Apple iPhone worth?
by GianFabien on Sunday May 22, 2022 @11:33PM
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Some Android phone manufacturers are terrible in releasing security updates. Even within the same brand different models are updated, or not, to different cadence. In my experience you are pretty much stuck with the version of Android that the phone was released with.
When upgrading Android apps, they seem to be less dependent upon having the latest version of Android in order to run. At least that has been my experience. I keep all my old phones and tablets and test webapps that I write with the most recent version of Chrome that I can still load onto them.
Re:Ask HN: Is shifting to an Apple iPhone worth?
by stereoradonc on Sunday May 22, 2022 @02:51AM
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Got it!
Create a new link on Facetime App on iPad, and then share it with non Apple users. Cheers! Thanks!I wasn't aware of it.
Of course, if most people you communicate with use iPhones, then there are some compatability benefits. You can connect to FaceTime calls from Android. I've never used iMessage, so I don't know how it is "better" than SMS + eMail, etc.
My major reason for sticking with Android is that the phones don't get obsoleted as fast as iPhones. I can still install the latest version of Chrome on a Moto Razr/V.