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Sign me in. Just purchased Lenovo A5000 instead of moving from iPhone 4 to iPhone 6. Why? 1) Because I feel Apple has screwed me. The iOS 8 update has turned m

Sign me in. Just purchased Lenovo A5000 instead of moving from iPhone 4 to iPhone 6. Why? 1) Because I feel Apple has screwed me. The iOS 8 update has turned my iPhone 4 into a brick. My phone now does everything iOS 6 did, but now it is slow as hell. In return, I get nothing new worth of mentioning besides animations (what a giant leap forward, Apple) and eye-bleeding colors. And turtle speed and constant hang-ups. 2) Apple isn't innovating anymore. They are busy adding "features." Sometimes the way iOS 8 works makes me think the whole iOS division lacks ideas about what else they want to add, so they are simply throwing stuff on the wall. It's hard to believe how dysfunctional iOS has started to be when Jobs left. 3) I still get eyebleeding idiotic colors on this Android device, but A5000 is four times cheaper than iPhone 6, and it delivers the same functionality, plus dual SIM capability for travel, and a 4000 mAh battery. (I am not associated with Lenovo, that was an impulse purchase.) So after 6 years of having everything-Apple at home and at work, I think I am starting to leave Apple. Sad and happy at the same time.

pkorzeniewski 11y ago
Aren't you afraid, given the SuperFish scandal, they also install some bullshit crapware on their consumer phones? Yeah, I know, most vendors do, but the SuperFish was a new level of bullshit and a high security threat.
- blackhaz 11y ago
  Honestly, I didn't know about it. I usually don't store anything critical on the phone so I am generally not as paranoid as I should be. I just Googled they've admitted they screwed up badly. But the point is, anything can be instead of that Lenovo - iPhone isn't doing it for me anymore as a premium phone, and by premium I mean having outstanding features or UI.
honest_joe 11y ago
You should have bought a goddamn lumia. That thing beats android in every way. + i agree with what u said about iphone. Same experience.
- UnoriginalGuy 11y ago
  I'm legitimately interesting: Can you give some examples of what areas you feel Lumia/Windows Phone excel? All Microsoft really drum beat about in the "social" aspects of owning a Windows Phone. With the near release of Windows 10 (and Windows 10 Mobile) I was thinking about considering Windows Phone again (I haven't given it much thought since Windows Phone 7).
  - vvillena 11y ago
    - The best keyboard. I've tried them all in all 3 major platforms, and nothing comes close. - ClearBlack displays that do some crazy shit in sunny conditions, so you can still see the screen. - Awesome cameras and awesome image postprocessing that sacrifices color fidelity in favor of image awesomeness. - Lumia Cinemagraph is a killer app.
    - sukilot 11y ago
      The camera is amazing, and then the postprocessing instagrams it hell? What's the point?
      - vvillena 11y ago
        The thing is, the postprocessing creates awesome photos. You notice the photo is processed, but the photo comes out way better than I could have done on my own. Ans if you don't want that, you can always use RAW in the higher end models.
  - mahyarm 11y ago
    I've heard great things about the battery life on windows mobile phones. http://piaw.blogspot.com/2014/09/windows-phone-vs-android-ecosystem.html http://piaw.blogspot.com/2014/09/windows-phone-vs-android-ec...
lectrick 11y ago
1) iPhone 4 is literally 4 generations old. You skipped the 4s, the 5, the 5s and the 6. It's as far from the current model as the 4 is from the original iPhone! You can't judge OS updates based on that. You should be happy you at least CAN update- good luck updating an old Android phone with a newer Android version, LOL. That space is a complete fiasco in my experience. There's a reason developers HATE Android development... 2) Debatable. Maybe. I have a 6+ and it works pretty fantastic, though, other than the occasional crashes. 3) The mAh of the battery does not matter, because the phone could be a power-suck, and the iPhone is fairly efficient overall. The total runtime of the phone DOES matter. Price? What else are you giving up with 1/4 the cost? My 6+ camera takes amazing photos. 4) We'll welcome you back once you become frustrated with Android. I know at least 2 people who were in the same boat and eventually came back. We all have to make the same mistakes...

pkorzeniewski 11y ago

Aren't you afraid, given the SuperFish scandal, they also install some bullshit crapware on their consumer phones? Yeah, I know, most vendors do, but the SuperFish was a new level of bullshit and a high security threat.

blackhaz 11y ago
Honestly, I didn't know about it. I usually don't store anything critical on the phone so I am generally not as paranoid as I should be. I just Googled they've admitted they screwed up badly. But the point is, anything can be instead of that Lenovo - iPhone isn't doing it for me anymore as a premium phone, and by premium I mean having outstanding features or UI.

honest_joe 11y ago

You should have bought a goddamn lumia. That thing beats android in every way. + i agree with what u said about iphone. Same experience.

UnoriginalGuy 11y ago
I'm legitimately interesting: Can you give some examples of what areas you feel Lumia/Windows Phone excel? All Microsoft really drum beat about in the "social" aspects of owning a Windows Phone. With the near release of Windows 10 (and Windows 10 Mobile) I was thinking about considering Windows Phone again (I haven't given it much thought since Windows Phone 7).
- vvillena 11y ago
  - The best keyboard. I've tried them all in all 3 major platforms, and nothing comes close. - ClearBlack displays that do some crazy shit in sunny conditions, so you can still see the screen. - Awesome cameras and awesome image postprocessing that sacrifices color fidelity in favor of image awesomeness. - Lumia Cinemagraph is a killer app.
  - sukilot 11y ago
    The camera is amazing, and then the postprocessing instagrams it hell? What's the point?
    - vvillena 11y ago
      The thing is, the postprocessing creates awesome photos. You notice the photo is processed, but the photo comes out way better than I could have done on my own. Ans if you don't want that, you can always use RAW in the higher end models.
- mahyarm 11y ago
  I've heard great things about the battery life on windows mobile phones. http://piaw.blogspot.com/2014/09/windows-phone-vs-android-ecosystem.html http://piaw.blogspot.com/2014/09/windows-phone-vs-android-ec...

lectrick 11y ago

1) iPhone 4 is literally 4 generations old. You skipped the 4s, the 5, the 5s and the 6. It's as far from the current model as the 4 is from the original iPhone! You can't judge OS updates based on that. You should be happy you at least CAN update- good luck updating an old Android phone with a newer Android version, LOL. That space is a complete fiasco in my experience. There's a reason developers HATE Android development... 2) Debatable. Maybe. I have a 6+ and it works pretty fantastic, though, other than the occasional crashes. 3) The mAh of the battery does not matter, because the phone could be a power-suck, and the iPhone is fairly efficient overall. The total runtime of the phone DOES matter. Price? What else are you giving up with 1/4 the cost? My 6+ camera takes amazing photos. 4) We'll welcome you back once you become frustrated with Android. I know at least 2 people who were in the same boat and eventually came back. We all have to make the same mistakes...