Darthbobcat
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The "phones not tablets" thing seems to be a common complaint, including the Nexus 9, from the reviews I've read. I haven't heard a lot good said about the 9.
Can't say its a train wreck, maybe a derailment. My brother updated his Nexus 10 and it became unuseable, he had to do a factory reset and return it to KitKat just to be able to get a Wifi connection. There were several other features that either did not work or was not to be found. That was over a week ago and he still does not have a update that will fix the problems he had. My own Moto G was not much better, I moved it back to KitKat too. Don't get me wrong both of us never had any trouble with KitKat and we are going to stay there til they work out the problems. Not sure if this is the norm or not.
Dont know about lolipop am afraid to flash it in my Moto g.
Our update experience with WP8.1 was anything but problem free, then again, we had only one or two well known update related issues per device. I thought we had a really rough time, and although MS shouldn't allow that to happen again, this at least shows it could have been far worse.
Sorry for that slight detour in the second half. Back to lollipop... I say "not a train wreck". Perhaps "arbitrarily buggy" is more appropriate.
what?
Samsung's version of Android is far from the best implementation. They add too much on top of Android and most of the times they don't optimize it enough. The problem is that Samsung being the best selling Android OEM, most people associate them with Android. Vanilla Android is the one you find on Nexus devices without any interference from anyone.
I can't verify this with any study but from my friends, most of the ones that complain abouts lag are Samsung users. LG/HTC/Motorola are far better in implementing their flavor of Android and I haven't heard much complaining of lag on such devices.
Windows is more of type of OS for the power user who's tired of changing and tweaking things all of the time.
That's a good way to put it. I got tired of having to hack the system just to get basic things done - like being able to store data and apps on an SD card. What is the point of having an SD card slot if you can't use it for anything useful. Unlock the bootloader, root the phone, install Xposed framework, find an Xposed Module that is compatible with your phone, tweak system files... that's just too much effort!
WP makes things simple. I can simply tell it to install apps and data where I want them. Job done. Simple.
Of course, tweaking can be fun; it helps you gain a better understanding of the way the system works which can be invaluable when something goes awry and a technical fix is needed.
That's a good way to put it. I got tired of having to hack the system just to get basic things done - like being able to store data and apps on an SD card. What is the point of having an SD card slot if you can't use it for anything useful. Unlock the bootloader, root the phone, install Xposed framework, find an Xposed Module that is compatible with your phone, tweak system files... that's just too much effort!
WP makes things simple. I can simply tell it to install apps and data where I want them. Job done. Simple.
Of course, tweaking can be fun; it helps you gain a better understanding of the way the system works which can be invaluable when something goes awry and a technical fix is needed.
Interesting article, but still no native ability to move apps to an SD as there is in WP.
So many Android phones come with 8GB storage, but the Android OS will eat up a fair amount of that. Unless you have a phone with 16GB or more of internal storage, the ability to store apps on an SD card is essential.
The definition of power user is confusing one, but for me it is someone that wants his phone to do more than what the average consumer.
Even for power users, and this is backed up by many reputable companies, Android is still king. Among widgets, apps that can float above other apps, true multitasking, keyboard switching, better notifications, video transcoding/encoding and tons of other stuff, Android is still the right place for power users even without much tweaking or customisation.
Windows Phone is only suitable for the average Joe, and maybe some functionality that goes beyond that, but for the most part it definitely isn't the OS for power users IMO.
Native ability to move apps to an SD Card? I don't know what Microsoft has been feeding you lately but Android was the first modern smartphone OS to allow moving to apps and data to the SD Card.
I admit that there are apps that can't be moved, primarily those with widgets, but Android app sizes are generally smaller than Windows Phone ones.
But the situation is improving.
Do you really spend as much time on Non-Android forums preaching the Android gospel as it seems?
Do you really spend as much time on Non-Android forums preaching the Android gospel as it seems?
Yes you did. Because who are you to define what myself and others are considered as. For you android works and everything and that is great. But that doesn't mean that you are somehow a power user as you call it and I'm not lol. You sound really arrogant right now.I'm sorry did I say something that wasn't true?
Native ability to move apps to an SD Card? I don't know what Microsoft has been feeding you lately but Android was the first modern smartphone OS to allow moving to apps and data to the SD Card.
Yes it appears that way. He must be trying to save us from this tyranny of windows phone and makes us into power users. Because you know we can't be power users on windows phone or apple. We have to use android lol.
Yes you did. Because who are you to define what myself and others are considered as. For you android works and everything and that is great. But that doesn't mean that you are somehow a power user as you call it and I'm not lol. You sound really arrogant right now.
WAS, not STILL IS.
I cannot move any apps to the SD card without having to meddle with the system. Although I am quite prepared to hack away, many people aren't.
For someone who proclaims to be a power user you seem to know very little about the most recent iterations of Android.