Not sure I agree, amongst people that know what they're doing the relative merits of iPhone vs Android are relatively well known, but in general lots of people are convinced iPhones are so much better with no real justification. I think Android needs more fronds than that, but not as many as the overhyped Apple thing.
No; I used an Android for about two years before I switched to an iPhone, and I find the user experience to be far superior to the Android experience, in terms of what you're able to do with an iPhone, and how easily.
Every time I'm trapped into supporting an iPhone, I shudder. Because no matter what's gone wrong, the only solution is "factory reset and PRAY it doesn't happen again."
Random bits of website testing via mobiles, and i found even the windows phone better than the iphones. That might have been just safari, but I did not care to waste brain cells on knowing more
(I am genuinely unclear on why people feel the iPhone is better. I know I don't use my Android very hard, but everyone who talks about their iPhone talks about how cool it is that it's doing things that I've been doing on my 'droids for four years anyway. Also they get third-party games slightly faster?)
My guess is the great variation in the quality of Androids.
There are many wholly terrible models of Android, things I would not wish upon Prenda Law. While I'm no fan of iphones, they have consistent quality across the board. If you pick the wrong android-- which some places like Verizon/AT&T stores make very easy to do-- even a budget iphone will seem like a bastion of sanity by comparison.
It's true that my Androids have been partly or entirely selected for me by someone who knows what he's doing. :)
Still: how do they go wrong? I mean: an Android is a phone, it has an OS, it runs programs. If the OD is all the same, isn't the worst variable you're going to deal with something like screen size or battery life?
A phone without enough RAM or with an underpowered processor will be super-slow. Many companies "customise" (read: "ruin") the default Android to add branding and apps, that often don't work and that often prevent you from getting updates. Some devices have a nonstandard screen resolution or aspect ratio and apps will not work correctly.
There are some *shitty* phones with Android, is what I'm saying.
And he's right - buying an iPhone is overpaying for mediocre hardware and shoddy manufacture with a bad OS that prevents you from doing a lot of things you should be able to do with your phone, but at least every iPhone is guaranteed to give you the SAME bad experience and mediocre hardware.
What he said. Also, there are some android phones with terrible build quality.
And while Apple does overcharge, they are not unique there (though they are universal in overcharging). Verizon or AT&T will drive an uninformed customer to grossly overpay for mediocre android hardware with a bad version of the OS. It is a damned minefield created by the venality of hardware manufacturers, cellphone carriers, etc.
I've had to triage enough** relatives' terrible phones that, unless they are willing to let me be their purchasing agent for their next phone, I'll advise them to just get an iphone. There's too many ways to screw it up. Not only can you choose a bad model, you can also choose an otherwise-good model that your cellular carrier has ruined.
Don't forget "almost zero vendor-provided OS updates", too (which is why Google Play Services has been steadily growing and eating more and more CPU and storage; Google can push updates for that much more easily.)
Yeah. The Android update situation is an ugly swamp that will only be rinsed clean by a storm of class-action suits falling upon the industry.
Play Services is an awkward kludge that shouldn't be necessary. Google spent years wringing its hands telling us that it was all the manufacturers' and carriers' fault, but that's not true anymore. Android is the biggest mobile OS on the planet and Google has enough clout to start hammering their affiliates into submission on the update mess.
Furthermore, Google's "dump and run" strategy for AOSP source code does very little to make updates easier. Take a look at Copperhead OS (https://twitter.com/CopperheadSec)'s twitter feed and you'll see how much of a mess AOSP often is.
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Date: 2016-05-31 02:02 am (UTC)Also there are people who don't like carrots. THOSE MONSTERS.
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Date: 2016-05-31 02:29 am (UTC)It's only my opinion, but I'm sticking to it.
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/burn the witch
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Date: 2016-05-31 01:47 pm (UTC)Also noteworthy: Those are CARTOON rabbits, and cartoon rabbits eat the orange part.
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Date: 2016-05-31 01:50 pm (UTC)(I am genuinely unclear on why people feel the iPhone is better. I know I don't use my Android very hard, but everyone who talks about their iPhone talks about how cool it is that it's doing things that I've been doing on my 'droids for four years anyway. Also they get third-party games slightly faster?)
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Date: 2016-05-31 03:44 pm (UTC)There are many wholly terrible models of Android, things I would not wish upon Prenda Law. While I'm no fan of iphones, they have consistent quality across the board. If you pick the wrong android-- which some places like Verizon/AT&T stores make very easy to do-- even a budget iphone will seem like a bastion of sanity by comparison.
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Date: 2016-05-31 04:04 pm (UTC)Still: how do they go wrong? I mean: an Android is a phone, it has an OS, it runs programs. If the OD is all the same, isn't the worst variable you're going to deal with something like screen size or battery life?
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Date: 2016-05-31 04:12 pm (UTC)There are some *shitty* phones with Android, is what I'm saying.
And he's right - buying an iPhone is overpaying for mediocre hardware and shoddy manufacture with a bad OS that prevents you from doing a lot of things you should be able to do with your phone, but at least every iPhone is guaranteed to give you the SAME bad experience and mediocre hardware.
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Date: 2016-05-31 04:52 pm (UTC)And while Apple does overcharge, they are not unique there (though they are universal in overcharging). Verizon or AT&T will drive an uninformed customer to grossly overpay for mediocre android hardware with a bad version of the OS. It is a damned minefield created by the venality of hardware manufacturers, cellphone carriers, etc.
I've had to triage enough** relatives' terrible phones that, unless they are willing to let me be their purchasing agent for their next phone, I'll advise them to just get an iphone. There's too many ways to screw it up. Not only can you choose a bad model, you can also choose an otherwise-good model that your cellular carrier has ruined.
(**enough is "two" in this case.)
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Date: 2016-06-01 01:51 pm (UTC)Play Services is an awkward kludge that shouldn't be necessary. Google spent years wringing its hands telling us that it was all the manufacturers' and carriers' fault, but that's not true anymore. Android is the biggest mobile OS on the planet and Google has enough clout to start hammering their affiliates into submission on the update mess.
Furthermore, Google's "dump and run" strategy for AOSP source code does very little to make updates easier. Take a look at Copperhead OS (https://twitter.com/CopperheadSec)'s twitter feed and you'll see how much of a mess AOSP often is.