colinkiama
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Blackberry fell, iOS fell windows mobile fell, Symbian fell. All I'm saying is that windows 10 is going to change things in the mobile market...
Nope.Because its almost like a Mini pc... With a powerful device like NOTE u get all sorts of features.. Almost all apps which are regularly updated, then software features like outstanding file manager, and features like usb otg, sometimes even hdmi support. So basically it becomes a pc of sorts.
And lets be honest majority dont care whether google is harvesting their private data or not.
Personally I'm happy with my 1520 and I have problem with Google's privacy policy.
But I will after that note3/4 is superior in many ways
Nope.
It's about trend dude like other just make something different and people will go for it
- Security: Google has beefed up security as well with out of the box encryption(not on Windows Phone) and they've also enabled some other things(which I don't fully understand) such as Selinux(or whatever it's called). Me and a lot of other Android users have never experienced malware, but this just breathes in a lot more confidence.
- Issues with Google Services: There are people here that believe Google is a spying company and Microsoft are angels, we'll people like you are offered with the same Microsoft services you would find on Windows Phone(sometimes even better!). You can completely replace any and all Google services.
Thanks for your post, though as a attempt at demoralising the WP community it won't be very effective.
Certainly in terms of market share, Android has won, but that has very little to do with quality and features of the OS. It will take years of concerted effort by Microsoft and its partners to eat into that market share, but it is important that they make that commitment for the sake of smart phone users worldwide.
Android got its market dominance for two reasons: because it's free and because Apple and Microsoft ceded the smart phone market to them. At no point has Android approached the polish, security and reliability of iOS. If Apple had licensed iOS to other manufacturers then there would have been no Android, because HTC, Sony and other OEMs would have had an alternative. Similarly, had Microsoft had Windows Phone 7 ready two years earlier, companies like HTC, who had grown up making Windows Mobile devices, would have had a natural progression into the smart phone market and wouldn't have needed Android. For these oversights, I award Apple and Microsoft two great big wooden spoons.
My main problem with Android centers around the topic of security and your points in this area really disqualify you as a critical thinker. You've clearly swallowed the Google cool aid.
The encryption you point to has been implemented after it was pointed out that reseting Android devices only deletes the directory tree, leaving the files readable by anyone with a PC and the right software. I hope you've never passed on sensitive information to anyone nefarious through eBay, but I guarantee some people have suffered identity theft by passing their old device on, even if they have avoided malware while they actually owned the device.
Whats more, there is a pattern in how Google responds to criticism which reveals how completely irresponsible a company they are. When this was revealed, Google's first response was to advise people to turn on encryption before resetting the device - transferring the problem to users who cannot be expected to have the technical knowledge. I know because, as the local goto guy for technical things, I've done this for about ten Android users and had to explain why. Then Google implement the feature and expect kudos for doing so, despite leaving hundreds of millions of Android users in the cold and blissfully unaware of the danger they are in.
A similar situation recently cropped up when it was pointed out that the standard ASOP browser was subject to a zero day exploit, where a script could be used to glean sensitive information from the device. Google advised users to download Chrome - it's own product - and pointed out that the latest version of Kit -Kat was not subject to the flaw. At no point does Google feel they have to do anything themselves to protect its billions of users from a flaw they are responsible for.
Only in Android fan boy land is this sort of behaviour considered adequate and only the uncritical would laud Google for responding retroactively to its own negligence without patching vulnerable devices already in circulation. You should be asking yourself what exploits you are currently subject to and will never be protected from.
I have another problem with your post; in that you are presenting your own experience as representative of Android use in general when your are clearly both affluent enough to buy a high-end device and have enough technical knowledge to effectively customize it. For you, Android probably is the best smart phone to buy, assuming you don't mind the intrusiveness of Google itself.
I'd be very surprised if your experience was representative of anything more than half a percent of Android users. Most Android users actually end up with whatever the person in the phone shop or their carrier is currently pushing and this leads to instances such as the one I ran into three times within one week; twice with Samsung Galaxy Aces and once with an HTC Desire: All three users had installed a micro SD card and all three had installed Whatsapp on their devices before getting low memory warnings having installed their second app. Yes, that's what I said, low memory warnings after installing their second app.
In what fantasy land is that adequate?
This is the reason I always advise people on a budget to get a Windows Phone: I'm confident it's the right choice for them and that Windows Phone is better than Android for the VAST majority of users. Whats more, the comparison between the HTC One for Android and HTC One for Windows shows that this superiority is inherent to Windows Phone.
The fact the Android has such a large market share is not good news for the vast majority of people, who would be better off with in a closed ecosystem run by a company which doesn't leave them out in the cold, which presents them with a consistent experience and protects their personal information without using it to profile them for advertising.
From where I'm sitting, you are a credulous apologist for an insecure, inferior operating system only suitable for tech-loving geeks and just to finish, here is the latest security flaw in Android. This should be enough for even you.
Won what?
I tthink it's always turned on ._.Just had to get that bit of condescension in there at the end, didn't ya? Tell me, where can I turn on the encryption in the settings on my Windows Phone, again?
I tthink it's always turned on ._.