"Android ICS already offers more than what is coming in iOS 6"

Post by daleharvey » Tue, Jun 12, 2012, 4:22 PM UTC

stephenr wrote: post #92

daleharvey wrote: post #49

Predictably most of the comments are about the android upgrade issues, but the solution is simple, people who care about these features buy a google device, which receives timely upgrades, is cheaper than an iphone, and has its own advantages (+disadvantages) over iphone hardware The people that dont care about these feature buy any random android and get this stuff later as the carriers catchup

"when" they catch up? I think you surely mean "in the unlikely event that they ever catch up or even provide/allow any update at all" If android is so "open" why do you have to pick a single device from a single manufacturer (even apple offers more options than the nexus lineup) if you want android that's really android and not raped by the handset manufacturer or the network operator?

Post by fredoliveira » Tue, Jun 12, 2012, 4:24 PM UTC

cageface wrote: post #66

technoslut wrote: post #47

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>With both platforms approaching maturity... I can't agree with that. Many felt that way in 2006 and definitely turned out not to be the case.

I'm not saying that we've seen the last word in mobile operating systems, but neither iOS nor Android have made any fundamental UX changes in the last few major updates.

Post by ceejayoz » Tue, Jun 12, 2012, 4:26 PM UTC

alecco wrote: post #79

abruzzi wrote: post #44

This is the old bullet-list fallacy. Quality is simply a measure of the bullet list of features, and no attempt is made to what is behind the items on the bullet list. Remember when the first iPhone was announced? The bullet list after it was announced had touchscreen at the top of the list, so every manufacturer thought that all they had to do was add a touch screen to their existing platform, and hordes of just lik…

> Remember when the first iPhone was announced? The bullet list after > it was announced had touchscreen at the top of the list No, the LG Prada was ripped off by the iPhone. Don't let apple fanboys rewrite tech history. Same with the iPod. Sure, it was a more polished product, but they were not the first with the feature set. Apple rarely is. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LG_Prada_(KE850)#iPhone_controv...

Post by stephenr » Tue, Jun 12, 2012, 4:26 PM UTC

mtgx wrote: post #59

This article seems relevant to the discussion, too: http://blog.bestvendor.com/2012/06/did-apple-steal-these-ios... I've noticed that over the past couple of years, Apple has kept "stealing" the functionality of very popular apps from the App Store (starting with iBooks, and then others).

Post by fluidcruft » Tue, Jun 12, 2012, 4:33 PM UTC

kevhsu wrote: post #84

fluidcruft wrote: post #64

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Like what, specifically? ICS is great, but it's mostly improvements under the hood and window dressing--things that in the grand scheme of things really don't matter. 99% of the things that frustrate me about my Android phone are hardware-related (too little RAM, slow camera, TPM) and no software update can solve those. Yeah, the browser and calendar are improved.

That's your own fault then. Android offers a variety of hardware configurations, and you opted for a low-end one. If you're in America, I have even less pity. The $200 price difference between some low-end free-on-contract smartphone and the $200 Galaxy Nexus or HTC One X is near negligible when you consider the price of the voice+data+messaging plan over the course of a 2 year contract.