11 simple reasons why I gave Android another chance and dumped my iPhone.

[AustinIllini]

Aye, there is that. But that gorgeous notification light pretty much makes up for it





Oh lord how I would kill for a 6" Nexus phablet following the same design cues.

Yeah I have a hard time being to critical of one of the only true android experiences on the market. A nexus 6 would be nice, but it may be time for Google to release a proper flagship phone.

 

[Oohara]

Yeah I have a hard time being to critical of one of the only true android experiences on the market. A nexus 6 would be nice, but it may be time for Google to release a proper flagship phone.

Agreed. If they did though, I'd still hope that they continue with the same design philosophy for the exterior of the thing. I just love the minimalist black slab strategy - so easy to overdo the design bit and lose that natural harmony they achieved with the N5.

 

[AustinIllini]

Agreed. If they did though, I'd still hope that they continue with the same design philosophy for the exterior of the thing. I just love the minimalist black slab strategy - so easy to overdo the design bit and lose that natural harmony they achieved with the N5.

Agreed. You can probably just build a nexus type device with a better battery, camera, and higher quality materials. If Google can offer the Nexus line at its current price point, I think it can offer a flagship at 5S prices.

 

[Oohara]

Agreed. You can probably just build a nexus type device with a better battery, camera, and higher quality materials. If Google can offer the Nexus line at its current price point, I think it can offer a flagship at 5S prices.

Fingers crossed... I wonder if there's any truth to all the rumors of them dropping the Nexus line though. I'd really hate to see it happen - at least before they have at least tried to go all the way with a flagship model.

 

[Technarchy]

Except at the price point, it puts nearly every other phone to shame.

I agree, at the price point it is very good, but I'd call it a stretch to regard it as being anywhere near Samsung's best, and now LG.

I think of it more of a Moto-X class device and competitor.

 

[pdqgp]

Take widgets. Apple has decided to implement them in a different way than Android in that you can only access them from the notification center.

I don't see the advantage of being able to only access widgets from the notification center...but okay? I much prefer Android where they are live on my screens and accessable via the notification center if I so choose. Doing so is just an app away.

What about the fact that you'd be able to access those widgets from anywhere - on the lock screen, home screen or even in an app.

Again, you can set up an android to do that as well.

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Fact is widget is just widget. Where you can put them is actually restrictive on ios. On android you can have them on the home, lock and notification screens and even on dock bar or floating windows. So there is no difference at all. That's only your excuse to muddle the fact that apple is just copying android. Apple deserves the same brick bats that you gave samsung. That's call fair play which I think is not in your vocabulary. :lol:

^^ this.

 

[zabbadoo]

The one thing iPhone/iOS does very well is integrate with my iMac and iPad. And with iOS 8, that is going to be even better and more amazing.

 

[Technarchy]

The one thing iPhone/iOS does very well is integrate with my iMac and iPad. And with iOS 8, that is going to be even better and more amazing.

iOS and Yosemitie are taking it beyond simple integration. It's a unified shared experience that is starting to blur the lines between smartphone, tablet and Laptop/Desktop.

Before it was just cloud file sharing mostly. Nothing related to actual experience and efficiency.

However, I still think as a single device measured only on it's own merits the iPhone 6 will have a tough time going toe to toe with the S5, or G3.

Taken on a whole for people like me who have a Mac and iPad, anything iPhone 6 trades off with Android's best might be a small write off compared to what you gain for a unified multi-platform experience. Maybe...

 

[Dmaynard83]

I agree, at the price point it is very good, but I'd call it a stretch to regard it as being anywhere near Samsung's best, and now LG.

I think of it more of a Moto-X class device and competitor.

Yea I agree android really has price on their side (if you're buying out of contract).

I just like the aesthetic look of iOS, when I navigate around the nexus it just doesn't look as good. And generally it feels like iOS is smoother.

 

[Technarchy]

Yea I agree android really has price on their side (if you're buying out of contract).

I just like the aesthetic look of iOS, when I navigate around the nexus it just doesn't look as good. And generally it feels like iOS is smoother.

My S5 is a pretty smooth operator, but when I do pick up my 5S for whatever, it's apparent iOS is smoother still.

 

[Switchback666]

My S5 is a pretty smooth operator, but when I do pick up my 5S for whatever, it's apparent iOS is smoother still.

In my experience it took a whole day for me to get used to ios 7 again when i got my 5s after the note, i dont know what it was but everything felt slow (animations etc) and not snappy, but one thing that really feels better on iOS is the scrolling on browsers but i think that have to do on how things works, on android if im not mistaken the browser keeps loading even when you scroll and on safari as soon you touch that screen it becomes the priority and stop loading.

 

[mib1800]

In my experience it took a whole day for me to get used to ios 7 again when i got my 5s after the note, i dont know what it was but everything felt slow (animations etc) and not snappy, but one thing that really feels better on iOS is the scrolling on browsers but i think that have to do on how things works, on android if im not mistaken the browser keeps loading even when you scroll and on safari as soon you touch that screen it becomes the priority and stop loading.

Same experience here. When I use the 5s the UI just feel like operating in slow motion compared to the note3. 5s speed and performance is definitely slower overall and scrolling speed is the greatest annoyance. However in terms of smoothness 5s is still a bit better. This is the case of apple prioritizing aesthetic over perfoemance/practicality.

 

[SpoonCody]

Did you guys know you could set a default app to the upward Google Now gesture?

In other words, that upward swipe from the home screen doesn't always have to launch Google Now. You can install apps to have it launch other actions, like pulling down the notification panel or shutting the screen off. It's a really nice feature!

Also, if you install this, it opens it up to even more options: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dynamicg.homebuttonlauncher

The more I discover about Android, the more I'm enjoying my Moto X!

 

[Stuntman06]

In my experience it took a whole day for me to get used to ios 7 again when i got my 5s after the note, i dont know what it was but everything felt slow (animations etc) and not snappy, but one thing that really feels better on iOS is the scrolling on browsers but i think that have to do on how things works, on android if im not mistaken the browser keeps loading even when you scroll and on safari as soon you touch that screen it becomes the priority and stop loading.

That's the one thing that iOS does way better than Android. Any use of a browser to view a web page is just better on iOS than Android. Scrolling after the initial page displays is not even close. Viewing videos on a web page is also better on iOS. Often when I view a video, I want to go full screen. On iOS, you just pinch to zoom and it is very easy. On Android, you often have to tap the video to bring up the controls and then tap on the little tiny button to go full screen.

 

[SpoonCody]

That's the one thing that iOS does way better than Android. Any use of a browser to view a web page is just better on iOS than Android. Scrolling after the initial page displays is not even close. Viewing videos on a web page is also better on iOS. Often when I view a video, I want to go full screen. On iOS, you just pinch to zoom and it is very easy. On Android, you often have to tap the video to bring up the controls and then tap on the little tiny button to go full screen.

I have to agree. Safari on iOS is better than Chrome on Android. Plus I love tapping the top bar to shoot straight back up to the top.

(Ironically, Chrome on the Mac is, in my opinion, better than Safari on the Mac!)

 

[pdqgp]

That's the one thing that iOS does way better than Android. Any use of a browser to view a web page is just better on iOS than Android. Scrolling after the initial page displays is not even close.

^^ I don't see it. Scrolling on the Note 3 screams with no lag. Perhaps your issue is phone based.

Viewing videos on a web page is also better on iOS. Often when I view a video, I want to go full screen. On iOS, you just pinch to zoom and it is very easy. On Android, you often have to tap the video to bring up the controls and then tap on the little tiny button to go full screen.

Not on my Note 3. If I'm in a browser and click on a video such as a YouTube Video, it opens fulls screen by default and provides me the option to reduce it from there (bottom right corner). Perhaps it's a setting you have to edit on your phone.

I have to agree. Safari on iOS is better than Chrome on Android. Plus I love tapping the top bar to shoot straight back up to the top.

It is a cool feature, but it is a feature on Android depending on which browser you use. Dolphin HD is great and offers that same feature. Or in reality you just have to flick the screen fast and it will scroll up just the same.

 

[Dmaynard83]

I dislike touch wiz. But to each there own.



I have a Nexus 4 that Ill be looking to replace with an iPhone again or a new Lumia WP.

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Except the LS notifications and banners are better on the iPhone...

I agree. Touchwiz is horrible and I'll stick with iOS over it. But if I were to go with android moto x and nexus lines look ideal.

The moto x is doesn't mess with the os with its own useless features. When I look at the note 3 and s5 menus it looks like a horrible mess.

Samsung should follow suit from Motorola by accentuating features in the same way moto does with the always listening chip.

 

[mib1800]

I agree. Touchwiz is horrible and I'll stick with iOS over it. But if I were to go with android moto x and nexus lines look ideal.

The moto x is doesn't mess with the os with its own useless features. When I look at the note 3 and s5 menus it looks like a horrible mess.

Samsung should follow suit from Motorola by accentuating features in the same way moto does with the always listening chip.

What's so horrible about touchwiz? In fact it has more functionalities than any other android.

I think nothing can be more horrible than the iphone centralized settings. It is so messed up and difficult.

 

[Stuntman06]

^^ I don't see it. Scrolling on the Note 3 screams with no lag. Perhaps your issue is phone based.

I have a Galaxy S3. On more complex web pages, I find there is lag when the page hasn't completely loaded on the GS3. If the page starts loading and there is an image at the top and the text starts at the bottom, I may finish reading the text and want to scroll down to read more text. If the page hasn't finished loading, I find it either lags when I try to scroll or it is initially not responsive. In comparison, on the iPad Mini (this is the only iOS device I have access to that was released around the same time as the GS3) I find I can scroll right away.

If I wait for the page to completely load, then the scrolling is fine on the GS3. Often, I do want to scroll the web page before it completely loads and in this situation with complex web pages, the iPad Mini beats out the GS3.

The situation is different with apps that don't load and render web pages. In this case, I find the scrolling is the same on the iPad Mini compared to the GS3.

 

[Vegastouch]

^^ I don't see it. Scrolling on the Note 3 screams with no lag. Perhaps your issue is phone based.




Not on my Note 3. If I'm in a browser and click on a video such as a YouTube Video, it opens fulls screen by default and provides me the option to reduce it from there (bottom right corner). Perhaps it's a setting you have to edit on your phone.

Agree, on my Nexus 5 with Youtube i dont need to do anything except turn the phone to landscape mode and it automatically goes to full screen mode. If i go to a website like NFL.com, all i do is turn it to landscape and touch a fullscreen button and thats it.

It doesnt have any lag scrolling webpages either.

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What's so horrible about touchwiz? In fact it has more functionalities than any other android.

I think nothing can be more horrible than the iphone centralized settings. It is so messed up and difficult.

Ive said this a hundred times so one more wont hurt......the only thing i dont like about TouchWiz is the Launcher. Dont like the launcher at all. The rest of it i like.

 

[pdqgp]

I agree. Touchwiz is horrible and I'll stick with iOS over it. But if I were to go with android moto x and nexus lines look ideal.

Samsung should follow suit from Motorola by accentuating features in the same way moto does with the always listening chip.

Installing Nova Launcher eliminates any dislike for the functions of Touchwiz and adds the Google Now Always Listening feature. Works great.

 

[TechGod]

What's so horrible about touchwiz? In fact it has more functionalities than any other android.

I think nothing can be more horrible than the iphone centralized settings. It is so messed up and difficult.

Its ugly slow and bloated. Need more reasons?

 

[Robster3]

Its ugly slow and bloated. Need more reasons?

I have to agree on that one with you now after my S5 problems.

 

[Technarchy]

I like Touchwiz. It's part of the Galaxy experience and it swims quite smooth when debloated and on ART.

I've never had a performance related issue with the S5, which is all I had with the S4.

 

[TechGod]

I have to agree on that one with you now after my S5 problems.

Could...could it be?