I don't doubt you, like I say other people's browsing patterns are likely very different to mine so whilst I don't really suffer from this, I can understand the frustration if you did.
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Is this why Android is so 'laggy'
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I don't doubt you, like I say other people's browsing patterns are likely very different to mine so whilst I don't really suffer from this, I can understand the frustration if you did.
Same. Since I work with a lot of web forms, it took extra care and concern to get anything done because if you navigated your apps wrong you would lose your entry because of the constant tab reloads.
I have no idea how Apple regards this as acceptable, but the NUMBER 1 reason I picked up the S5 was the multitasking and ability to hold a webpage for longer than 5 seconds if you dare go to another app.
Most of the time I'm in the browser and while Android browser scrolling performance flies even on older 2012 and 2010 devices compared to 2014 Apple devices that lag in comparison. Apple needs to focus improvement on this area in future iOS updates now that they know that 2GB DRAM alleviates the browser reload issue.
Yeah that irks me as well. For a company that's so obsessed with the end user experience, how do they allow themselves to get away with the tab reloading issue. I don't even think it has anything to do with the RAM like some people say, I think they purposely write the software like that. I just can't imagine why. It truly is unacceptable.
The way I see it, there are 3 types of "lag".
1. Is the delayed reaction from when you touch the screen and perform an action to the time it responses. One way to see this is if your on a list, tap one of the words and scroll up and down and see how closely the word sticks to your finger.
2. Is speed, some equate slow speed to lag. This of course is how long it takes things to load, fairly easy to observe.
3. Is frame skips. This is how consistently all animations are rendured on screen.
Lag 1 really hasn't been a problem on android for a couple years, while I did notice it on my first android devises (Moto Atrix) its pretty much a non issue now, though its still slightly behind iOS, it isn't noticeable unless you have both devices side by and side and looking for it.
Lag 2 has been mostly on par with iPhone since the beginning and really depends more on your hardware. IOS had been better at hiding it by loading up a stitic image first, but both have been the same here for me.
Lag 3 is still the one that rears its ugly every once in a while and bothers me still. Now this isn't exclusive to android, all OS's including desktops will bog down and skip frames depending on what your doing, though I do notice it slightly more on my HTC one with stock lollipop that I do on my iPhone 6 plus. I do have over 200 apps on both systems though, which would no doubt contribute to this, but it seems the iPhone is better at keeping a consistent frame rate.
None of those are deal breakers at this point, android performs great while keeping a lot of versatility that iOS locks out to maintain that slight performance edge. Of course your expierence may vary depending on your hardware, android version, apps loaded, and settings.
1. Is the delayed reaction from when you touch the screen and perform an action to the time it responses. One way to see this is if your on a list, tap one of the words and scroll up and down and see how closely the word sticks to your finger.
2. Is speed, some equate slow speed to lag. This of course is how long it takes things to load, fairly easy to observe.
3. Is frame skips. This is how consistently all animations are rendured on screen.
Lag 1 really hasn't been a problem on android for a couple years, while I did notice it on my first android devises (Moto Atrix) its pretty much a non issue now, though its still slightly behind iOS, it isn't noticeable unless you have both devices side by and side and looking for it.
Lag 2 has been mostly on par with iPhone since the beginning and really depends more on your hardware. IOS had been better at hiding it by loading up a stitic image first, but both have been the same here for me.
Lag 3 is still the one that rears its ugly every once in a while and bothers me still. Now this isn't exclusive to android, all OS's including desktops will bog down and skip frames depending on what your doing, though I do notice it slightly more on my HTC one with stock lollipop that I do on my iPhone 6 plus. I do have over 200 apps on both systems though, which would no doubt contribute to this, but it seems the iPhone is better at keeping a consistent frame rate.
None of those are deal breakers at this point, android performs great while keeping a lot of versatility that iOS locks out to maintain that slight performance edge. Of course your expierence may vary depending on your hardware, android version, apps loaded, and settings.
I notice more frame skips with touchwiz, other than that performance has been really good with modern touchwiz, but those frame skips do bother me, plus the design, to mostly stay away from Samsung. But the Note 4 is mighty temping.
I find LG's skin to be worse than Touchwiz. 2014 Touchwiz wasn't too bad and lollipop is finally brining some continuity to the OS stock apps. It will be interesting to see in 2015 now that Samsung are closing down a lot of their redundant services if their handsets get a good speed boost just through OS optimisation (long overdue).
Agreed....the s6 will either be refreshing and great....or more of the same. Depends on if Samsung is taking notice of the user experience on other phones.
My 6+ reloads tabs all the time. It's very annoying. Safari is an even worse offender than Chrome is.
Very frustrating considering I paid over a thousand dollars for this.
Eh, I almost agree with you on LG vs Touchwiz. I like the design of LG's skin a lot more than Touchwiz, and both have the same level hiccups in my experience. Though I do find Touchwiz to be more intuitive and the features seem to work better.
I really hope Samsung can clean up, optimize, polish, and redesign Touchwiz, as the features they add seem really great.
Or at the very least, if they optimize Touchwiz, change the color scheme of the notification bar, and Google releases their dialer app along with their contacts app, I would be able to completely make the experience close to stock android with spen, multi window and that hardware. Sigh, I really want a note 4 now, must resist.
every single iphone lags. even a bone stock iphone with zero apps lags. here try it yourself. unlock your iphone and the instant you see your home page swipe left or right you will see it will not go left or right on the very first swipe. unless of course you take your sweet time doing it. and that my friends is what i call lag. the problem with the iphone is that it does it every single time. even if you unlock your iphone with or without the finger print reader on or off.
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Not getting that lag here at all.
Demo here. I tap to wake screen to try and get my Moto to focus. Then press home button to unlock and swipe immediately at desktop and it works perfectly every time.
The point at which it actually unlocks and goes to my home screen and I swipe is only around 1 second ..... How much faster do you want it to be ?
Only lag that stands out to me when using my 6+ is when opening the Today screen on the notification shade and when using a 3rd party keyboard. In regards to the Today screen, pulling down the shade doesn't lag but rather the widgets filling their designated spots will often lag badly--specifically the widgets will be stacked tightly with no info or blank for a second or two before filling in. I have no idea if it's iOS 8 related or specific to the individual apps themselves. I suspect more of the latter as it's not consistent across all widgets.
The 3rd party keyboard lag doesn't happen using the keyboard itself but rather when touching a text box, the keyboard will sometimes lag popping up (or not pop up at all)--most common is when I'm trying to search using Spotlight.
Some people need to get a grip, now people need to ferociously start swiping the screen as soon is unlocked....
Hmm, I'm not getting that at all. The instant the phone opens I can swipe left/right with no lag.
Because its nonsense. The evidence being that he said 'you're doing it too slow'
I mean seriously.
That guy is the classic case of people that need to get a grip, never in my life I've feel the need to ferociously use my phone as soon is unlocked even in urgent cases.
Got an iPhone 6 5 daid ago and done have reduced motion on. No lay to be seen anywhere.
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No lag at all.
I would not describe my gone Galaxy S5 as laggy by any means. It was very responsive, and smooth.
My Note 4 has also been a smooth operator.
Yes the Touchwiz UI and experience lacks the fluidity of iOS and is a big clunky in places, but laggy? I wouldn't say so.
Out the box though, I can see why android phones stutter the way the they do. They are so bloated up the rump and garbage apps eating up processes and memory, which will impact performance.
Get that stuff removed, and only have the apps you actually want running in the background. Does wonders.
But yes I do regard iOS as more fluid as an experience, smoother, more responsive, and less laggy overall. The Nexus 6 though, is pretty buttery. Very iOS class in that regard.
My Note 4 has also been a smooth operator.
Yes the Touchwiz UI and experience lacks the fluidity of iOS and is a big clunky in places, but laggy? I wouldn't say so.
Out the box though, I can see why android phones stutter the way the they do. They are so bloated up the rump and garbage apps eating up processes and memory, which will impact performance.
Get that stuff removed, and only have the apps you actually want running in the background. Does wonders.
But yes I do regard iOS as more fluid as an experience, smoother, more responsive, and less laggy overall. The Nexus 6 though, is pretty buttery. Very iOS class in that regard.