Do you have to hate Android to share that opinion? I don't think so....
Actually I love Android. I'm a big supporter of Android since its first commercial iteration (1.5 on an Acer phone). But I agree with his opinion about Android and iOS.
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iPhone 6, is it worth 150-200% the price of Android high-end phones?
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Do you have to hate Android to share that opinion? I don't think so....
Actually I love Android. I'm a big supporter of Android since its first commercial iteration (1.5 on an Acer phone). But I agree with his opinion about Android and iOS.
With the current iPhone 6 embarrassment of 1GB RAM, I don't know how anyone can knock Android memory management. The flagships don't reload tabs anything like as badly as iOS does these days.
Tab reloading on Safari is not a RAM issue, because using Mercury Browser I'm experiencing much less, if any, reloads.....
I guess I could sit here and whine about Android, make stuff up about Android to p*ss Android users off. But, I wont. Why? Cos Im not a fanboy, or a troller, and there are users here that use or like Android that contribute. Id suggest that you hang out on forums that you share an interest instead of wasting your time here.You cannot even get your tech info accurate. No credibility
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Don't you know? Apple is very embarrassed about iPhone 6 ..... especially its sales
I know, the sales are embarrassing. Its embarrassing that there are not enough phones to satisfy demand. Other brands satisfy the demand much better. Less sales is great to satisfy demand.....
i don't hate Android I'm not blind to the fact that its phone maker throw hardware at obvious software problems. Ask any real Android user they'll root the OS for a better and smoother experience or buy a Nexus. iOS nor Android need the power of a desktop to run smoothly. It all comes down to software, OS and third party app performance. Take for example the average website server one that handles 100k plus users a day. You'd be shocked at the specs on them. You don't need Quad core,with 32-64gb ram and optimized linux OS with 4gb ram can handle that with ease.
Hardware does not necessarily make a device better, lately its used to cover up issues and appease spec junkies and tech blogs.
that's not a RAM issues, like other have said. A lot of things are at issue here, one being the site that is load. If a site is not optimized for mobile its going to be slow. I'm a Web and Mobile app developer. I've have personally fixed client sites, apps and optimize servers. I personally do not have the "slow phone" issue that some are typing about. I would love to visit some of these site and apps that you are using.
Now with everything moving towards 64bit could the new iPhone 6s/7 use 2gb RAM possibly but again the factor is will 3rd Party apps warrant the push for 2gb. When you see an app crashing / reloading, its usually the app dev's fault. iOS is not going to allow an app to run wild and drain all of its resources. Usually during App submissions Apple will test for those memory leaks. Back to my point I personally (and Apple does too) don't think 2gb RAM is needed yet.
Not true. Hardware doesn't compensate for software shortcomings.
Not true. I've used Android AND iOS since each platform was released in 2007 and 2008 respectively. I've owned every model of iPhone up to the current iP6+ I'm composing this post on.
During that same time frame I've owned over forty new Androids from Samsung, HTC, Motorola, Huawei, LG, OPPO, and others. In the first few years Rooting my Androids did serve a purpose. But since Ice Cream Sandwich version 4.0 rooting is no longer needed. Speed smooth and fluid operation is every bit as good as iOS.
Any good smartphone is designed by highly skilled engineers working within the parameters issued to them by their employer, these are large scale Enterprises like Apple that know what they're doing.
Both my Nexus 6 and iPhone 6 Plus are two very different yet excellent smartphones. I speak from long term personal experience, not some quote or review I've read by some biased writer.
No phone on ice cream sandwich is smooth as a semi modern iOS device, sorry to say, not even on 4.2 JB or 4.3 JB. It is only then on KitKat that the UI seems consistently fluid and smooth, otherwise I would always still get jank considerably even on JellyBean when i was running on latest available hardware at the time
All I know is iphone is smooth but slow. Ics may not be as smooth but sure is faster than iphone.
I rather have more productive phone than one which I waste time looking at the slow and smooth animations .
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Yeah...thats where your just lying and trolling now in my honest opinion. A 5/5S/6 blows away a ICS/JB device era any day of the week. Animations arent slow by any means and in app performance is blisteringly fast
No I don't agree. It was only with kit Kat that android phones were able to draw almost level with iPhones for fluidity and speed.
Even my iPod touch 5th gen/ original iPad mini(iOS 6) were faster and more fluid than my original Galaxy note, Galaxy S3 running (ics and JB).
What speed are you talking about? Scrolling and screen transitions is slower on iphone than on ics.
In terms of smoothness or fluidity iphone is better
Edit: Correction
My earlier post read:
"In the first few years Rooting my Androids did serve a purpose. But since Ice Cream Sandwich version 4.0 rooting is no longer needed. Speed smooth and fluid operation is every bit as good as iOS."
I stand by my statement "In the first few years Rooting my Androids did serve a purpose. But since Ice Cream Sandwich version 4.0 rooting is no longer needed."
My_mistake_ was failure to proof read the next sentence. I wrote one thing but I actually meant: "True speed, smooth and fluid operation began with Android 4.3.x. With Android 4.4.4 through the latest Rev of Lollipop it's every bit as good as iOS."
If you've encountered any top of the line Android designed to run these latest versions that's not fast and smooth, it's a faulty unit. It's as simple as that.
My Nexus 5 which I upgraded to Lollipop, as well as my Nexus 6 which came with it, are both very fast, exceptionally smooth, and highly effective. These are both exemplary smartphones.
My earlier post read:
"In the first few years Rooting my Androids did serve a purpose. But since Ice Cream Sandwich version 4.0 rooting is no longer needed. Speed smooth and fluid operation is every bit as good as iOS."
I stand by my statement "In the first few years Rooting my Androids did serve a purpose. But since Ice Cream Sandwich version 4.0 rooting is no longer needed."
My_mistake_ was failure to proof read the next sentence. I wrote one thing but I actually meant: "True speed, smooth and fluid operation began with Android 4.3.x. With Android 4.4.4 through the latest Rev of Lollipop it's every bit as good as iOS."
If you've encountered any top of the line Android designed to run these latest versions that's not fast and smooth, it's a faulty unit. It's as simple as that.
My Nexus 5 which I upgraded to Lollipop, as well as my Nexus 6 which came with it, are both very fast, exceptionally smooth, and highly effective. These are both exemplary smartphones.
Ios still uses the trick to first display a quick static image while the app is initializing. This gives an illusion of speed. In fact the actual speed isn't that much different to android.
I too like the speed and fluidity of the iPhone when going from app to app and generally navigating around the device. It gives a good impression of a nicely polished operating system and this quality is appealing imho. At present with this standard I am happy paying a little extra.
I haven't used lollipop yet but kit Kat was very fluid on the nexus 7 (2013).
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If you invest just a little time learning Android you'll be able to determine why your Android is not performing as it should.
It's no different than learning how to use an iPhone or a Mac, it's your responsibility to educate yourself.
Dude I'm using Android since its beginning..... Try to educate yourself before inviting others to do that.
Btw a user it's not a developer, he isn't supposed to learn how to make a device works as it should.
It's obvious that u don't know what u are taking about, please do us all a favor and stop the trolling. And please in the future at least do some research before u post of the wall suff on the Apple forum. I can appreciate the facts more than the Bull...... Thank u and have a nice day.