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 sisoon (original poster moderator #31240) posted at 2:59 AM on Wednesday, November 22nd, 2023

I got new hearing aids a few months ago. They pretty much need to be controlled by a phone app, and my phone (Samsung S20 version) isn't listed by the HA vendor as compatible. Whatever, the app was slow and unreliable. People said get an iphone.

HA control on apple is much better than on the Samsung, but not great.

Here's what I lost:

1) Not only does the iphone NOT play flac (a lossless codec) files, apple won't convert from flac to alac (apple's lossles codec)

2) In fact, itunes (apparently necessary) deleted several GB of flac files - almost all my Beethoven, for example, all my Buddy Holly/Little Richard/Everly Bros/Valens/Orbison, almost all my blues and early country (Carter family, ect.) and Indian classical music - all essential road trip music. (well...essential to some people.)

3) The Android-IOS converter told me the conversion was totally successful. No error messages were generated, even though the app ignored my flac files.

4) My old phone and PC backups are at home, and I'm on a - you guessed it - road trip. I'm 99% certain I can get my music back, probably relatively easily, but I've always thought the iphone was a toy for most people, sort of like bread and circuses for the ancient Romans.

I wonder what else they've missed....

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Jeaniegirl ( member #6370) posted at 5:08 AM on Wednesday, November 22nd, 2023

I've had iPhones for several years now. I was a former Blackberry user. Remember those?? I had to get a new phone about three months ago as my old iPhone 10 wouldn't hold a charge any longer. I got iPhone 14Max and I'm still trying to learn everything about it. Phone are now more like computers and less like phones.

"Because I deserve better"

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Bigger ( Attaché #8354) posted at 4:21 PM on Wednesday, November 22nd, 2023

Went from Android (Samsung) to iPhone some years ago to be compatible with others in my family.
Can’t say I’m overwhelmed by any benefit to life after the change…
I find "real" GPS applications that use "real" maps a lot better supported in Android than iPhone; an important distinction for my fishing.
I guess I will upgrade phone in the next months, and it’s now a pressing question if I stick to iPhone or change family… laugh

"If, therefore, any be unhappy, let him remember that he is unhappy by reason of himself alone." Epictetus

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