LG G2 to iPhone 5c? Am I crazy?

[studIOS5]

I think people that use iPhone's before switching to Android spend so much time convincing themselves that Android is crap/slow/laggy. It's a self fulfilling prophecy.

My SO has a G2 (and it's not rooted) and it is just as "smooth" as my 5c. Comical!

I'm going to have to disagree with you here.. I recently aquired a galaxy s5 (I buy and sell phones locally) and I decided to give it a chance becuase honestly the screen was gorgeous! the initial honeymoon period was AWESOME. I was like...this phone rocks! After about a week the gimicks wore off and I started to notice things that bothered me personally. I would go to show someone a photo I took (something the s5 did better than any phone I've ever had) any the gallery took something like 5 seconds to open.. same with launching the camera from the lockscreen. It was a serious disappointment. I went back to my 5s and felt right at home. things really do open much quicker on the 5s. I think the days of "lag" when switching from homescreen to homescreen are over but the sttuter you get when opening apps and or closing apps is still very much a problem with today's flagship phones. And before you ask, I did have art enabled on my s5 and I did turn the annamation speed up. Something I dont think should be needed.

 

[kupkakez]

I'm going to have to disagree with you here.. I recently aquired a galaxy s5 (I buy and sell phones locally) and I decided to give it a chance becuase honestly the screen was gorgeous! the initial honeymoon period was AWESOME. I was like...this phone rocks! After about a week the gimicks wore off and I started to notice things that bothered me personally. I would go to show someone a photo I took (something the s5 did better than any phone I've ever had) any the gallery took something like 5 seconds to open.. same with launching the camera from the lockscreen. It was a serious disappointment. I went back to my 5s and felt right at home. things really do open much quicker on the 5s. I think the days of "lag" when switching from homescreen to homescreen are over but the sttuter you get when opening apps and or closing apps is still very much a problem with today's flagship phones. And before you ask, I did have art enabled on my s5 and I did turn the annamation speed up. Something I dont think should be needed.

Pretty sure I said G2, not Galaxy S5. This topic was about a G2. I used an S5, yes it's laggy why? It's most likely Samdung's Touchwiz, not Android itself.

But cool story nonetheless.

 

[studIOS5]

Pretty sure I said G2, not Galaxy S5. This topic was about a G2. I used an S5, yes it's laggy why? It's most likely Samdung's Touchwiz, not Android itself.

But cool story nonetheless.

I'm sorry I guess I should have been more clear. I have had the g2, m7, m8, s4, and lastly the s5. I'm telling you that the time it takes, from when you tap something and when the phone responds and finishes the process you are trying to complete, is longer on android than iOS and for me that's important and quite noticeable.

 

[Dustman]

I'm sorry I guess I should have been more clear. I have had the g2, m7, m8, s4, and lastly the s5. I'm telling you that the time it takes, from when you tap something and when the phone responds and finishes the process you are trying to complete, is longer on android than iOS and for me that's important and quite noticeable.

As an owner of a Galaxy S5, this is absolutely true. Even debloated, and with that 2.5GHz processor, it cannot scroll smoothly in any web browser I've tried, nor can it even smoothly scroll between my home screens.

Screen makes up for the general choppiness though. And touchwiz is a lot easier to handle now, particularly if you are debloated. Overall a great device. Things can be accomplished quickly, but it's choppy getting there.

 

[studIOS5]

As an owner of a Galaxy S5, this is absolutely true. Even debloated, and with that 2.5GHz processor, it cannot scroll smoothly in any web browser I've tried, nor can it even smoothly scroll between my home screens.

Screen makes up for the general choppiness though. And touchwiz is a lot easier to handle now, particularly if you are debloated. Overall a great device. Things can be accomplished quickly, but it's choppy getting there.

It really is a shame with that screen isn't it? I loved a lot of things about that phone including the "golf ball" back as it was very comfortable to hold and the mind blowing pictures the camera took. They need to revisit "project butter" and do some more work in that area. I think that would be a huge step in the right directions.

 

[iPodJedi]

I think you should go for it because then you won't have to suffer til the end of your contract. You can get your iphone now and be happy with iOS and just update to a new flagship iphone once your current contract expires...

 

[Dustman]

It really is a shame with that screen isn't it? I loved a lot of things about that phone including the "golf ball" back as it was very comfortable to hold and the mind blowing pictures the camera took. They need to revisit "project butter" and do some more work in that area. I think that would be a huge step in the right directions.

Forgot to mention how great the camera is as well! Even the front facing one has seems to have received some attention. IMHO the display does overcome the issues I have with general scrolling, and will for the majority of users as well.

 

[Caesars]

To me that's crazy, but I love both platforms. If you want an iPhone again it isn't crazy, they're good phones.

 

[Nevaborn]

the G2 is spec wise still a beast but like many reviewers have mentioned it is crippled by an extremely bloated LG FW on top of the android OS which is already far more convoluted than iOS

 

[pwshadow]

I think people that use iPhone's before switching to Android spend so much time convincing themselves that Android is crap/slow/laggy. It's a self fulfilling prophecy.

My SO has a G2 (and it's not rooted) and it is just as "smooth" as my 5c. Comical!

No it's not. Go on the g2 forums and you will find developers hopelessly trying to tweek the stock software to remove lag. It is easy to think a phone is lag free if you borrow someone else's for a bit, but living with the phone for six months I can assure you that no LG or samsung phone will ever be as smooth and responsive as an iphone. It has to do with the skins that go on top of android. The nexus 5 and the htc one are both very smooth with no user complaints. Google lg g2 lag and you will get countless reports.

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I'm sorry I guess I should have been more clear. I have had the g2, m7, m8, s4, and lastly the s5. I'm telling you that the time it takes, from when you tap something and when the phone responds and finishes the process you are trying to complete, is longer on android than iOS and for me that's important and quite noticeable.

There is an article floating around that tested the time it takes for the is to respond to screen touches and apple's response time was significantly quicker than all of the android devices.

 

[Destroysall]

I am sort of glad to have come across this thread. I'm finally getting ready to upgrade my phone and have largely considered the LG G2 since I heard the battery life is superb and I have a few friends who own the device and love it. However, I started considering the iPhone 5c instead and perhaps it may be a nice change since I've never owned an iPhone before. I do think I might end up having to wait though as not only is the new generation of iPhone almost here but the LG G3 is about to be released as well.

 

[zone23]

Funny reading people fight to the death saying that android isn't laggy. Android the OS itself does not feel laggy to me. That said apps like Facebook and Twitter have a DEFINITE stutter that iOS doesn't have. iOS's scrolling is just butter, android is not in most apps.

 

[studIOS5]

Funny reading people fight to the death saying that android isn't laggy. Android the OS itself does not feel laggy to me. That said apps like Facebook and Twitter have a DEFINITE stutter that iOS doesn't have. iOS's scrolling is just butter, android is not in most apps.

The s5 does have some home screen stutter that occurred from time to time but the app opening time was the shocking part to me.

 

[danny_w]

I'm sorry I guess I should have been more clear. I have had the g2, m7, m8, s4, and lastly the s5. I'm telling you that the time it takes, from when you tap something and when the phone responds and finishes the process you are trying to complete, is longer on android than iOS and for me that's important and quite noticeable.

I've never owned a recent iPhone (the iPhone 4 was the last version that I owned) but in my experience all iPhones have been very laggy in opening apps, and especially bad at answering phone calls (many times the call ends before I can make the dumb "slide to answer" thingy actually work. It sounds like maybe Apple has finally fixed these issues but I don't know. My LG G2 is buttery smooth by comparison, although maybe not up to iPhone 5s standards. I guess I will never know since Apple lost me with iOS 7 (and now iOS 8). And no, I never upgraded my iPhone 4 to iOS 7, so that was not the issue.

 

[studIOS5]

I've never owned a recent iPhone (the iPhone 4 was the last version that I owned) but in my experience all iPhones have been very laggy in opening apps, and especially bad at answering phone calls (many times the call ends before I can make the dumb "slide to answer" thingy actually work. It sounds like maybe Apple has finally fixed these issues but I don't know. My LG G2 is buttery smooth by comparison, although maybe not up to iPhone 5s standards. I guess I will never know since Apple lost me with iOS 7 (and now iOS 8). And no, I never upgraded my iPhone 4 to iOS 7, so that was not the issue.

To each their own. I've always said competition is good for progress and the same can be said here. I had the iPhone 4 as well as most android phones that were out at the time and I feel as though the gap had pretty much stayed the same. I.e.- obviously the g2 is way faster than an iPhone 4 but I would say a 5s is at least the same margin of "smoothness" ahead of the android completion out now as it was when the 4 was going head to head with the android phones of it's day.

 

[pwshadow]

Almost any phone will feel buttery for the first day, but after living with a device you really get a feel for how smooth things are running. Then you switch phones and you can quickly feel differences. I will tell you I am a major advocate of ui smoothness and responsiveness and I can tell you that my 5c is without a shadow of a doubt smoother, more responsive, and surprisingly quicker at multitasking than my G2. It is not just me. The web is filled with reviews of g2 lag. Honestly I switched for stability and connectivity. iTunes is a huge plus and android hasn't figured out how to connect phones to stereos via USB cable. Another huge factor was how disappointing the g2 camera is. The company posts all kinds of specs about it, but unless your subject is perfectly still in great lighting your picture will not come out right. Apple really has the camera figured out.

 

[iolinux333]

I am sort of glad to have come across this thread. I'm finally getting ready to upgrade my phone and have largely considered the LG G2 since I heard the battery life is superb and I have a few friends who own the device and love it. However, I started considering the iPhone 5c instead and perhaps it may be a nice change since I've never owned an iPhone before. I do think I might end up having to wait though as not only is the new generation of iPhone almost here but the LG G3 is about to be released as well.

I think you should go for it. I did similar 8 months ago and have had lots of fun learning the new ecosystem that is iOS. But finally the honeymoon is wearing off and Apple's restrictive arbitrary policies on software are starting to make me very exasperated. But I don't want to go back to Android because Android phones suck in lots of other ways, e.g., crap build quality, crap camera, crap lag, crap google, crap stability changing one day to the next as a constant slew of google core software updates never ends, etc., etc..

But I guess my point is, just do it, it's great fun for a while. Maybe 8 months!

 

[nnacrumors]

Can someone please tell me if I'm crazy.

You ARE crazy...




















... for buying an android phone to begin with

 

[pwshadow]

I think you should go for it. I did similar 8 months ago and have had lots of fun learning the new ecosystem that is iOS. But finally the honeymoon is wearing off and Apple's restrictive arbitrary policies on software are starting to make me very exasperated. But I don't want to go back to Android because Android phones suck in lots of other ways, e.g., crap build quality, crap camera, crap lag, crap google, crap stability changing one day to the next as a constant slew of google core software updates never ends, etc., etc..

But I guess my point is, just do it, it's great fun for a while. Maybe 8 months!

I also liked the freedom of android, but with apple's restrictions seem to come better reliability and cost control

 

[iolinux333]

Almost any phone will feel buttery for the first day, but after living with a device you really get a feel for how smooth things are running. Then you switch phones and you can quickly feel differences. I will tell you I am a major advocate of ui smoothness and responsiveness and I can tell you that my 5c is without a shadow of a doubt smoother, more responsive, and surprisingly quicker at multitasking than my G2. It is not just me. The web is filled with reviews of g2 lag. Honestly I switched for stability and connectivity. iTunes is a huge plus and android hasn't figured out how to connect phones to stereos via USB cable. Another huge factor was how disappointing the g2 camera is. The company posts all kinds of specs about it, but unless your subject is perfectly still in great lighting your picture will not come out right. Apple really has the camera figured out.

My experience with android device is that they get a little slower with each added app until after awhile they are just unusable until giving a factory reset and starting over. I think that after a while all the semi malware stuff going on in the background starts to drag on the processor and the battery life especially.

 

[zone23]

The s5 does have some home screen stutter that occurred from time to time but the app opening time was the shocking part to me.

Because its faster or slower?

I know the iPhone 5s is fast really fast there is almost no waiting from the time I click the app to the app opening. The Facebook app its almost like Apple or Facebook has images on a separate server for Android that is just flat out slower. Not sure what the deal is with that but images on the iPhone are just there were on Android they seem to have to load. So the time it takes for the images to load makes the app lag.

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Almost any phone will feel buttery for the first day, but after living with a device you really get a feel for how smooth things are running. Then you switch phones and you can quickly feel differences. I will tell you I am a major advocate of ui smoothness and responsiveness and I can tell you that my 5c is without a shadow of a doubt smoother, more responsive, and surprisingly quicker at multitasking than my G2. It is not just me. The web is filled with reviews of g2 lag. Honestly I switched for stability and connectivity. iTunes is a huge plus and android hasn't figured out how to connect phones to stereos via USB cable. Another huge factor was how disappointing the g2 camera is. The company posts all kinds of specs about it, but unless your subject is perfectly still in great lighting your picture will not come out right. Apple really has the camera figured out.

I'm surprised I think the G2 has a great camera. I thought the G2 was better you get a 16:9 image at I think 9mp were the iPhone you get a 16:9 at 5mp. Not a fan of 4:3 images, probably because they don't fit my TV.

 

[pwshadow]

Because its faster or slower?

I know the iPhone 5s is fast really fast there is almost no waiting from the time I click the app to the app opening. The Facebook app its almost like Apple or Facebook has images on a separate server for Android that is just flat out slower. Not sure what the deal is with that but images on the iPhone are just there were on Android they seem to have to load. So the time it takes for the images to load makes the app lag.

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I'm surprised I think the G2 has a great camera. I thought the G2 was better you get a 16:9 image at I think 9mp were the iPhone you get a 16:9 at 5mp. Not a fan of 4:3 images, probably because they don't fit my TV.

I misspoke. The g2 takes amazing pictures in the right situation, however, the shutter speed is too slow to capture my daughter moving around which is the main use for my phone. It is also bad in low light. Speed and low light the iphone is much better. In good light and no movement the g2 takes better pictures. It just depends what you use your phone for.

 

[studIOS5]

Because its faster or slower?

I know the iPhone 5s is fast really fast there is almost no waiting from the time I click the app to the app opening. The Facebook app its almost like Apple or Facebook has images on a separate server for Android that is just flat out slower. Not sure what the deal is with that but images on the iPhone are just there were on Android they seem to have to load. So the time it takes for the images to load makes the app lag.

Becuase it was soooo much slower than my 5s. I was basically saying that the lag when switching between home screens is almost non existent but the app loading time was a LOT worse on the s5 it was shocking

 

[pwshadow]

Because its faster or slower?

I know the iPhone 5s is fast really fast there is almost no waiting from the time I click the app to the app opening. The Facebook app its almost like Apple or Facebook has images on a separate server for Android that is just flat out slower. Not sure what the deal is with that but images on the iPhone are just there were on Android they seem to have to load. So the time it takes for the images to load makes the app lag.

Becuase it was soooo much slower than my 5s. I was basically saying that the lag when switching between home screens is almost non existent but the app loading time was a LOT worse on the s5 it was shocking

S5...5s I'm getting dizzy.

 

[I7guy]

I think you should go for it. I did similar 8 months ago and have had lots of fun learning the new ecosystem that is iOS. But finally the honeymoon is wearing off and Apple's restrictive arbitrary policies on software are starting to make me very exasperated. But I don't want to go back to Android because Android phones suck in lots of other ways, e.g., crap build quality, crap camera, crap lag, crap google, crap stability changing one day to the next as a constant slew of google core software updates never ends, etc., etc..

But I guess my point is, just do it, it's great fun for a while. Maybe 8 months!

I agree 100% with the comment in blue. As far as the comment in red, I have come to appreciate apples restrictive policies; because I have had no burps in operation of the phone. It's been 7 months since I've gotten my iphone. No change in operation, except I figured out how to tune the phone with a great balance of battery life and functionality.