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Originally Posted by opendoor
For the most part they're fairly similar, but here are a few differences that stick out to me.
iOS functions better within it's own world and it's something Android will probably never match for obvious reasons. Streaming music to a stereo is completely seamless with iOS (assuming you have an Airport Express or Apple TV) while it's a chore with Android unless you use an intermediate device (Xbox) or have a DLNA capable receiver, and even then it's not as polished.
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All right, I can't let that slip... Streaming music is seamless with iOS as long as you have an Airport Express or Apple TV(sound like intermediary devices to me) vs Android that requires an intermediary device?
I agree if you have lots of other Apple stuff and buy all your content from itunes, you'd be pretty dumb to get an Android phone. Lots of people don't want to get locked in to getting everything from Apple though.
BTW, my Onkyo receiver works completely seamlessly with the Android Onkyo app in a nice 2 way fashion of being able to control the receiver, see the displays on the app, control the Receiver's Pandora app, and stream music from my phone. That's about as slick as it gets, I'd say.
Content is going to dictate the winner, and this is where I see Apple's strategy doing them in. 1), they don't like to compete on price. Movies, tv shows, and music are often cheaper on Amazon or Google. and 2) they are not allowing apple apps on things like receivers, tvs, cable boxes...etc. Apple wants you to have an apple device hooked up to all those things to view or listen to your itunes content, and that is where they are going to lose customers.