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Army Special Operations Command Ditching Android For iPhone, Says Report (gizmodo.com)

Posted by msmash on from the making-the-switch dept.

The United States Army's Special Operations Command is ditching its Android phones for the "faster" iPhone, according to a report. The source cited in the story says that Android phones were freezing unexpectedly, which was one of the reasons they decided to give the iPhone 6s a spin. Gizmodo adds: The smartphones allow members of the Special Operations Command to access rich information about the battlefield. There's also quickly accessible information, like a weapons and ammunitions guide. Other apps can help with high altitude jumps; another can detect radiation. While DARPA helped develop the program on Android due to the operating system's open platform, Apple's hardware is apparently superior enough to warrant the switch.

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  1. Huh? by Nidi62 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Other apps can help with high altitude jumps;

    So are they supposed to just whip out an iPhone in the middle of a HALO jump to figure out when they need to open their chute?

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  2. Re:Isn't there something in Apple's EULA about thi by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    You may not use this device to kill people?

    then how did pokemon go get approved?

  3. A natural consequence by Hognoxious · · Score: 2, Funny

    A natural consequence of the "don't ask, don't tell" policy.

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  4. Re:*Urban* Army Special Ops by Altus · · Score: 3, Funny

    Thats a TACTICAL turtleneck you insensitive clod!

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  5. Widely known that SOC has latitude in gear by perpenso · · Score: 3, Funny

    Really - three nearly identical posts ...

    Apologies for communicating with three different individuals.

    ... and in all three, you seem almost desperate to have someone acknowledge that you are an insider with super-meaningful knowledge.

    I am not an insider, nor have any special knowledge. It is quite well known that SOC has a wide latitude in gear selection. I merely saw a single instance of this well known practice. Apologies if your anti-military industrial complex meme or whatever failed. Perhaps there will be an F-35 post for you soon and you can find some joy.