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  • Due to lack of R&D spending, iPhones are 5 to 10 years behind Android

    From Andrew@21:1/5 to All on Mon Jul 22 14:58:35 2024
    XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone, comp.sys.mac.system

    Given Apple is well known to spend the least on R&D than any similar tech company as a percentage of revenue - and knowing that Apple is two
    generations behind Android in AI - and something like five generations
    behind Android in integrated 5G modem design... the question is whether or
    not the statement in the title is a true assessment of the published facts.

    *Due to lack of R&D spending, iPhones are 5 to 10 years behind Android*

    Notice that anyone can prove that statement wrong if they can find an
    iPhone technology that is NOT 5 to 10 years behind the Android technology.

    Bear in mind, BlueTooth trackers have been suggested as the one and only technology where the iPhone technology is said to be better than the
    equivalent Android technology - which is an absurd assessment simply
    because an AirTag is merely a Bluetooth tracker. Nothing more than that.
    <https://www.pcmag.com/news/airtag-vs-tile-which-bluetooth-tracker-should-you-choose>

    Even if we accept the desperate absurdity that a Tile bluetooth tracker is
    an Android-only device (which is patently false) and hence we accept the equally absurd desperation that the AirTag is an iPhone technology, that's still only a *single* technology in the past 10 years Apple has over
    Android.

    I am well aware that Apple spends far more in marketing than in R&D (which isn't hard to do considering Apple has never invested in R&D), so I fully comprehend why Apple owners strongly feel Apple innovates over Android.

    Marketing is powerful.
    Especially over gullible herd animals.

    But I'm a person who cares about the facts.
    Not religious bullshit.

    Can't you Apple religious zealots come up with anything more than zero
    facts backing up your extremely strongly held religious beliefs?

    Seriously.

    Even if we grant the (absurd) premise that the AirTag is an iPhone
    technology that is better than the (equally absurd) premise that the Tile
    is an Android technology - we *still* would have only one technology.

    To move the conversation along, I'll grant the (absurd) argument that the AirTag is an exclusively iPhone technology and the Tile is an exclusively Android technology...

    So that's *one* iPhone technology better than that of Android.
    OK.

    Now what?
    Name another.

    Since it's you guys who feel strongly Apple can innovate and that Apple is
    NOT five to ten years behind Android technology - can you name another?

    Q: What *second* technology has Apple R&D been able to innovate over
    similar Android technology in the past five or ten years?
    A: ?

    HINT: If you can't answer that, then the subject line is considered true.

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  • From Alan@21:1/5 to Andrew on Mon Jul 22 08:33:16 2024
    XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone, comp.sys.mac.system

    On 2024-07-22 07:58, Andrew wrote:
    Given Apple is well known to spend the least on R&D than any similar tech company as a percentage of revenue - and knowing that Apple is two generations behind Android in AI - and something like five generations
    behind Android in integrated 5G modem design... the question is whether or not the statement in the title is a true assessment of the published facts.

    Why is "percentage of revenue" the correct metric?

    Does suddenly selling twice as much make you half as innovative?

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  • From Colour Sergeant Bourne@21:1/5 to Andrew on Mon Jul 22 12:11:34 2024
    XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone, comp.sys.mac.system

    On 7/22/24 10:58 AM, Andrew wrote:
    Given Apple is well known to spend the least on R&D than any similar tech company as a percentage of revenue - and knowing that Apple is two generations behind Android in AI - and something like five generations

    <<<SNIP>>>

    Yeah, I guess that's why iPhones-- sold by obly one company-- sell more
    than all the other phone brands combined year after year.

    --
    You're entitled to your own opinions. You're not entitled to your own
    facts ;-)

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  • From Andrew@21:1/5 to Colour Sergeant Bourne on Tue Jul 23 05:00:55 2024
    XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone, comp.sys.mac.system

    Colour Sergeant Bourne wrote on Mon, 22 Jul 2024 12:11:34 -0400 :

    Yeah, I guess that's why iPhones-- sold by obly one company-- sell more
    than all the other phone brands combined year after year.

    It's always the case that the ignorant uneducated low-IQ Apple religious fanatical zealots hold strong religious beliefs based on exactly 0 facts.

    FACT 1:
    Android outsells the iPhone by a wide margin world wide (over 75%).

    FACT 2:
    Samsung alone outsold Apple every quarter but one in the past 12 years.

    Question for adults:
    Q: How can the religious zealots be that wrong and yet so confident?
    A: Look up what it means to be on Mount Stupid in Dunning-Kruger graphs.
    <https://psychology.stackexchange.com/questions/17825/what-is-the-primary-source-of-the-mount-stupid-graphic>

    HINT: Apple religious zealots are herd animals who are incredibly gullible.

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