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In my opinion, one of the main reasons people like the iPhone/iPad is the look and feel including the icons, animations, transitions, etc. The fact that iOS has

by Osiris 16y ago

In my opinion, one of the main reasons people like the iPhone/iPad is the look and feel including the icons, animations, transitions, etc. The fact that iOS has included hardware acceleration from the very beginning speaks to how important the user experience was for them and using the GPU allowed them to provide a faster, smoother user experience. I have to admit that the user experience in Android is severely lacking and is no where near as good as iOS. Let's hope this gets addressed in Gingerbread both for the core OS and for third-party apps.

ryanhuff 16y ago
This is one reason why I am not counting out Microsoft with their new WP7 platform. Your average U.S. consumer makes their device purchase decisions in the wireless carrier store. If Android and WP7 are shown side-by-side in a showroom (assuming comparable hardware and price) my bet is that windows phone will win its fair-share of battles given its approachable and responsive interface.
- sprout 16y ago
  My Motorola Droid doesn't stack up against Apple, but I've played with both Apple store and current-gen Verizon phones, and the current-gen Verizon Droids are just as responsive as Apple hardware. I'm not sure this GPU thing is much of an issue anymore. To be fair, my experience with them is mostly playing with them in the store, but as you say, that's where it counts. In day-to-day usage it tends to be less of a big deal. You adjust how you use the device.
  - achompas 16y ago
    In day-to-day usage it tends to be less of a big deal. You adjust how you use the device. I'd argue the opposite when it comes to UI. If you're tapping on the same link 2-3 times bc you're not sure whether Android/iOS registered the tap, that's an intractable problem that gets worse with time. You can't adapt your behavior to that annoyance.
    - adbge 16y ago
      In a sense, you're both correct. It really depends on the user and the UI annoyance. A lot of UI quirks become second nature to power users and they don't even notice them, but things like lagging on a keypress, etc, is probably going to be a persistent source of annoyance. iPhone users, for example, don't seem to mind life without a back button. It becomes a fact of life and users adapt their usage of the device accordingly. On the other hand, when I updated my iPhone 3G to iOS 4, the responsiveness of the UI suffered by orders of magnitude. After more than a month of usage, I still found things like typing a text message excruciating. (Mostly fixed with the 4.1 update, praise god.)
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by Osiris 16y ago

ryanhuff 16y ago

This is one reason why I am not counting out Microsoft with their new WP7 platform. Your average U.S. consumer makes their device purchase decisions in the wireless carrier store. If Android and WP7 are shown side-by-side in a showroom (assuming comparable hardware and price) my bet is that windows phone will win its fair-share of battles given its approachable and responsive interface.

sprout 16y ago
My Motorola Droid doesn't stack up against Apple, but I've played with both Apple store and current-gen Verizon phones, and the current-gen Verizon Droids are just as responsive as Apple hardware. I'm not sure this GPU thing is much of an issue anymore. To be fair, my experience with them is mostly playing with them in the store, but as you say, that's where it counts. In day-to-day usage it tends to be less of a big deal. You adjust how you use the device.
- achompas 16y ago
  In day-to-day usage it tends to be less of a big deal. You adjust how you use the device. I'd argue the opposite when it comes to UI. If you're tapping on the same link 2-3 times bc you're not sure whether Android/iOS registered the tap, that's an intractable problem that gets worse with time. You can't adapt your behavior to that annoyance.
  - adbge 16y ago
    In a sense, you're both correct. It really depends on the user and the UI annoyance. A lot of UI quirks become second nature to power users and they don't even notice them, but things like lagging on a keypress, etc, is probably going to be a persistent source of annoyance. iPhone users, for example, don't seem to mind life without a back button. It becomes a fact of life and users adapt their usage of the device accordingly. On the other hand, when I updated my iPhone 3G to iOS 4, the responsiveness of the UI suffered by orders of magnitude. After more than a month of usage, I still found things like typing a text message excruciating. (Mostly fixed with the 4.1 update, praise god.)

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