Exactly, which allows more room for a better user experience since resources can go elsewhere instead of aggressive ram management.
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Phones Galaxy Note 4 beats iPhone 6 and 6+ for customer satisfaction
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Exactly, which allows more room for a better user experience since resources can go elsewhere instead of aggressive ram management.
LOL....i have never had a problem with any Samsung phone with ram management. The few here that have had that issue are not the norm. Lets not go there ok?
Unfortunately, I have to since I have seen Touchwiz eat up a ton of RAM to run itself. Add the fact that apps refresh too frequently on a 3gb device, but that's Google's fault with the memory leak. MRU probably will attest to having problems too.
and...... there's 2 people. So how exactly did that affect you? If you have 3GB of ram and only have 1 GB free?
I didn't have app refreshes on my S6 or my Note 4. Even MRU admitted the issue was overblown. It is a pet peeve of his to be sure and it affects the way he uses the phone. But not all have the same issue. Just take a trip into the iphone section here at MR. Should we assume everyone is having the same issues being reported there by iphone users?
I read Reddit, XDA, etc about complaints about initial S6 bugs. iOS 8 was an abysmal failure in the beginning. It bricked iDevices. What I wish would happen was carriers were outlawed from bloating devices.
That where we differ. I never has a bad experience with Galaxy phones. My first was the S3. Minor issues yes, but the overall experience of the Galaxy phones I've had is pretty good.
My S6 edge has fast response time. Battery is good. And RAM management seems to okay, despite a minority of users than have memory issues. Before the S6 edge, the Note 4 was the best smartphone I had. Samsung phones and TW keeps getting better every cycle.
As far as the features go, Samsung has already cut plenty of the features out that were considered gimmicks.
HTC phones don't age well? Well I have about 10 HTC phone that would disagree with you. Bad battery life? The M7 received good marks for its battery life. The M8 is still praised for its battery life. Poor camera? Wrong there to. The One X had a well reviewed camera. Many people loved and praised the cameras on the M7 and M8. And the M9 has one of the best cameras on the market despite the early reviews which were using unfinished software. And the phones are very much repairable. And with something like Uh-Oh Protection it wouldn't matter if they weren't. You are very uneducated
Android has a health and a homekit type app. They have hangouts which serves as a facetime and iMessage concept hangouts may not be as good or work as well yet but it still has the same basic functions as face time and iMessage.
They didn't used to age very well, not sure what they are like now. My last HTC was an Incredible S and that lasted about 18 months before its second update slowed it down until it was only good as a simple phone and MP3 player for me. I had a tattoo, Wildfire, Desire HD and they were all excellent phones but with short shelf lives unless you never updated. I didn't find HTC's customer service too hot either when they wanted me to spend 3 weeks without a phone while a simple SIM card fault was repaired. No offer of replacement unless it had been sent off 3 times etc.
I'm sure this has improved recently though as they would be roasted by critics in this competitive market.
Yep it's my pet peeve. It does affect the way I use my phone and I'm sure it effects others too to a lesser or greater extent. However considering it was me that actually raised the ram issue that eventually got reported by the news blogs / media channels - I have to say that just comparing the amount of posts in my thread over on xda that got comments compared to the amount of other threads and actual owners of the S6/Edge - it's clear that it wasn't as big an issue for the majority.
That doesn't mean to say if your on the minority that are affected and it's ruining your experience and enjoyment - that you can't be rightly peeved with Samsung.
But yeah in all honesty I can't say my experience is reflective of the whole.
I personally however will continue going forward looking at devices with a more stock level of ram management as for my usage pattern they work considerably better for me than my last 4 samsung (S5, alpha, Note 4, S6 edge)... Ironically the Galaxy Alpha on KitKat didn't suffer half as bad in this regard - however JB did the same thing to it.
I don't know about "these surveys". The ACSI has not been around as long as JD Power, which started in 1968. I don't know how many authoritative survey providers exist other than JD Power exists. It's hard to know what they measure unless you see the questions and understand how the results are generated. Survey statistics as is proved here, have little to do with financial health or profit.
Whether these surveys deal with satisfaction or loyalty would depend on the questions asked.
Product satisfaction has nothing t I do with the profit or financial health of a company. Only apple aplogists bring that into every discussion as a shield to hide behind when things are not going well for them.
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Lol, methinks people who own android phones have to re-read more carefully. Thankfully the forum mavens keep everybody honest.
So if you don't own Android phone why are you in this section?
The MacRumors TOS gives me the same privileges as you to be in this forum. The keyword is 'MacRumors', not jamezr. You are more than welcome to open up your own forum and then you can control who posts where and even who can be a member.
Correct the TOS also has rules and guidelines to keep threads and conversations honest along with the posters in those threads.
That is what you do in threads where Apple is not the winner. You derail the thread every time
You do understand you have the option of not replying to every post, which is the real cause why these threads are derailed.
Here is a little more info for you. Its not about brand loyalty. It is about how happy you are with the phone you have. Customers are asked the same questions about their current devices. It shows customer satisfaction with their smartphone regardless of which carrier it is on...just how satisfied with the phone itself.
http://money.cnn.com/2015/06/02/technology/big-smartphones/
Perhaps the thread title can be adjusted by the mods to have 'in the US' at the end? At the moment it suggests in general rather than a regional conclusion. The Note 4 is as rare as rocking horse dung in my experience, I've perhaps seen 3 ever in the hands of people in public. I don't see many iPhone 6 Pluses or other phablet devices either, but don't doubt they have satisfied customers all the same in their niche.
There is only a fag paper between the top phones in this American survey in any case so I'm still not entirely sure what it tells us other than the market leaders have very satisfied customers in North America. There we go lol.
There is only a fag paper between the top phones in this American survey in any case so I'm still not entirely sure what it tells us other than the market leaders have very satisfied customers in North America. There we go lol.
That article makes me question the surveys more. Apple and Samsung keep trading 1 and 2 for years? I guess if I keep buying the same phones over and over I'm happy but how can I be dissatisfied without anything to compare it to. Another would be if I saw I am dissatisfied and I've spent a lot of money does that make me unwise.