iOS versus Android smartphones: I am a Mac person for many years now. Love the iOS system. Have noticed lately that the androids are teaming up with Leica, Hasselblad, Sony, etc for...

NMGal Loc: NE NM

I am a Mac person for many years now. Love the iOS system. Have noticed lately that the androids are teaming up with Leica, Hasselblad, Sony, etc for their cameras. Photos from these are beautiful. Also, androids also come in many sizes and configurations. Personally, I would like to see the iOS on android phones for the variety. Did a little surfing yesterday and see that an android phone can be converted to a iPhone. Wondered if anyone has done this or knows of it. How does it work? Anyone else thinking along these lines or am I going nuts?

Rongnongno Loc: FL

NMGal wrote:

I am a Mac person for many years now. Love the iO... (show quote)

iOS on android phones? What the heck? How about android on a mac?

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

I have a cell phone,
it works,
whatever OS is on it,
it meets my needs.

BBurns Loc: South Bay, California

NMGal wrote:

I am a Mac person for many years now. Love the iO... (show quote)

I don't know why but it's been done. Search YouTube.

NMGal Loc: NE NM

Guys, please. Maybe my question is not clear. For example: if I was lusting for the Hasselblad camera on the One Plus phone, but wanting to stay with the iOS system, could I change the operating system to iOS on the android phone and still have the cameras work? Would the iOS camera software work with the Hasselblad cameras?

Phil Singer Loc: Beautiful Downtown Brighton Michigan

Instead of talking and thinking about 'phones', think 'Pocket Computers'. To run the 'Hasselblad' application on a 'Pocket Computer', all you need to do is to (A) root the 'Pocket Computer' and (B) install the 'Hasselblad' o/s and code on it.

Having done o/s support for 40+ years, I can now point out the difficulties with the above (and switching back to talking about phones and cameras).

1) Will the phone's architecture support the instruction set the Hasselblad programs use? (probably not).

2) If not, are you capable of writing an emulating program to sit on top of your chosen phone? (If you could, I doubt you would be raising this question).

3) I would lay long odds against any android phones' architecture supporting Apples. Meaning, some instruction would 'blow up' (that's a technical term) very quickly if you succeeded in attempting to install it, but...

4) You cannot just run down to Best Buy and buy a copy of ios.

L-Fox

Longshadow wrote:

I have a cell phone,
it works,
whatever OS is on it,
it meets my needs.

FACT!!!

Phil Singer Loc: Beautiful Downtown Brighton Michigan

Look at the comments. This was an April Fool's joke.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

Phil Singer wrote:

Look at the comments. This was an April Fool's joke.

Interesting....

Different processors would need a cross-compiler for the OS,
if one existed.

fetzler Loc: North West PA

NMGal wrote:

I am a Mac person for many years now. Love the iO... (show quote)

I always think of cell phones as semi-useful devices. They do a lot of things rather poorly. Both Android and IOS are also semi useful operating systems. I have a cheap phone that I use on rare occasions that is fine. I have no Apple products as this company sees its customers as suckers. Admittedly, Samsung is not far behind. I live in an area with marginal service and also travel in areas with no cell service.

tschuler

fetzler wrote:

They do a lot of things rather poorly.

Yes. Most of the phone apps are poorly written. As a retired coder for a huge company, it makes me want to scream to the high heaven.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

tschuler wrote:

Yes. Most of the phone apps are poorly written. As a retired coder for a huge company, it makes me want to scream to the high heaven.

I know the feeling.......

I keep wondering if any of the developers use the apps they make.

alexol

fetzler wrote:

I always think of cell phones as semi-useful devices. They do a lot of things rather poorly. Both Android and IOS are also semi useful operating systems. I have a cheap phone that I use on rare occasions that is fine. I have no Apple products as this company sees its customers as suckers. Admittedly, Samsung is not far behind. I live in an area with marginal service and also travel in areas with no cell service.

Perhaps not yet having my second coffee as yet makes me grumpy, but how does this relate to the OP's question, or indeed make any useful contribution about anything?

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

fetzler wrote:

I always think of cell phones as semi-useful devices. They do a lot of things rather poorly. Both Android and IOS are also semi useful operating systems. I have a cheap phone that I use on rare occasions that is fine. I have no Apple products as this company sees its customers as suckers. Admittedly, Samsung is not far behind. I live in an area with marginal service and also travel in areas with no cell service.

Interesting.
I find my phone and <selected> apps very useful.

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

NMGal wrote:

I am a Mac person for many years now. Love the iO... (show quote)

Just because someone has done it, does not mean that it is a commercially viable thing. If it were, Apple's lawyers would swarm all over it and shut it down.

Partnerships with camera companies are sometimes about the technology, but most often, they are about the brand image.

Apple has good reason to limit its product range — it can concentrate on quality and suitability for purpose, for the broadest range of users.