<story><title>The iPhone XS and XS Max Review: Unveiling the Silicon Secrets</title><url>https://www.anandtech.com/show/13392/the-iphone-xs-xs-max-review-unveiling-the-silicon-secrets</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>hyperbovine</author><text>But I can&amp;#x27;t root my iPhone and use it as a Node.js server whilst simultaneously sniffing 802.11 traffic at DefCon. Therefore it&amp;#x27;s useless to me, and to everyone else who owns a phone as well.&lt;p&gt;&amp;#x2F;s</text></item><item><author>StreamBright</author><text>&amp;gt;&amp;gt;&amp;gt; The processor is one of the only thing Apple has a clear lead in over Android flagships.&lt;p&gt;This is the only thing I do not give a shit about. A much slower CPU would be just fine. The true advantage is the UX. Just try to disable automatic grammar correction on both iOS and Android and count the number of items you had to go through. It is insane how much crap Android has for every single thing. Designed by engineers for engineers mentality is the root cause here. Apple puts the user in charge how an mobile OS should look like or should behave and this is the biggest differentiating factor between iOS vs other platforms.</text></item><item><author>screye</author><text>I don&amp;#x27;t think that&amp;#x27;s a fair statement.&lt;p&gt;The processor is one of the only thing Apple has a clear lead in over Android flagships. (Others being customer support and longevity)&lt;p&gt;Android hardware and software are fully stable now. Android phones have better cameras and match apple in most other hardware metrics (display, speakers, antennas, build, touch response)&lt;p&gt;Software wise, it comes down to preferences. Both have a few things they do well, and others they stumble on. iOS12 is from what I have heard, smoother as butter. However, top flagships from Samsung, Google, OnePlus all run Android without any stutter at stable 60fps too.&lt;p&gt;All of my daily apps&amp;#x2F;usecases are at parity with their iOS. I don&amp;#x27;t know if the app ecosystem complaints are valid in 2018. (Apart from snap chat, because they have some wierd hate for Android)&lt;p&gt;I can respect your choice of wanting an Apple device. Especially if you are invested in their hardware and software ecosystem. But to someone who isn&amp;#x27;t, the iPhone does offer enough to switch from Android.</text></item><item><author>matchbok</author><text>Crazy how far ahead the iPhone is over every single Android phone. I moved over years ago because of the horrible hardware, lower-quality apps, and lack of support. Seems like this trend will continue.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>StreamBright</author><text>Totally. This is why the 0.000001% of mobile phone users who want to run node.js whilst simultaneously sniffing 802.11 traffic at DefCon use something else.</text></comment>
<story><title>The iPhone XS and XS Max Review: Unveiling the Silicon Secrets</title><url>https://www.anandtech.com/show/13392/the-iphone-xs-xs-max-review-unveiling-the-silicon-secrets</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>hyperbovine</author><text>But I can&amp;#x27;t root my iPhone and use it as a Node.js server whilst simultaneously sniffing 802.11 traffic at DefCon. Therefore it&amp;#x27;s useless to me, and to everyone else who owns a phone as well.&lt;p&gt;&amp;#x2F;s</text></item><item><author>StreamBright</author><text>&amp;gt;&amp;gt;&amp;gt; The processor is one of the only thing Apple has a clear lead in over Android flagships.&lt;p&gt;This is the only thing I do not give a shit about. A much slower CPU would be just fine. The true advantage is the UX. Just try to disable automatic grammar correction on both iOS and Android and count the number of items you had to go through. It is insane how much crap Android has for every single thing. Designed by engineers for engineers mentality is the root cause here. Apple puts the user in charge how an mobile OS should look like or should behave and this is the biggest differentiating factor between iOS vs other platforms.</text></item><item><author>screye</author><text>I don&amp;#x27;t think that&amp;#x27;s a fair statement.&lt;p&gt;The processor is one of the only thing Apple has a clear lead in over Android flagships. (Others being customer support and longevity)&lt;p&gt;Android hardware and software are fully stable now. Android phones have better cameras and match apple in most other hardware metrics (display, speakers, antennas, build, touch response)&lt;p&gt;Software wise, it comes down to preferences. Both have a few things they do well, and others they stumble on. iOS12 is from what I have heard, smoother as butter. However, top flagships from Samsung, Google, OnePlus all run Android without any stutter at stable 60fps too.&lt;p&gt;All of my daily apps&amp;#x2F;usecases are at parity with their iOS. I don&amp;#x27;t know if the app ecosystem complaints are valid in 2018. (Apart from snap chat, because they have some wierd hate for Android)&lt;p&gt;I can respect your choice of wanting an Apple device. Especially if you are invested in their hardware and software ecosystem. But to someone who isn&amp;#x27;t, the iPhone does offer enough to switch from Android.</text></item><item><author>matchbok</author><text>Crazy how far ahead the iPhone is over every single Android phone. I moved over years ago because of the horrible hardware, lower-quality apps, and lack of support. Seems like this trend will continue.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>lern_too_spel</author><text>Unlike with iOS, you don&amp;#x27;t need to root your phone (or pay Apple a yearly fee) to do those things and many more on an Android.</text></comment>