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If anyone is looking to jump ship after the debacle that was WWDC 2025. Vivo's upcoming foldable will work with your Apple Watch and iCloud

Vivo X Fold5 Breaks Apple's Closed Ecosystem Completely • innoGyan

On the day Apple headlines WWDC, Vivo has quietly stirred up its own excitement. Product manager Han Boxiao introduced a wave of groundbreaking features in

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[Soodanim]

I hate to be negative here, but all I have is doubts. You have to have an iPhone with you for some of it, and the rest will likely not be as smooth and seamless as they want you to think.

If you want to be in the Apple ecosystem, having everything travel through a secondary device seems to be a very odd way to go about it. Either go Apple or don't, IMO.

 

[TVexperto]

This is big if true but how did they manage to do that

 

[Days like these...]

I hate to be negative here, but all I have is doubts. You have to have an iPhone with you for some of it, and the rest will likely not be as smooth and seamless as they want you to think.

If you want to be in the Apple ecosystem, having everything travel through a secondary device seems to be a very odd way to go about it. Either go Apple or don't, IMO.

You don't need a secondary device. If you have this upcoming foldable and an iPhone you can receive your calls and messages on both phones but iits not necessary to have an iPhone. I have no interest in switching to Apple. This is for people who are already in the ecosystem and would like to switch but don't want to go through the hassle of losing icloud or not being able to use their Apple watch.
Airpod and Mac remote support are in the pipeline too .

I guess it doesn't matter Apple will most likely find a way to block this with an update but pretty cool nonetheless.

 

[AJUMP23]

Looks Chinese so you will have the entire Chinese government spying on you instead of Apple.

 

[Days like these...]

Looks Chinese so you will have the entire Chinese government spying on you instead of Apple.

Youre being ignored for your steak eating preferences

 

[AJUMP23]

Youre being ignored for your steak eating preferences

Medium Rare is a perfectly acceptable temp.

 

[Trogdor1123]

Medium Rare is a perfectly acceptable temp.

What's wrong with medium rare? That's perfect prime rib temp.

 

[AJUMP23]

What's wrong with medium rare? That's perfect prime rib temp.

Nothing.

 

[LordCBH]

Medium Rare is a perfectly acceptable temp.

Overcooked lol

 

[Days like these...]

Medium Rare is a perfectly acceptable temp.

You're right I must be ignoring you for an entirely different reason. I'll just unignore you till I figure it out

 

[Pagusas]

What debacle? WWDC 2025 was great, especially for iPad users. Are you talking about the move to the "Liquid Glass" styling? If you are ingrained in the apple ecosystem you are there because of how perfectly everything works together, a design change isn't going to move you off of it, and you most certainly aren't going to buy a Chinese Android device to leave. And if you were that person that just HATES the new look so much you want to leave... your macbook and watch are getting the same look too, so switching phones isn't going to get you away from it.

Plus Apple will kill whatever loop hole they are using.

 

[AJUMP23]

You're right I must be ignoring you for an entirely different reason. I'll just unignore you till I figure it out

Maybe you need to post here.

Post in thread 'Who is your nemesis on GAF?'

Jun 11, 2025

I get along with everyone. But I wonder who has me on ignore?

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[Days like these...]

Maybe you need to post here.

Post in thread 'Who is your nemesis on GAF?'

Jun 11, 2025

I get along with everyone. But I wonder who has me on ignore?

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I did snoy sisters, people who eat their steaks past medium rare and Michael Jackson fans are my nemesis.

 

[ReBurn]

I feel bad for people who buy these devices because Apple will probably find a way to block them.

 

[Zathalus]

Debacle? Is this an Androids user perspective or somebody that actually uses a iPhone?

 

[IntentionalPun]

I don't know who would do this?

Like you need n iPhone for most of this… and good luck if you use iMessage at all as those won't be forwarded.

It's also being very coy with wording; "don't need to keep an iPhone to use a few features from this Android device." So… it can't setup the Apple Watch or probably update it. Also again they are mentioning only SMS?

This is all hardly what I think of when I think of Apple's closed ecosystem being broken "completely."

 

[Days like these...]

I feel bad for people who buy these devices because Apple will probably find a way to block them.

Yeah, I'm sure Apple will block this but it's pretty cool that they managed to break into the ecosystem from a technical standpoint.

 

[ReBurn]

Yeah, I'm sure Apple will block this but it's pretty cool that they managed to break into the ecosystem from a technical standpoint.

I agree. The Beeper mini app was really cool and Apple kinda sucks for blocking it.

 

[Days like these...]

I don't know who would do this?

Like you need n iPhone for most of this… and good luck if you use iMessage at all as those won't be forwarded.

It's also being very coy with wording; "don't need to keep an iPhone to use a few features from this Android device." So… it can't setup the Apple Watch or probably update it. Also again they are mentioning only SMS?

This is all hardly what I think of when I think of Apple's closed ecosystem being broken "completely."

Not sure why you've put "completely" in quotations. I guess we'll have to wait till the press conference to see how well this works or doesn't work. But in other news this foldable will be thinner and lighter than a slab phone even when folded

 

[IntentionalPun]

Not sure why you've put "completely" in quotations. I guess we'll have to wait till the press conference to see how well this works or doesn't work. But in other news this foldable will be thinner and lighter than a slab phone even when folded

Because it's in the fluff piece article title.

 

[Days like these...]

Because it's in the fluff piece article title.

The one I linked, I must have missed it? How is it a fluff piece? You're being awfully defensive