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Re:Apple overtakes Android to pass 50% share of smartphones ... by poink on Friday September 02, 2022 @08:56AM (#32690104)
In isolation, I don't think there's much reason to buy an iPhone right now. I have an iPhone 12 Pro and a Pixel 6a and they're interchangeable as far as I'm concerned.

I also have a Mac, AirPods, and an Apple Watch, though. That makes it kind of a no-brainer which phone I carry around with me.

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Re:Apple overtakes Android to pass 50% share of smartphones ... by colinmhayes on Friday September 02, 2022 @12:06PM (#32692428)
Access to iMessage so that I can text people in less than 10 seconds is the only reason most people need to get an iphone. Apple's incentives with regards to privacy are also much betters than Googles. Neither are great, but apples strategy revolves around selling marked up hardware, while Googles is 100% about getting people to use google products so that they can be served ads.
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