Super-seamless systems
There’s no doubt about it: Android offers a fantastic ecosystem with some of the best phones and best tablets money can buy. When you opt for products powered by Google’s operating system, you’ll find devices that cover just about every need imaginable, from budget-friendly phones to feature-rich powerhouses. It’s also a highly customizable system that lets you tweak it in just about any way you can imagine, unlike Apple’s locked down offerings.
Yet despite all that, I’ve never owned an Android phone.
Sure, I had a slide-up Samsung back in the day, but that was probably before Android was even a consideration inside Google HQ (honestly, it was also a terrible phone). Instead, I’ve faithfully stuck with Apple ever since I first got an iPhone 3GS, never since venturing outside the famous walled garden.
So why have I never been tempted to switch over to the Android side and ditch my Apple products for good, despite the open appeal of Google’s mobile operating system? Well, there’s one thing that has made me an Apple loyalist for many years now: the seamless way Apple’s devices all work together, and the incredible features this enables.
Apple controls both the hardware and software that underpins its products, and this is something that I think a lot of people really underestimate. If Apple knows exactly which devices and operating systems it will be working with, it knows what kind of features it can build, and it knows that those features should work reliably for everyone.
