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Just go with Android. Less hassle.

by atomical 11y ago

chadzawistowski 11y ago
Oh hey! Fancy seeing you here, fellow Halo 1 mod developer.
- atomical 11y ago
  Halo 1 is on product hunt now!
morganvachon 11y ago
And suffer multiple regressions just for one progression? No thanks. I gave up a few nice things moving from Android to iOS, but I gained much more than I lost. In the end it would be quite a bit of hassle. I will say that I wish Apple would either build f.lux type technology into the OS as part of the Accessibility settings, or just allow the f.lux developers to use the APIs they need. When I did have an Android phone it was a welcome tweak that made it easier to read on my phone before bed.
- StavrosK 11y ago
  Out of curiosity, what are the regressions?
  - egypturnash 11y ago
    http://www.polygon.com/2015/11/5/9675740/apple-gaming-android-google-late-games http://www.polygon.com/2015/11/5/9675740/apple-gaming-androi...
  - morganvachon 11y ago
    Mostly stability. I've yet to own an Android phone that the dialler hasn't crashed either placing or during a call. And I've owned around a dozen different Android phones since 2010. I've had issues with GPS being wildly inaccurate, screens losing touch sensitivity, random force close events in Google and third party apps, terrible camera software, WiFi working sporadically or not at all, sound server crashing in the middle of calls (Nexus 4 is notorious for this), and so on. All of this across the gamut of cheap to flagship phones running AOSP, Cyanogen, and carrier/manufacturer ROMs from 1.5 through 5.1. There was a time when I wouldn't touch an iPhone with a ten foot pole after using the original and a 4S, but with the 6 and iOS 8/9 Apple has finally made a phone that surpasses Android and Windows on the balance of stability and function.
    - ocean3 11y ago
      Very strange. I too have owned multiple Android devices but never faced so much issues on branded mobiles. Never seen dialler crash even on cheap mobile. Experienced random crash on a very early very cheap tablet. I did lose touch sensitively(not fully but a narrow strip) on N4. Which resulted in me purchasing One Plus X. The mid range mobiles are now very good. iPhone was always out of question for me prices are too high here.
hundchenkatze 11y ago
flux isn't available on Android either.
- Sephr 11y ago
  cf.lumen is, and it does exactly the same thing as flux (adjusting screen temperature/gamma based on current time of day).
- izacus 11y ago
  Twilight is: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.urbandroid.lux&hl=en https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.urbandroid...
- pwnna 11y ago
  Cyanogenmod does this built in

Just go with Android. Less hassle.

chadzawistowski 11y ago

Oh hey! Fancy seeing you here, fellow Halo 1 mod developer.

atomical 11y ago
Halo 1 is on product hunt now!

morganvachon 11y ago

And suffer multiple regressions just for one progression? No thanks. I gave up a few nice things moving from Android to iOS, but I gained much more than I lost. In the end it would be quite a bit of hassle. I will say that I wish Apple would either build f.lux type technology into the OS as part of the Accessibility settings, or just allow the f.lux developers to use the APIs they need. When I did have an Android phone it was a welcome tweak that made it easier to read on my phone before bed.

StavrosK 11y ago
Out of curiosity, what are the regressions?
- egypturnash 11y ago
  http://www.polygon.com/2015/11/5/9675740/apple-gaming-android-google-late-games http://www.polygon.com/2015/11/5/9675740/apple-gaming-androi...
- morganvachon 11y ago
  Mostly stability. I've yet to own an Android phone that the dialler hasn't crashed either placing or during a call. And I've owned around a dozen different Android phones since 2010. I've had issues with GPS being wildly inaccurate, screens losing touch sensitivity, random force close events in Google and third party apps, terrible camera software, WiFi working sporadically or not at all, sound server crashing in the middle of calls (Nexus 4 is notorious for this), and so on. All of this across the gamut of cheap to flagship phones running AOSP, Cyanogen, and carrier/manufacturer ROMs from 1.5 through 5.1. There was a time when I wouldn't touch an iPhone with a ten foot pole after using the original and a 4S, but with the 6 and iOS 8/9 Apple has finally made a phone that surpasses Android and Windows on the balance of stability and function.
  - ocean3 11y ago
    Very strange. I too have owned multiple Android devices but never faced so much issues on branded mobiles. Never seen dialler crash even on cheap mobile. Experienced random crash on a very early very cheap tablet. I did lose touch sensitively(not fully but a narrow strip) on N4. Which resulted in me purchasing One Plus X. The mid range mobiles are now very good. iPhone was always out of question for me prices are too high here.

hundchenkatze 11y ago

flux isn't available on Android either.

Sephr 11y ago
cf.lumen is, and it does exactly the same thing as flux (adjusting screen temperature/gamma based on current time of day).
izacus 11y ago
Twilight is: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.urbandroid.lux&hl=en https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.urbandroid...
pwnna 11y ago
Cyanogenmod does this built in