You may have noticed that I frequently use Apple products as my go to comparison for mobile tech. You?re right, you?re absolutely right. Call me whatever you want, but take a second to hear me out first. Everyone is biased, even if they?re unbiased, they?re biased. It?s human nature. But there?s a reason why Apple is my bias and not other companies like Samsung. So why is it Apple? Quality, quality of products on the hardware and software level, and experience. Nothing beats the Apple experience in my opinion. Does Apple have all the cool gimmicky features and the largest screen on a phone? Nope, and they don?t need to either.
As I?ve said before, while other companies are packing specs into their devices, Apple is making theirs work better. They use what they have. Most top of the line Android phones have quad-core processers, why? They don?t need them to run efficiently, all it really does is drain the battery more than the operating system already does on its own. Apple has proven multiple times over that dual-core processors can still be absolutely amazing and do everything you need your phone to do and do it efficiently while preserving battery life.
But I can multitask?; No you can?t. For one, it?s physically impossible for the vast majority of humans to multitask, doing multiple things at a time means doing one for thing for a minute, and then doing another for a minute, not doing both simultaneously, or multitasking. Does the Android operating system multitask? If you consider not being able to close anything multitasking, then yes. But then again Apple products can have many open apps at the same time as well. But just like most Android phones you can still only have one of the apps using the screen at one time. Sure there are other Android phones that you let do screen in screen, but even on a five inch screen that?s a stupid thing to have. There?s not enough space and you can still only focus your attention on thing at a time.
People say Apple isn?t innovative because they lack features the competition has, but the question you need to be asking is why Apple hasn?t implemented them. The answer is simple, you don?t need them, and they don?t do anything to enrich the experience of the mobile platform. They don?t help you get things done, and they just kill battery life. There are exceptions to every rule though, like actionable notifications. Apple has implemented that on the desktop level but not the mobile level yet. I?m quite certain that?s because they haven?t found a way to blend it seamlessly into the operating system and overall experience.
Yes, I talk about the experience a lot?but so did Steve Jobs. Yes, I?m biased towards Apple?but so is the competition. Everyone looked toward Steve Jobs, and subsequently Apple, for ?the next big thing.? They understood Apple was changing the game; they were changing lives, and they selling an experience. But then came the spec race?the feature race. Suddenly Apple didn?t know what they were doing because other companies were doing things first. But many don?t understand a lot of those new ideas came from rumors of what Apple was working on. I?m not asking you to like Apple, I?m not asking you to ignore what people are saying, I?m just asking you to take a step back and realize you have what you have because of Apple. Take a step back and look at what Apple has accomplished, and what they still accomplish, usually more toward the hardware side of things now. Apple is still innovating, Apple is still setting the bar, but the bar is buried under other companies? features. Apple will continue to be Apple until it is no more, and I for one hope that day is long to come.
As I?ve said before, while other companies are packing specs into their devices, Apple is making theirs work better. They use what they have. Most top of the line Android phones have quad-core processers, why? They don?t need them to run efficiently, all it really does is drain the battery more than the operating system already does on its own. Apple has proven multiple times over that dual-core processors can still be absolutely amazing and do everything you need your phone to do and do it efficiently while preserving battery life.
But I can multitask?; No you can?t. For one, it?s physically impossible for the vast majority of humans to multitask, doing multiple things at a time means doing one for thing for a minute, and then doing another for a minute, not doing both simultaneously, or multitasking. Does the Android operating system multitask? If you consider not being able to close anything multitasking, then yes. But then again Apple products can have many open apps at the same time as well. But just like most Android phones you can still only have one of the apps using the screen at one time. Sure there are other Android phones that you let do screen in screen, but even on a five inch screen that?s a stupid thing to have. There?s not enough space and you can still only focus your attention on thing at a time.
People say Apple isn?t innovative because they lack features the competition has, but the question you need to be asking is why Apple hasn?t implemented them. The answer is simple, you don?t need them, and they don?t do anything to enrich the experience of the mobile platform. They don?t help you get things done, and they just kill battery life. There are exceptions to every rule though, like actionable notifications. Apple has implemented that on the desktop level but not the mobile level yet. I?m quite certain that?s because they haven?t found a way to blend it seamlessly into the operating system and overall experience.
Yes, I talk about the experience a lot?but so did Steve Jobs. Yes, I?m biased towards Apple?but so is the competition. Everyone looked toward Steve Jobs, and subsequently Apple, for ?the next big thing.? They understood Apple was changing the game; they were changing lives, and they selling an experience. But then came the spec race?the feature race. Suddenly Apple didn?t know what they were doing because other companies were doing things first. But many don?t understand a lot of those new ideas came from rumors of what Apple was working on. I?m not asking you to like Apple, I?m not asking you to ignore what people are saying, I?m just asking you to take a step back and realize you have what you have because of Apple. Take a step back and look at what Apple has accomplished, and what they still accomplish, usually more toward the hardware side of things now. Apple is still innovating, Apple is still setting the bar, but the bar is buried under other companies? features. Apple will continue to be Apple until it is no more, and I for one hope that day is long to come.