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And the biggest feature of 7.1 is that within a few weeks 4 out of 5 iOS users will be running 7.1. http://arstechnica.com/apple/2014/01/apple-80-percent-of-act...
Given that Apple still sells an 16GB iPhone (for some baffling reason) I wonder what percentage of users will not have the necessary 4GB of unused space. Anecdotally, Several of my officemates have had this issue.
And the biggest feature of 7.1 is that within a few weeks 4 out of 5 iOS users will be running 7.1. http://arstechnica.com/apple/2014/01/apple-80-percent-of-act...
Given that Apple still sells an 16GB iPhone (for some baffling reason) I wonder what percentage of users will not have the necessary 4GB of unused space. Anecdotally, Several of my officemates have had this issue.
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iOS (well, software and hardware) security model blows Android out of the water in design ; in implementation, it tends to be much more bug free as well. It's the one area where you can clearly say iOS is superior to Android; openness is the one area where Android is unambiguously better than iOS.
Unfortunately Android is unambiguously not open. If you want to make an Android device, you must sign up to a restrictive contract with Google. There is an open source subset of Android called AOSP, which you can use as a basis for your OS, but Google prohibits these from being called Android. No Android system is open.
I'm willing to tolerate the closed nature of iOS for better security and (personally) an interface/hardware I prefer. But stuff like blocking Bitcoin apps is making me question this.
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Not upgrading until there's a working jailbreak.
I am still holding on to my iOS 6. I don't like all this watered down, colorless and flat UI experience.
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Unfortunately Android is unambiguously not open. If you want to make an Android device, you must sign up to a restrictive contract with Google. There is an open source subset of Android called AOSP, which you can use as a basis for your OS, but Google prohibits these from being called Android. No Android system is open.
It's entirely better than iOS for openness. As an app developer, it's dramatically more open -- you can override the core functionality of the OS if you want (browser, mail, etc.); you can't on iOS. I'm willing to tolerate the closed nature of iOS for better security and (personally) an interface/hardware I prefer. But stuff like blocking Bitcoin apps is making me question this.
Android certainly gives apps more control over the user's device. Whether this is 'better' remains to be seen.
As an owner of a small quantity of bitcoin, I am personally irritated by the blocking of bitcoin apps, but I'd rather that than have my phone be part of a botnet.
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iOS (well, software and hardware) security model blows Android out of the water in design ; in implementation, it tends to be much more bug free as well. It's the one area where you can clearly say iOS is superior to Android; openness is the one area where Android is unambiguously better than iOS.
Unfortunately Android is unambiguously not open. If you want to make an Android device, you must sign up to a restrictive contract with Google. There is an open source subset of Android called AOSP, which you can use as a basis for your OS, but Google prohibits these from being called Android. No Android system is open.
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You can't make the claim that a greater number of features makes something more advanced. Especially when many of them are poorly implemented one-offs on one model on one carrier for a few months before support and updates are cut off permanently. (Why the hell should something like screen sharing be a feature of one particular model?!?) In terms of actually working , the iPhone is lightyears ahead of huge swaths of…
Not really. I think the better term is locked out of the ancient CDMA networks of Verizon. Nexus series is GSM, which is used globally, except for Verizon in the U.S. Samsung (w/ Verizon) install so much bloatware on their new Android phones it is bordering ridiculous. Why would new Galaxy S4 users want an uninstallable NFL app? The Motorola and LG Nexus android phones are comparable to iOS in terms of actually worki…
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The only bug I've seen is that the device would restart itself on occasion. There was a critical bug right when iOS7 came out where if you tapped define in mail or notes, it would completely freeze the app. Seems to be fixed now. Then again, I wouldn't say I'm a heavy user. I mainly use it to check on my mail, read some news, etc.
I've had my iPhone5 restart happen during a call in iOS7.0 - the call went along as if nothing had happened. Was it really a restart or just the UI (springboard) restarting?
The cell phone modem is a separate hardware piece in your phone, it has its own operating system. The smartphone OS communicates with the modem over an interface usually using "AT" commands. The iPhone 1-4 had an cell phone modem design by Intel (GSM version, modem manufacturer got bought by Intel).
The iOS UI consists app(s), so it may crash and restart.