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Android |OT4| I/O Silver
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WhiskerFrisker
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There's really nothing to say about Apple anymore. It's a powerhouse and practically a small country. I wouldn't be surprise if Apple owns a private military.
When the Apple watch releases, I can see it becoming a fashion accessory as popular as beats. Maybe even more popular.
The Faceless Master
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i would drop under a buck on one to play with... maybe. i was kinda tempted with the GearFit when it was on sale...
-Pyromaniac-
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lol see it's just shit like that which adds up for some people. They'd rather not deal and just get something they never want to or have to think about. And I don't' blame em.
The Faceless Master
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maybe if the Moto 720 uses a decent SoC and has a full circle screen... or someone else does it better... i just don't want to deal with proprietary chargers...
As much as I like Android, this is an example of the little quirks that should never ever happen and yet they happen. Today I noticed I couldn't pause Spotify. I mean, I'd pause it, but the music kept playing. I was about to teach class and the only thing I could do was turn the volume all the way down until I figured out what was going on. Later I realized that there were two instances of Spotify running, and I while one was paused the other one was playing. What in the actual fuck. It happened again later as I was on my way home.
Notice how different tracks seem to be playing at the same time.
Only way to stop the music was to manually kill both instances of the process.
Junior Mint
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Gotta love that Android jank. Music apps don't even handle stopping music the same way. Some apps kill the music after you swipe away the task. Others don't. Some have an "X" button on the now playing notification. Others don't. Always liked how simple it was on iOS. Swipe away any app playing music and it'll stop the music.
Yeah, in iOS there's a music API and a single application hooks into it and then it can be controlled either by the headphones or by the control center. It's always clear which app is hooked into the API and what will happen when you press play.
In Android, sometimes funky stuff happens where if I'm listening to a Podcast and I try to pause using my headphones, the Play Music app will start playing, (without pausing the podcast, so both play at the same time) even if the app hadn't been launched.
It goes to show the differences in design philosophy behind both OSes. iOS is simpler since multitasking is limited and apps have to be hooked onto different APIs to do stuff in the background like playing audio. This limits functionality (for example, if using my PC I add music to a playlist set for offline listening, on Android the app will instantly download the tracks to the device, but on iOS I need to manually open the app for the music to start downloading ) but also limits stuff that can go wrong. Android is more functional since it has true multitasking but there's a higher potential for things breaking.
Junior Mint
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I still remember when my S3 played notifications on the EXTERNAL SPEAKER even when I had headphones plugged in. I just shook my head and knew that was the moment I didn't want a Samsung phone anymore.
Marty Chinn
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How are you guys getting two instances of the same app running? I've never seen that ever before.
BoboBrazil
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I haven't either.
The Faceless Master
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that's actually by design! their devices still do that by default.
Junior Mint
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Lol, it makes absolutely no sense to me. How am I supposed to hear the notification if I have headphones on?
The Faceless Master
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it plays in the headphones too. it just *also* plays on the device speakers. there are apps that change this behavior. like SoundAbout.
Got the Shakes
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I can tell you from experience that at least in iOS 8, when I add a song to a playlist in iTunes, it automatically downloads that song for offline listening in the music app. At least that's how it works with iTunes Match now. For example I keep a playlist called "favorites" as a way to just have a giant list of individual songs I like. When I add a new song to that list in iTunes, it automatically will download that song on to my phone for offline play. No more having to go in and manually download songs every time up add to a playlist.
Eh, I've seen many people struggle to do basic tasks in iOS (or do it in a convoluted way), and I've seen many people use Android with ease.
I think the bigger picture is change. SO many people jumped on the iPhone train years ago (I don't blame them) and now they're comfy. They probably did struggle to do things at first. Why would they want to switch OSes and have to go through that again? They just don't even think about it: "Oh time for an upgrade? Time to get the new iPhone.".
My bet is: Metal casing, bigger numbers (this = better right? RIGHT?) across the board, one new hardware feature as a focus, and same TouchWiz (with better performance).
Fjolle
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osiris3355
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They are doing a much better job than everyone else with otas this year.
Fixed.
People want apple over other brands. As people prefer BMW over other brands too. It is obviously a generalization, but that's it. Your average consumer doesn't care about most things people discuss in forums: notification bars, dpi, UI, touchwiz or even convenience, since apple's own charging port is much less friendly than standard microusb to be found anywhere. They want a phone for social apps, photos and obviously, the phone today is another way of showing your 'status', despite some seem to no t like the idea, and apple is like Gucci.
And this kind of appeal doesn't appear easily, in fact most of the time it is difficult to know why A has appeal and B hasn't. It is not feature-realated, iphones do not have any magic feature that android or windows phones do not have.
That said, the different way android and iOS are handled also helps apple in this battle: having numerous flagships to choose from vs only one or two obviously gives apple an advantage. Maybe android should have only one or two flaghsips a year, but that would go against its own strenghs, choice.
VanMardigan
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As much as I like Android, this is an example of the little quirks that should never ever happen and yet they happen. Today I noticed I couldn't pause Spotify. I mean, I'd pause it, but the music kept playing. I was about to teach class and the only thing I could do was turn the volume all the way down until I figured out what was going on. Later I realized that there were two instances of Spotify running, and I while one was paused the other one was playing. What in the actual fuck. It happened again later as I was on my way home.
Notice how different tracks seem to be playing at the same time.
Only way to stop the music was to manually kill both instances of the process.
Well at least you have good taste in music, it could've been worse, like two instances of Justin Bieber.
The Faceless Master
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is making a ringtone a simple task? that one always seems to be the one people who switch from Android to iOS trip up on and ask about...
Fjolle
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In iOS? It's making a max 30 seconds m4a file and rename it to m4r. Then import it in iTunes (ugh).
In Android it's making a 30 seconds mp3 file and put it into the ringtone directory.
That only explains a small part of it. Look at their massive growth in China over the last year to become the #1 smartphone brand in China. These are consumers who did not get on the iPhone train years ago. And China is their #1 market now as well. These sales are not from long time iOS users but new ones.
Jigolo
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Might sell my N5 if this is true. That this is fucking beautiful.
Baroquemantic
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Ha, they actually did curve the edges exactly like the iPhone 6. Anyway, it looks miles better than the M7 and M8, and the bezels are much smaller! Also, are there two versions of the M9? I'm guessing the one with the ugly ass home button has a fingerprint reader.
So maybe not a button and just a reader? Cool.
I am confused...which of these is supposed to be the M9? It looks like there is an old HTC and the M8 mixed in there.
The last one.
Looks like I might get an 810 phone this year after all. Hopefully the Sony rumors are just rumors still.
WhiskerFrisker
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Nah M9 looks pretty sleek.
Kill Your Masters
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Or just use the Audiko app as it has millions of songs and dozens of variations of those songs in a 30 second file.
Junior Mint
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Man that HTC looks great. Unless they completely fuck up the back of the phone like Apple did, it looks better than the iPhone 6 to me.
-Pyromaniac-
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It's only on the big plus version. It's they figure the shit is gonna be huge anyway lol. Or they're fingerprint tech is under it. Who knows.
The small one looks hot. This is why we need an HTC nexus. This is the year.
brotkasten
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You mean like the M7 looked like an iPhone 5? Seems fitting then, no?
e: I need better pictures before I judge the design.
There's sites to do it for you. Upload file, trim file to desired length, choose m4r on download. It's really not that difficult.
5.5 apparently.
Rats. Still a chance for the Z4 Ultra to sneak in.
If you want a 6 inch phone why not get the Nexus 6? If it's due to the off-contract pricing a Z4 Ultra is never going to come to a major carrier in US either.
brotkasten
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Wait. If the "big" one is 5.5", how small is the other one? I might be interested in it! Also, specs?
Guess what.
Android doesn't need to lose for iOS to do well.
iOS doesn't need to lose for Android to do well.
You'd think after living through an era of computers without OS competition (the 90s), that we would appreciate the pace of development with two extremely viable platforms with different goals (broad base of customers vs. sell hardware).
If one ecosystem completely marginalized the other, we'd still be stuck with this nonsense.
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Android doesn't need to lose for iOS to do well.
iOS doesn't need to lose for Android to do well.
You'd think after living through an era of computers without OS competition (the 90s), that we would appreciate the pace of development with two extremely viable platforms with different goals (broad base of customers vs. sell hardware).
If one ecosystem completely marginalized the other, we'd still be stuck with this nonsense.
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