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[-] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 174 points 5 months ago

Me watching WWDC: “Android already does that.”

Me watching Google I/O “iOS already does that.”

[-] tahoe@lemmy.world 108 points 5 months ago

In ten years all phones will be crabs

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[-] acchariya@lemmy.world 33 points 5 months ago

Windows phone 10 had most of these things in 2015

[-] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 114 points 5 months ago

It had everything except apps.

[-] altima_neo@lemmy.zip 27 points 5 months ago
[-] manualoverride@lemmy.world 19 points 5 months ago

… and the users

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[-] TheRaven@lemmy.ca 102 points 5 months ago

Yes. Android already does all these things. But I think the things I’m excited most about are not on this list at all.

  1. A private local LLM. With the on-device context of my notes, messages, calendar, etc, I’m rather excited to have a more personal LLM than ChatGPT.

  2. Personal messaging via satellite. I love that I can stay in touch with people outside of a cell network.

[-] doleo@lemmy.one 12 points 5 months ago

Did I understand correctly that this is only going to be in the iPhone 15 pro? Because that’s a lot more expensive than a pixel, more than I’d ever spend on a phone tbh.

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[-] AFC1886VCC@reddthat.com 93 points 5 months ago

I'm an android user but honestly bored of hearing this shit every single year. "Android already does that" yeah, we know. It's like having a friend that is constantly trying to one-up you, or trying to steal attention away from you at your own birthday party.

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[-] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 66 points 5 months ago

Android can do satellite messaging? Android phone makers are shipping on device LLMs?

I'm not an Apple fanboy nor do I use an iPhone currently but this headline is ridiculous.

[-] pycorax@lemmy.world 13 points 5 months ago

Android phone makers are shipping on device LLMs?

Do people actually want these?

[-] GregorGizeh@lemmy.zip 28 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Yes, in fact that is the only kind of ai i would ever use and entrust my data to. Not the apple one, but an open source model that is running only on my device and answering only to me; using the data I provide only for my interests? That one I would use.

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[-] Imprudent3449@lemm.ee 16 points 5 months ago

LLM is AI correct? If my phone is going to do AI at all, I prefer it be done on device for sure. For privacy reasons if nothing else. But it's not anything I've really looked into. I have the S24 and the only AI feature I use is the Circle to search... which I don't consider to be AI.

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[-] cryptix@discuss.tchncs.de 45 points 5 months ago

As much as I hate apple and google, I want a future where all these can be done locally without massive servers and sending all data to cloud . Apple clearly have a edge over google in that regards.

[-] noughtnaut@lemmy.world 11 points 5 months ago

Ah, you mean like the sync that Palm OS used to have? Yup, that was neat, and I'm still waiting for Android to pick up some of the neat features from back then.

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[-] best_username_ever@sh.itjust.works 32 points 5 months ago

My last brand new Pixel phone had debug strings in the user interface and the UI was not responsive. It’s the daily annoyances and details that made me get an iPhone. Comparisons have been stupid since the beginning of smartphones.

[-] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 31 points 5 months ago

This has been the case for at least 11 years.

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[-] jay9@lemmy.world 29 points 5 months ago

I didn’t realise android did free SMS over satellite when there is no cellular connection

[-] signalsayge@lemm.ee 28 points 5 months ago

Looks like it's been available on some android devices for at least a month. I don't know about free though, I think it depends on your carrier. I know T-Mobile has been talking about supporting it using Starlink satellites.

https://www.reddit.com/r/tmobile/comments/1ct1no1/satellite_messaging_option_appeared_on_my_pixel_7/ https://www.t-mobile.com/news/un-carrier/first-spacex-satellites-launch-for-breakthrough-direct-to-cell-service-with-t-mobile

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[-] rusticus@lemm.ee 28 points 5 months ago

Android is 5 years ahead of iPhone 60% of the time

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[-] superterran@lemmy.world 23 points 5 months ago

Good for Android, now if they’d only implement all of the Apple-only features that create the lock-in appeal then maybe they’ll get somewhere. When my Pixel Buds flow seamlessly from device to device to the third and fourth device then maybe we’ll talk

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[-] Ballistic_86@lemmy.world 23 points 5 months ago

That’s great! Competition in this space is working to improve both.

Instead of this stupid fanboy shit of Android vs iOS, we should celebrate an actual success in development.

[-] Matriks404@lemmy.world 19 points 5 months ago

To be honest as an Android user, if Apple makes their phone less locked down and give more affordable choices for phones I may try an iPhone, as I am a bit fed up with Android, and there are no other real alternatives.

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[-] flop_leash_973@lemmy.world 17 points 5 months ago

I mean Android, and Samsung in particular, borrow from Apple all the time as well. Hell Samsung frequently bad mouths Apples for the anti-consumer choices one year then follows suit and does the same thing in a year or 2 themselves.

These kinds of takes are not the flex some seem to think they are in my opinion.

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[-] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

i still like my android but i do wish they would get back to prioritising widgets again, like apple has done - and get developers to do it as well.

i also like apple watch over my samsung watch. i think the apple watch is top in it's class - that combined with apple fitness+.

if apple could set defaults, use actual browsers (like android), and have an open in menu like android, i'd switch. i don't think i could ever get used to apple's notifications though. android is still superior there.

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[-] boonhet@lemm.ee 14 points 5 months ago

Lifelong iOS hater who moved to iOS 2 years ago here. They're different strokes for different folks.

If you're like I used to be, get an Android! Flash a custom ROM on it! All the freedom is amazing.

Now I have an iPhone. It may even lack some features Android has. It gets them slower. But the experience is ridiculously polished and consistent. This is a device I can't have fail on me.

I still use Linux on my gaming PC and one of my work laptops. I love it. I love fiddling with things. I just want my phone to be an appliance like my fridge now. I buy it and forget it for the next few years.

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[-] kratoz29@lemm.ee 13 points 5 months ago

I know this is an old feature, but do we have the NFC money transfer thingy?

I mean the one where you touch other phone with your phone and transfer money.

If we do I am unaware of it, I use AOSP.

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[-] HEXN3T@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 5 months ago

Like math notes. And handwriting fonts. And a customisable control centre. And phone mirroring. And locking apps natively. And pretty much all of Apple Intelligence (particularly Genmoji because I want a hyena emoji and Unicode doesn't have one).

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[-] Snapz@lemmy.world 9 points 5 months ago
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