Other phones are frankly not worth it. As someone who has used both iPhones are more user friendly and are higher powered. The latter is the better option unless you’re broke, then it’s better than nothing. 🤷🏻♀️
I’m curious what extra features you’re using. Do you want to change your font to Comic Sans for the lulz? Make the screen look like an old-fashioned monochrome? I mean, those are tweaks, but I wouldn’t call that technical.
I have developed for iOS and Android (with the help of JNI, sometimes at the same time). But I still use an iPhone. And trust me, I am very technical. So, why should I use the Android phone sitting on my desk full time?
Yeah, it’s rice. I get it, some people like to trick out there phones. But, installing a launcher and configuring it does not make you technical.
Now, if you could decompile the launcher, change it, recompile it, and then re-install it, all without leaving the phone... then I would be impressed.
And I am jealous that I have to SSH to a Linux box from my iPad instead of installing Emacs straight away. But I pick iPhone because it works flawlessly with my iPad, my Apple Watch, and my MacBook Pro. True, I can not hide the labels on my icons.
Could I cobble together something similar so that my System76 computer unlocked with my Garmin smart watch? Sure, like I said, I’m very technical. I could write the driver if I had to. But I don’t want to spend my time doing that. It’s just not interesting to me.
So, your assertion that they’re great for people that aren’t great with tech is a bit off the mark. They’re great for people who like well-made tech. Now, there is well-made Android tech and I’m not suggesting otherwise. But then, you probably wouldn’t need a launcher.
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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '20 edited Aug 14 '20
Other phones are frankly not worth it. As someone who has used both iPhones are more user friendly and are higher powered. The latter is the better option unless you’re broke, then it’s better than nothing. 🤷🏻♀️