New to Android, App Quality

[The-Real-Deal82]

Not just his opinion. If I wanted an outdated OS with pretty pictures over a functional, modern and usable OS, I would have stayed with iOS. I feel sorry for people I see with iPhones now.

I wouldn't waste your time feeling sorry for people with iPhones. Why would you feel sorry for me? Its my choice and I am very happy with it. Guide your pity towards more important things.

 

[SpaceKitty]

Not just his opinion. If I wanted an outdated OS with pretty pictures over a functional, modern and usable OS, I would have stayed with iOS. I feel sorry for people I see with iPhones now.

This is whats wrong with the world these days. Why would you feel sorry? It's an excellent OS to this day.

 

[Googlerola]

Not just his opinion. If I wanted an outdated OS with pretty pictures over a functional, modern and usable OS, I would have stayed with iOS. I feel sorry for people I see with iPhones now.

IOS is very functional and usable.considering the fact that most my assignments are done on an iPad....

 

[Brittany246]

Yep! Shame on us. Here we were actually trying to help - I guess we didn't realise all you actually wanted to do was whine.

Yeah, because I said I wanted help (sarcasm). I know how to find alternatives. I agreed with the OP and everyone jumped on my back and tried to convince me that the play store is just as good as the apple app store. Others tried to insinuate that I'm not smart enough or don't have enough common sense to like or use android (lol). Nothing any of you say is going to convince me the play store is just as good. If you can't stand my "whining" then stop reading and replying to my comments.

 

[Brittany246]

This. I don't know why people even bother making a thread or even posting if they don't want to hear other's opinions.

All of us here are Mac users, obviously we know quality. And obviously we all know that there is issues on Android, but some of you blow everything out of proportion. If you don't like it, get a refund, and forget about it. How simple is that? Just because such and such happened on this one device, doesn't mean it happens on everything else. Even one point of a firmware update makes a huge difference. I should know that, considering my Kindle Fire had like 10 updates where the sound driver was half baked at the beginning, and 100% working at its EOL.

Half of the people who replied to me tried to act like I was doing something wrong, and that's why I don't like android. If I don't expect things, I won't be disappointed, right?

 

[Razeus]

I'm noticing this to and I'm on my 2nd week with my S4, switching from iPhone 4S.

The apps I use are mostly avaiable, but they seem to be a version behind the iOS counterpart.

For example:

Zite - looks like the version before the UI makeover on iOS which is way better
Snapseed - doesn't support the S4 camera and compresses my files to 3MP!
Aviary - supports only up to 12MP, but saves the photos metadata. iOS photo apps LOVE to strip metadata from files (which caused me all kinds of issues in my iPhoto organization). The Aviary apps saves all original metadata but the iOS does not.
Facebook - no drop down menu to view only Photos, Music, Posts, etc.
Instagram - doesn't auto rotate my photos and must rotate myself (if I don't remember to take the photo with the volume rocker facing down). Also, no one tap auto enhance for the Android app like it is on iOS.

Apps I am missing from iOS: VSCOCam, Oggle, Hipstamatic, Day One

I've replaced my go to photo processing app with Pixlr has the filters are great and supports the full resolution of the S4. Apparently VSOCam is coming to Android, but only god knows when.

I will say that Android apps allow you do to more. For example:
Instagram - has a high quality mode in the Advanced Options. And you can use your default camera instead of Instgrams.
Dropbox - automatic uploads work in background without me having to open the app first. Also, I can create albums right on my phone - an option not available on iOS.


There are a lot of pros and cons I'm finding with my switch to iOS. I'll be writing a review soon so stuff like this will be in there. I believe it things I haven't seen written about before and authors kind of gloss over.

 

[maflynn]

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Closed for review and clean up