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Re: Question for Apple apologists & Android enthusiasts alike

From nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid>
Newsgroups misc.phone.mobile.iphone, comp.mobile.android
Subject Re: Question for Apple apologists & Android enthusiasts alike
Date 2016-07-14 18:16 -0400
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Message-ID <140720161816376271%nospam@nospam.invalid> (permalink)
References (3 earlier) <nm4tar$q41$1@dont-email.me> <130720160451492794%nospam@nospam.invalid> <nm62l2$ivi$1@gioia.aioe.org> <1mqdcc5.pu8je51mmfadcN%befr@eaglesoft.de> <nm8vib$oi1$1@gioia.aioe.org>

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In article <nm8vib$oi1$1@gioia.aioe.org>, Aardvarks
<aardvarks@a.b.c.com> wrote:

> 
> >> I can't name anything useful that you can do on iOS that is *outside* the
> >> walled garden that you can't do (usually easier or better) on Android
> >> though.
> > 
> > One thing comes to mind very fast: I can get system updates for iOS.
> > Even for devices that are several years old.
> 
> While it's clear that Apple updates its users' devices for a far longer
> time period than do the various Android device manufacturers, that, in and
> of itself, is not meaningful in terms of "doing anything useful".
>
> It's just window dressing, in that the old iOS couldn't do all the
> functions previously listed, and neither can the new iOS version.
>
> So the ability to update for longer periods of time, while definitely
> admirable, adds very little functionality that Android doesn't already
> supply without the ability to update the OS.

nonsense.

you're only trying to rationalize not getting as many software updates,
if any.

a 4-5 year old ios device is *still* supported, while a 2-3 year old
android device is typically orphaned.

put another way, you'd need to buy two android devices in a given time
period, versus one ios device.

now which is the better 'value' ?

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Question for Apple apologists & Android enthusiasts alike Aardvarks <aardvarks@a.b.c.com> - 2016-07-12 21:46 +0000
  Re: Question for Apple apologists & Android enthusiasts alike Elias <elias@nowherenohow.com> - 2016-07-12 17:34 -0500
    Re: Question for Apple apologists & Android enthusiasts alike Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2016-07-13 13:45 +1200
      Re: Question for Apple apologists & Android enthusiasts alike Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2016-07-13 09:00 +0100
        Re: Question for Apple apologists & Android enthusiasts alike Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2016-07-14 10:05 +1200
      Re: Question for Apple apologists & Android enthusiasts alike David Taylor <david-taylor@blueyonder.co.uk.invalid> - 2016-07-13 09:15 +0100
        Re: Question for Apple apologists & Android enthusiasts alike nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-07-13 04:51 -0400
          Re: Question for Apple apologists & Android enthusiasts alike Aardvarks <aardvarks@a.b.c.com> - 2016-07-13 18:52 +0000
            Re: Question for Apple apologists & Android enthusiasts alike nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-07-13 15:08 -0400
              Re: Question for Apple apologists & Android enthusiasts alike "Kerr Mudd-John" <admin@127.0.0.1> - 2016-07-13 20:28 +0100
              Re: Question for Apple apologists & Android enthusiasts alike Aardvarks <aardvarks@a.b.c.com> - 2016-07-13 22:29 +0000
            Re: Question for Apple apologists & Android enthusiasts alike befr@eaglesoft.de (Bernd Fröhlich) - 2016-07-14 08:50 +0200
              Re: Question for Apple apologists & Android enthusiasts alike Aardvarks <aardvarks@a.b.c.com> - 2016-07-14 21:18 +0000
                Re: Question for Apple apologists & Android enthusiasts alike nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-07-14 18:16 -0400
                Re: Question for Apple apologists & Android enthusiasts alike Aardvarks <aardvarks@a.b.c.com> - 2016-07-15 02:06 +0000
                Re: Question for Apple apologists & Android enthusiasts alike befr@eaglesoft.de (Bernd Fröhlich) - 2016-07-15 09:00 +0200
                Re: Question for Apple apologists & Android enthusiasts alike Aardvarks <aardvarks@a.b.c.com> - 2016-07-15 18:09 +0000
                Re: Question for Apple apologists & Android enthusiasts alike Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2016-07-15 13:09 -0700
                Re: Question for Apple apologists & Android enthusiasts alike Aardvarks <aardvarks@a.b.c.com> - 2016-07-16 04:21 +0000
                Re: Question for Apple apologists & Android enthusiasts alike Aardvarks <aardvarks@a.b.c.com> - 2016-07-16 04:26 +0000
                Re: Question for Apple apologists & Android enthusiasts alike The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2016-07-15 23:05 -0700
                Re: Question for Apple apologists & Android enthusiasts alike David Taylor <david-taylor@blueyonder.co.uk.invalid> - 2016-07-16 10:06 +0100
                Re: Question for Apple apologists & Android enthusiasts alike nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-07-16 08:11 -0400
                Re: Question for Apple apologists & Android enthusiasts alike Aardvarks <aardvarks@a.b.c.com> - 2016-07-16 18:31 +0000
                Re: Question for Apple apologists & Android enthusiasts alike PAS <abc@doremi.net> - 2016-07-15 09:38 -0400
                Re: Question for Apple apologists & Android enthusiasts alike nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-07-15 09:59 -0400
                Re: Question for Apple apologists & Android enthusiasts alike Aardvarks <aardvarks@a.b.c.com> - 2016-07-15 18:14 +0000
                Re: Question for Apple apologists & Android enthusiasts alike Aardvarks <aardvarks@a.b.c.com> - 2016-07-15 18:14 +0000
                Re: Question for Apple apologists & Android enthusiasts alike Aardvarks <aardvarks@a.b.c.com> - 2016-07-15 18:10 +0000
                Re: Question for Apple apologists & Android enthusiasts alike Aardvarks <aardvarks@a.b.c.com> - 2016-07-16 04:09 +0000
                Re: Question for Apple apologists & Android enthusiasts alike Michael Eyd <invalid@eyd.de> - 2016-07-15 10:39 +0200
                Re: Question for Apple apologists & Android enthusiasts alike Aardvarks <aardvarks@a.b.c.com> - 2016-07-15 18:18 +0000
                Re: Question for Apple apologists & Android enthusiasts alike nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-07-15 15:25 -0400
                Re: Question for Apple apologists & Android enthusiasts alike Aardvarks <aardvarks@a.b.c.com> - 2016-07-16 04:35 +0000
  Re: Question for Apple apologists & Android enthusiasts alike FPP <fredp151@gmail.com> - 2016-07-13 01:55 -0400
    Re: Question for Apple apologists & Android enthusiasts alike Aardvarks <aardvarks@a.b.c.com> - 2016-07-13 06:38 +0000
      Re: Question for Apple apologists & Android enthusiasts alike Aardvarks <aardvarks@a.b.c.com> - 2016-07-13 06:46 +0000
        Re: Question for Apple apologists & Android enthusiasts alike FPP <fredp151@gmail.com> - 2016-07-13 04:33 -0400
          Re: Question for Apple apologists & Android enthusiasts alike Aardvarks <aardvarks@a.b.c.com> - 2016-07-13 18:24 +0000
            Re: Question for Apple apologists & Android enthusiasts alike nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-07-13 14:41 -0400
        Re: Question for Apple apologists & Android enthusiasts alike nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-07-13 04:51 -0400
          Re: Question for Apple apologists & Android enthusiasts alike Aardvarks <aardvarks@a.b.c.com> - 2016-07-13 18:54 +0000
      Re: Question for Apple apologists & Android enthusiasts alike FPP <fredp151@gmail.com> - 2016-07-13 04:31 -0400
        Re: Question for Apple apologists & Android enthusiasts alike Aardvarks <aardvarks@a.b.c.com> - 2016-07-13 18:17 +0000
    Re: Question for Apple apologists & Android enthusiasts alike PAS <abc@doremi.net> - 2016-07-13 10:33 -0400
  Re: Question for Apple apologists & Android enthusiasts alike Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2016-07-13 08:58 +0100
    Re: Question for Apple apologists & Android enthusiasts alike Aardvarks <aardvarks@a.b.c.com> - 2016-07-13 18:10 +0000
  Re: Question for Apple apologists & Android enthusiasts alike Gordon Levi <gordon@address.invalid> - 2016-07-13 18:22 +1000
  Re: Question for Apple apologists & Android enthusiasts alike "Kerr Mudd-John" <admin@127.0.0.1> - 2016-07-13 11:35 +0100
  Re: Question for Apple apologists & Android enthusiasts alike Michael Eyd <invalid@eyd.de> - 2016-07-13 14:41 +0200
    Re: Question for Apple apologists & Android enthusiasts alike Aardvarks <aardvarks@a.b.c.com> - 2016-07-13 22:20 +0000
      Re: Question for Apple apologists & Android enthusiasts alike nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-07-13 18:30 -0400
  Re: Question for Apple apologists & Android enthusiasts alike BobbyK <bknight@Conramp.net> - 2016-07-13 17:35 -0500

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