Ipad storage and costs, how do they get away with it

AlecEiffel

woodworm001 wrote: »

Are genuine Apple users embarrassed to be associated with this growing fanboi reputation? No matter how good their products are, there is becoming a stigma associated with them. A little like BMW drivers a few years back ....

Unfortunately the fanboys are on both sides. There are plenty of android elitists who bang on about how their phone has 8 cores and 4 gig of ram. But such specs are only needed as android isn't optimised for one manufacturer and the manufactures are locked in a tech war to attract customers who believe they need a 5 inch screen with full hd or even 4k.

The apple fanboys then rattle on about quality (high end htc and Sony are just as nice and can be similar price) and for some reason think the cost makes it a better phone.

I myself am currently an iPhone 5 user and previously a multiple android user (very first Galaxy, htc desire, desire s, galaxy s2, Galaxy nexus). I prefer the stability of apps on the iPhone, no force closes that I used to get on android, or apps running poorly as they are coded for this months latest phone and I'm running it in one from last year. May go back to android at some point but I feel no real rush at present.

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Alec - lets not delude ourselves that iphones are perfect. Many a time has my wife's iPhone 4 spontaneously exited apps (presumably an issue with memory). Her new iPhone 5s seems more stable though. My Samsung Galaxy S3 probably exists apps spontaneously at a similar rate. It does have the advantage of a new lease of life after getting a new battery.

I feel that Android needed more power and memory than some of the early phones came with. The experience was pretty poor for quite a while (I remember the HTC Wildfire.. oh dear) especially when the manufactures got to add their extra bits of bloat. A top end Android device will be comparable to an iphone released in the same year. However, there's a load of cheaper android devices around to sully the name of the OS. Apple would never release a budget, really low spec phone that showed their new versions of the OS in a bad light.

I look forward to getting a new Android phone in 6 months or so after I've used it on a 'good' spec (My son's Nexus 7 2013 is great) and I'll be opting for a 'pure' android experience. The new Android L release sounds great.

Apple are much more savvy about what users want than the other manufactures. They've designed their OS architecture so it barely slows down as you add apps ('Walled garden' does have some great benefits for a mobile OS). They only added features when they were ready for mass market use and were slick. Sure, Android will usually be ahead on gadgetry features; but it normally comes with a poor experience (until the phone spec catches up with the feature's real requirements). It still slightly reminds me of computing in the late 90s.

AlecEiffel

ringo_24601 wrote: »

Alec - lets not delude ourselves that iphones are perfect. Many a time has my wife's iPhone 4 spontaneously exited apps (presumably an issue with memory).

I feel that Android needed more power and memory than some of the early phones came with. The experience was pretty poor for quite a while (I remember the HTC Wildfire.. oh dear) especially when the manufactures got to add their extra bits of bloat. A top end Android device will be comparable to an iphone released in the same year. However, there's a load of cheaper android devices around to sully the name of the OS. Apple would never release a budget, really low spec phone that showed their new versions of the OS in a bad light.

I look forward to getting a new Android phone in 6 months or so after I've used it on a 'good' spec (My son's Nexus 7 2013 is great) and I'll be opting for a 'pure' android experience. The new Android L release sounds great.

Apple are much more savvy about what users want than the other manufactures. They've designed their OS architecture so it barely slows down as you add apps ('Walled garden' does have some great benefits for a mobile OS). They only added features when they were ready for mass market use and were slick. Sure, Android will usually be ahead on gadgetry features; but it normally comes with a poor experience (until the phone spec catches up with the feature's real requirements). It still slightly reminds me of computing in the late 90s.

Oh I'm not deluded, I know Apple isn't perfect, and Android does have a few things I miss. However my real world experience in app stability and how smooth things run is far in apples favour, though I'm sure others mileage will vary. This may change as my iPhone 5 gets behind the times, but this two yr old device is keeping up far better than 1 yr old androids did for me.

My first android was the i7500 Galaxy. Samsung never updated it and released phones far more capable of running android a few months later. so I moved into the Desire, one of the best phones I ever had until htc overloaded the bloat. So that was when I got into rooting it.

I completely agree with you ref low end devices. Some android phones should barely be described as smart phones, they are so limited in processor, screen, memory. I feel bad for those who got a Galaxy Y as it looked a little like an S3 then found need for speed didn't run. It's fine if you just want the basics but it drags the platform down.

Of all my android devices the Galaxy nexus was my fave, the pure android experience was much better than the bloat Samsung and HTC added (and added more of with each update) - multiple calendar apps, demos of games etc.

Enjoy whatever Android L you get!

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Thankfully I now run 'pure' android (4.4.4 at the moment) with my Cyanogenmod Samsung Galaxy S3. A much nicer experience especially with the Google Now launcher (Siri can do one.. I don't even have to touch my phone and I can have a boring conversation with it). My only worry getting a 'Google' phone is that I will miss being able to increase the storage. I've got 16GB internal + 32GB microSD at the moment and I'd be worried unless those new phones came with a similar capacity (I'm not bothered with removing the card.. I can use USB OTG for moving files)

iOS 8 is quite nice though