Telegram founder feels iPhone can’t compete with Android because it is stuck in the middle ages
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Durov feels Android phones are way superior to the iPhones because it is still stuck in the “middle ages”.
Telegram founder Pavel Durov’s startling comment on iPhones can put off a lot of Apple enthusiasts. Durov feels Android phones are way superior to the iPhones because it is still stuck in the “middle ages”. He not only criticised iPhones but had an option about the people use them as well. He called the users a “digital slave of apple”. Durov expressed his views on Apple following a report by New York Times that highlights the tech giant’s link with China. Durov took to his Telegram channel to share the link of the New York Times article that uncovers Apple’s relationship with China and its involvement in "large-scale surveillance and censorship at the behest of China.” “Apple is very efficient at pursuing their business model, which is based on selling overpriced, obsolete hardware to customers locked in their ecosystem,” Durov said.“Every time I have to use an iPhone to test our iOS app I feel like I’m thrown back into the Middle Ages. The iPhone’s 60Hz displays can’t compete with the 120Hz displays of modern Android phones that support much smoother animations,” he added.
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