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FTA: I think many who extol Android’s flexibility fall into the tinkerer category, including some tech bloggers. [...] That’s fun for them; but they’ve made the mistake of not understanding how their motivation differs from the rest of us. The problem with usability nuts and Apple nuts is that they fall into the "one perfect solution exists" category. That's fun for them, as they like their uniform devices just fine…
>The problem with usability nuts and Apple nuts is that they fall into the "one perfect solution exists" category. The problem with pointing out any real or perceived flaw in Android is that you are immediately branded as "apple nut" or "trapped in a walled garden" or " An enemy of open source" or some other nonsense >That's fun for them, as they like their uniform devices just fine and get to write whiny blog posts…
And yes: this blogger surely has much better content in other posts, and surely the same nonsense exists on the other side. But this post was only nonsense in one direction.
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Considering how many people end up with it by default because it's the cheap (or free) option would suggest otherwise...
That's the real key, it's popular because it's cheap, imagine trying to claim Chevy makes a better car than BMW because more people buy Chevy.
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To pretend that for the majority this isn't annoying is disingenuous.
Have you used Android? It's really not that annoying. It's actually one of the best things Android has over iPhones right now.
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That's the real key, it's popular because it's cheap, imagine trying to claim Chevy makes a better car than BMW because more people buy Chevy.
I don't know anybody who has a "cheap" Android phone. They are all SGS4, HTC One, etc. which are around the same price as the iPhone.
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>There are a lot of things wrong with Android, and the sooner the community talks about them, the greater the chance Android has of becoming what you all want it to be That could take a while. Just remember back a few years when Android 1.x was out against the iPhone. Oh how the fandroids were gushing just how awesome their android is compared to the iPhone and when met with the clearly shortcomings of Android, they…
> You know, back then, iPhone has always had a smooth UI. Guess you never experienced an iPhone 2G or 3G on iOS 4. You'd press an icon and 5 seconds later something would happen. Was a complete disaster... http://www.zdnet.com/blog/mobile-gadgeteer/apple-should-advi...
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I don't know anybody who has a "cheap" Android phone. They are all SGS4, HTC One, etc. which are around the same price as the iPhone.
These phones represent a fraction of the overall android market, almost 1/3 of android phones are much cheaper devices still running 2.2/2.3, etc. edit: Revised most to 1/3.
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These phones represent a fraction of the overall android market, almost 1/3 of android phones are much cheaper devices still running 2.2/2.3, etc. edit: Revised most to 1/3.
That's not true though. http://developer.android.com/about/dashboards/index.html