Now that the nexus is gone what alternatives are for developer friendly phones ?
Behind the Pixel: Google’s First Real Threat to Apple’s iPhone
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#102Earlier quoted context omitted.
>Now, Google is no Samsung, but they're a long way from Apple or even Microsoft on the UX front. Not sure I agree with this. I've been on android for a while, so I'm sure I'm biased, but stock AOSP Android is pretty much perfect for me. Very minimal and aesthetically beautiful, but still powerful and customizable.
> Very minimal and aesthetically beautiful, but still powerful and customizable. None of which is helpful when the battery is dead. The iPhone still wins on battery life. Maybe the new gen Androids will fix that. I hope so. Edit: I added some data for battery tests in a comment below. Looks like my Android experience is out of date.
3G call time (minutes):[1]
HTC10: 1859 LG G5: 1579 S7: 1492 iPhone 7: 712
The results would be closer on pretty much any other test, but it's hard to do an apples to apples comparison on anything other than talk time. Most review sites still find that this generation of Android flagships have longer web browsing times than the iPhone 7.
1: https://blogs.which.co.uk/technology/smartphones/iphone-7-fi...
Re: Behind the Pixel: Google’s First Real Threat to Apple’s iPhone
#103So far, aside from the camera (apparently excellent), everything I've heard about why the Pixel is so great comes down to software. So far, of everything software that people have enthused about with the Pixel... none of that software shines if you only have Google Apps accounts. Aside from the camera, why would anyone with a Google Apps account buy this? (I'm referring to the Allo AI assistent, etc which only has li…
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#104Earlier quoted context omitted.
> I've been on android for a while, so I'm sure I'm biased, but stock AOSP Android is pretty much perfect for me. Very minimal and aesthetically beautiful, but still powerful and customizable. You can get AOSP on a lot of phones, you just have to be comfortable flashing a custom ROM. I don't understand why anyone would pay iPhone prices for an Android phone. Even if the hardware quality is similar (which it won't be,…
>(which it won't be, because Apple SoCs are at least a generation ahead of everyone else) Can anyone confirm if this is true? I thought the general advantage for i[a-zA-Z0-9]\+ is a well defined small N number of targets, which allow great optimization. Generally, the parts on apple things are a bit older than the competition but they pull off more (at least in user's eyes) compared with Android due to that optimizat…
Re: Behind the Pixel: Google’s First Real Threat to Apple’s iPhone
#105Now that the nexus is gone what alternatives exist for developer friendly phones ?
Re: Behind the Pixel: Google’s First Real Threat to Apple’s iPhone
#106I realise that not everyone is in the US, but Verizon Exclusive, really? Edit: Ah, I was mistaken. Contract exclusive, still outright. Oops!
Verizon Exclusive only in the US - they're selling it directly in other countries.
Just as a correction, it is only Verizon as a buy from carrier method. It is being sold unlocked and directly in the US as well.
Re: Behind the Pixel: Google’s First Real Threat to Apple’s iPhone
#107Now that the nexus is gone what alternatives are for developer friendly phones ?
OnePlus? I think that the Nexus 6P will age well if you can get it for cheap soon.
There isn't any indication that these phones will be any less developer friendly than the Nexus phones, if you don't have a problem with the price.
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#108The interesting part will be for how long will the Phone + Software be supported. Now that the price is the same I think it's fair the support should be the same as the iPhone.
Re: Behind the Pixel: Google’s First Real Threat to Apple’s iPhone
#109Earlier quoted context omitted.
> Very minimal and aesthetically beautiful, but still powerful and customizable. None of which is helpful when the battery is dead. The iPhone still wins on battery life. Maybe the new gen Androids will fix that. I hope so. Edit: I added some data for battery tests in a comment below. Looks like my Android experience is out of date.
I think this is very user-specific. My wife has had two iphones (5, 6). Both die much faster than my androids (many many hours). We use them about the same.
Anecdotes aside, let's find some data:
http://www.expertreviews.co.uk/mobile-phones/1402071/best-ph...
http://www.gsmarena.com/battery-test.php3
https://www.statista.com/statistics/280508/smartphone-batter...
Looks like Apple is middle of the pack among premium phones these days. My experience was with NEXUS 4 and 5, which would often be out of juice when I needed them.
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#110Sorry if this isn't the right place to ask, but has there been any information released regarding whether the bootloader can be unlocked or not? I guess what I'm really asking is if I will be able to flash a custom "ROM" and kernel to this. I've heard rumors of Google taking a more aggressive stance on locking down their hardware, so I'd like to know if there's been any new information regarding this. If I can't flas…
And imho, the main appeal to the Pixel is that it's Google-controlled and provides the same benefits as Apple-controlled iPhones do: timely updates, strong security, things that "just work", tight 1st party ecosystem integration, etc.
You may or may not be able to flash custom ROMs to you Pixel, but if you choose not to, you'll probably have a fairly optimal stock Android experience. If you absolutely have to have custom everything, there are hundreds of other Android handset options, which is a boon for everyone.