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Why I Left Android for the iPhone

7 points by peterkchen 12y ago

joshdance 12y ago
My friend had an Android phone. She was pretty good with tech. But her and I, working together, could not solve some of her issues. Android is infinitely more customizable, but the iPhone, as a general rule, just works.
- maxerickson 12y ago
  What were a couple of them?
  - joshdance 12y ago
    Had a text message that would not go away. Ever. Killed every app, reset every messaging service. If she did reset her phone she would have to re-download her apps. Sync wouldn't work? And her data would come on at random times. She didn't have unlimited so it was a stress she didn't want. :)
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    - sandmansandine 12y ago
      Text message that wouldn't go away doesn't sound as bad as one you never receive re: iMessage
headstorm 12y ago
There are some Android smartphones that are still running operating systems that are two or three versions old. I am not going to get into the technical reasons for this but I think it is silly. Why should a Samsung Galaxy SII Skyrocket be running an operating system that is completely different from the Nexus 4? All Apple iPhones are running the same operating system. How can multiple versions of android os be considered different operating systems, but multiple versions of the iphone os not different?
- err4nt 12y ago
  Well I'm not an android guy per se, but I'll take a crack at it. In the iOS side of things, there is ONE distribution that has versions. You may be at an older or newer version than another iPhone user, but it's always in the same upgrade path. With Android there is an OS, and like Linux distributions there have risen up a number of distributions of android. Each device maker is able to use android for free to build a distribution for their phones, but it's up to the phone companies to maintain support and bring updates to their distribution. Because of this, different android phones at the same version in different distributions could be considered different OSes, and different android phones in the same distribution with different version numbers could be the same OS. That's my understanding of it, and also why non-Google android phones often lag in support. It's all a numbers game and the phone companies make sure the best sellers get the fastest updates and get around to supporting the phones that aren't selling anymore when they have a chance
ASneakyFox 12y ago
tune in next week on why icecream is better in a bowl than a mug.

7 points by peterkchen 12y ago

My friend had an Android phone. She was pretty good with tech. But her and I, working together, could not solve some of her issues. Android is infinitely more customizable, but the iPhone, as a general rule, just works.

maxerickson 12y ago
What were a couple of them?
- joshdance 12y ago
  Had a text message that would not go away. Ever. Killed every app, reset every messaging service. If she did reset her phone she would have to re-download her apps. Sync wouldn't work? And her data would come on at random times. She didn't have unlimited so it was a stress she didn't want. :)
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  - sandmansandine 12y ago
    Text message that wouldn't go away doesn't sound as bad as one you never receive re: iMessage

headstorm 12y ago

There are some Android smartphones that are still running operating systems that are two or three versions old. I am not going to get into the technical reasons for this but I think it is silly. Why should a Samsung Galaxy SII Skyrocket be running an operating system that is completely different from the Nexus 4? All Apple iPhones are running the same operating system. How can multiple versions of android os be considered different operating systems, but multiple versions of the iphone os not different?

err4nt 12y ago
Well I'm not an android guy per se, but I'll take a crack at it. In the iOS side of things, there is ONE distribution that has versions. You may be at an older or newer version than another iPhone user, but it's always in the same upgrade path. With Android there is an OS, and like Linux distributions there have risen up a number of distributions of android. Each device maker is able to use android for free to build a distribution for their phones, but it's up to the phone companies to maintain support and bring updates to their distribution. Because of this, different android phones at the same version in different distributions could be considered different OSes, and different android phones in the same distribution with different version numbers could be the same OS. That's my understanding of it, and also why non-Google android phones often lag in support. It's all a numbers game and the phone companies make sure the best sellers get the fastest updates and get around to supporting the phones that aren't selling anymore when they have a chance

ASneakyFox 12y ago

tune in next week on why icecream is better in a bowl than a mug.