For those casual users it sells well, because it's much cheaper than the iPhone. And it works adequate on those low budget smartphones.
Got a tip for us?
Let us know
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.
Sigh, Android is still kind of goofy...
- Thread starter spinedoc77
- Start date
- Sort by reaction score
For those casual users it sells well, because it's much cheaper than the iPhone. And it works adequate on those low budget smartphones.
This is true. I guess I'm just a casual user because all I do with my phone is calls, texts, emails and a few social apps. I don't play games, watch movies or even listen to music on my phone. I don't use widgets or need access to a file manager or feel the need to install launchers or custom roms etc....I'd think more casual users would look at the iPhone but you are right, those cheap Android phones certainly sell.
Poor Spinedoc, it seems like no mobile OS out there suits you. Time to make your own?
I think Ubuntu might.
I'm shocked to see that Siri is really the root of this thread
Different strokes for different folks, its all good.
Don't keep saying iOS is better for business use because of siri though
That depends on what you do for your job. I would argue all day that android is better for productivity.
Different strokes for different folks, its all good.
Don't keep saying iOS is better for business use because of siri though
That depends on what you do for your job. I would argue all day that android is better for productivity.
Not sure if I can disable S-Voice. I don't see anything that says I can disable it. On my old HTC phone, I know I can choose which app responds to the BT headset activation. It has one built in and I installed VLingo for a while. I haven't tried doing something like this with my SGS3 as I don't use it with a BT headset regularly. I normally just tap the Google Voice widget or the S-Voice activation key (double press Home button) when I want to use voice commands.
I have to say with each passing day I am really considering never going back to iOS. This is just very very basic stuff that Apple should pay attention to.
T9 Dialer...
Attachments in emails...
To disable
Go to app drawer. Press menu button. Press uninstall/disable from menu. Then go into Samsung folder or wherever you have s voice app and hit the little minus.
Simples......
I just put 5 attachments in an email on my iPhone using Gmail. If you need something more advanced, here ya go
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/attachments.me-for-gmail-email/id446390783?mt=8
I just put 5 attachments in an email on my iPhone using Gmail. If you need something more advanced, here ya go
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/attachments.me-for-gmail-email/id446390783?mt=8
Try replying to an email and adding an attachment to it. The stock iOS app cannot do this.
I dont use the stock iOS app, doesnt effect me. I can attach anything I want all day long. There are plenty of things you need to work around on Android too. Most people have to root an rom just to get optimum performance
I actually really like Nova and paid for the prime version but on my GS3, for some reason i dont know about, the unread count badges do not work. So, i use Apex because he unread badgess, do work.
Why not? He just showed how it was possible to do that on iOS using an app you can get in the app store. Is it as nice or integrated as it is in android? No, but as he stated you have to do work arounds on android too, no os is perfect and "better" is relative to how your going to use it and what your confortable with.
It only works for Gmail so what about all those corporate exchange users?
I was reading an email on my iPad that I needed to reply with an attachment from a different email. This is something that is the norm when using email but iOS cannot do this.
I ended up using my Android phone to do it. It's 2013 and iOS still cannot attach a file to an existing email.
Ok, install an app called "fileapp pro". Now in your e-mail, download the attachment and press the "open in" button and select "open in fileapp pro". Once the attachment has been opened, select "send by email" and then enter the email address you're sending it to. And your done. I tested this with a pdf document, not sure what attachments your sending.
Edit: you could also just forward the original email with the attachment to the new recipient.
Last edited:
I agree, ios not having attachments is a valid point. Lets keep the discussion even sided and try not to fanboy much to either side.
I used to miss the T9 dialler, but now I just use Siri to call. Quicker than T9 ever was. I don't even need to unlock my phone to make a call.
Attachments in e-mail is a fair comment and there's no good reason why it shouldn't support them. Of course there are workarounds.. put your attachment on Dropbox and e-mail a link.
I guess it depends on where you keep the file, but for me Dropbox and Drive are my file vaults. I reply with new attachments hundreds of times per week (doc revisions mainly) and I just link to the source each time. Since I make edits from my iPad and laptop alike, this also helps keep things synchronized.
Frankly, using a physical file attachment is pretty Luddite behavior these days. Email isn't meant to to be a document management solution. Your issue is just throwback behavior to a PC-centric world.
I don't think I've used a T9 dialer since the pre-smartphone days, I didn't think people still used those. Having a visual phonebook that you slide up and down with your finger is much easier than T9 IMO.
Easiest yet was Siri, which is unmatched on Android. Even just voice dialing is a pleasure versus the atrocity that is Google Now/search in terms of being a personal assistant.
This is true. I run a quite successful internet business and I would never dream of using my phone as a means of conducting serious business with files a client needed. A serious business person is going to be on a desktop or at least have a laptop, only a kid would be using a phone for business matters.
Poor Spinedoc, it seems like no mobile OS out there suits you. Time to make your own?
Haha, I just saw this. Honestly I really still like iOS, although I hope they fix the awful white on off-white theme. It's just that the tiny screen is too small for me, I just can't deal with it anymore. Next year I'll be first in line for a 5" iphone, man that thing is going to sell like hotcakes.