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I tried an android for a couple of weeks recently, I tried it using the "Oneplus 3" as it was good bang-for-buck and ran the latest software with plenty of grun

by mrmondo 10y ago

I tried an android for a couple of weeks recently, I tried it using the "Oneplus 3" as it was good bang-for-buck and ran the latest software with plenty of grunt. Hardware wise the unit is lovely, not as high build quality as my iPhone 6s+ but not nearly as bad as the Samsung Galaxy S3 I had tried in the past. The OS looked pretty... at first, then I started installing apps and it very quickly felt messy. I noted that the general 'quality' of android apps felt quite poor. Nothing seemed to integrate very well, if at all and a lot of apps felt like they hadn't been maintained for quite some time despite being the 'the best option' available. I had a go at disconnecting my from the clutches of google first by trying not to sign into any of their applications and disabling all the information reporting in settings, I felt like y was a bit like how iOS was back in the iPhone 3G days when you had to root the phone to do half the things you wanted. I then ended up flashing a custom rom that was pretty much stock, but without the good stock apps, I had to install the google App Store and create an account which I think is fair enough because I couldn't be bothered dropping custom downloaded apks and using that dreadful android transfer tool from my laptop which seems to work 4/5 times you plug your phone in, but like a lot of the apps in the ecosystem - felt very 'javaish' (pun slightly intended). Anyway, I'm going to wait for Fedora or similar to becoming installable on the device then use it as a mini server / portable desktop because android just feels so fragmented and I can't help but feel like I can't trust the platform or the company that created it. Hardware wise the OP3 felt like it was design with more care than any other Android phone I'd spent any fair amount of time, I love that it uses a USB-c port but was disappointed to find that it was actually only USB 2.0.

chrismcb 10y ago
I use both ios and Google's stock Android. I would say they are both just as "messy" although it seems like I can integrate with other apps easier on Android than ios. Perhaps you were running into issues with non stock is? Perhaps you need to find better apps as well. The video editor I use on Android is better then on ios. Fb on Android is almost as good, although the app wont upload HD video. But really there are pros and cons of both, especially now that I can use swipe on ios.

by mrmondo 10y ago

chrismcb 10y ago

I use both ios and Google's stock Android. I would say they are both just as "messy" although it seems like I can integrate with other apps easier on Android than ios. Perhaps you were running into issues with non stock is? Perhaps you need to find better apps as well. The video editor I use on Android is better then on ios. Fb on Android is almost as good, although the app wont upload HD video. But really there are pros and cons of both, especially now that I can use swipe on ios.