Apple already unveiled its newest handsets – the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus. Along with them come features that are pleasant and new to the ears of iFans but have already been experienced by Android users for quite some time now. We list down these features for comparison’s sake.
Ready? Let’s begin the list!
HD/Full HD display
The 4.7-inch iPhone 6 was introduced to have an HD display with a resolution of 1334 x 750. It’s definitely an improvement since prior to that, the iPhone 5S already maxed out at 1136 x 640. The bigger iPhone 6 Plus, on the other hand, boasts a Full HD 1080p display which is the company’s first on a handset.
The thing is, we’ve already been surrounded by HD and Full HD displays for years now. Google is even making 2K resolution (2560 x 1440) sort of the standard for flagships today. There’s the Galaxy Note 4 with Quad HD resolution as well as the LG G3 which sports the same 5.5-inch display as the iPhone 6 Plus but also comes with a 2K resolution screen.
NFC
Android smartphones widely use NFC today for a number of functions – they can share photos, videos, contacts, documents, and even pair their devices with other gadgets that support the same technology. Again, this is something new for Apple and they just limited its function for transactions with the introduction of Apple Pay – something that Google has already been doing and even strengthening when KitKat rolled out.
Wi-Fi calling
As far as we could remember there have been apps for Android since late 2013 that utilize Google Voice so users can call specific numbers using their Wi-Fi connection. During Apple’s keynote early yesterday, the company angled this feature as a means of being able to still make an outgoing call even when you’re at a place with no signal like a basement with Wi-Fi present. This is a pretty smart move for Apple, but a few years late.
OIS
For the larger iPhone 6 Plus, it carries something that its smaller sibling doesn’t: a landscape view of navigating through the phone and OIS or optical image stabilization. This basically makes the camera’s sensor move sideways and up and down to compensate for the hand’s shake while taking photos and recording videos, and as a result the 6 Plus produces sharper images. But yes, this is nothing new for smartphones like the HTC One (M7).
QuickType
Apple is proud to introduce that the annoying autocorrect feature (that sometimes makes you type “play” instead of “okay” or “hemp” instead of “home”) should now be minimized thanks to its predictive typing method that studies and learns the words and phrases you usually type. There will now be a bar over the keyboard that shows words that you’ll likely use. In addition, iOS8 now supports third-party keyboard installations – just like its Android counterpart.
The list doesn’t end there. There are more iPhone 6/6 Plus features that have been present in Google’s ecosystem. A guy named Ron even posted a photo on the Internet enumerating some of them (above) comparing the newly announced iPhone to a 2012 Nexus 4.
So why are people still going loco over the new iPhones?
Right now you’re probably thinking that Apple is just copying off whatever makes Google special, and you may be right. But what makes a lot of people crazy for the new iPhones? Maybe another perspective of looking at it is because these people already love what Apple has done with its iPhone to begin with. While adding these features previously exclusive on Android phones are a big plus and maybe it’s like adding more to their already “awesome” phone which altogether works better for them.
What do you think?
Before anything else,this is coming from a previous iphone 4, current nexus 4 and note 3 user… the choice of buying ios or android is still gonna be up to the buyer. so no name calling or bashing will change that. the article is in bad taste but nevertheless points out facts. most iphone users are people who just want things to work the way it was designed to work, and don’t care if your phone can do something theirs can’t. I’ve never heard an iphone user say they wish they had nfc, but i occasionally see envy from android users when an ios user says they already have PvZ2 while Android users have to wait 2 to 4 months for it to come to ther devices. Clash of Clans was released 1 year ahead. If dependability and apps are your thing, I usually recommend IOS. However if you’re like me who loves to tinker with my gadgets, loves the challenge of rooting the device and customizing it to kingdom come, I’d say, get an android.
The phone has become so personal to peoples lives that we have passionate users of both camps aggressively attacking others or defending their preferred platform but it’s really stupid if you think about it. No one argues that Samsung or LG copied the rectangular shape of the Sony TV. No one fights over Honda using the same white paint on their cars as Toyota does. And would you have an argument with someone who buys a burger at Jollibee when you can buy more food for the same amount at the nearest canteen? Of course not! So why do we attack people who love gadgets that are different from ours?