I hate that nothing about android is magical revolutionary or even remarkable. Android is just so plain vanilla, bland and boring, but I do hope it changes.
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Phones I don’t hate android but….
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Really?
I find Android to be the Windows of the mobile OS world: infinitely more flexible and customizable with a thousand and one different experiences of it depending on how each OEM chooses to implement it on their device. I also find, and for exactly those reasons, it's just as inefficient as Windows. It's the one thing Apple is right about: in terms of truly integrating the OS with the hardware, you can't beat a system where they're both made by the same manufacturer.
I find Android to be the Windows of the mobile OS world: infinitely more flexible and customizable with a thousand and one different experiences of it depending on how each OEM chooses to implement it on their device. I also find, and for exactly those reasons, it's just as inefficient as Windows. It's the one thing Apple is right about: in terms of truly integrating the OS with the hardware, you can't beat a system where they're both made by the same manufacturer.
Could easily say the same thing about Apple.
You have to use what works best for you. That means it can either be Android or iOS. I prefer Android because there are things it does better or is missing in iOS. My favorite feature on a Pixel device is Google’s call screener. That alone is why I still haven’t bought an iPhone. It has singlehandedly reduced my Robo and Spam calls by 99%.
The other thing for me are the core apps. Apple ties its core app updates to OS updates whereas Google updates them via the Play Store. You have a longer supported device with Android. I also prefer Google Maps vs Apple Maps, Chrome vs Safari, Messages vs iMessages.
There are many things both Android and iOS does very well. It all boils done to an individuals preference. Neither choice is wrong.
The other thing for me are the core apps. Apple ties its core app updates to OS updates whereas Google updates them via the Play Store. You have a longer supported device with Android. I also prefer Google Maps vs Apple Maps, Chrome vs Safari, Messages vs iMessages.
There are many things both Android and iOS does very well. It all boils done to an individuals preference. Neither choice is wrong.
The advantage of Android is that there is always something you can change or tweak.
If Apple would sell me a phone with a 6.5 inch plus screen with SD card support, multi camera and waterproofing for £400 then I'd be interested in having one.
They don't so I'm not interested in owning one. It's that simple. People buy phones to suit their needs.
They don't so I'm not interested in owning one. It's that simple. People buy phones to suit their needs.
Android's biggest disaster was not going all in on Hangouts. Then proceeds to go through about 6 other messaging apps and let's not forget Duo which is such a dumb name. Nothing about the name Duo says video calling, nothing. The group of people that came up with the name should all be fired.
I loved Android so much all the way back to the first Android on Sprint the EVO. Android had so much potential but managed to make a complete mess of it. The Android Tablet they totally made a mess of, yet I will give them credit for Chromebook after they implemented Android apps into it, but was too much, too late. Don't get me started with the Google watch, how could a company with more money than God not be able to make a functioning watch, OMG.
Then let companies like Samsung add apps to the Operating system that can't be deleted, like Facebook, I would never in a million years buy a phone with Facebook preinstalled and would need to root to remove it.
I'm so pissed at Google for letting its Android OS with such potential play second fiddle to Apple. I hate Apple but have an iPhone, Apple Watch, MacBook, Apple TV, and Airpods. Apple works 99% of the time, it's not perfect and there are many things that annoy me about Apple like their dumb cursor implementation or not allowing me to use Google Assistant instead of Siri, but in everyday use it's simplicity is mounds better than the cluster F@#$ of Android.
I digress.
I loved Android so much all the way back to the first Android on Sprint the EVO. Android had so much potential but managed to make a complete mess of it. The Android Tablet they totally made a mess of, yet I will give them credit for Chromebook after they implemented Android apps into it, but was too much, too late. Don't get me started with the Google watch, how could a company with more money than God not be able to make a functioning watch, OMG.
Then let companies like Samsung add apps to the Operating system that can't be deleted, like Facebook, I would never in a million years buy a phone with Facebook preinstalled and would need to root to remove it.
I'm so pissed at Google for letting its Android OS with such potential play second fiddle to Apple. I hate Apple but have an iPhone, Apple Watch, MacBook, Apple TV, and Airpods. Apple works 99% of the time, it's not perfect and there are many things that annoy me about Apple like their dumb cursor implementation or not allowing me to use Google Assistant instead of Siri, but in everyday use it's simplicity is mounds better than the cluster F@#$ of Android.
I digress.
Not if you're into data infrastructure, systems-level access, programming, the phrase “open source”, “control”, and other techy/nerdy forms of entertainment 😂
Hangouts was such a good messaging app. It really did everything including google voice which gave you your own phone number.
I really don't get why google keeps creating and then replacing their messaging approach. It's ridiculous.
If nothing from Android is revolutionary or remarkable (your words), why are features that were first on Android now on iOS? The one I saw most recently - car crash detection for automatic emergency services calling...
Live widgets was also done first on Android by Samsung with TouchWiz 3.1 and later copied by Microsoft on their mobile devices and Windows 8.
I actually view iOS as fairly "vanilla, bland, and boring".
But I use iOS and like this about it. I want my phone OS to be boring, stable, and secure.
Same. I want my phone to be pretty straightforward but that’s because I was working in “IT” for years fixing other people's technical issues.
Operating systems are supposed to be boring. They exist to allow access to apps and user data. It is that interaction with services and data that should be exciting. 😃
At one time, Apple provided software for their operating system that took a "think different" approach that allowed extremely well-designed apps that lacked a boatload of functions to do things that more mature and feature-rich apps couldn't do. The OS was the means to an end... apps.
They abandoned that approach and move the gee-whiz factor to the OS itself. Unfortunately, Microsoft and Google jumped on that bandwagon with their respective operating systems and are moving in that direction.
At one time, Apple provided software for their operating system that took a "think different" approach that allowed extremely well-designed apps that lacked a boatload of functions to do things that more mature and feature-rich apps couldn't do. The OS was the means to an end... apps.
They abandoned that approach and move the gee-whiz factor to the OS itself. Unfortunately, Microsoft and Google jumped on that bandwagon with their respective operating systems and are moving in that direction.
Samsung's do come with expanding batteries though, and have done for almost a decade at this point. (see MKHBD and friends recent YT videos)
Shame Apple devices do not come supplied with a tutorial on how to file a Class Action as it seems its the only way millions get satisfaction with Apple LOL
Duo changed to Meet now. It seems to work well for cross platform video chat.