*for most people, sorry
for some, that 'lack of functionality' called ios is actually the biggest plus
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Apple is losing me: that's why.
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*for most people, sorry
for some, that 'lack of functionality' called ios is actually the biggest plus
You really lost me with Windows Phone 8.1 being the best OS out there. Seriously? Feature wise it's still playing catch up with iOS and Android as it just now introduced Cortana and Do Not Disturb.
iOS 8 should address many of your concerns I would imagine. It sounds like you maybe just burnt out to be honest. Being that your hobby is playing with tech, you get bored and bounce around. It's an expensive hobby though and at some point you will get tired of upgrading video cards and tinkering. You will want something that works and meets your needs. When that day comes, you will be holding your new iPhone.
yes, this is true
but there are still people that look at it as a negative
for example, jailbreaking saves ios for me personally, without it.. forget about it!
yes, this is true
but there are still people that look at it as a negative
for example, jailbreaking saves ios for me personally, without it.. forget about it!
can you be kind enough to say what jailbreak tweaks you specifically use?
i always wanted to know about this vast functionality outside of ios, but i never really stumbled across anything noteworthy aside from customisation/looks tweaks.
thank you
sure
anyattach - email attachments in replies, multiple email attachments
ifile - access to the file system
adblocker - once you've blocked ads its very hard to go back
fascy (faster scrolling speed)
controllers for all - use ps4 controller (and others) through bluetooth as gamepad, fully supported on any game with controller support
retroarch emulater - play n64, snes, nes , pxs, nds, and other game systems (w/ controller support)
streamenhancer, scrubradio (by andy wiik)- adblocker's for the youtube app, itunes radio, unlimited skips, audio scrubbing in spotify
flux
icleaner - gets rid of those temp files that accumulate in the 'other' space in itunes
bittorrent client itransmission
osexperience - a bit clunky, but allows resizable multiwindow multitasking on ipads
fullscreen force, makes phone apps fullsize on ipad (doesn't work in all cases)
there are tweaks to get around apps not letting you airplay
nitrous- use the better javascript engine in apps other than safari
safari download enabler
purge - easily and quickly close background apps
I only have an ipad now, so am a bit out of touch with more of the phone tweaks
I've always jailbroken for functionality, not looks, I dont theme
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sure
anyattach - email attachments in replies, multiple email attachments
ifile - access to the file system
adblocker - once you've blocked ads its very hard to go back
fascy (faster scrolling speed)
controllers for all - use ps4 controller (and others) through bluetooth as gamepad, fully supported on any game with controller support
retroarch emulater - play n64, snes, nes , pxs, nds, and other game systems (w/ controller support)
streamenhancer, scrubradio (by andy wiik)- adblocker's for the youtube app, itunes radio, unlimited skips, audio scrubbing in spotify
flux
icleaner - gets rid of those temp files that accumulate in the 'other' space in itunes
bittorrent client itransmission
osexperience - a bit clunky, but allows resizable multiwindow multitasking on ipads
fullscreen force, makes phone apps fullsize on ipad (doesn't work in all cases)
there are tweaks to get around apps not letting you airplay
nitrous- use the better javascript engine in apps other than safari
safari download enabler
purge - easily and quickly close background apps
I only have an ipad now, so am a bit out of touch with more of the phone tweaks
I've always jailbroken for functionality, not looks, I dont theme
thank you very much for the info!
ill look into it
Have you used WP 8.1? They are at least improving and currently have a very usable OS, conditional to whatever third party apps you may need (which OP noted as its failing). I wouldn't write it off until you've explored it more... the consensus of my personal use and reviews that I've seen seem to be that it's great, except for the app store.
iOS is the one catching up these days, adding features that have been around on jailbreaks or other platforms. They still refuse to add some basic features such as a dark theme (or flux-like ability) or address incessant app/tab refreshes or post-animation delays, or a Music app that is improved at all (a proper equalizer, queue function) -- and are arguably making worse.
I do concede your point about what happens when you're constantly indulged in the latest tech toys... nothing is really all that special anymore. That's why it can be nice to re-evaluate platforms every now and again. You can always come back later as things change.
That being said, Apple is serving my needs worse now than it did previously, and as much as I would like to stay with Apple products, they simply aren't addressing the shortcomings for my use (if iOS 7 and 8 are any indication). Where they used to be leaps and bounds ahead of the others, now the alternatives are every bit as good in many ways.
I do think it's nice that there are several decent options now.
I agree. Even just from the few extra features that Android offers or the few extra things that it can do that iOS can't, I'm finding Android serving nearly all my needs better.
My Android device is easier to use, more accommodating to my needs and specific wants, allows me to be more productive, and I even find certain things about it more reliable (Maps, for example).
The point being, my Android phone overall seems more capable to cater to me. Whereas when I use my iPhone, I find myself needing to cater to it.
Unless the MOto X+1 and Nexus 6 completely bomb this year, put me into the camp of "Android winning me over" too.
Huh? iOS 7 and 8 have addressed nearly every shortcoming iOS has.....
Aside from playstation controller support, theming and torrents, I'm not sure what's left? Certainly nothing WP8 has....
That remains to be seen. I need to see just how good the sharing options are and how far iCloud drive goes in addressing the lack of a filing system.
The average consumer does not want to wade through hundreds of features and customization options. They want a phone that just works.
I am not defending Apple. I'm merely pointing out a reality. While majority of us enthusiasts would love to see an iPhone riddled with options and features; the reality of it is that most of the iPhone sales are people who want it simple.
Enthusiasts have to remind themselves that they are the minority of iPhone sales. But that never seems to happen.
I am not defending Apple. I'm merely pointing out a reality. While majority of us enthusiasts would love to see an iPhone riddled with options and features; the reality of it is that most of the iPhone sales are people who want it simple.
Enthusiasts have to remind themselves that they are the minority of iPhone sales. But that never seems to happen.
See you get it! I have a Samsung Galaxy 3 it has Android 4.4.2 (I believe). When I go to settings and see a sub menu called MORE SETTINGS that has the same options duplicated in another section, someone is doing something wrong at Google or Samsung.
I'm well past the point of wanting to tinker and tweak tech toys. When I get off work, I don't want to come home and work on my PCs and phones, I want to relax and enjoy my down time. Some people like to upgrade video cards in their PC and tweak drivers to get an extra few FPS to play the new game. I'd rather buy a console and slide the disc in to start playing.
People do have choices though and I can't fault them for having preferences. What a boring place it would be if they didn't.
Look at the last 18 months. TechRadar doesn't even rank iPhone 5s among the Top 5! HTC still tops in PhoneDog Rankings. It has become Android flagship vs Android flagship nowadays. Apple has not won Best Smartphone of the Year from GSMA since iPhone 4. After 4s, my interest waned. It probably started before that when I tried out webOS during the summer of 2011. Not that the 4s or iOS5 were bad updates. 4s was clearly an improvement over the 4 internally esp being dual core and the 7x faster GPU. And iOS5 gave us a better notification system aping Android's style.
What's the killer new feature on iPhone 6? Bigger screen? Welcome to 2011, iOS fans. Even Nexus S back in late-2010 already had NFC.
What's the killer new feature on iPhone 6? Bigger screen? Welcome to 2011, iOS fans. Even Nexus S back in late-2010 already had NFC.
Who looks at TechRadar? It's a low budget no name site. Anandtech on the other hand has industry wide respect.
I'm sure Tim Cook will sob uncontrollably and cry himself to sleep tonight after hearing this. Wow, what a disaster for Apple. Some people are just stuck in the past and cannot stand change.
Good luck with....umm...
...windows 8? ROFL.
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Supposedly, Android phones have better specs. On paper.
But the truth is, there's a reason why even the fastest android phones have tremendous UI lag. Android is just inefficient. They don't even have a thread task scheduler!
Even worse is this ridiculous marketing spec-war they are all engaged in, throwing in more RAM and more cores in to the CPU when there are more important specs they can't control, like CPU. For example, most high end android phones have at least four cores, but since most apps are single threaded, they can only use one core. And when you look at the iPhone, it SLAMS every android phone out there on single-threaded benchmarks, the only benchmark that really matters. It doesn't just win by a small amount either, it absolutely crushes every android phone out there.
Hell, some of them are even throwing in 8 cores. It's like the ridiculous Ghz war in computers, where people automatically assumed that higher Ghz ALWAYS equals better performance, but it just doesn't because there's more to it than just clock speed. A lot of android fans just don't look in to the subtleties of performance.
So for the vast majority of apps, the iPhone will be much faster, because Apple doesn't play this ridiculous spec marketing war. They can differentiate themselves just by making their own OS, which is custom designed from the ground up to run as efficiently as possible on their custom hardware.
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I think that is also what happened to me. I also have the feeling that the new iPhone will be "more of the same" in a different form, slightly improved. I value the ecosystem and the Apple philosophy, but would like to see more brave steps into the future. After so many years iOS hasn't changed a bit, at least in the way it works. It has change in the way it looks, but we still get pages of icons that can be used to launch our apps. At some point Apple will have to move beyond that and try something different.
The same goes for the iPhone 6 design. As I said on another thread I created, i would like Apple to start taking more risks. If you see an iPhone 6, it is an evolution of the first iPhone design. At some point maybe Apple should just make a cut and design a brand new phone, that has no resemblance to the old ones..
Edit: I am still getting the iPhone 6 though..I love Apple, I just have an HTC One M8 as a second phone for all those moments where iOS bores me.
Out of interest, what are you expecting mobile manufacturers to do in order to be brave and try something different? You mention iOS needs to change the way it looks, but what is wrong with the form it has now? It works great IMO and is simple to navigate etc. Would there be any point changing it for the sake of it and to satisfy a few people who get bored looking at a device? Its a tool and has been designed to be easy to use with clean graphics. I don't see much point changing it just because its followed a certain theme since its incarnation. Microsoft Windows hasn't changed an awful lot over the years in terms of appearance, but we use it as an everyday tool without getting bored of it.
Out of interest, what are you expecting mobile manufacturers to do in order to be brave and try something different? You mention iOS needs to change the way it looks, but what is wrong with the form it has now? It works great IMO and is simple to navigate etc. Would there be any point changing it for the sake of it and to satisfy a few people who get bored looking at a device? Its a tool and has been designed to be easy to use with clean graphics. I don't see much point changing it just because its followed a certain theme since its incarnation. Microsoft Windows hasn't changed an awful lot over the years in terms of appearance, but we use it as an everyday tool without getting bored of it.
I don't want change for the sake of change. I want meaningful changes. I would like a better way to organise my apps and information on my home screen. Is the answer widgets,like on Android? Not necessarily.
The solution must be simple to use, and still keep the cleanness of iOS.
I suppose options are no bad thing. I organise all my apps in folders so know where to find them quickly and effectively. I would rather the information was on a pull down menu that allowed more choices than filling the home screen personally. I'm not a fan of widgets and search bars on the home screen and live feeds etc. If the choice was there for people who like that sort of thing, I wouldn't be against that, but then again that would be just like Android.
Widgets are not that bad. I was also against them but I have them on my HTC One M8 and some of them can really be very productive:
- Twitter & Facebook quick post button
- Showing weather information
- Showing tasks and appointments (in iOS this is done differently, so that's ok)
- Checking the latest mails
- Writing a new mail
Basically, I would like to have something like "quick actions", combined with some basic information. Widgets on Android can clutter the interface a lot and are not the best solution..
I had them and tried them on my previous Android phones, HTC and a Samsung and found them to be unreliable by not updating when they were supposed to and I found if you enabled them to update often, they drained the battery too quickly. By the time I got home from work my battery was dead most days. Not a fan of widgets at all, sorry. I would rather have apps I can click on to perform the tasks I need.
They work very well here, but of course, as with everything on Android, you need to find out the right widgets
My HTC One M8 has much better battery life than my iPhone 5S.
I would really struggle without widgets now. Love my CBS Sports NBA widget with scores under that. Got my calendar, google now to search, goal.com news widget, tennis news widget and my music widget along with my fitness tracker widget.
I love these options. Not sure I could go back to a phone without them. Plus that and I love the S pen options too much along with of course removeable batteries.
I love these options. Not sure I could go back to a phone without them. Plus that and I love the S pen options too much along with of course removeable batteries.
Yeah I think that is what put me off Android was the need to fiddle, I can't be bothered with that. I'm the type of person that has 3 icon's on their PC desktop and a single row of icon's on their iPhone, so widgets do nothing for me. I'm pretty lucky with my iPhone battery. I get a full day out of it with quite a lot of use. A friend of mine here in the office has the HTC M8 and its a stunning phone I have to say. Too big for me thoughThey work very well here, but of course, as with everything on Android, you need to find out the right widgets
My HTC One M8 has much better battery life than my iPhone 5S.