AirDrop is pretty high on the list of reasons to switch to an iPhone. If you own an iPad or Mac in addition to your Apple phone, AirDrop allows you to quickly and easily transfer files to and from those devices.

According to XDA Developers, Samsung is trying its best to eliminate that advantage. The site has posted screenshots of an app called Quick Share, allegedly obtained from a source who owns a Galaxy S20+ 5G. This indicates that Samsung will likely launch it at the same time as the Galaxy S20 flagship series, which is scheduled to be announced on February 11.

According to the screenshot, Quick Share appears to be a typical AirDrop replacement, touting "instant sharing with anyone nearby." Of course, the person you want to share with must be using a Galaxy device or a SmartThings-enabled device, so basically this method is Samsung-only.

Interestingly, if one wants to send something to a SmartThings product, the file is uploaded to Samsung's cloud server and pulled down by the device in question. This seems to limit the file size that users can share: up to 1GB at a time and 2GB per day. This per-day limit is somewhat peculiar, but Samsung seems somewhat concerned that customers will abuse their temporary cloud storage privileges if they do not impose some limits.

Also like AirDrop, Quick Share users can restrict incoming files to only those listed in their contacts, according to XDA Developers, although they downloaded Quick Share on two Galaxy S10s, could not get the feature to work on these older models.

Those who follow Android developments closely will notice that Google is also preparing its own protocol, similar to AirDrop, called Nearby Sharing. We don't know when Google plans to release Nearby Sharing. But more importantly, we also don't know what the presence of Quick Share will mean for the availability of Nearby Sharing on Samsung's upcoming phones.