“Apple is flat-out denying a report it is working on software to make it easier for iPhone owners to transfer their data to an Android device,” Ina Fried reports for Re/code.
“Britain’s Telegraph newspaper reported that, amid pressure from European wireless providers, Apple was developing a tool to allow people to more easily move their contacts, photos and music over to an Android device,” Fried reports.
Fried reports, “‘There is no truth to this rumor,’ an Apple representative told Re/code. ‘We are entirely focused on switching users from Android to iPhone, and that is going great.'”
Read more in the full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: Again, as we wrote earlier, even if it existed, “no one of any consequence would use such a tool.”
For those Android settlers who’ve stumbled here via search engines or other means, Apple’s “Move to iOS” app is available via Google Play here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.apple.movetoios
With just a few steps, you can migrate your content automatically and securely from your Android phone with the “Move to iOS” app. Or visit an Apple Store and Apple will help you move to your new iPhone and get you all set up. Either way, it couldn’t be simpler. More info here.
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