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>Bluetooth can work, but it is slow as hell, and Apple doesn't support it.

Wait, seriously? iPhones still don't support Bluetooth file transfers? I knew this was the case with the first iPhone but I just accepted that's a limitation from the OS being still an early release of a brand new product with limited functionality, I wouldn't have expect this to be the case after 15 years.

Anyway, I'm still baffled we never got a standardized Wi-Fi file transfer protocol, like with Bluetooth but at wi-fi speeds.

Oh right, nevermind, Apple wouldn't have supported anyway versus their own proprietary one that only works on Apple devices.



Airdrop? I'm pretty sure it's works without wifi or cellular.

(If you're talking iphone to Android, nvm)


Yeah, I meant cross platform file sharing, since that's what Bluetooth enabled originally, you could send files between whatever brand of phone and whatever brand of PC.


You first have to get a file from your iOS app. Good luck with that.


Hit the share button and select "Save to Files". Dead easy.




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