All,
After 2 years as a WP user, I've decided to give Android another shot. There are several reasons for this, but mainly because MS has been far too long with the new phone releases and because I can't get any custom streaming radio stations to work properly with the current slew of radio apps available on WP. So when I found a brand new LG G2 for just over 2 bills on Amazon, I decided to take the plunge.
Now for some background/history on me. I started in the smartphone world with a WM 6.5 HTC XV-6900 handset, which I flashed to Android when it became available. I then later bought a Droid 2 and a Droid X2. Early on it was fun playing with and flashing custom ROMs to these "phones", but I was always bothered by the general lack of utility from them. They never worked reliably enough, the constant freezing, lagging, and need to reboot just became irksome. I'd always assumed that newer hardware would eventually fix the problem, until I bought my first tablet, the Google Nexus 7. Unlike the phones, this tablet was made for Google, with modern specs, and I assumed it would finally show me the kind of performance I'd wanted from Android. But, NOPE! The official ROMs are slow and buggy, the myriad of custom ROMs were somewhat less slow and just as buggy.
So I decided to make my next phone a WP, since Android has apparently got inherent issues with performance. I bought a Lumia 822, which I had for a year or so before it went toes up. I then replaced it with an ATIV S Neo. Both phones gave me the kind of usability that I needed from my smartphone, so I was a convert.
But as much as I love WP, there are still gaps that are frustrating as well. Youtube, Facebook, Snapchat, etc., and frankly I'm not sure W10 will be enough impetus for the developers to create the apps sorely needed for WP to be viable long-term. Plus, it will be another 6 months before we start to see any interesting new hardware in the WP world.
So I will chronicle my experience here. The G2 ostensibly has more than enough horsepower to run Android lag-free; if it doesn't, then I will not accept the fandroid's standard excuse of "Wahhh, you need a newer/faster phone!" And WP will likely be in my future again.
My G2 arrives tomorrow, and the experiment will begin.
After 2 years as a WP user, I've decided to give Android another shot. There are several reasons for this, but mainly because MS has been far too long with the new phone releases and because I can't get any custom streaming radio stations to work properly with the current slew of radio apps available on WP. So when I found a brand new LG G2 for just over 2 bills on Amazon, I decided to take the plunge.
Now for some background/history on me. I started in the smartphone world with a WM 6.5 HTC XV-6900 handset, which I flashed to Android when it became available. I then later bought a Droid 2 and a Droid X2. Early on it was fun playing with and flashing custom ROMs to these "phones", but I was always bothered by the general lack of utility from them. They never worked reliably enough, the constant freezing, lagging, and need to reboot just became irksome. I'd always assumed that newer hardware would eventually fix the problem, until I bought my first tablet, the Google Nexus 7. Unlike the phones, this tablet was made for Google, with modern specs, and I assumed it would finally show me the kind of performance I'd wanted from Android. But, NOPE! The official ROMs are slow and buggy, the myriad of custom ROMs were somewhat less slow and just as buggy.
So I decided to make my next phone a WP, since Android has apparently got inherent issues with performance. I bought a Lumia 822, which I had for a year or so before it went toes up. I then replaced it with an ATIV S Neo. Both phones gave me the kind of usability that I needed from my smartphone, so I was a convert.
But as much as I love WP, there are still gaps that are frustrating as well. Youtube, Facebook, Snapchat, etc., and frankly I'm not sure W10 will be enough impetus for the developers to create the apps sorely needed for WP to be viable long-term. Plus, it will be another 6 months before we start to see any interesting new hardware in the WP world.
So I will chronicle my experience here. The G2 ostensibly has more than enough horsepower to run Android lag-free; if it doesn't, then I will not accept the fandroid's standard excuse of "Wahhh, you need a newer/faster phone!" And WP will likely be in my future again.
My G2 arrives tomorrow, and the experiment will begin.
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