Point taken - I've only had Nexus so never had to worry about Kies, Samsung does make it harder I believe. But IIRC HTC has syncing software that's iTunes/Mac friendly for converts, maybe someone with a One can confirm.
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Point taken - I've only had Nexus so never had to worry about Kies, Samsung does make it harder I believe. But IIRC HTC has syncing software that's iTunes/Mac friendly for converts, maybe someone with a One can confirm.
You're just used to how to use the iPhone. It will take some time to get used to the subtle differences with an Android phone. My first experience with the iPhone after being an Android user for a while was a little frustrating because some things are similar, but others are different and those differences just wasn't obvious.
There really is no set length of time that is good enough to try a new phone. It is up to the person. If you find you really miss your iPhone and want your phone to behave like an iPhone, why put up with more aggravation than you have to? If you really want to see what Android can do that perhaps your iPhone cannot, it may take longer. I would suggest you first set up the essentials that you think you need and use most often. One that works more or less good enough (it will never work exactly the same as your iPhone), then you can perhaps try some things not possible on your iPhone. The latest thing that just came out is Swype. It's an alternate keyboard for your phone and it is on sale for a buck right now.
Anyway, have fun. Hope it works out for you.
Agreed. While significantly better with 4.2.2 it could still use some work. Everything else I couldn't be happier with.
You do understand the concept of patents? When a company spends substantial sums of money on proprietary inventions, they want their investment protected? The Samsung trial is a good example of another company deciding to pirating someone else's patents.
As far as "being in jail" and customization, what kind of things are you trying to do that you can't? For myself, the iPhone does everything I need and it does it well.
Exactly. You answered your own question. What's working for you obviously isn't working for him.
Over the past several years my phone usage went in this order: iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, Galaxy S3, iPhone 5, Galaxy Nexus, Galaxy Note 2, and I preordered a Galaxy S4 yesterday.
After I got the S3 I swapped back to the iPhone 5 because I wasn't fully use to Android. I quickly regretted the decision. I've adapted and much prefer Android for my phone. I still think iOS is best for tablets ATM though.
drag and drop file management on any computer without any special software.
that alone is a big reason. it allows you to use your GBs as you see fit.
apps aren't sandboxed like ios. ie - pdf files in adobe reader are not seen by other apps. terrible idea. if you delete adobe reader by mistake, your files are gone too.
if you have few minutes, i'd urge you to check some details about the "apps" on my signature at http://play.google.com plz, just take few minutes and let me know if there are ios alternatives. thx.
Hmm, your link leads me to my play.google.com account. I understand the restrictions with ios. Maybe there will be a time in the future when I need more flexibility, but I like the concept of "safe" apps and simplicity (when possible).
Is Apple out stepping good business practices by controlling and creating a safe IOS environment (and the perception of an iron thumb on IOS developers)? So far that does not seem to be case from a sales perspective. Maybe in the future if and when the tide turns against them will they rethink the policy.
I can get any content off my iMac to my S3 and I don't have to plug anything in. Airdroid "just works" and is extremely easy, plus you can continue to use your phone while the download continues in the background. Something the iPhone can't do.
I have an iMac, Roku 2's and 3's, HP and Dell Desktops and 3 Android phones and tablets all working together. A very simple task and works better than when I had nothing but ATV's, iPads, iphones and Macs. Griffin ATV and iTunes upgrades became painful, because Apple usually screwed something, causing my iTunes to stop recognizing itself as one of my five approved computers and ATV updates was like playing Russian roulette. Never knew if I was gonna get a good install or be required to reload my ATV with a previous version?
Sure, Airdroid is cool if you like slow, buggy apps that crash more times than they work. All you need to do is look thru about 20 user reviews of it on the Play store to figure that out. Gotta love that Android fragmentation. An app can run perfectly on one Android phone but a complete disaster on another one only because its a different brand or running a different version of Android. No thanks.
You talk about things which you know nothing about. Gotta love iOS fragmentation too. iMaps and iOS6 work great on some devices and, well, not at all on others. Or how about Siri? Or how about apps designed for 3.5" screens trying to run on iphone5 with nice black bars on the sides?
And iOS is great is you love getting Android app copies in each new ios iteration, love having Apple put out crappy updates, enjoy stale and an old OS that still looks like it came from 2007, enjoy laggy response time, and enjoy iOS crashing more often than Android.
You talk about things which you know nothing about. Gotta love iOS fragmentation too. iMaps and iOS6 work great on some devices and, well, not at all on others. Or how about Siri? Or how about apps designed for 3.5" screens trying to run on iphone5 with nice black bars on the sides?
And iOS is great is you love getting Android app copies in each new ios iteration, love having Apple put out crappy updates, enjoy stale and an old OS that still looks like it came from 2007, enjoy laggy response time, and enjoy iOS crashing more often than Android.
I dont worry about that since I am on an iPhone 5 on the newest version of iOS
I keep the iPhone because no Android phone on the market will bring up all my music on my car's head unit display, run iTunes, automatically send photos I take to my Macs and iPad or allow me to play videos bought from my Apple TV. I will gladly exchange the use of widgets and a larger screen for these things. Besides, widgets are more than likely coming to iOS 7 as well as a ton of other features thus really closing the gap on any advantage Android once had.
I dont worry about that since I am on an iPhone 5 on the newest version of iOS
Other than your assumptions on iOS7, this is the first post from you that is both logical and accurate. I can not argue against your points, nor should I. The Apple ecosystem is the best option for you.
On a side note, I thought I was screwed when I went to Android and being able to wirelessly connect with my cars head unit and use the controls on my steering wheel. However, my car has A2DP and all I do is make a BT connection with my phone and not only is my normal music info displayed on screen and the controls on the steering wheel work, but the same goes for Pandora and Spotify. All via the S3. So, that was one big reason I didn't need to stay with the iPhone or iPod, and I would no longer keep that sort of thing as an iOS advantage, but instead an even par between the two operating systems.
This is the single worst thing about iOS for me. Makes it much more of a pain to use.
The biggest complaint I have about my HTC One is the really slow charging rate.
I can't recall ever being annoyed at the rate of charging of my old HTC, but I do remember being somewhat surprised at the iPhone charge rate when I first got it.
I suppose I would get annoyed if I went the other direction though.
This is something that keeps popping up on this side of these forums. Most apps that remain in 3.5" format are no longer supported. I'm guessing not all follow that previous statement, but most that I notice do. I think you would find the same thing on Android if there was an app that stopped receiving updates, it would not get optimized for the new 1080p phones.
And then there is this to consider, games like (my favorite all time) Chrono Trigger is optimized for 4:3, and while it still gets support from SE, it's not likely to get an update to HD. But it doesn't exist in HD on any platform, do you know of any Android apps that support 16:9 but do not on iOS?