With the coming release of Android 5.0 (Lollipop), I've noticed a lot more threads about Android vs the competition lately. Android 5.0 is, by far, one of the most interesting versions of Android. There's definitely a lot to love about it. But, after reading some of the recent threads, there's a lot that the Fandroids have wrong about it. For instance:
Project Volta: Android will never compare in battery life to iOS and Windows Phone. Period. Project Volta may be the best battery saver ever. Android 5.0 may be the most efficient version of Android ever. Android still won't compare to the competition when it comes to battery life, simply because of how the OS works. WP and iOS minimize the amount of background tasks. Neither OS allows apps to (fully) run in the background. Android does. This has it's own benefit, of course. Apps don't need to resume, seeing as how they were never stopped. But, it drains battery life.
User Profiles/Screen Pinning: User Profiles is a cool feature, but who shares their phone? The most beneficial part of this is the Guest profile, but this is comparable to Window Phone's Kid's Corner/App Corner, as is the entire point of screen pinning.
Security: Android, by far, has always had the worst security when it comes to mobile OS. Windows Phone and iOS have always surpassed it. I have yet to see a virus on iOS or Windows Phone. On Android, there are a lot. So many, in fact, that it is actually recommended to install anti-virus apps. With the upcoming release of Android 5.0, you get out of the box "full" encryption. And yet, security on Android still won't improve much. The encryption does not encrypt any data on an SD card, for one. A lot of apps tend to save data on SD cards, so that's not much help. Second, encryption is only on by default if the phone itself came with Android 5.0. If you upgraded from, say, KitKat (or any older version of Android), encryption is not turned on by default, due to the amount of time it would take to encryption all of the data currently on the phone. How many consumers do you honestly believe will manually turn on encryption? Not many.
Android 5.0 is the only version of Android that has ever interested me. I've always been a Windows Phone user, and will stay one for a while. I can't wait to get my hands on an Android 5.0 flagship next year (Snapdragon 810/ 4GB+ RAM, anyone?). That said, it amazes me how many threads about Android L mention things like the above, when those really aren't anything to get excited about. Even more amazing is how Google and the media have made Android L seem like a Godsend.
Project Volta: Android will never compare in battery life to iOS and Windows Phone. Period. Project Volta may be the best battery saver ever. Android 5.0 may be the most efficient version of Android ever. Android still won't compare to the competition when it comes to battery life, simply because of how the OS works. WP and iOS minimize the amount of background tasks. Neither OS allows apps to (fully) run in the background. Android does. This has it's own benefit, of course. Apps don't need to resume, seeing as how they were never stopped. But, it drains battery life.
User Profiles/Screen Pinning: User Profiles is a cool feature, but who shares their phone? The most beneficial part of this is the Guest profile, but this is comparable to Window Phone's Kid's Corner/App Corner, as is the entire point of screen pinning.
Security: Android, by far, has always had the worst security when it comes to mobile OS. Windows Phone and iOS have always surpassed it. I have yet to see a virus on iOS or Windows Phone. On Android, there are a lot. So many, in fact, that it is actually recommended to install anti-virus apps. With the upcoming release of Android 5.0, you get out of the box "full" encryption. And yet, security on Android still won't improve much. The encryption does not encrypt any data on an SD card, for one. A lot of apps tend to save data on SD cards, so that's not much help. Second, encryption is only on by default if the phone itself came with Android 5.0. If you upgraded from, say, KitKat (or any older version of Android), encryption is not turned on by default, due to the amount of time it would take to encryption all of the data currently on the phone. How many consumers do you honestly believe will manually turn on encryption? Not many.
Android 5.0 is the only version of Android that has ever interested me. I've always been a Windows Phone user, and will stay one for a while. I can't wait to get my hands on an Android 5.0 flagship next year (Snapdragon 810/ 4GB+ RAM, anyone?). That said, it amazes me how many threads about Android L mention things like the above, when those really aren't anything to get excited about. Even more amazing is how Google and the media have made Android L seem like a Godsend.