All OS Which team are you on - iOS or Android? And, why?

For me personally, I use android for expense tracking (axio FTW), custom APKs, easier file management system etc
iPhone -> pics & videos, airDrop to my macbook, AirTag, Apple Watch
 
altair21 said:
Some of the most essential apps I use are not available on PlayStore or are riddled with ads, probably for you too if you use Revanced, Tachiyomi, or any other open source apps, as for functionality, there are tons which are not available for iPhone, primarily being a sane and functional File System that you can access, I had to once transfer some files to my cousin a while back (think they had the iPhone X?) well guess what? I had to download and setup iTunes, jump through its hoops and then send the file.

Whereas in Android? FTP FTW! My father wants a backup? I want to transfer some music/comics or whatever? simply create a FTP server on the phone (a one-click thing on Android, and these days is default with a lot of File Manager Apps. heck, I use Solid and it has a quick settings tile for it), and then connect to it on laptop, I have wifi all over the house, all anyone needs to do is toggle their FTP server, and then I just copy paste stuff like a normal functioning file browser.

There are tons I can say more on this but you get the gist, if Apple ever gives out this kind of functionality, I might buy my first iPhone (that Apple Watch integration is one of the best I have ever seen), but until then, just no
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I won't comment on apps
Some people will say just the reverse and its quite subjective.
My own take on this is that I like the app selection on both platforms and both have their pros and cons (which is one of the primary reasons i continue to use two phones despite both being dual sim)

Regarding file system, I am not sure if your experience is based from a very long time ago.
For some reason, the prevalent wisdom on the interwebs seems to also suggest a similar line of thought.
However , and completely to the contrary, This is one element where I actually find my android lacking today.

For a long time now, I have the exact same desktop/ documents/ downloads folder on my phone , tablet, laptop and desktop (both win and mac).
To illustrate with an example, say i download an attachment from gmail on my phone (iOS) and save it in the documents>April 2025 folder on the phone
The same attachment will now be available in the documents>april 2025 folder on all other devices

Similarly, if I for example edited and saved an excel file on my laptop desktop folder
and realize that i need to send it to someone after some time, i can do it from my phone outlook (click attach, browse file -> desktop and select the file)

And while the file system management on android is not bad either, it would take a lot of work to replicate (if at all) a truly seamless setup like the one i have on the ios side

Similarly for saving/retrieving something from say a NAS / smb folder on my network, I can do it natively on iOS.
While I can do the same on android, i would still need to hunt for the right 3rd party app to do this (which will either be paid or ad based)
 
Ios for now, reason? Might sound weird but i like the colours of the pictures taken with the iphone camera lol.
Other than that, security and no bloatware.

The only android that seems appealing to me is the galaxy series, specially those ultra models with all the ai stuff and that pencil-ish device that comes with it. But those models are so big, like a brick in the face.
 
Pyception said:
Android.
Reason- can't afford to loose my kidney yet
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Emi is a thing if you’re dedicated enough. Also there are some resellers in ncr which provide you used iPhones at a very reasonable price. Some of them even got warranty.

Also on a side note, if someone near me is selling a phone for lets say 100 and i post it here for 105, without actually owing it but rather trying to sell it indirectly, would that be against the guidelines?
 
Only thing holding me off is 120 hz. Although, the lack of a file manager is perpetual comedy. Also I'm not even sure whether T9 dialling is still a thing on iphones. Last time it was not. Also also, google assistant or gemini they call it now, any similar thing available on iphones which will trigger with a button press? Another also, flawless voice recognition through gboard on android for my native language, i guess that will be missing too. For a smooth reliable experience there's too many things missing it seems.
 
People asking my why I hate Apple and its ecosystem? THIS , right here is the reason why I ****ing loathe it. I had to debug some issues on our Kubernetes setup, and wanted to spin up some containers locally to debug env issues, and guess what? my Docker installation which has been borked for months (didnt bother fixing it before, since I dont typically work with DevOps), is still borked and unlike Windows which assumes I am wearing my big boy pants, according to Apple, I am a ****ing baby in diapers.
 

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