I plugged my S23 into a computer to copy files from it and my iPhone-using co-worker looked at me like I was a wizard. There is such a major culture gap on how the different device families work, and so hard to understand the other family.
Yeah you can plug iPhone into computer, which I haven't done for years now. Only reason was to load it up with mp3s.
Last weekend I've tried to do the same without a computer and basically you can only use players like VLC which only allowed me to load single file (playlists are there, but again you have to connect to computer).
Edit: Just tried one more time and you can place files into VLC folder (using Files is a bit tedious tho) and they appear in VLC player. Yay.
It's annoying as hell though--with Android devices you can see Downloads or Pictures or whatever and move things to and fro as you please.
With ios you need a Mac and you are stuck with the 'Photos' app and or otherwise it's some ugly abstraction with weird year_month_day directories all over the place.
MP3’s have been supported by Apple’s devices since the first iPod came out in 2001. The headache is that there is no way to transfer files to add to your Music library locally except from your computer like it was still 2001.
Yes, I’m aware of the work around using GarageBand for iOS.
Okay I've just tried VLC once again and it's almost useable - I can easily select all mp3's from local files and play them. It doesn't allow to copy them into VLCs library tho - so no playlists.
Edit: Just tried one more time and you can place files into VLC folder (using Files is a bit tedious tho) and they appear in VLC player. Yay.
