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"The only thing iOS does to improve is steal old ideas from Android and other operating systems." Every time I see this I get irritated. What Apple does is tak

"The only thing iOS does to improve is steal old ideas from Android and other operating systems." Every time I see this I get irritated. What Apple does is take technology out there and do it better than anyone else. This is why they are the most valuable company and continue to make excellent product. When I have to deal with an Android device at the office I feel immediate disgust because they all suffer the same flaws. * An OS that can hardly run well on any hardware * Garbage build quality * Too much customization * Vendor and carrier bloat

dman 13y ago
Have you used the HTC One?
- mattkrea 13y ago
  Not yet. I believe the most recent (tablet or phone) was the Nexus 2. I did hear nice things about the One however. EDIT: I was referring to the Nexus tablet that came out not long ago (though we do have a Nexus 7 at the company also)
  - dman 13y ago
    Whats wrong with the Nexus 7 v2 ? (I havent used it myself).
    - mattkrea 13y ago
      It was a significant improvement. Hardware was much better all around. The biggest thing for me was that even as a recent device I still see a noticeable screen lag as I scroll on it. Of course the rest of the problems are OS-related (even vanilla).
- abdophoto 13y ago
  I've been using an HTC One alongside my iPhone 5 for several months. When you first see it, you think "oh, this is great hardware, it's not far off from the iPhone." But then you live with it and use it and you realize it's a far cry from Apple hardware. One example is with the hardware buttons. They are so flush against the body (both the sleep/wake and volume), that you almost always have to look to see what you're doing. I can't blindly turn down or up the volume nor can I wake up the phone in my pocket before I take it out like I do on my iPhone.
  - dman 13y ago
    I think in the grand scheme of things that is a very minor complaint and a testament to how far android and in this case HTC have come.

dman 13y ago

Have you used the HTC One?

mattkrea 13y ago
Not yet. I believe the most recent (tablet or phone) was the Nexus 2. I did hear nice things about the One however. EDIT: I was referring to the Nexus tablet that came out not long ago (though we do have a Nexus 7 at the company also)
- dman 13y ago
  Whats wrong with the Nexus 7 v2 ? (I havent used it myself).
  - mattkrea 13y ago
    It was a significant improvement. Hardware was much better all around. The biggest thing for me was that even as a recent device I still see a noticeable screen lag as I scroll on it. Of course the rest of the problems are OS-related (even vanilla).
abdophoto 13y ago
I've been using an HTC One alongside my iPhone 5 for several months. When you first see it, you think "oh, this is great hardware, it's not far off from the iPhone." But then you live with it and use it and you realize it's a far cry from Apple hardware. One example is with the hardware buttons. They are so flush against the body (both the sleep/wake and volume), that you almost always have to look to see what you're doing. I can't blindly turn down or up the volume nor can I wake up the phone in my pocket before I take it out like I do on my iPhone.
- dman 13y ago
  I think in the grand scheme of things that is a very minor complaint and a testament to how far android and in this case HTC have come.