The iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus Review: Iterating on a Flagship
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Re: The iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus Review: Iterating on a Flagship
#2Let's be honest, it's a 6SS (Plus).
And thank god, since I only got my 6S Plus a few months ago. :)
I hope they are planning some fireworks (you'll recover Samsung ;) for the iPhone's 10th year anniversary next year.
Re: The iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus Review: Iterating on a Flagship
#3> The default maps application didn’t offer that kind of functionality and Google Maps was completely absent, as was YouTube
I don't remember ever not using Google maps on an iPhone. When was this impossible? I got the 3GS in 2009 and moved to the 4S in early 2012
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#4> The default maps application didn’t offer that kind of functionality and Google Maps was completely absent, as was YouTube I don't remember ever not using Google maps on an iPhone. When was this impossible? I got the 3GS in 2009 and moved to the 4S in early 2012
Between the iOS 6 launch in fall 2012 and December 2012 Google Maps was unavailable on iOS.
"In June 2012, Apple announced that they would replace Google Maps with their own maps service from iOS 6. However, on December 13, 2012, Google announced the availability of Google Maps in the Apple App Store, starting with the iPhone version. Just hours after the Google Maps iOS app was released, it became the top free app in the App Store."
Re: The iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus Review: Iterating on a Flagship
#5> The default maps application didn’t offer that kind of functionality and Google Maps was completely absent, as was YouTube I don't remember ever not using Google maps on an iPhone. When was this impossible? I got the 3GS in 2009 and moved to the 4S in early 2012
IIRC there was a migration period when apple and google "divorced" on iOS, and the standalone google apps were in the making. Cannot pinpoint the year by memory.
Re: The iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus Review: Iterating on a Flagship
#6> The default maps application didn’t offer that kind of functionality and Google Maps was completely absent, as was YouTube I don't remember ever not using Google maps on an iPhone. When was this impossible? I got the 3GS in 2009 and moved to the 4S in early 2012
When Apple replaced the first-party Google Maps app with its own Apple Maps, and then Google had to release a new third-party Maps app for iOS quickly.
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#7A bit offtopic but I am very disappointed only Apple seems to have a clear plan, and makes continuous progress in careful iterations.
I quit Apple precisely when the iPhone 1 was released due to ideological reasons, as I realised the whole ecosystem would become a walled garden. But I concede they have good products.
I was looking forward to the new Pixel and Pixel XL. Google devices are the only ones that have a sane code/update policy within Android, and thus allow me to run Copperhead OS (which is the only free mobile OS I find realistic to run). However, they are insanely expensive, which IMHO risks making Copperhead a really niche option.
Samsung makes decent hardware, Note fiasco aside, but their Android mods are a joke. Same for most Androids. Jolla is stuck. And fringe options like Pyra are cool but inconvenient on a daily basis...
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Re: The iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus Review: Iterating on a Flagship
#9A bit offtopic but I am very disappointed only Apple seems to have a clear plan, and makes continuous progress in careful iterations. I quit Apple precisely when the iPhone 1 was released due to ideological reasons, as I realised the whole ecosystem would become a walled garden. But I concede they have good products. I was looking forward to the new Pixel and Pixel XL. Google devices are the only ones that have a san…
> Google devices are the only ones that have a sane code/update policy within Android
They have 2 years update policy, the same as any other Android device. They sign it by contract.
Re: The iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus Review: Iterating on a Flagship
#10Let's be honest, it's a 6SS (Plus). And thank god, since I only got my 6S Plus a few months ago. :) I hope they are planning some fireworks (you'll recover Samsung ;) for the iPhone's 10th year anniversary next year.
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