WP going back to the store....going to Android

[inteller]

don't let the door hit ya where the good lord split ya


I have a new rule, you must pay a $1 to post a "I'm leaving WP" whine story. Proceeds will be used to give the rest of us free WP8 devices.

 

[brmiller1976]

And I freely confess to hating Android. I have owned a number of them (G1, Galaxy S Vibrant, Evo 4G, Evo 3D, and GS 3)... Each promised that "this time, the problems are fixed." And each of them was a horrid mishmash of bad UI, lag, crashes, freezes, lousy battery life and random bugs, with the "next version of Android" promising to "fix everything" but either not doing so (or never being released for the device).

 

[robstunner]

And I freely confess to hating Android. I have owned a number of them (G1, Galaxy S Vibrant, Evo 4G, Evo 3D, and GS 3)... Each promised that "this time, the problems are fixed." And each of them was a horrid mishmash of bad UI, lag, crashes, freezes, lousy battery life and random bugs, with the "next version of Android" promising to "fix everything" but either not doing so (or never being released for the device).

The only real lag free experience on android will be nexus devices. Sense and touch wiz destroy the experience imho.

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[brmiller1976]

The only real lag free experience on android will be nexus devices. Sense and touch wiz destroy the experience imho.

Try ICS on a Nexus S. LOTS of lag.

Try JB on a Galaxy Nexus (assuming you have one that the carrier will allow to be updated). Lots of lag.

Sorry, the promise of Android always eludes the reality. Whenever a "fixed" issue is encountered, it's blamed on the hardware, the carrier, or the user, with a promise of "if you buy X device, it will fix the problem."

Then the user buys that device, encounters the problem again, and gets the same line.

It's time to break the cycle! It's time for Windows Phone!

 

[brmiller1976]

Apparently, if you want LTE on your Android top selling phone, you need to root it, go to the developer menu, and change several settings.

Then you'll get LTE in certain markets (as well as even more crashes)

The Verge has the skinny:

http://mobile.theverge.com/2012/11/23/3681450/nexus-4-band-4-lte-support

 

[12Danny123]

man. I find it weird. that people can't handle limitations. people need to get use to them some day. I can handle the limitations just fine

 

[socialcarpet]

Apparently, if you want LTE on your Android top selling phone, you need to root it, go to the developer menu, and change several settings.

Then you'll get LTE in certain markets (as well as even more crashes)

The Verge has the skinny:

Nexus 4 works with LTE after simple tweak | The Verge

Don't worry. Android 9.0 Strawberry Shortcake is going to fix that.

 

[brmiller1976]

As well as fix the "exploding battery" problem we saw in Android 7.8 Red-Velvet Cake! :grin:

 

[MathiasVerden]

I just bough Lumia 710(before 2 days). WP7.x phone. I synced it((music so far) with my MAC, upgraded OS software all with MAC connector. No issues.
Regarding navigation, even iphone didn't have anything inbuilt till iphone5. Yet you bough it and millions bought it. (I don't count google maps as turn by turn)

Apps, agree. Will take time to catch up.
Regarding voice commands, I have to say, voice recognition of my Lumia 710 works better than my iphone 4s with iOS 5. (I am from South-east Asia)
WP recognizes my words much better than siri. For me that is more important than other assistant functions, since those are useless if Siri can't recognize
my words.

My biggest complaint(based on WP7) so far, after 2 days is there is no easy way to transfer contacts from my iphone 4s sim to WP, nor from iphone phone memory.
I haven't yet been able to transfer contacts.

(Btw, Lumia 710 is supposed to be a gift for my dad, but am just checking it out for few days, so I can set it up for him and show him around the phone and OS).

People > Settings > Import SIM contacts. Works flawlessly for me, could be different for you.

 

[robstunner]

Try ICS on a Nexus S. LOTS of lag.

Try JB on a Galaxy Nexus (assuming you have one that the carrier will allow to be updated). Lots of lag.

Sorry, the promise of Android always eludes the reality. Whenever a "fixed" issue is encountered, it's blamed on the hardware, the carrier, or the user, with a promise of "if you buy X device, it will fix the problem."

Then the user buys that device, encounters the problem again, and gets the same line.

It's time to break the cycle! It's time for Windows Phone!

Jelly bean has lag on a nexus? I dunno about that I have a one x on a beta cm10 and its very fluid.

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[wamsille]

I had a Nexus S 4G - ran Gingerbread just fine. Then I installed Ice Cream Sandwich on the thing and it slowed down quite a bit. Gingerbread, not ICS, was made for that device.

 

[Dave Blake]

The OP is not participating in his thread. If we cant help the OP this thread is done.

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