XPost: comp.mobile.android, misc.phone.mobile.iphone, comp.sys.mac.system   
   From: arlen.g.holder@arlenholder.net   
      
   On Mon, 9 Sep 2019 18:08:14 -0700, Alan Baker wrote:   
      
   >> Is there ANY software functionality in the new iPhone 11 series   
   >> that isn't already in an average five year old Android phone?   
   >   
   > Define your terms. What is this mythical "average five year old Android   
   > phone"?   
      
   Hi Alan Baker,   
      
   That's a fair question for me to support the test conditions.   
      
   Since I own and have owned BOTH Android & iOS devices for years, we can   
   easily compare the new software functionality claims in the most expensive   
   iPhones ever made with my old $130 LG Stylo 3 Plus, on Nougat (Android 7).   
   o Phablet stocking stuffers: iPhone 7 versus LG Stylo 3 Plus   
      
      
   > A camera isn't "software functionality".   
      
   We've covered iOS' lack of camera SOFTWARE functionality in detail:   
   o Is there is a *single* useful photographic functionality on Apple iOS   
   cameras that isn't already on Android?   
      
      
   But if you wish, we can ask the same question for camera HARDWARE:   
   o Q: Is there any functional hardware on iPhones not ALREADY on Android?   
      
      
   > Do you need the word "implicit" explained to you?   
      
   We already covered the EXPLICIT list of lack of app functionality on iOS:   
   o Is there a single bit of functionality on iOS that isn't already on Android?   
      
      
   This question is simply to see if Apple has yet to catch up to a $130 old   
   Android phone in terms of app functionality on even their most horrifically   
   priced new iPhones being announced tomorrow.   
      
   And we covered, in EXPLICIT detail, the lack of best-in-class tools:   
   o Has Apple ever created a best-in-class iOS app that works OUTSIDE the walled   
   garden?   
      
      
   > The "rumor mill"? And is the "rumor mill" always accurate?   
      
   While I know the likely answer since I've owned iOS devices for many years,   
   we'll all know the answer, tomorrow...   
      
   In summary, the main question is whether the new spate of iPhones has   
   ANYTHING that isn't already on any old Android phone such as my wonderful   
   but aging $130 LG Stylo 3 Plus (whose functionality kills my iPads).   
      
   --   
   Ignoring advanced functionality like lack of 5G in all iPhones, let's see   
   if the new spate of horrifically expensive iPhones has even the most basic   
   of tried-and-true useful functionality, such as a hardware analog jack.   
      
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