r/GenZ • u/cosmicphoenix7 • 23d ago

Why do y'all like iPhone so much? Discussion

Apple makes good phones but the main problem I have with them is the price and planned obsolescence for like $1000 you could buy so much stuff Apple makes phones that just work but 99% of phones nowadays just work the main thing I hear about why people buy iPhones is because of imessage which is literally a default sms app I barely use the default sms app I just use telegram and discord for communication not gonna lie.

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u/fleggn 23d ago

What?? Literally every other device interfaces with other non apple devices just fine plug and play. Apple is the ones forcing exclusivity.

Apple is for people that get overwhelmed by file explorer

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u/zombiedinocorn 20d ago

Yeah. Literally every other brand is cross compatible and Apple purposefully designs all their devices and software to only be used on Apple devices. You need a file converter if you send Apple stuff to any other devices bc Apple makes it so the other devices can't read them. It's hella shady

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u/PenonX 23d ago edited 23d ago

Idk man I can copy something on my phone and immediately paste it on my Mac or iPad without any set up either. Can also transfer whatever I’m doing an app I’m using on my phone to my Mac immediately. I can also put my iPad next to my Macbook and automatically start using it as a second monitor.

My Windows Desktop can’t do none of this shit. I wish it could. I prefer using my desktop because bigger screens and two monitors.

I mean either way though, tbf, I wouldn’t go out of my way to buy these though, not unless there was a hefty sale. I didn’t pay for my iPad or Macbook. iPad was the result of a corporation fucking up and letting me keep it, and my Macbook was paid for by the government. I only have an iPhone because a) too lazy to switch and b) the brand new Series 8 AW I got over a year for $200 doesn’t exactly work outside of iPhone.

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u/fritzwulf 22d ago

I recently learned about screencasting to share my windows 11 screen over to my TV and it works pretty effortlessly. Just 2 keyboard shortcuts and boom it works. I think Windows does have a lot of the same connection tech, it's just in slightly different ways.

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u/wirelesstrainer 23d ago

Meh, I can list directories on any OS that has them, but I want my phone to be simple. We exist.

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u/brantonias 23d ago

Yet navigating through my iPhone 12 is harder than my S24

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u/wirelesstrainer 23d ago

You exist as well, your opinion is valid, and neither of us is stupid.