iPhone 10th Anniversary, why My Next Smartphone Could Actually Be An Android
Whether it’s just because I’m bored with iOS and the iPhone, or just that I’m beginning to yearn for the flexibility and cutting-edge features of the latest Samsung and HTC handsets I’m not sure, but the iPhone’s 10th anniversary could signal me saying goodbye to the Apple ecosystem – not raising a glass to another 10 years. I’m not alone either – plenty of iPhone owners have expressed some frustration at looking beyond the iPhone 6S as well as more general concerns about Apple’s products and ecosystem. Here’s why.
I still remember the day the original iPhone was released. There was a lot of excitement in the office and at that point, no one knew that smartphones were about to change for the better or how successful the iPhone would turn out to be. Like many, I put the noise down to the usual buzz around an Apple launch – something that existed before the iPhone and of course still exists today. As much as I loathe that side of Apple’s fan base, there’s no doubt that from the 3GS onwards, I was a big fan as well.
I still remember the day the original iPhone was released. There was a lot of excitement in the office and at that point, no one knew that smartphones were about to change for the better or how successful the iPhone would turn out to be. Like many, I put the noise down to the usual buzz around an Apple launch – something that existed before the iPhone and of course still exists today. As much as I loathe that side of Apple’s fan base, there’s no doubt that from the 3GS onwards, I was a big fan as well.
Prior to that point, I’d been using the likes of Nokia’s Sat Nav-equipped N95 and eventually made the move to the hideousness that was Windows Mobile on a gargantuan HTC TyTN II. It’s because of the dire touch screen/Windows Mobile pairing with this phone that it took me so long to join the iPhone club – I really wasn’t convinced that a mainly touch-based smartphone wouldn’t drive me mad.
The rest is history of course and most of us now view any smartphone with more than one or two navigation-focussed buttons with a degree of suspicion such is Apple’s success. The modern Android OS is, in terms of look and feel, undoubtedly related to iOS in a kind of spin-off way, as the many lawsuits between Apple and other smartphone brands will attest to.
I’m not your average iPhone user though. I’ve been an avid jailbreaker over the years (using a third party tool to allow non-Apple signed apps and OS tweaks to be installed, greatly improving the iOS experience in my opinion) as there were many features I felt iOS lacked. Control Center is one – something that was introduced fairly recently in the iPhone’s history, yet has existed in the jailbreaking world and that of Android for nearly as long as the iPhone has existed. Only with iOS 11 are we going to be able to customize the Control Center – something that jailbroken versions have been able to do from the start. There are plenty of other features that Apple has copied from the jailbreaking scene too, but for some reason, even in the face of these features existing and clearly being items that should be introduced to the standard iOS, Apple has been remarkably slow to implement them.
Source:-Â https://www.forbes.com/sites/antonyleather/2017/06/29/iphone-10th-anniversary-why-my-next-smartphone-could-actually-be-an-android/#2dfcf6e22bb4
