I am getting tired of iOS

[SakuraSuki]

Im fairly certain most of this is not true. From what Ive heard you generally cannot install the latest version of Android on a phone that's 2 years old. You also shouldn't compare a 2 year old Android phone to a 3 year old iPhone 4... The iPhone 4s is at least twice as fast as the iPhone 4 isnt it? The iPhone 4s was released 2 years ago. Does the iPhone 4s have massive issues running iOS 7?

In most cases, yes, you don't get update from manufacture. But it does not stop you loads new OSes by yourself. Where if Apple decides or drop a device, you really stuck at old OS with no possibility to flash new OS. While I am grateful for Apple updates old devices, but that not what we are talking about.


You see, when BlackBerry gets really popular back at 2000 all the way until 2012, you stuck at very old OS and BlackBeery fans just like current Apple fans, refuses any changes.

iOS is t a point that he whole OS model is still based on 2007 concept, which is terribly old by now. Competitor platform, including BB10 now offers some better features than iOS. That is his threat essentially talking about. Apple cannot continue this path, otherwise, iOS will be next BlackBerry OS. Eventually iOS will ended up similar with OS X became low two digits share and Apple moves to other product.

 

[batting1000]

In most cases, yes, you don't get update from manufacture. But it does not stop you loads new OSes by yourself. Where if Apple decides or drop a device, you really stuck at old OS with no possibility to flash new OS. While I am grateful for Apple updates old devices, but that not what we are talking about.

The average consumer is not gonna be rooting their phone.

 

[SakuraSuki]

The average consumer is not gonna be rooting their phone.

Most consumer also do not care much about running latest OS... So the whole issue about not running latest OS is plain stupid. I have friend running old Android 2.2 and he is fine with it.

 

[batting1000]

Most consumer also do not care much about running latest OS... So the whole issue about not running latest OS is plain stupid. I have friend running old Android 2.2 and he is fine with it.

So maybe that's why Android manufacturers think it's OK to not update so quickly because if the person really wants the update, they're likely to just root, otherwise they're probably an average consumer and could care less.

The whole point is that you shouldn't have root to get the latest updates in a timely manner. It's not a matter of being "fine" with running an old OS. Google is always fixing bugs and security flaws in new updates.

 

[Nanasaki]

So maybe that's why Android manufacturers think it's OK to not update so quickly because if the person really wants the update, they're likely to just root, otherwise they're probably an average consumer and could care less.

The whole point is that you shouldn't have root to get the latest updates in a timely manner. It's not a matter of being "fine" with running an old OS. Google is always fixing bugs and security flaws in new updates.

It is largely on how you see as update. Android manufactures won't provide update if the phone cannot run all features of new OS and one OEM makes **** loads of phone. While Apple provide OS update to older devices with reduced features. This is two different way of saying things.

Other factor is that Google is moving its core apps, such as Play Store, Play Music, Google Keyboards, Maps etc. to its Play Store, so even without the latest OS, users still can use most of new core apps.

 

[CB1234]

Most consumer also do not care much about running latest OS... So the whole issue about not running latest OS is plain stupid. I have friend running old Android 2.2 and he is fine with it.

Most consumers do not care how much you find iOS 'annoying' and they are fine with it…

 

[shandyman]

Sometimes default isn't the best one. The software keyboard on iOS certainly is not the best one. I have came across many good keyboard on Android, it is frustrating to not have those software keyboards. I don't really see how changing software keyboard will dramatically impact overall user experience. This has been long requested features and lots of people jailbreak for changing keyboard.

What happens when you want to share into different service provider beside Facebook, Twitter or Weibo. Certainly I know quite a few. Then I need to open the application then to write a post. I don't think it should be this way.

Most the software keyboards on android are gimmicky, like Swype. Pointless waste of time.

As for pic sharing to different things beside Facebook, twitter, etc, that's down to the developers. If you want to share a pic via that, and if the app allows that, the devs should enable their app to appear in the share sheet. Blame the dev's not apple.

 

[sk1wbw]

I'm still not understanding why you'd want to change the default keyboard to another keyboard with the same layout? You either have QWERTY or DVORAK, of which I've not seen in decades, so why change the default keyboard? The letters are still the same, it makes no difference.

 

[SakuraSuki]

I'm still not understanding why you'd want to change the default keyboard to another keyboard with the same layout? You either have QWERTY or DVORAK, of which I've not seen in decades, so why change the default keyboard? The letters are still the same, it makes no difference.

Because you never tried better keyboard. For English is might be ok as I said, but for Chinese keyboard, he default is absolutely annoying. It is way less responsive and words bank are just lacking. I don't even use default Chinese and Japanese keyboard on OS X

Most the software keyboards on android are gimmicky, like Swype. Pointless waste of time.

As for pic sharing to different things beside Facebook, twitter, etc, that's down to the developers. If you want to share a pic via that, and if the app allows that, the devs should enable their app to appear in the share sheet. Blame the dev's not apple.

I absolutely loving Swype. It is absolutely great for one hand use and it is vey accurate.

 

[shandyman]

I absolutely loving Swype. It is absolutely great for one hand use and it is vey accurate.

I can text much faster with one hand using standard keyboard than swype. I always got at least one error per message on swype

 

[zone23]

Rooting a device does not grant you the ability to flash ROMs on android. In order to "flash" a ROM someone must make a custom recovery for that device which then needs to be flashed using the Android SDK/fastboot provided the device can be unlocked. Not all devices can be "unlocked" for example the Droid DNA is locked down solid and cannot be unlocked without using a security hole to hack it.

Anyway just to keep the facts straight android devices don't get supported in the development community forever. They die just like every other device. Some die faster than others and some get no support at all. Its not a perfect world for Android phones either.

 

[Night Spring]

Because you never tried better keyboard. For English is might be ok as I said, but for Chinese keyboard, he default is absolutely annoying. It is way less responsive and words bank are just lacking. I don't even use default Chinese and Japanese keyboard on OS X.

I don't know about Japanese input in OS X (I use Windows), but the Japanese keyboard on iOS works just fine. I don't find the word selection lacking, and if there is any word I use frequently that is not in the iOS dictionary, I can add them in keyboard shortcuts in the Settings.app. I also find that the iOS Japanese keyboard is pretty good at remembering which words I use the most, so sometimes I can type complete sentences in a few taps, just by typing the first letter of each word. Maybe Chinese keyboard doesn't work as well, but don't assume that just because Chinese input is bad, Japanese is also.

 

[SakuraSuki]

I don't know about Japanese input in OS X (I use Windows), but the Japanese keyboard on iOS works just fine. I don't find the word selection lacking, and if there is any word I use frequently that is not in the iOS dictionary, I can add them in keyboard shortcuts in the Settings.app. I also find that the iOS Japanese keyboard is pretty good at remembering which words I use the most, so sometimes I can type complete sentences in a few taps, just by typing the first letter of each word. Maybe Chinese keyboard doesn't work as well, but don't assume that just because Chinese input is bad, Japanese is also.

If you ever tried Simeji keyboard on Android then you will know why i desire this instead of iOS Japanese keyboard.

It offers far more emoji than iOS keyboard, also it able to update word banks once a while. Ability to change skin is great addition.

 

[Night Spring]

If you ever tried Simeji keyboard on Android then you will know why i desire this instead of iOS Japanese keyboard.

It offers far more emoji than iOS keyboard, also it able to update word banks once a while. Ability to change skin is great addition.

You and I obviously have different priorities, because I couldn't care less about changing skins! More emoji and updating word banks probably wouldn't motivate me to switch keyboards, even if I could do it on iOS.

But I just had to setup email on my boss's Android phone (Samsung Galaxy, I believe) and I just hated it. I don't want to deal with it long enough to figure out how the file system works!

On iOS, I got GoodReader, FileBrowser and Dropbox, and between them, I have a way of dealing with files that's good enough. Could things be better? Sure. Is it so bad that I want to complain about it to Apple or on an online forum? Not really.

I think if you want a 4:3 tablet with a file system, your best bet is wait for an Android maker to come out with one. Samsung, for instance makes devices in every conceivable size. Android 4:3 tablet is more likely to happen than Apple allowing a file browser on iOS. I mean, they'd probably get rid of the file browser in OS X if they could figure out how.

Some things are just so core to a company's philosophy they are never going to change. Part of being a smart consumer is recognizing which is which. If having a file browser and user switchable keyboard is important to you, you've got to accept that you aren't going to get that from Apple. Yes, there are good reasons why users might want these features, but Apple knows those reasons, and they've said no, and they aren't likely to change their mind.

 

[darngooddesign]

Most consumer also do not care much about running latest OS... So the whole issue about not running latest OS is plain stupid. I have friend running old Android 2.2 and he is fine with it.

Unless there is a security flaw which won't be plugged without an OS update.