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Apple's First Android App Makes It Easy To Move To iOS

Posted by samzenpus on from the move-it-on-over dept.

Mark Wilson writes: Apple has released its first ever Android app. No, there's not an Android version of Safari or anything like that, but a tool designed to simplify the process of switching to iOS. The predictably named Move to iOS will appeal to anyone who was persuaded to switch allegiances by the release of the iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus, or indeed iOS 9. The app can be used to move contacts, messages, photos and more to a new iPhone or iPad, and is compatible with phones and tablets running Android 4.0 and newer. It works slightly differently to what you may have expected. Rather than uploading data to the cloud, it instead creates private Wi-Fi network between an Android and iOS device and securely transfers it.

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  1. Quick poll by Coisiche · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Rate the chances of a reverse app to assist migrating from iPhone to Android making it into the Apple store?

    I'll go with never.

    1. Re:Quick poll by thaylin · · Score: 5, Insightful

      I agree, and in my mind that is what makes Android a far superior ecosystem, freedom.

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      When you cant win, ad hominem.
  2. Reviews by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I pre-ordered an iPhone 6S and I'm moving over from years of being on Android phones. I'm very interested in this app. I took a look at the review on the Play Store (which are mostly one-star reviews), and they all seem to be from Android fan boys about how switching to an iPhone will be the worst decision one can make. Other reviews seem to criticize the apps design scheme.

    These are phones, people. It's not a religion. These things aren't your children.

  3. Politically correct by codeButcher · · Score: 4, Insightful

    "Allegiance" is such a harsh-sounding word. I prefer "inertia-induced lock in".

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    Free, as in your money being freed from the confines of your account.