Technarchy
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10 days. That's not even trying...
Took me 3 months to run to an 5S after 3 months with the S4
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Google Chairman Eric Schmidt Posts Guide on Converting to Android from iPhone
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10 days. That's not even trying...
Took me 3 months to run to an 5S after 3 months with the S4
Jessica Lares
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I can't believe we were all on about this CarrierIQ BS only for people to embrace it on the Moto X and the Nexus 5 when it's done by companies like Motorola and Google, and being build into "content aware" launchers years later on. I find that the whole Android scene is filled of hypocrites now when they're all excited about Aviate and Everything Home.
I want nice apps that I can use on my phone, and not for the manufacturer to abuse me as a customer for their own needs. The Google Experience Launcher is just that, an abuse of power by Google. Installed it on my S2, and it's just wow that I didn't even have to push anything to do a search, just say "Ok Google".
This guide is just sad. It just shows how much Android doesn't even play nicely with a Mac and you have to do everything within the browser and the phone itself. Syncing your music for 10 hours is not exactly a smooth experience.
I hope he knows by telling people to uninstall Safari is going to lead to issues too as it's no longer downloadable. So you'd have to manually add it back into OS X by downloading the entire OS installer, or find a dodgy link to it on the internet. 🙄
I want nice apps that I can use on my phone, and not for the manufacturer to abuse me as a customer for their own needs. The Google Experience Launcher is just that, an abuse of power by Google. Installed it on my S2, and it's just wow that I didn't even have to push anything to do a search, just say "Ok Google".
This guide is just sad. It just shows how much Android doesn't even play nicely with a Mac and you have to do everything within the browser and the phone itself. Syncing your music for 10 hours is not exactly a smooth experience.
I hope he knows by telling people to uninstall Safari is going to lead to issues too as it's no longer downloadable. So you'd have to manually add it back into OS X by downloading the entire OS installer, or find a dodgy link to it on the internet. 🙄
Technarchy
macrumors 604
Maybe when android can actually achieve something as simple as scrolling without being a choppy lag factory.
This kind of complaint would have been valid 3 years ago. Sorry, not anymore.
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You say that as if Nexus phones don't exist.
lolkthxbai
macrumors 65816
A decade? iPhone OS was released with the iPhone in June 2007. If I learned math correctly, 2013 minus 2007 equals 6, not 10.
While I know what you're saying, I think it's a bit premature to rule iOS 7's new look out yet. People are adjusting to it, and demanding that app developers upgrade their apps to this new look. Check out the Viber page on Facebook to see some of these disgruntled users complaining about Viber not yet updating. Personally, I love Viber's look and don't think they need to upgrade. It's still a well-designed native app and feels just fine alongside upgraded apps.
Why are so many people talking about Nexxxxus? I played with one the other day and was confused and bored with it in about 33 seconds, 3 seconds after it booted up from out of the box. And anyone who listens to an old man claiming "oh you'll love android" ... Well, you do the math.
How many of your apps still work under IOS 7? Give it enough time with developers not updating apps and the investment slowly disappears any way.
I have 15,000 apps, would be nice if Apple added a compatibility mode to run apps that developers gave up on.
My experience so far with IOS 7(Buggiest release ever) and Apple being so slow to release a big phone makes me forget my app investment on my Phone. As far as the iPad I can still use it till it dies.
Rogifan
macrumors Penryn
If you prefer pre iOS 7 aesthetic why would you like Android, which has none of that aesthetic?
"have better screens, are faster, and have a much more intuitive interface."
No, no, aaand no. I'm glad there's competition for Apple, but android screens from my experience of viewing photos on both are not better. PPI and size are not everything. Faster? Doubt it. But really who cares if it's true? It's a fricken phone. At a certain point what does a faster phone even mean? Doubt after a certain speed, 99% of the population doesn't even care. Intuitive interface?! Lol. I try using my wife's Samsung s3 and I feel like an idiot trying to navigate the thing.
No, no, aaand no. I'm glad there's competition for Apple, but android screens from my experience of viewing photos on both are not better. PPI and size are not everything. Faster? Doubt it. But really who cares if it's true? It's a fricken phone. At a certain point what does a faster phone even mean? Doubt after a certain speed, 99% of the population doesn't even care. Intuitive interface?! Lol. I try using my wife's Samsung s3 and I feel like an idiot trying to navigate the thing.
I love my nexus 4 but I'd go back to ios if apple released a phone with a decent size screen and a form factor that doesn't look like it's designed for a teenage girl.
Until then I will play with ios on my iPad and wait for Apple to catch up with their screen choices.
To me it about the experience, not who makes it. Also it's good to try new things, it gives a fresh perspective.
Until then I will play with ios on my iPad and wait for Apple to catch up with their screen choices.
To me it about the experience, not who makes it. Also it's good to try new things, it gives a fresh perspective.
Yep, trying to put in http proxy information on Androids is a pain in the A$$, they are all hidden somewhere slightly differently, and then if you need an authenticated proxy (like where I work) the aggravation goes up and up and up. Its always sad to let people who bought a cheap phone from China with Android 2.2 that no, it will not work, you get what you pay for and I am buggered if I know (Or care) how you can upgrade the OS.
Android is so fat that it needs x cores more than iOS to go at the same speed/performance 😀
avanpelt
macrumors 68030
Listen to the latest All About Android podcast on TWiT. You'll hear Jason Howell and Gina Trepani bemoaning the camera on one of the latest Android phones -- can't remember if it's a Nexus 5 or the Moto X. They're wondering why Google can't seem to get cameras right even in their latest phones -- and whether the problem is hardware or software.
For all the talk about Android being customizable, there's something to be said for having stock apps like the camera that work well. I mean, really, if the stock Android OS and the stock apps are so great, why do people spend hours upon hours tweaking countless launchers and apps trying to get a phone that runs "smoother" and "looks better".
Maybe it's just my age (early 30's); but I have a family to take care of and a business to run. I don't have the time to sit around customizing my phone for hours at a time. I need a phone that's consistently dependable. Having tried Android for a year and a half, I came back to the iPhone because the Android phone seemed to need optimal conditions to consistently work well. The phone dialer would crash (presumably because I had too many apps running) and the camera would take good pictures but only when the lighting was perfect.
I need a phone that gets the job done well in the real world where conditions are usually less than perfect. For me, that's the iPhone.
For all the talk about Android being customizable, there's something to be said for having stock apps like the camera that work well. I mean, really, if the stock Android OS and the stock apps are so great, why do people spend hours upon hours tweaking countless launchers and apps trying to get a phone that runs "smoother" and "looks better".
Maybe it's just my age (early 30's); but I have a family to take care of and a business to run. I don't have the time to sit around customizing my phone for hours at a time. I need a phone that's consistently dependable. Having tried Android for a year and a half, I came back to the iPhone because the Android phone seemed to need optimal conditions to consistently work well. The phone dialer would crash (presumably because I had too many apps running) and the camera would take good pictures but only when the lighting was perfect.
I need a phone that gets the job done well in the real world where conditions are usually less than perfect. For me, that's the iPhone.
Technarchy
macrumors 604
Sorry, but I can't be lied to on this.
Compare the scrolling on the GS4 Chrome to the iOS chrome and it's night and day. It's not even close. The GS4 is laggy, and choppy. I'm just talking the browser here. The UI lag is just as bad.
WeetaBiXie
macrumors regular
djtech42
macrumors 65816
But you wouldn't have the integration then. Android doesn't exactly integrate with Windows or Linux.
JGIGS
macrumors 68000
A lot of the apps you would pay for are free on google play. (especially games) Let's be honest for the apps that you'd really want to pay for on Android It's probably a $20 dollar investment in total.
WeetaBiXie
macrumors regular
Wow! Thanks for the insight!
....wanders off and goes back to playing KOTOR on the iPad....
JGIGS
macrumors 68000
Funny, I have zero lag on my Nexus 5 and I don't miss the slow zoom to open a folder on ios 7.
I hate when people who haven't used recent products from a maker make false comments.
Just like I can't say whether new blackberries or window phones suck because I haven't used one for at least a few months. There's a learning curve when you are so used to one OS. Not fair to judge just picking one up for 5 minutes and judging. Then again the lag comment tells me you probably haven't even done that.
