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Is the fractioning of Android a problem? A person has to go through a fairly non-intuitive process to turn of sense, requiring a guide to figure it out. It wi

Is the fractioning of Android a problem? A person has to go through a fairly non-intuitive process to turn of sense, requiring a guide to figure it out. It will not occur to most people that this is even an option. The new phone sounds pretty amazing, but is it a problem that people are going to have to relearn how to use their phone? I'm speaking from an average consumer point of view, not us hacker geeks here on HN. Most people are not as adaptable to new technology as the audience is here. Apple is now lagging in terms of features, but the user experience is consistent across devices. I know when I buy my new iPhone next month, the transition process will be seamless. Nothing will have to be re-figured out or relearned. I will know exactly how to do everything I need to do. This quality user experience is hard to quantify on a feature list, but I believe is very valuable nonetheless.

confuzatron 16y ago
"Nothing will have to be re-figured out or relearned." Phew, sounds like the iPhone must be hard to learn to use; a lot of investment? Every time I buy a new make of phone I need to learn how that make (and sometimes model) works. I just suck it up in the knowledge that learning is part of life. I've only used one Android phone (with Sense UI) so I can't comment on how different it is from vanilla Android. But I managed to pick it up fairly quickly, to the extent that the differences from iPhone OS that initially annoyed me, I started to prefer in a few days.
- glhaynes 16y ago
  It's not necessarily a matter of it being hard in a "I can't figure out how to do this!" way, but just in the amount of cognitive effort that's required to learn how to do things a new way. Including unlearning the muscle memory of doing them the old way. So it's a matter of comfort and ease, things that are especially important on such personal devices.

confuzatron 16y ago

"Nothing will have to be re-figured out or relearned." Phew, sounds like the iPhone must be hard to learn to use; a lot of investment? Every time I buy a new make of phone I need to learn how that make (and sometimes model) works. I just suck it up in the knowledge that learning is part of life. I've only used one Android phone (with Sense UI) so I can't comment on how different it is from vanilla Android. But I managed to pick it up fairly quickly, to the extent that the differences from iPhone OS that initially annoyed me, I started to prefer in a few days.

glhaynes 16y ago
It's not necessarily a matter of it being hard in a "I can't figure out how to do this!" way, but just in the amount of cognitive effort that's required to learn how to do things a new way. Including unlearning the muscle memory of doing them the old way. So it's a matter of comfort and ease, things that are especially important on such personal devices.