iOS does not win over Vanilla Android. They are both very user friendly at this point, Android just allows a level of customization that Apple doesn't.
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iOS does not win over Vanilla Android. They are both very user friendly at this point, Android just allows a level of customization that Apple doesn't.
Supersnake, wrong thread?
And I agree that iOS doesn't win over vanilla flagships. TouchWiz on the other hand, yes, iOS and just about everything else is superior to TouchWiz by a lot. The problem with androids is that most people buys Samsung's and/or cheap phones that's probably stuck at an android from 3 iterations past. That makes "androids unusable," and it's quite frankly true. I just hope you android haters give a non-Samsung flagships a chance. These androids are easily available to be purchased/pre-ordered: Moto X (2013/2014), HTC One (M7/M8), LG G3, and Nexus 5. Try them for a day.
Me? I just tried iOS8 yesterday on an iPhone 6. iOS7 is an abomination, but I liked iOS8 enough, don't know if the bigger screen had to do with me enjoying iOS more now or the today's page actually being useful. I'm still way too tied down to the Google ecosystem that I most likely wouldn't be switching, ever.
And I agree that iOS doesn't win over vanilla flagships. TouchWiz on the other hand, yes, iOS and just about everything else is superior to TouchWiz by a lot. The problem with androids is that most people buys Samsung's and/or cheap phones that's probably stuck at an android from 3 iterations past. That makes "androids unusable," and it's quite frankly true. I just hope you android haters give a non-Samsung flagships a chance. These androids are easily available to be purchased/pre-ordered: Moto X (2013/2014), HTC One (M7/M8), LG G3, and Nexus 5. Try them for a day.
Me? I just tried iOS8 yesterday on an iPhone 6. iOS7 is an abomination, but I liked iOS8 enough, don't know if the bigger screen had to do with me enjoying iOS more now or the today's page actually being useful. I'm still way too tied down to the Google ecosystem that I most likely wouldn't be switching, ever.
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Exactly, and that's a big reason I like Android, is for that "Customization". I don't want my phone to look and behave like every other millions with the same phone, I want a unique setup, cool lock screen, and minimalistic theme on my phone, done my way, and very individual. Plus I get bored with the same setup every few weeks, and then I change it up all over again, keep fresh.
It's like buying a Honda Accord I could say. Most just buy the Accord and keep it stock looking, very plain and vanilla, and "it just works" and is perfect for 99% of the people. But others will mod that Accord, and there are car forums with really cool looking and tasteful done Accords, with tinted windows, lowered, new wheels, and turns that plain Jane Accord, into something really unique and cool looking, not cheesy but something different and neat.
I guess that's me with my HTC One M8 converted to GPE. And the iPhone 6 and specifically iOS8 just don't tick my boxes of interest.
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A buddy of mine just got an M8 and it is a really nice phone IMO. The screen looks fantastic and it felt really snappy. He's your typical Android fanboy, but even he's been verbally bitch-slapping Samsung. Apparently he got the last Galaxy and returned it the next day out of frustration. Not entirely sure why, but he said he'd never own another Samsung phone again despite owning every previous Galaxy device.
I sort of find that odd, since Samsung is more or less the posterchild for Android at the moment.... but having used friends Galaxy phones in the past, compared to the M8, I definitely agree with you that it's a better user experience, even if it's missing certain features.
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I have the HTC One M8, converted to GPE, and I would say out of the 13 Android phones I have owned the past five years, this One M8 GPE is hands down my fav. Super fast smooth, has incredible battery life, giving me 5+ hour On Screen time. Great display, and the speakers really are awesome.
My Wife has the Samsung Galaxy S4, and I fucking despise that phone; it's laggy, and has dim screen hard to see outdoors, and Touchwiz on the S4 just sucks balls.
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That's great and all, but it's still running an OS designed by a company that siphons data from it's users, with a bloated UI full of, mostly, useless gimmicks. I'm surprised it doesn't have a 3D screen to go with that stylus lol
Don't get me wrong, it has some neat features, and the hardware is nice, but it's nothing special (these days)
I hope with that kind of statement, you don't think the iPhone is special instead, right? I love the functionality of what an iPhone gives users, but I'd pick a Note 3 over it every day of the week. Also yes, the stylus has become a necessity almost (at least for my daily usage).
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Of course not. There are no 'killer features' left to implement anymore. It's all incremental hardware updates with the occasional, cool but gimmicky, feature, to get people talking.
At this point, smartphones are pretty much one in the same... just with a different skin
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LOLed SO HARD!!!!!
This customization bit is a valid point. For my iPhone I have to jailbreak the system to get full access, nothing like my old s3. However To be honest most of the newer Flagships from the top androids make customization of yesteryear harder. Plus with the crapola of features that flagships use to differentiate themselves in specs are usually a bunch of proprietary software tricks. Without those software tricks the phones fall in line with one another.
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The car customization analogy explains quite a lot — just not what he'd intended to convey.
The calculator example was a bad example since he could have done that much much faster by switching tasks. As for saving text from a web page (IIRC), man Apple has features in OS X like this that haven't migrated to iOS.
Hahahaha... but people keep telling me how great this phone is! I don't know what hell Samsung does to Android but it should be considered abuse.
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Back when I had my Evo X, everyone had the same wheels, same tune, same exhaust, etc. At first you are different from everyone but give it a few months everyone has the same thing as you.
While we are on the subject of cars, take that plain jane accord, do regular maintenance on it for 10 years, now compare that to someone who mods the engine with so many different performance parts, after a while they are going to have problems.
Apple is for those people who want to use the phone like it was designed. It is a very stable OS.
Android is as well, but when you start to customize everything a lot of the time you get problems with the phone running smooth. It has happened to me a lot.
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Many of the Android screens I see from average users look just like that.
A bunch of random widgets everywhere, along with wallpaper that blends in all the text which make the icons unreadable.
iPhone keeps the average users screen free of clutter.
What ever happened to iOS 8 split screen multitasking? Seems everyone including review sites went silent on it. Was it silently dropped since Apple stuck with the same 1GB DRAM limitation. Would've been useful with the big 6 Plus screen real estate.
Wasn't that iOS 7?
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Don't you mean uniformly cluttered?
If I clean out my desk drawers and arrange everything on top of it, but in nice rows and columns, that doesn't make my desk free of clutter....
iPhone 6 and 6 Plus vs the best of Android: has Apple caught up?
http://www.androidauthority.com/iphone-6-plus-vs-521180/
Personally, I think that the latest Apple devices are interesting additions to the mobile world and that Android OEMs should take notice, though Id never choose either of the handsets over a good Android flagship. The reason has less to do with blind hatred or fanboyism, and more to do with the fact that I like customization, options, new hardware innovations faster (NFC just got added by Apple..), the Google ecosystem and I simply dont enjoy the walled garden that is iOS. What do you think of Apples latest, how do they compare to 2014 Android flagships?
http://www.androidauthority.com/iphone-6-plus-vs-521180/
Personally, I think that the latest Apple devices are interesting additions to the mobile world and that Android OEMs should take notice, though Id never choose either of the handsets over a good Android flagship. The reason has less to do with blind hatred or fanboyism, and more to do with the fact that I like customization, options, new hardware innovations faster (NFC just got added by Apple..), the Google ecosystem and I simply dont enjoy the walled garden that is iOS. What do you think of Apples latest, how do they compare to 2014 Android flagships?
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Breaking: writer for Android news site confirms plans to continue using Android.
We'll continue to post details on this revelation as they become available.
We'll continue to post details on this revelation as they become available.
1GB Ram confirmed. Can't say I'm surprised, Apple has never been above saving a few $. People will justify this by saying 'user experience blah blah' but software can't make up for lack of memory and both iPhone and iPad have very frequent reload problems due to this.
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The writer seems to have absolutely no idea what the heck he is talking about.
Well, I guess I am not surprised that it came from a Android fan site....
State of the smartphone industry: top trends in 2014
http://www.androidauthority.com/state-smartphone-industry-2014-527300/
With the iPhone 6 launching around the world as we speak, Apple is no doubt banking that finally caving in to consumer demands for larger devices will reignite the company’s dwindling growth. Whilst Apple might sell more units than the iPhone 5S and 5C, the product isn’t industry leading and is unlikely to inspire consumers to switch over to iOS. Therefore iPhone 6 is only likely to click with existing Apple customers, and does nothing to help the company break into the fastest growing regions. Despite the Western media’s infatuation with Apple, the figures show that Xiaomi is now a bigger deal in the world’s largest smartphone market.
The key takeaway from all this juicy data is that the everyday smartphone brands that we are most familiar with are undoubtedly behind the curve. Not necessarily in terms of hardware, but in terms of being where the market is. Western consumers are set in their ways and saturated, the real opportunities for growth lie in Asia, Latin America, and Africa.
And, despite what blinkered Apple and Android pundits believe, this isn’t all about price and “poorer” developing nations simply buying budget Android handsets because they can’t afford anything else. Huawei, Xiaomi, Lenovo, ZTE, and the rest, and producing handsets with hardware that match and sometimes exceed the staple brands. With prices that offer consumers a better value proposition, thanks to the lack of gimmicks.
Brand loyalty only lasts for so long. The big OEMs need to realise this sooner rather than later.
http://www.androidauthority.com/state-smartphone-industry-2014-527300/
With the iPhone 6 launching around the world as we speak, Apple is no doubt banking that finally caving in to consumer demands for larger devices will reignite the company’s dwindling growth. Whilst Apple might sell more units than the iPhone 5S and 5C, the product isn’t industry leading and is unlikely to inspire consumers to switch over to iOS. Therefore iPhone 6 is only likely to click with existing Apple customers, and does nothing to help the company break into the fastest growing regions. Despite the Western media’s infatuation with Apple, the figures show that Xiaomi is now a bigger deal in the world’s largest smartphone market.
The key takeaway from all this juicy data is that the everyday smartphone brands that we are most familiar with are undoubtedly behind the curve. Not necessarily in terms of hardware, but in terms of being where the market is. Western consumers are set in their ways and saturated, the real opportunities for growth lie in Asia, Latin America, and Africa.
And, despite what blinkered Apple and Android pundits believe, this isn’t all about price and “poorer” developing nations simply buying budget Android handsets because they can’t afford anything else. Huawei, Xiaomi, Lenovo, ZTE, and the rest, and producing handsets with hardware that match and sometimes exceed the staple brands. With prices that offer consumers a better value proposition, thanks to the lack of gimmicks.
Brand loyalty only lasts for so long. The big OEMs need to realise this sooner rather than later.
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Nice, all he did was compare specifications. Thy don't even have an iPhone 6, but he know he won't like it because of the specs!
So I got my iPhone 6 (64GB, space grey) today -- apparently, first one to post here. First impressions:
-- The screen res difference vs. the Plus (and other phones) is only noticeable if you're either right up close or have exceptional vision. I'd have preferred sharper, but I can definitely live with 750p.
-- Build quality is great. The antenna lines aren't so hot, but space grey seems to be the best complement to them. Biggest catch: it's slippery if you don't have a firm grip.
-- The camera is probably the best bit. Take the fast focus you get from the GS5/One M8/G3 and combine it with better colour, exposure and motion tolerance... that's the iPhone 6.
-- Battery life seems better than the 5/5s and on par with something like the GS5, although I need to give it a more extended workout to verify this.
-- The screen res difference vs. the Plus (and other phones) is only noticeable if you're either right up close or have exceptional vision. I'd have preferred sharper, but I can definitely live with 750p.
-- Build quality is great. The antenna lines aren't so hot, but space grey seems to be the best complement to them. Biggest catch: it's slippery if you don't have a firm grip.
-- The camera is probably the best bit. Take the fast focus you get from the GS5/One M8/G3 and combine it with better colour, exposure and motion tolerance... that's the iPhone 6.
-- Battery life seems better than the 5/5s and on par with something like the GS5, although I need to give it a more extended workout to verify this.
Got the plus today to see how it is for a week before it goes to fleabay. I'm switching from the nexus 5 and these are some things i've noticed so far:
Screen has better colors than n5
Fit and finish are far above the plasticky feel
Its thinner and its noticable. Fits my straight jeans pretty easily
Fun comparison pics from coworkers phones:
iphone5 vs nexus 5 vs LG G3 vs iphone6+ vs Ipad4
Note 3 vs iphone 6+ vs nexus 5
Screen has better colors than n5
Fit and finish are far above the plasticky feel
Its thinner and its noticable. Fits my straight jeans pretty easily
Fun comparison pics from coworkers phones:
iphone5 vs nexus 5 vs LG G3 vs iphone6+ vs Ipad4
Note 3 vs iphone 6+ vs nexus 5
Apparently iFixit said they found a 2915mAh battery and confirmed its still 1gb. I dont know when my 6+ is coming in. Ill post my impressions when it does.
I pushed through the mutants at a local Apple store to play with both versions. It feels as slippery as the iPod Touch, but not as bad as the old tapered iPod Touch. The front glass is the only place I can feel a grip. The backside is as smooth as a babies ass.
Might've considered a swap from Android phone + iOS tablet to iOS phone + Android tablet (fueled in part because of Tegra K1 equipped Nexus 9) if these phones had 2GB RAM. The app crashes and Safari page reloads on my Mini Retina are annoying enough that I'd never want to deal with that on a phone.
iPhone 6 vs HTC One (M8) quick look
http://www.androidauthority.com/iphone-6-vs-htc-one-m8-quick-look-528132/
Conclusion at a glance
With the iPhone 6 and the HTC One (M8), it is essentially comes to down to which ecosystem you are a fan off, with both being the absolute best they can be in terms of design and build quality. The iPhone 6 may be thinner and lighter, but the One (M8) does feature a slightly bigger display, expandable storage, and a few more software features, like gesture controls. As always, the ultimate choice is with you.
http://www.androidauthority.com/iphone-6-vs-htc-one-m8-quick-look-528132/
Conclusion at a glance
With the iPhone 6 and the HTC One (M8), it is essentially comes to down to which ecosystem you are a fan off, with both being the absolute best they can be in terms of design and build quality. The iPhone 6 may be thinner and lighter, but the One (M8) does feature a slightly bigger display, expandable storage, and a few more software features, like gesture controls. As always, the ultimate choice is with you.
Both of these phones have the exact same size 5.5" screen; LG G3 and iPhone 6 Plus. And you have to admit the G3 is sleeker and more user friendly so slimmed down and little to no bezels. Man, Apple needs to do something with these hideous bezels come iPhone 7 in 2016.
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I completely agree. I hate the big phones, and so I hate the new iphone even more. Way too fucking big. Apple went full retard.
I will probably be getting a 6+ next month so I will be following these user experiences closely.
A few more software features? Wake me when I don't have to join Google+ to use Hangouts in Chrome. I'd rather use iMessage than join another shitty social network.
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Sticking with equally sized top and bottom bezels was a mistake. OK, you need the giant bottom bezel for the home button, but the top bezel should have been slimmed down, like it is on the G3.
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I think they did it intentionally. They did it to please the fans that want a 'phablet' for now, even if they hate the huge design. They need to have something to fall back on for the iPhone 6s+/7+, in case they have nothing else major for the next iPhone. They'll say it's still a 5.5" screen, but the phone is overall smaller, faster, better design, and better overall. In other words, the best iPhone yet. That way this years fans can upgrade next year.
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