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Moving from Android to iOS

1 points by ericchubb 14y ago

nodata 14y ago
> I switched for two reasons, the first being the much higher quality and innovation seen on iPhone apps That's debatable. I'd argue the opposite. > The second reason I switched was due to various software problems i experienced on Android such as the screen brightness randomly dimming and needing a phone restart to fix, and the fact that Android is installed on seriously underpowered phones that take ages to do anything. That's two problems: 1. The carrier controlling the updates, rather than Google. (solution: get Google to supply the updates by buying from the Nexus range and ensuring you're running the Google ROM) 2. Underpowered - which is rubbish, because he then went and bought an iPhone. Not a fair comparison.
- ericchubb 14y ago
  >That's debatable. I'd argue the opposite. Go for it :) >solution: get Google to supply the updates by buying from the Nexus range and ensuring you're running the Google ROM I don't think it's fair to expect the average joe on the street to be armed with that knowledge. It's something they don't even have to think about with iOS. >Underpowered - which is rubbish. I disagree. Samsung et al. have managed to flood the mobile phone market with cheap and cheerful phones like the galaxy mini which purport to be smart phones except that the hardware is so overwhelmed by the software, they don't even do the basics right like SMS or telephony that a €50 Nokia feature phone can do. It damages the reputation of the phone manufacturer, Google and lumps the customer with a crappy phone that struggles to do something a phone half the price can do in its sleep.
kaolinite 14y ago
"It seems to me that Apple keep you buying the next iPhone by making you really happy with your current one, whereas Android manufacturers seem intent on getting you to upgrade phones by making you really unhappy with your existing one." I figured that it was by making the latest version of iOS run very poorly on the old models, so you have to upgrade.
- shadesandcolour 14y ago
  Well but that's an operating system that is designed to run on newer hardware running poorly on something that at least got the update.

1 points by ericchubb 14y ago

> I switched for two reasons, the first being the much higher quality and innovation seen on iPhone apps That's debatable. I'd argue the opposite. > The second reason I switched was due to various software problems i experienced on Android such as the screen brightness randomly dimming and needing a phone restart to fix, and the fact that Android is installed on seriously underpowered phones that take ages to do anything. That's two problems: 1. The carrier controlling the updates, rather than Google. (solution: get Google to supply the updates by buying from the Nexus range and ensuring you're running the Google ROM) 2. Underpowered - which is rubbish, because he then went and bought an iPhone. Not a fair comparison.

ericchubb 14y ago
>That's debatable. I'd argue the opposite. Go for it :) >solution: get Google to supply the updates by buying from the Nexus range and ensuring you're running the Google ROM I don't think it's fair to expect the average joe on the street to be armed with that knowledge. It's something they don't even have to think about with iOS. >Underpowered - which is rubbish. I disagree. Samsung et al. have managed to flood the mobile phone market with cheap and cheerful phones like the galaxy mini which purport to be smart phones except that the hardware is so overwhelmed by the software, they don't even do the basics right like SMS or telephony that a €50 Nokia feature phone can do. It damages the reputation of the phone manufacturer, Google and lumps the customer with a crappy phone that struggles to do something a phone half the price can do in its sleep.

kaolinite 14y ago

"It seems to me that Apple keep you buying the next iPhone by making you really happy with your current one, whereas Android manufacturers seem intent on getting you to upgrade phones by making you really unhappy with your existing one." I figured that it was by making the latest version of iOS run very poorly on the old models, so you have to upgrade.

shadesandcolour 14y ago
Well but that's an operating system that is designed to run on newer hardware running poorly on something that at least got the update.