A lot of good points in the discussion. The way I see it, Android being open source, encourages participation in its development from all over the world. At a philosophical level, very democratic. And this openness, will continue to be a source of strength for its continued innovation as people continue to participate and contribute ideas.
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Things Android still does better?
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File management
3rd party apps substituting stock/bundled apps
Content sharing to any application and not to predetermined options
Memory expansion (also applicable to certain WP phones)
Support for more media formats (FLAC for example)
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Closest would be a jailbreak.
3rd party apps substituting stock/bundled apps
Content sharing to any application and not to predetermined options
Memory expansion (also applicable to certain WP phones)
Support for more media formats (FLAC for example)
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Closest would be a jailbreak.
I really don't want this point to get lost. It really is the ultimate one line description of android vs iOS.
Funny, on my Nexus 4 and Nexus 7, moving a .mp3 into "alarms", "notifications", or "ringtones" won't make them appear as sound files when in settings under "Sounds" or in the clock app under alarms. In order to have them show up, I have to use a root file explorer and navigate to a specific root folder that would be inaccessible to the average user.
Not to mention updating my ROM (CyanogenMod for example) will revert this root folder back to normal. So for people who like to run nightlies, like myself, you have to constantly be putting in these audio files into that root folder every day.
On iOS, I could simply export out a song from GarageBand and it would do all the other work automatically.
this guy did a great 5 part video series on differences. I posted this on another thread but I thought u might enjoy it. It a little old but opened my eyes to the differences.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMiY1kSTHZw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMiY1kSTHZw
Unless you have a device with onscreen buttons where you always have a back button and you can always (through third party ROM) show a menu button.
How so? The menu/settings are usually located in the same place (top right corner) and usually have much of the same submenus. As strausd mentioned, if you have come devices, there's always a menu button available (capacitive or soft key) at the bottom of the device.
If anything replacing Android with iOS in your statement would make it more accurate. In iOS, some apps have their settings within the app itself (and location within the app is inconsistent) while others are within the Settings app. Until you look for them though, there is no way of knowing which of these will apply. In fact, I believe some have parts of their settings in both spots. That's unintuitive.
Hmmm. I guess that's a matter of opinion because (for example) I find (at least before iOS7) that the settings options in iOS have always seemed random as to what was put where. Made little sense.
Android is better at freedom. IOS is part of the slippery slope that will lead to the censorship/lockdown of the internet in the USA. The whole Apple really owns your device logic infuriates me.
This may be the wrong place to ask this question but it was the main reason why I sold my iPad2 and bought a Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1. Does the new iPad have a mini SD/TF card slot?
The Samsung, having such a slot, is much easier to use.
The Samsung, having such a slot, is much easier to use.
Because I wanted people who had used/uses IOS7 currently to compare it to Android, a lot of people in this thread have abandoned IOS and I really feel that IOS7 changed a ton and I just wanted to poll the IOS7 crowd, but the mods didn't see it that way.
but I do appreciate everyone's reply and opinions either way
On my SGS3, I just dropped the file into the appropriate folder and I can set it as a ring tone. On my HTC Desire Z, I did need use RingDroid to set the file as a ring tone.
In comparison, when my wife switched from an Android phone to an iPhone, I had great difficulty moving her ring tone from her old Android phone to the iPhone. I had the MP3 file on her phone and my PC, but there did not appear to be any obvious way to move it to her iPhone so that she can set it as a ring tone. After hours of searching on the internet, I finally found a way to do it.
The steps seem totally convoluted to me. First I had to change some settings/options on iTunes on her PC. Then with these changes, import the sound file to iTunes. Then I had use a DOS prompt to rename the file extension after the import. After that, I could drop it into iCloud. It would then appear on her phone as an option for setting a ring tone.
I did try to use some apps, but for whatever reason they didn't work for me. I don't remember why. It just shouldn't be so complicated to use a sound file that you have as a ring tone.
That was over a year ago when my wife got her iPhone. Maybe things are simpler now. She hasn't felt the need to change her ring tone, and I didn't feel the need to go through that again.
So you mean identical features and not what Android can do that IOS can't right?
If so, Android does notifications much better, less intrusive and more organised.
I would also argue typing, going back to iOS after using an S4 for a couple of weeks I was surprised how much I missed a swipe keyboard. Granted here I'm talking about swift key not the stock android one which is OK but not anything special.
Without taking into account the flexibility of Android which sees it pull ahead, iOS is still much better for basic things like email and even copy and paste. There is no getting around the fact that iOS is a much more polished product.
If so, Android does notifications much better, less intrusive and more organised.
I would also argue typing, going back to iOS after using an S4 for a couple of weeks I was surprised how much I missed a swipe keyboard. Granted here I'm talking about swift key not the stock android one which is OK but not anything special.
Without taking into account the flexibility of Android which sees it pull ahead, iOS is still much better for basic things like email and even copy and paste. There is no getting around the fact that iOS is a much more polished product.
One huge advantage that has been mentioned already is notifications.
How is this okay?? Now I can't press the cancel or reply button. I have to wait until the notification goes away or slide it away myself. Seems trivial but when a lot of notifications come in it is very annoying. It happens on movies and games too. Wtf?
But it just really all comes down to choice. Apple tells us what screen size we get, what resolution, how big our battery is, how fast our processor is, what colors our phones are, what material our phones are made of, what apps are our default apps, what our home screens must look like, what keyboard we must use, what apps we can share with, how we manage notifications, Etc, etc. I could go on. Android you are free to choose all of these things and more. You make the phone or tablet what you want. Not what apple wants. It's that simple.
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That being said I know all of this and still haven't been able to get away from iPhone. But now android has caught up in a lot of the areas that drove me back to iPhone so I'm so ready to leave.
How is this okay?? Now I can't press the cancel or reply button. I have to wait until the notification goes away or slide it away myself. Seems trivial but when a lot of notifications come in it is very annoying. It happens on movies and games too. Wtf?
But it just really all comes down to choice. Apple tells us what screen size we get, what resolution, how big our battery is, how fast our processor is, what colors our phones are, what material our phones are made of, what apps are our default apps, what our home screens must look like, what keyboard we must use, what apps we can share with, how we manage notifications, Etc, etc. I could go on. Android you are free to choose all of these things and more. You make the phone or tablet what you want. Not what apple wants. It's that simple.
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That being said I know all of this and still haven't been able to get away from iPhone. But now android has caught up in a lot of the areas that drove me back to iPhone so I'm so ready to leave.
What appropriate timing for this video to be posted to YouTube. Great comparison of 4.3 vs iOS 7 from pocket now.
http://youtu.be/8cz82QzEDx0
http://youtu.be/8cz82QzEDx0
I've said it before, I sincerely do not know how anyone can find iOS' method of notifications acceptable. How is blocking visibility and usability a "polished idea"?
People are so forgiving of Apple. I predict if this was a "feature" of Android while iOS had discrete notification icons in the status bar like Android, many would surely point out how obnoxious this method of notifications is.
I find Android's implementation way worse. If you don't like iOS why don't u post on one of the Android forums moreso? You seem to bitch and moan way too much, and try to push ur personal opinions on people more than anyone else on this side of the forums.
How about this, you hate iOS so much, stop going back. It's not for you but it's obviously a very good mobile OS.
Forgiving? Is it impossible to accept that people have different preferences to you? Good grief. You don't like iOS we get it.
Do you know what forum you're in? Do you know what thread you're in?
If you dislike reading my posts so much [in an open and free forum], please block me. You'll be doing us both a favor.
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Sure -- I don't doubt there are people who either don't mind or even like iOS' way of notifications. I never said such people don't exist nor that people can't and don't have preferences. Show me where I said this.
My point was, there's this idea that Apple's iOS is so polished, that they don't ever release a feature (hard or software-wise) until it's ready or until they "get it right." My question is, how are obstrusive notifications that momentarily block visibility and usability (the latter being more important), that pushes the screen downward (does it still do that? To be fair, I didn't get a notification while I was testing iOS 7)... how is any of this "polish" and "right"? Again, this is the typical Apple narrative, and drop down banner notifications just don't jive with being polished nor right nor, frankly, smart.
You're in the "Alternative" section in a thread titled "Things Android Still Does Better." Hello? Good grief. And yet still, you can block people in an open forum. Feel free.
"People are so forgiving of Apple"
Like its unacceptable to simply have a preference. YOU say this is unacceptable so everyone else must not like it and has to make allowances for it.
I accept there are many, many Apple apologists around and about but there are just as many on the other side of the fence. Both extremists are ridiculous, and need to get a grip.
If you find you jump on every thread to air your view at how you dislike a platform and reiterate that point many, many times (sound familiar?) then you need to accept that your bias is indeed coloured.
I am well aware I'm on the "Alternatives" section because yes I do own and use an iPhone but I also own a Nexus 7 and have just sold my Nexus 4. So sorry, I didn't realise you had to bash everything iOS and Apple did to qualify to be here. Must have missed that memo Couch.