So you choose the lesser used apps.. cool.. maps, browser, mail. Stuff like that not important..
http://lifehacker.com/5946895/superior-replacements-to-the-boring-stock-iphone-apps
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So you choose the lesser used apps.. cool.. maps, browser, mail. Stuff like that not important..
http://lifehacker.com/5946895/superior-replacements-to-the-boring-stock-iphone-apps
But basically majority means minority then. Yeah, I'm sure people use Reminders or Calendar or Camera or Photos less than something like Maps. (That's not to mention that Gmail is limited to just Gmail and is automatically not as good as Apple's Mail unless you only cafe about Gmail which by far doesn't apply to most, or that Chrome simply can't perform as well as Safari because no third party browser can have access to the powerful JavaScript engine in iOS that is only there for Safari.)
The link seems interesting except that it's getting close to being two years old now and simply isn't an up to date comparison at all, and doesn't really offer Google alternatives for majority or even a good chunk of items (not to mention that it makes a point to simply mention replacements for "boring" stock apps not actually worse ones necessarily).
I like the feel of using my iPhone and keep a close eye on what Android are doing, but at this moment in time I haven't seen a phone or enough improvements in the OS for me to want to switch right now. I know many say about the freedom of Android, but the truth of the matter for was I did all the same tasks when I was on that platform that I do now anyway. I'm a practical phone user and am not fussed on customising its appearance like adding widgets etc. As long as the home screen has the short cuts I need, it serves my needs.
I do think iOS could learn a few things from Android like better default camera app, more options for sharing things like pictures etc, however the pro's outweigh the cons on iOS for me at this moment in time and I will undoubtedly be upgrading again to an iPhone come September.
I do think iOS could learn a few things from Android like better default camera app, more options for sharing things like pictures etc, however the pro's outweigh the cons on iOS for me at this moment in time and I will undoubtedly be upgrading again to an iPhone come September.
You lost me when you started bigging up safari.. the king of only being able to have 2 tabs open before crashing...
Peace..
Out of curiosity I just opened Safari on my iPhone after seeing your claim and I currently have 23 tabs open in the carousel. Do you think you might be exaggerating?
I am sorry, but I laughed a lot when I saw this statement. I have always had the most horrid experiences with Apple maps, and have even jailbroken to make Google maps on my previous iPhone the default app.
I miscounted, I actually have 24 tabs in the carousel. Maybe we could open this up to other iPhone users as I think my claim is closer to the truth than a claim than Safari can only manage to process 2 tabs before crashing.
I tend to use Chrome as my primary browser but every time I open something from a link in twitter, Facebook etc, it opens in Safari. I never seem to cancel these tabs therefore I now have 24 currently running and Safari has not crashed. I think you are exaggerating my friend.
Could anybody here share the amount of tabs they currently have open as I doubt I am the only person with this experience?
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Very dull but to prove the point.
I miscounted, I actually have 24 tabs in the carousel. Maybe we could open this up to other iPhone users as I think my claim is closer to the truth than a claim than Safari can only manage to process 2 tabs before crashing.
I tend to use Chrome as my primary browser but every time I open something from a link in twitter, Facebook etc, it opens in Safari. I never seem to cancel these tabs therefore I now have 24 currently running and Safari has not crashed. I think you are exaggerating my friend.
Could anybody here share the amount of tabs they currently have open as I doubt I am the only person with this experience?
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Very dull but to prove the point.
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I am Spartacus!. Lol.
Seriously tho dude. "is safari any snappier?" One of the most over used phrases used on here.. on my iMac. It's Firefox all day long....
I miscounted, I actually have 24 tabs in the carousel. Maybe we could open this up to other iPhone users as I think my claim is closer to the truth than a claim than Safari can only manage to process 2 tabs before crashing.
I tend to use Chrome as my primary browser but every time I open something from a link in twitter, Facebook etc, it opens in Safari. I never seem to cancel these tabs therefore I now have 24 currently running and Safari has not crashed. I think you are exaggerating my friend.
Could anybody here share the amount of tabs they currently have open as I doubt I am the only person with this experience?
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Very dull but to prove the point.
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Personally i think Safari is great, i use it everyday on both my iPad, iPhone and Mac, i'm yet to find a problem with it. I also find using
devices a complete delight, i use at least one Apple device every day, and in doing so i'm yet to have any problems.
I love the iPhone for using because iPhones in general are easy to use and also they are user friendly.
I don't know I don't use it much to be honest. I use Chrome on the iPhone and have I found Firefox to be quite buggy on other devices. I haven't even thought to see if Firefox is available on iOS. On my PC Firefox will not open embedded Youtube video's for example yet Chrome does no problem. My wife uses Safari on her Mac and has no speed issues with from what I can tell.
Safari on the iPhone has improved in terms of stability. It used to crash on my iPad Air with too many tabs open and you would have to restore them. That is why I switched to Chrome. This hasn't been the case on the iPhone though and the bug fix stopped this issue on iPad for me when opening links to the default
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Maybe I'll give it a try over the next few days instead of Chrome. It would be easier I think.Personally i think Safari is great, i use it everyday on both my iPad, iPhone and Mac, i'm yet to find a problem with it. I also find using
Could you give me a link to that articles ? Because I can't see low quality in Apple apps, especially if you download the (free) iWorks and iLife apps (I mean Pages, Keynote, iMovie and iPhoto).
I'll have a look, I think they were on Cnet the other week... Well written.. not just fanboy rubbish..
Did you realize that article is almost two years old ?
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Here we are .... The false myth again.
I'm very bored to demonstrate with videos that is just not true, especially after iOS 7.1 release....
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A new iPhone 4S costs much more than 200 sadly ....
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I can't see a reason to keep so many tabs opened but I'm with you on this. I'm so tired of this "iOS can't manage multiple tabs browsing". Sometimes I'm under the impression to speak with people who never really used an iPhone but just repeat something read on a forum ....
I can use 4-5 tabs without any reload (and that is what I usually need)
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On my iOS devices I prefer Mercury (much better than Safari in memory management if you need many tabs), but on osx I use Safari.
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I don't know I don't use it much to be honest. I use Chrome on the iPhone and have I found Firefox to be quite buggy on other devices. I haven't even thought to see if Firefox is available on iOS. On my PC Firefox will not open embedded Youtube video's for example yet Chrome does no problem. My wife uses Safari on her Mac and has no speed issues with from what I can tell.
Safari on the iPhone has improved in terms of stability. It used to crash on my iPad Air with too many tabs open and you would have to restore them. That is why I switched to Chrome. This hasn't been the case on the iPhone though and the bug fix stopped this issue on iPad for me when opening links to the default
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Maybe I'll give it a try over the next few days instead of Chrome. It would be easier I think.
The funny thing is that I actually find Chrome better under iOS than on my Nexus. After a few hours of intense browsing, it lags like hell.
There wasn't any real reason other than I was too lazy to close them down once I'd viewed the content. I will go through them and do that now. I agree with your other points regarding this
I have a friend at work who uses a Mac at home and traded his iPhone 4S for a Galaxy S4. He is happy with it. I must admit I like the larger screen. And herein lies the only (mild) temptation as far as I'm concerned. As an iPhone 5 user, I grow SO tired of flipping to landscape mode so I can read stuff. I really need a phone that is on the order of 768 pixels horizontal if not all the way to 1080p. 640 pixels wide? That's not cutting it for me. When iPhone 6 comes out, I'll very likely upgrade to get the slightly higher resolution. It may not be as large as the GS5 or GN3 but it will at least allow me to read email and web pages in portrait rather than flipping to landscape all the time.
I should also mention that screen resolution notwithstanding, I would NOT be tempted to actually make the jump even if iPhone 6 wasn't any bigger. I also use a Moto RAZR M issued by my job. It is so laggy and awful, I cannot imagine using Android for personal use. Then there is the bug where bluetooth to my earpiece drops in the middle of a conference call. I HATE^12 the Moto RAZR M. The only up side would be the ability to run wifi-analyzer which Apple still bans from the iOS app store. So in the summer when I get a new work phone, if they let me choose between Blackberry and GS5, then I guess it will be GS5. But if they let me choose iPhone, even though I already have a personal iPhone 5, and even if all they offer is a a 5C, I'll put Android out of my life once and for all after the nasty experience I've had with this Moto thing. No wonder Moto was sold twice in as many years (Google then Lenovo).
I should also mention that screen resolution notwithstanding, I would NOT be tempted to actually make the jump even if iPhone 6 wasn't any bigger. I also use a Moto RAZR M issued by my job. It is so laggy and awful, I cannot imagine using Android for personal use. Then there is the bug where bluetooth to my earpiece drops in the middle of a conference call. I HATE^12 the Moto RAZR M. The only up side would be the ability to run wifi-analyzer which Apple still bans from the iOS app store. So in the summer when I get a new work phone, if they let me choose between Blackberry and GS5, then I guess it will be GS5. But if they let me choose iPhone, even though I already have a personal iPhone 5, and even if all they offer is a a 5C, I'll put Android out of my life once and for all after the nasty experience I've had with this Moto thing. No wonder Moto was sold twice in as many years (Google then Lenovo).
I'm very bored to demonstrate with videos that is just not true, especially after iOS 7.1 release....
Go on then....#.
I can only go on my own experiences, everything else is hearsay...
I did and I want my iPhone back, I didn't like Android accessories and apps, for me what makes smartphones ''smart'' is accessories and apps, with apps you can do almost everything in software, and with accessories you can do everything in hardware. Android apps were low quality in my experience and accessories were all made for iPhone. Yup, you can customize Android much more than iPhone but I felt like Android is just a toy, I mean you can install launchers, change preferences but it has little capabilities as a phone due lack of qualified 3rd party support, and I liked iOS UI more, it was a lot easier to navigate around my iPhone, I could barely even notice I am switching apps. Also most people won't agree with me but, my phone lagged and crashed more than my iPhone with less hardware. Also iPhone was better for Apple Ecosystem (I have a Mac and a lot of people in my family has iPhones and iPads). So I am switching back to iPhone, it seems like only thing I'll miss is screen size. But rumors say iPhone 6 will come with bigger screen size so I am waiting for iPhone 6.
Note: Android devices I got: Samsung Galaxy S4, Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1
Just like there are majority of Google apps to replace the stock ones, except that majority means a whole lot of about 3 and yet multiples of that of stock apps. Things were pretty much lost right then and there in the very beginning on that unnecessary overexaggeration.
I'm sure you knew what you meant to say fella... It just got a little muddled when you started typing..
What I meant is the fact that Samsung automatically reserves typically 6-7GB for TouchWiz and bloatware alone, so if you even consider a 16GB Samsung device you are actually only getting about 8GB useable. That's absolutely pathetic. Considering that the S5 just launched with only 16GB, until a later date, early adopters have to swallow that pill.
And while all the devices come with SD slots, you are severely limited in what you can do with them unless you root the phone. And the average consumer has no idea what that even is, so out of the box they're screwed. Google Music only JUST let people use an SD card for music with KitKat. It's ridiculous that it took them so long to implement what you would have thought would be a simple feature. So yes, storage space, and expandable storage space, are an issue on most Androids.
As for the build construction, the Note series may receive better treatment than some devices but the standard Galaxy line does not. The plastic may not break immediately on impact but the devices still look cheap. You CAN make plastic look good... It's just that Samsung does weird things with it. They add cheap looking silver edges or weird dot patterns under the gloss. I actually really like the Note 3's leather backing, so why hasn't Samsung adopted that in any other device? It just feels like Samsung has an "idea" of what classy is, but not an actual understanding.
I do agree with you about the S Pen and camera features. I just don't think those save the devices as a whole. and even with ISO adjustments, the Samsung devices have pretty weak low light camera ability.