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An iPhone lover’s confession: I switched to the Nexus 4

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Re: An iPhone lover’s confession: I switched to the Nexus 4

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Post by pi18n »

w0utert wrote: post #6

I agree with what the article says about sharing data between applications, this really is one of the biggest pain points of iOS right now. Fortunately, it looks like Apple will finally address this in the future, iOS 6 already has infrastructure in place to allow for remote view controllers that (in theory) should allow any application to register itself to handle certain data and events. Right now seems to be only…

Launching other apps can be done by any app right now, but the app package needs some info saying the app is able to handle a certain data type or open a certain URL protocol.

I am an Objective-C developer and I love the SDKs on the iPhone, but I am just so tired of Apple's bullshit regarding using our devices the way we want to. I'm tired of waiting for them to enable basic features like phone number black/whitelists.

My next device will be a Nexus. Then I can run apps in the background other than music, share data between apps, sideload apps from third parties, run a mobile terminal, run mobile scripting languages, and basically be free to use my hardware as I'd like.

Re: An iPhone lover’s confession: I switched to the Nexus 4

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Post by driverdan »

lucian1900 wrote: post #33
josteink wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> While Android still doesn’t give you bouncing lists and scroll views It used to be in Android until Apple made it a 1 billion dollar lawsuit and banned everyone else in the universe from implementing it. Those bouncing lists. 1 billion dollar. And Apple is not a patent-troll. No siree.

Really? I've never seen it in Android.

My LG Optimus V running Android 2.1 has bouncy scrolling in the browser but not in most standard apps.

Re: An iPhone lover’s confession: I switched to the Nexus 4

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Post by robmcm »

w1ntermute wrote: post #135
robmcm wrote: post #96

Earlier quoted context omitted.

We all know that Android would have this if it wasn't for patents. You can't scroll without the page moving... so I don't understand your point. Plus if you are scrolling slowly and reading as you go, having a litte bit of background show (part of the effect) is little difference from showing a flash of colour.

> We all know that Android would have this if it wasn't for patents. No, we don't. Maybe it would, maybe it wouldn't. Now that there is a viable alternative that people are used to, I don't think bouncing would be used if the patent were to be invalidated tomorrow. The only reason to use the bounceback early on was because (a) no alternatives had been developed yet and bounceback was adequate, and (b) it appeased all…

> You completely missed my point. It has nothing to do with scrolling while reading. It only has to do with when I'm at the top or bottom of a page/list.

If that is the case, what is the diference between scrolling and nothing moves but you get a flash of color, vs some text moves and you see a bit of the background.

Re: An iPhone lover’s confession: I switched to the Nexus 4

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Post by ConstantineXVI »

vacri wrote: post #119
kolleykibber wrote: post #95

The Samsung S3 / Nexus 4 comparison is interesting. I just sold a Nexus 4 and bought an S3. I do prefer stock android, but no sd card, fragility issues and the unremovable battery were a deal breaker for me.

I do see a lot of iPhones with smashed screens but I've only ever seen two or three Androids with smashed screens (and no blackberries). So this probably means that either the androids don't smash easily; that android users don't drop their phones on hard surfaces (unlikely - these are humans we're talking about); or that the iPhone screen is so good it keeps working when smashed and the Android ones don't. Sample si…

Most Android phones don't have glass running all the way to the edge, I'd imagine that's a factor.

Semi-related: I've dropped a pocketknife blade first on a Nokia E71. There's the tiniest scuff on the screen, that's it. (And it's still in active use. Remains the best phone with a keyboard ever built.)

Re: An iPhone lover’s confession: I switched to the Nexus 4

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Post by nasmorn »

taligent wrote: post #107
niklas_a wrote: post #72

Can only agree with OP. I gave up my iPhone 4 for a Galaxy Nexus this summer and have never looked back. I think Google can still work on the default look, but I find Android to be very "clean" and quick to work with. Android feels much more like a real operating system. iOS is so restricted and there are many work tasks that I cannot do (e.g. mailing a dropbox file to someone). Google Now is also amazingly good. And…

I can email a Dropbox file to someone and search my mail on my iPhone. Or am I missing something ?

I use iPhones exclusively since they came out and I hate the mail search. I basically just give up and wait until I am at a real computer. Incedentially that is very often for me. My wife rarely uses a computer anymore for her this is really troubling. I guess to completely replace a real computer an Android tablet might be the better choice

Re: An iPhone lover’s confession: I switched to the Nexus 4

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Post by OriginalSyn »

ConstantineXVI wrote: post #144
ricw wrote: post #136

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The downside of auto-downloading is that your tablet/phone will run out of battery much faster than on iOS. iOS has stand by times of weeks (31 days?), which is wonderful. My nexus 7 runs dry after days, arguably because of the apps I use, or because the OS allows them. I'm unsure which I prefer, though I'd like to be able to configure a trade-off between the two myself..

Simple fix: permissions. > [Podcast App] would like to run in the background. You can change this at any time. Allow/Deny? Or perhaps being a bit more specific: > [Podcast App] would like to sync nightly. Allow/Deny/Charging Only?

Or only allow downloading in background when connected to a charger.

Re: An iPhone lover’s confession: I switched to the Nexus 4

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Post by jamesjguthrie »

Gmo wrote: post #52
jamesjguthrie wrote: post #22

I went the other direction recently, from Galaxy S2 with 4.2.1 Jelly Bean to iPhone 3GS with jailbroken iOS 6.0.1. The iPhone feels great in my hands because it's so small and the battery seems to be lasting for ages. I don't even feel like it's that old because it still has the latest OS and apps. I'm enjoying the iPhone for now but I think it's mainly due to getting bored with the Galaxy. The Galaxy is due an upgra…

I feel that my 3GS is old because it lags like crazy. I have a hard time believing it would not be the case for you too.

Nope, I don't feel that. Maybe it's because I'm used to using older equipment - I used a HTC Dream up until 12 months ago.

Edit: HTC Dream was used for 3 years roughly, from Android 1.1 until 4.0 ROM's started coming out.

Re: An iPhone lover’s confession: I switched to the Nexus 4

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Post by bjustin »

thefreeman wrote: post #36
gonehome wrote: post #3

Interesting - I switched from android to the iPhone 5 recently (after having the N1, NS and Galaxy Nexus). I thought this was the first iPhone that finally had the necessary hardware (LTE being required after the galaxy). The main things I miss are better google voice integration on the nexus phones (the ability to use the web interface for texting is something I can't give up). I also used to not pay for texting thi…

Curious, do you actively use the power control widget? Turning off wi-fi and GPS when you aren't using them can help a lot with battery life. Also, if you are using CyanogenMod (or many other custom builds) you can change the performance settings on your cpu governer, etc., to improve it further.

That's silly. I don't have to manually turn off wi-fi or GPS for my iPhone to last about two days, why should I have to on an Android phone? Automatic management would be fine, but having to think about it is not. Even using cell-towers-only coarse location to set them when I'm at home or work could be OK.

Re: An iPhone lover’s confession: I switched to the Nexus 4

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Post by redial »

6thSigma wrote: post #113
w0utert wrote: post #6

I agree with what the article says about sharing data between applications, this really is one of the biggest pain points of iOS right now. Fortunately, it looks like Apple will finally address this in the future, iOS 6 already has infrastructure in place to allow for remote view controllers that (in theory) should allow any application to register itself to handle certain data and events. Right now seems to be only…

> Fortunately, it looks like Apple will finally address this in the future Ha, sorry, reminds me of that Samsung commercial. We're going to get that in the next one.. right?

Yes, because android has always been buttery smooth. And the battery life has always been excellent. The density of the screen was impressive from day one.

Things change.

Re: An iPhone lover’s confession: I switched to the Nexus 4

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Post by greenmountin »

thefreeman wrote: post #36
gonehome wrote: post #3

Interesting - I switched from android to the iPhone 5 recently (after having the N1, NS and Galaxy Nexus). I thought this was the first iPhone that finally had the necessary hardware (LTE being required after the galaxy). The main things I miss are better google voice integration on the nexus phones (the ability to use the web interface for texting is something I can't give up). I also used to not pay for texting thi…

Curious, do you actively use the power control widget? Turning off wi-fi and GPS when you aren't using them can help a lot with battery life. Also, if you are using CyanogenMod (or many other custom builds) you can change the performance settings on your cpu governer, etc., to improve it further.

I bought the Nexus 4 and couldn't believe how little runtime I was getting. Even paid $5 for juice defender to turn off wifi / automatic downloading. It's the screen. Went back to my iPhone 4. Sites should really do a better job of reporting battery life, although I guess I should have guessed from the Anandtech table [1]. Gave it to my brother to jailbreak and underclock, to see if it could be saved.

[1] http://www.anandtech.com/show/6425/google-nexus-4-and-nexus-...

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