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Originally posted by VyktorJonas
but each OS has its own emojis. android's emojis are completely different from iOS's 
most DEVs only approve apps to be installed on hardware already tested by them, which is probably the reason
doesn't snapchat use phone number verification on android? tablets don't have one so..
most apps support 2.3 or 4.0+ which are 4 years old if I'm not mistaken, apps on iPhone doesn't support iOS6 anymore, which was released after or around the same time as 2.3 and 4.0+, it's not as limited as you think it is
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Exactly, I posted them above. No one would make a switch for those emoji's.
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Developers only do that because the Play Store is hardware based not software. iOS will have apps run for each OS. So for example:
Sonic Dash for iOS had various versions of the game, which would run differently on different devices. The version on the iPad 2 for example, would be a stripped down version of the game graphically, and would install based on the version of iOS 7 given to that device.
The iPad Air for example, had a different code of iOS 7 and when the game installs through the App store, it takes note of what version of iOS 7 is running, and downloads the version of the game that corresponds. So Sonic Dash on the iPad Air would run in full HD and have much more detail within the game.
Google Play's method is we have on version of the app available with the new hardware in mind, so as soon as old devices become obsolete, you see messages saying "this isn't comparable with your device" etc.
Of course, they can't make a version of the app for every device. But they can have at least two, one for obsolete devices and one for current devices (Apple keep archive for every App on their store. So if someone running iOS 4 wanted to install Facebook, you'd get this message:
And no. Most apps on the app store are for iOS 6 & iOS 7. A good majority also still support iOS 5.
& If not, they can download the last working version of the app for that version of the OS.
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Originally posted by VyktorJonas
every site I frequent for experient android users and stuff are seeing it as a shade, even the one I mentioned on the source
Google Play Services is the core of android, that's what brings the new APIs and make possible for developers to update their apps in older versions of android
and different from iOS, on android launcher you can put or remove the widgets and the apps on homescreen, you can have the apps + widget or only the widget or only the apps, the way you want it to be
android IS what you want it to be, that's the beauty of android, android has changed a lot and L looks amazing
those thoughts from the 2.1 era are just ancient and not true at all
there's no thing such as better OS, it's just a matter of opinions, each OS has its own advantages and weakness just like apple changed its closed-mind, so should its fans, I use Yosemite and I'm loving what they did to it, I have nothing against apple and for me, when an idea is good, if the counterpart borrows it it's great because it means the one who did it first should keep making it better and better |
Google might have meant it to be shade, but Apple isn't going to take it as shade. All Google did was mention what Apple claim to do. Implement features once they become the norm. The idea of iOS is to do all the things a smartphone is supposed to do, without the clutter, and presented in the simplest way to the consumer for ease of use. They only implements these other features once they become expected in everyday tech. The innovations Apple refer to is not doing something first, but to do something in a way in which it felt like it was always there, but to also not feel anymore cluttered than it was.
& I know all that. But the average consumer doesn't. Only the people that know the OS would know those features, Apple does the work for them. Apple is a company that aims to please the general public, and give them something they can use from Day one. Android is for people who want to make the phone whatever they want to be.
I agree with what you say about each being different, and it depends on the user. That's exactly my thoughts.
As to why Google stating "we did these features first" isn't actually doing anything for them, because Apple aren't interested in having every latest feature because the General public doesn't care about them. However, at a developer's meeting, Apple mentioning that most people are on iOS 7 than Android where most people are still on older versions of the OS, is important.
Because developers who want to invest in a platform, want most people to be on the current OS they are investing in. Which is why Apple's argument is true.
Google's argument is true, but that isn't Apple's mission statement. Apple aren't interested in having phone with the latest features. They want a phone that has simple, but powerful features that the everyday consumer will utilise and have ease of use.
Meanwhile. How did you get Yosemite? Did Apple e-mail you?
