Should I stay or should I go?
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@JaredBusch said:
@ajstringham said:
@scottalanmiller I've also seen a lot of people who had iPhones and went running back to Android.
For people that like to tinker of futz with their stuff, the entire Android ecosystem is the place to be. For those of us who need the device (phone/tablet) as something that is not a toy, but works all the time I will always go with an Apple product at this time. If I had the free time to tinker, I would most definitely want to get an Android device. I simply do not have the time.
Yes. Android I think is great for the hobbyists. Same people who root their phones, use DD-WRT and stuff like that. Nothing wrong with that, it's fun. But not really business activities. It's a more consumer device than a business one.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@JaredBusch said:
@ajstringham said:
@scottalanmiller I've also seen a lot of people who had iPhones and went running back to Android.
For people that like to tinker of futz with their stuff, the entire Android ecosystem is the place to be. For those of us who need the device (phone/tablet) as something that is not a toy, but works all the time I will always go with an Apple product at this time. If I had the free time to tinker, I would most definitely want to get an Android device. I simply do not have the time.
Yes. Android I think is great for the hobbyists. Same people who root their phones, use DD-WRT and stuff like that. Nothing wrong with that, it's fun. But not really business activities. It's a more consumer device than a business one.
I disagree. Besides, Apple is kind enough starting with the iPhone 5 to be updating the NSA's fingerprint database. How awesome is that?! That and Apple ripped off Android's interface and basic functions that they've had from the beginning in their latest iOS. Apple can see the writing on the wall.
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That being said, I don't like iPhones because I can't stand the interface. The single button, etc could just never do it for me. Android is how I've always gone and always will. And because I use Google everything (Chrome, Android, Google Voice, Gmail, etc) it all just works. If you're a Mac person exclusively, then yeah, go iPhone. But I can download a file to my Android and plug it into any computer as a flash drive. Can an iPhone do that? It's too proprietary. iPhones are about controlling the end user. Androids are about the end user controlling the phone, rooted or not. Rooting just unlocks another level of control. Not required though.
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Yes I can go one better than having to plug my phone in to use it like a flashdrive. Between my Onedrive and my Clouddrive I don't have to even do that I just open that up on my desktop and my files are there.
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@Minion-Queen said:
Yes I can go one better than having to plug my phone in to use it like a flashdrive. Between my Onedrive and my Clouddrive I don't have to even do that I just open that up on my desktop and my files are there.
Dropbox and OneDrive do that as well. All my contacts sync to my Gmail automatically. Never have to worry about losing them. The calendar works great between Gmail and Android as does my Office365 calendar on Android with anything else I use, such as Outlook or the OWA. It's seamless and just works.
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@minion-queen Oh, and Google Drive too.
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well. I'm waiting for the iphablet 6
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@Hubtech The what?
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I was really close to buying an iphone before Android hit mainstream. I started my 'smartphone' adventures with the HTC 4200 (I think), HTC Touch Pro, shortly there after HTC Touch Pro 2. Moved onto the HTC EVO 4G but never had 4G services in Nebraska, HTC EVO 3D and now the Samsung S4. Those old Windows CE devices were just plain awful. Overall I enjoyed the HTC Android phones I've had. The performance on the S4 was pretty good until I started installing more apps. but now it's pretty laggy. I'm sure it's an app causing a problem but I haven't hard reset it (have to disable all of the two factor accounts using the google authenticator). I also really dislike all the junk that comes preinstalled and not removable on carrier provided devices.
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There are talks of a 5.5" phone-tablet phablet.
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@ajstringham said:
@Hubtech said:
I've currently got it on my 4S. I rarely use it because I generally have my laptop with me all the time. I found it on Google Play also. man...i dunno
There is a reason Android has more than half the market share. Let's just put it that way.
Yeah, cause people are basically stupid. Anyone with a brain knows the crowd is usually wrong. Just sayin'...
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@Minion-Queen said:
From what I have seen Android if you want to have a toy but for serious business IPhone is the way to go. I like the idea of the windows phone but the technology just doesn't work reliably yet.
Precisely. Well put.
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I'm back to my 5s after trying out a Windows phone and a Note 3 for 3 weeks. iPhone was sorely missed, and I'm happy to have it back. Hoping the 6 gets a bigger screen, but I'm happy enough for now having something that really works,
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I was very happy to go back to my IPhone after a test of Windows Phones I tried 2 and had some of the same issues on both. The IPhone is just reliable no question there
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I tried other things with high hopes but returned to the iPhone.
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It still surprises me that Mr. Linux, @scottalanmiller, uses an iPhone. I've heard the reasons why but I still can't stand iPhones. Once Android hit Honeycomb a vast majority of the little quirks of the 2.x generation where gone. 4.0 was not as big an improvement as far as stability but has been rolling out really nice features. And, oh yea, Apple ripped off Android's interface in iOS 7.
That's actually a very well balanced articles about iOS7 v. Android 4.3.
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I was so excited about Android when it first came out. I was seriously into the whole idea. I gave it a serious try to try to make it work. I just couldn't get an Android that could cut it. It took a lot of disappointment for Android to fail me. One of the most dramatic product failures that I've ever experienced. No normal product would I have given that kind of lenience too for me to just keep trying and trying.
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@scottalanmiller said:
I tried other things with high hopes but returned to the iPhone.
I, too, am anxiously awaiting the return to iPhone. June is coming soon...
I like Android, don't get me wrong. But I liked my iPhone better.
