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That's not quite how I remember the "grip of death" events doing down.
Yea, looks like the "You are holding it wrong" part was deliberately left out.
Of course there are multiple rationales for choosing a platform, but support is certainly one of them. A while ago someone made a nice graph of how good Apple/Google are at maintaining OS support for their devices, it's pretty informative (although I'd like to see a new one). http://www.fidlee.com/android-support-vs-ios-support/ In this case the Nexus 4 is still officially supported by 5.0... but not being able to ca…
That's a great visualization, thanks. Here's an HN discussion of that chart from a year ago (it's a circus of everyone trying to make excuses): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6853222
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There is also the problem where companies like Google refuse to acknowledge platforms apart from theirs. The iOS apps are usually faulty, and Google DMCAs any third party apps that talk to their services on the windows platform.
This is going to bite them. Android has deteriorated so much I'm working out how to move to Windows phone which really means leaving the Google ecosystem completely. And my career has been Android based for many years now.
I don't want to be a nitpick, but it's "its customers". Possessive its (for some reason, the words google, possessive and customers together like that make me feel uncomfortable). Not "Google treat it is customers".
I am so glad that I hold off on the bleeding edge android. I am sticking with 4.4 till there is more adoption
It's funny, I actually upgraded to 5.0.1 stock from Cyanogen 11 (4.4.4) because the phone portion stopped working in 4.4.4. Haven't had any issues with calls since then. Now I'm worried that it'll suddenly go south again :( Nexus 4 is clearly the red-headed stepchild in the Nexus family now. If there was a newer Nexus that wasn't the size of an iPad, I'd upgrade; but there isn't. Call me old-fashioned, but I don't li…
I'm on Verizon Galaxy Nexus. If Nexus 4 is the red-headed stepchild, Verizon Galaxy Nexus is the kid chained in the basement nobody talks about :-/
I'm going to cross the streams a bit here and bring up a major concern going forward. Right now, "Project Ara" is Google's project to create a modular phone that allows hot-swappable components in a totally customizable pocket device. That is, you could have 3 cameras and no wifi in your device if that's how you choose to put it together. How in the hell do we expect the Android OS to actually make this anything but…
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It's funny, I actually upgraded to 5.0.1 stock from Cyanogen 11 (4.4.4) because the phone portion stopped working in 4.4.4. Haven't had any issues with calls since then. Now I'm worried that it'll suddenly go south again :( Nexus 4 is clearly the red-headed stepchild in the Nexus family now. If there was a newer Nexus that wasn't the size of an iPad, I'd upgrade; but there isn't. Call me old-fashioned, but I don't li…
> If there was a newer Nexus that wasn't the size of an iPad, I'd upgrade; but there isn't. The Nexus 5 isn't that much bigger than the 4, and certainly isn't as big as the Nexus 6. It's also not nearly as expensive as the 6. Size comparison of the 5 and 4 (from the left, respectively): http://newlaunches.com/archives/google-nexus-5-competition-c...
It bears consideration that the N5 is not carried by Verison [CDMA].
I feel like Android 5 is a step back, UI-wise. One of those "change for the sake of change" things. I don't see how a triangle, square, and circle are more user friendly than a back button, a home button, and a tab button. Chrome is also crashing constantly on 5.03 and the new keyboard is very very bright at night. Not a telephony issue, but I feel like 5.03 was a step back and I've actually contemplated downgrading…