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I switched to Android after 7 years of iOS
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Re: I switched to Android after 7 years of iOS
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These things that you mentioned, you didn't really have to do. Buy a nexus, and it's as clean as it gets. What you're saying is that you left the freedom of your device to jail yourself into simple interface...? I do agree though, that those samsung/lg/etc phone have lots crapwares + carrier crapwares.
a simple interface that WORKS , absolutely. I tried in February to switch to the Nexus 6P. I literally had to restart it TWICE on day one. How is that even reasonable ? for 650 dollars, that's a joke. I'll get downvoted to hell, but I really don't care, iOS just works (tm), and I'll take that over custimizibility any day of the week .
This is the first time I am hearing about someone having to restart their 6P twice a day. I have been using mine for 5 months now and I would have restarted the phone may 5 times other than the times I was updating it.
Re: I switched to Android after 7 years of iOS
#453Earlier quoted context omitted.
These things that you mentioned, you didn't really have to do. Buy a nexus, and it's as clean as it gets. What you're saying is that you left the freedom of your device to jail yourself into simple interface...? I do agree though, that those samsung/lg/etc phone have lots crapwares + carrier crapwares.
Don't buy a Nexus. I have and it's a huge disappointment. I had a perfect Nexus 10 device running KitKat. And then it keeps nagging to upgrade to Lollipop, so I did. Ever since that, it runs every application slow as hell. If you allow the battery to run out, prepare for pain. Once you fill up the battery and it restarts it will start "optimizing" all installed applications. I have about 80 applications and this take…
Does anybody know what it's doing when it's "optimizing" applications?
Re: I switched to Android after 7 years of iOS
#454Earlier quoted context omitted.
Until your Nexus is out of the short update window.
Nexuses seem to have about a 3-4 year update window.
We can only judge by devices that are out of support.
Galaxy Nexus: released in November 2011, last release: 4.3 in July 2013. Update Window: 1 year and 8 months.
Nexus 4: released in November 2012, last release: 5.1.1 in May 2015. Update window: 2 years and 6 months.
Nexus 5: released in October 2013, last release: 6.x (?), probably April/May 2016. Update window: probably 2 years and 6 months.
(Granted, the Nexus 4 received security updates for a longer period.)
They have recently announced a better policy:
Nexus devices will continue to receive major updates for at least two years and security patches for the longer of three years from initial availability or 18 months from last sale of the device via the Google Store.
Source: http://officialandroid.blogspot.de/2015/08/an-update-to-nexu...
But 3-4 years is definitely false. Up to now ~2-2.5 years, in the future 3 years.
Re: I switched to Android after 7 years of iOS
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#456Sidenote: I checked the Google's Project Fi - damn, it's expensive. For $20/month you get unlimited calls and texts, but you have to pay extra $10 for every 1GB of data. Here in Poland for $10 I get the same unlimited calls and texts plus 4GB of LTE included (and then you're limited to 1 Mbps - but you can take the $13 plan and get unlimited GBs too).
If you think Project Fi is expensive, you will be shocked by the rates of other carriers. Fi is trying to disrupt phone carriers through cheap pricing and transparent billing. I have been experimenting with Fi and I think it is good but has some significant drawbacks. I am about ready to cancel my Verizon service to go all in with Fi, but a major factor is the fact that I'm going back to school and will be counting p…
Non-simultaneous data and voice is, I believe, a symptom of a Sprint connection. TMobile should be able to handle both simultaneously.
Re: I switched to Android after 7 years of iOS
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#458The argument seems to be that app developers aren't doing very well on the app store, and you're looking to the free and open web as the place where vast sums of money will be made? For the vast majority of these apps, I beg to differ. The web plays by the same rules as the app ecosystem: it's very expensive to monetize, unless of course you are creating value for someone who has money and minimal friction when payin…
This point is addressed in the article, the point is not to have web app perform as fast or better than native app. As long as they are fast enough it's ok. I'll support this point: for so many services I'd be ok to trade off native performance for a smoother install process and independance from arbitrary rules. For instance amazon kindle app is severly limited by the app store rules while it has arguably no feature…
> This point is addressed in the article, the point is not to have web app perform as fast or better than native app. As long as they are fast enough it's ok.
That may be true if you only care about performance, but what about battery usage? That's something important on a phone.
Re: I switched to Android after 7 years of iOS
#459Late bloomer, you say? :)
Re: I switched to Android after 7 years of iOS
#460Earlier quoted context omitted.
What you're saying is that you left the freedom of your device to jail yourself into simple interface...? Actually, this is a pattern that many products follow, as they evolve from a newly tinkered thing pioneered by enthusiasts to a mature consumer device. There is much more "freedom" in 80's and 90's audio equipment. (And markedly higher build quality. Bargain stuff I bought as a teenager is now lauded on ebay as t…
> Cars also followed this pattern, come to think of it. I remember my dad complaining all through my youth about how the more modern that cars get, the less serviceable you are. That in new cars you need special computers just to tell them that yes, you did fix the problem and the car can stop complaining now. 10 years later ... man, if I have to even think about opening the bonnet and poking at something, I assume t…
> Maintainability is the feature of unreliable equipment.
Would you pay 100x more for a reliable equipment?