The thing about Android was it just worked on its own, it was intelligent and wasn't tethered to a computer. The iPhone like it or not is tethered to your computer. It's really not a stand alone device like an Android phone is. Apple needs to get with the times. I shouldn't need to ever plug my iPhone up to a computer if I don't want to. Instead this thing still functions like the iPods of old. Over a decade ago that was acceptable because the iPod wasn't a standalone device but a cell phone should be.
For example when I had Player Pro on Android if I had a smart playlist on my device it updated in real time. Listen to a song on the device and the play count goes up one and it moves up the playlist if the rule so dictates. On iPhone you have to plug up to a PC to get the metadata to refresh on the device. Also Player Pro could do stuff like download cover art from the web on the phone without the need for a computer. On the iPhone if I didn't have my cover art when I copies over the song I have to plug back up to a computer to add it in.
For example when I had Player Pro on Android if I had a smart playlist on my device it updated in real time. Listen to a song on the device and the play count goes up one and it moves up the playlist if the rule so dictates. On iPhone you have to plug up to a PC to get the metadata to refresh on the device. Also Player Pro could do stuff like download cover art from the web on the phone without the need for a computer. On the iPhone if I didn't have my cover art when I copies over the song I have to plug back up to a computer to add it in.
My iPhone sometimes works and sometimes doesn't. I'll be using it and it will randomly power down sometimes I can power it right back on and other times no. It will show the low battery icon but this is with 50-60% battery left and if I wait a few minutes it may power back on or if I plug it up to a charger it will power back on and let me know the battery is really only half dead.
Suddenly today iTunes decides to tell me I'm missing 100 songs out of my library when I go to sync my Nano which is auto-synced to my most listened to playlist off my iPhone. I tell it to rescan the library and it adds duplicates for all the 18,000+ songs in my library. These new duplicates won't sync play count info from the iPhone anymore so I have to buy a program that cost $35 so I can copy the music off my iPhone back to my PC and get all the metadata back in sync.
Occasionally I plug the iPhone up to the PC and sync it and sits there for hours on step 4 waiting for changes to be applied screen because apparently 18,000 songs slows iTunes to a crawl. If I cancel then it corrupts the iPhone and the only fix is a restore because the corrupt data holds whatever storage capacity it was using hostage until you restore.
While I've got an Apple signed copy of 8.1.2 now that .3 is out until It's jailbroken I'm stuck with .2 meaning the bugs I constantly experience like Safari crashing on certain sites like the mobile version of Craigslist if I bring up the category menu if they get patched I'm locked out until they find an exploit. Back with Android stuff was rooted hell many times before the official update was even released.
Suddenly today iTunes decides to tell me I'm missing 100 songs out of my library when I go to sync my Nano which is auto-synced to my most listened to playlist off my iPhone. I tell it to rescan the library and it adds duplicates for all the 18,000+ songs in my library. These new duplicates won't sync play count info from the iPhone anymore so I have to buy a program that cost $35 so I can copy the music off my iPhone back to my PC and get all the metadata back in sync.
Occasionally I plug the iPhone up to the PC and sync it and sits there for hours on step 4 waiting for changes to be applied screen because apparently 18,000 songs slows iTunes to a crawl. If I cancel then it corrupts the iPhone and the only fix is a restore because the corrupt data holds whatever storage capacity it was using hostage until you restore.
While I've got an Apple signed copy of 8.1.2 now that .3 is out until It's jailbroken I'm stuck with .2 meaning the bugs I constantly experience like Safari crashing on certain sites like the mobile version of Craigslist if I bring up the category menu if they get patched I'm locked out until they find an exploit. Back with Android stuff was rooted hell many times before the official update was even released.
betray the set
iTunes is the reason I made the decision the go with gsdg when the mobile os wars popped off.
