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I wonder why phone manufacturers keep using USB 2.0. The fact that transferring files over data cable is slower than transferring over wifi is wild.
One off the cuff and kinda cynical guess I could make would be that Apple has a monopoly on Airdrop which further reinforces the everything-works-better-in-the-ecosystem thing they seem keen to defend.
Last time I checked it was a decent bit more convoluted to quickly wirelessly send files back and forth from a PC to an iPhone whereas it's real easy with a Mac.
Not only Airdrop but iCloud subscriptions. When backing up/sharing large photo libraries using iCloud is faster and easier than to a computer, then they’re going to sell a lot more iCloud storage subscriptions.
Sucks iCloud is so garbage for anything professional. If I could just use that for my freelance work it'd be great but it's just complete trash compared to Dropbox for stuff like file handoff and versioning and selective sync and all that kinda stuff.
I can't even think of the last time I wanted to transfer a file between my phone and computer. Photos are automatically pushed to the cloud. Music is streamed now. Idk what else I would need to transfer.
Would be an interesting pro-model feature
Kinda skepticaly it'll happen tho, they'd rather you use iCloud and Airdrop to lock u into apple more
If I can import images straight to my phone on the spot/while I'm driving home that would make me a lot more likely to upgrade. I don't "need" it, but I don't bring my laptop everywhere and sometimes I can't be bothered to get it out to move photos around.