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[Outtrigger888]

I got burned with the evo 3d, my screen stopped responding all the time and my phone would click on random shit without me touching it. I ended up getting an iphone 5 last week and couldnt be happier. Android is still a janky mess in my eyes. Im glad they didnt slap some huge ass screen on this phone though, I got a couple guys at work that have note 2's strapped to there belt and it looks pretty rediculous.

 

[makingmusic476]

Personally want to get the One for my gf, she's on the Evo4G (WiMax lol). Going for the S4, on purely specs + multiwindow

The phone looks amazing especially for all the haters bagging on it.



Uhh, most people are still on Gingerbread. By far my biggest gripe w/ Android. HTC One already ships with OUTDATED software.
March 2013 Android OS version %

/cements decision to never buy another HTC phone

Nexus or nothing.

 

[buhdeh]

Uhh, most people are still on Gingerbread. By far my biggest gripe w/ Android. HTC One already ships with OUTDATED software.
March 2013 Android OS version %

I only consider Nexus phones as Android

I've had an S3 before my Nexus 4 and it'd be hard but I'd seriously think about going back to iOS if Google stopped making Nexus phones.

 

[The Faceless Master]

Actually, one of my worst experiences on Android is with a pretty popular IRC client, AndChat. So, I'm on a Nexus S, I'm using AndChat, and I leave the app with the home button. It's still running in the background, of course - it shows in the notification tray, and it's in the multitask menu. So how do I completely close it? Do I:

A) Swipe away its notification that it's running in the background? Nope, that does nothing, the notification doesn't budge.

B) Go to the multitasking menu and swipe away its "card"? Nope, notification is still there and it's still running.

What I have to do is go back to the app, and hit the menu button - wait, no, the "exit" option isn't there on the menu if I'm currently viewing a chatroom. So I go back to the app, press the back button to get back to the main menu of AndChat, and then I can hit the menu button and choose exit to quit the app. Awful, awful design. Say what you want about iOS, but the way it's designed makes this kind of terrible behavior impossible.

indeed, it does make proper IRC as a backgrounf process impossible. <3 AndChat. <3 it so much i got the donate version!

 

[UnluckyKate]

It's so ugly sorry.

Small rent for smartphone : I don't need 1080p display on my phone. Better camera is always nice (iphone camera sucks since day one) and I don't have giants hands so keep your screens size manageable please

 

[sca2511]

No kidding. To me rooting my Android phone and flashing ROMs and installing different launchers is roughly as enjoyable as shoving needles in my peehole.

Who said anything about rooting and flashing ROMs? That's another level of customization that most users probably won't need, but the option is there.

I'm still on my stock Nexus 4 ROM and just moved some icons out of the way to see my wallpaper better. Works for me. If you left the phone alone and don't customize it/move icons around, wouldn't the layout look like an iPhone anyways?

 

[catmincer]

/cements decision to never buy another HTC phone

Nexus or nothing.

Except the One X got Jellybean in November and is getting 4.2 in a couple of months. They're not perfect but if you buy the flagship, their update support is good.

 

[reKon]

HTC One with CM 10.1 = essentially god like?

 

[cdkee]

It's so ugly sorry.

Small rent for smartphone : I don't need 1080p display on my phone. Better camera is always nice (iphone camera sucks since day one) and I don't have giants hands so keep your screens size manageable please

It's definitely manageable. I don't have giant hands either (I'm 5'9"), and when I first got my Galaxy Nexus it was a bit of a shock but I got used to it in probably 2 days (and I came from a tiny Palm Pre 2). Now I can't even imagine ever using anything smaller than a 4.65" screen.

 

[Mineshaft_Gap]

Nothing with Sense will ever be #1 in my book.

 

[Chamber]

Don't get the ugly comments. All of these phones look largely the same. Meh...

 

[Guess Who]

indeed, it does make proper IRC as a backgrounf process impossible. <3 AndChat. <3 it so much i got the donate version!

It does suck that on iOS an IRC client will only stay in the background for ten minutes - but it's plenty of time for most scenarios and it's a tradeoff I gladly accept. I'll take Colloquy for iOS over AndChat any day of the week.

 

[jim-jam bongs]

Yeah Android really is way ahead of iOS these days. Google Now continues to disturb and amaze me. I go to Prague and it automatically starts showing currency and language conversion info; it works out I'm staying at the Intercontinental and makes that my temporary home, calculating all my directions and travel details from there and showing me things happening nearby.

The other day I bought something online and had it FedEx'd, and it immediately started tracking the package when the notification arrived in my inbox. Shit, the other day I looked up a baseball team and it started giving me live updates on a game in progress. And we've been planning a vacation so it's started showing me cheap flights and hotels.

That's starting to enter sci-fi territory as far as I'm concerned.

 

[ThatObviousUser]

It's still Android.

It's not Android enough.

Lmfao at how HTC goobered up the app drawer, not to mention the utterly asinine/non-standard two *hardware* button config.

 

[FinKL]

Yeah Android really is way ahead of iOS these days. Google Now continues to disturb and amaze me. I go to Prague and it automatically starts showing currency and language conversion info; it works out I'm staying at the Intercontinental and makes that my temporary home, calculating all my directions and travel details from there and showing me things happening nearby.

The other day I bought something online and had it FedEx'd, and it immediately started tracking the package when the notification arrived in my inbox. Shit, the other day I looked up a baseball team and it started giving me live updates on a game in progress. And we've been planning a vacation so it's started showing me cheap flights and hotels.

That's starting to enter sci-fi territory as far as I'm concerned.

This sounds amazing. All through Google Now, it just knows?

 

[ThatObviousUser]

Yeah Android really is way ahead of iOS these days. Google Now continues to disturb and amaze me. I go to Prague and it automatically starts showing currency and language conversion info; it works out I'm staying at the Intercontinental and makes that my temporary home, calculating all my directions and travel details from there and showing me things happening nearby.

The other day I bought something online and had it FedEx'd, and it immediately started tracking the package when the notification arrived in my inbox. Shit, the other day I looked up a baseball team and it started giving me live updates on a game in progress. And we've been planning a vacation so it's started showing me cheap flights and hotels.

That's starting to enter sci-fi territory as far as I'm concerned.

Now imagine Google Now on Google Glass with a healthy layer of Goggles' augmented reality on top. That is the definition of sci-fi.

This sounds amazing. All through Google Now, it just knows?

You need to enable search history and be OK with it scanning your Gmail and tracking your location, but yes. It never asks for info, it just knows.

 

[Timedog]

An OS with a single model has better sales for that single model than the sales of any one particular phone on an OS with hundreds of models. HOW CAN THIS BE?

 

[btrboyev]

An OS with a single model has better sales for that single model than the sales of any one particular phone on an OS with hundreds of models. HOW CAN THIS BE?

If you are referring to iPhone there are 3 generation of models you can choose actually. 1 for free.

 

[The Faceless Master]

Personally want to get the One for my gf, she's on the Evo4G (WiMax lol). Going for the S4, on purely specs + multiwindow

The phone looks amazing especially for all the haters bagging on it.



Uhh, most people are still on Gingerbread. By far my biggest gripe w/ Android. HTC One already ships with OUTDATED software.
March 2013 Android OS version %
http://i4.minus.com/ibqqwz77M98FSy.jpg

why are you using an outdated graph?

http://developer.android.com/about/dashboards/index.html

 

[Ventrue]

Google Now just shows me the weather, some nearby restaurants, and directions to my work. Constantly. Depends on what you do I guess.

 

[chickdigger802]

why does this phone look like the backside of the iphone 5?

 

[Phoenician_Viking]

Gtfo. How can people be saying this? This is the best looking phone that I've ever seen next to the iPhone 5. The issue I have with the iPhones design is the screen size and the top and bottom bezel are too big. More of that should be screen and it needs to be wider. HTC's design is incredible, especially the inclusion of the superior double front speakers, which people won't value until they actually hear it. The problem with the One is that it's essentially unrepairable.

Both this and Iphone 5 are ugly. Iphone 4S looks much better.

 

[Guess Who]

why are you using an outdated graph?

http://developer.android.com/about/dashboards/index.html

They recently changed the way that graph is measured, conveniently in a way that makes JB and ICS adoption seem way higher than it used to.

 

[ThatObviousUser]

Google Now just shows me the weather, some nearby restaurants, and directions to my work. Constantly. Depends on what you do I guess.

It's context aware. You won't get sports scores unless you search your team, you won't get package tracking unless you get a link to it in Gmail, you won't get translations and currency conversions unless you leave the country, etc.

For 95% of the time, Google Now can't really be "magical" because there's nothing extra it thinks you might want to know. Although, I use it every day before I go to work to figure out whether I should wait for the bus or just walk.

 

[Phoenician_Viking]

Personally want to get the One for my gf, she's on the Evo4G (WiMax lol). Going for the S4, on purely specs + multiwindow

The phone looks amazing especially for all the haters bagging on it.



Uhh, most people are still on Gingerbread. By far my biggest gripe w/ Android. HTC One already ships with OUTDATED software.
March 2013 Android OS version %

Is Jelly Bean the newest software for Android?

 

[BankaiZaraki]

Well thats nice, but this phones screen isn't over 5".

To me it did based on the camera angles and what not..my bad. If my upgrade was soonish I'd probably get this phone..

 

[ThatObviousUser]

Is Jelly Bean the newest software for Android?

Yes. Although Jelly Bean encompasses two releases, 4.1 (announced last June) and 4.2 (announced in October.)

Key Lime Pie is expected to be shown next month at Google I/O.

 

[mj1108]

It's still Android.

So it's already better than the iPhone.

 

[-Pyromaniac-]

Is Jelly Bean the newest software for Android?

for another month or two yesssss

 

[sikkinixx]

New phone better than nearly 8 month old phone? Shock and awe.

But does it matter? Android=Samsung Galaxy

on a side note it's funny how absolutely desperate everyone is for Apple to fall off.

 

[FinKL]

why are you using an outdated graph?

http://developer.android.com/about/dashboards/index.html

It was the first one I could find and I didn't think the graph would change that much over one month. The point I was trying to make is Gingerbread is the dominant version out on Android as of today. This is mainly the fault of manufacturers and not Google though.

 

[criesofthepast]

How much is this phone unlocked?

I love my nexus but if the HTC or Xperia were $300 unlocked I'd switch in a heartbeat. I have a feeling I'll be sticking with nexus for a very long time (if they keep the price point) because I'm never going back on contract. I can sell my phone every year and upgrade for close to nothing and be on a cheap plan. Its the way to go for me.

 

[jim-jam bongs]

This sounds amazing. All through Google Now, it just knows?

Not only does it just know on my One X, it knows across everything! I'm logged into my Google account everywhere so it remembers whatever I do whether it's on the phone, my Nexus 7 or one of my PCs. And anything email related is in my gmail so it gets those too. It's actually absurdly helpful too, when I first checked it out I didn't think I'd ever have a use for it but it sort of worked out how to make itself useful to me over time.

Even the day to day stuff like telling me what the traffic is like between my current location and my current home destination just works wonderfully. It's a bit 1984 sometimes I'll admit but Big Brother is doing some good looking out.

 

[btrboyev]

New phone better than nearly 8 month old phone? Shock and awe.

But does it matter? Android=Samsung Galaxy

on a side note it's funny how absolutely desperate everyone is for Apple to fall off.

I like my iPhone, but Apple deserves to fall off in a way because they haven't made any major advances in their phones since the iPhone 4. It's OS is also lagging far behind. Apples notification system is still leagues behind literally every other OS for example.

The iPhone 5 is also an ugly ugly phone in design. It's build quality and materials are great, but it's screen size and and color scheme is awkward. The 4S is better looking.

 

[Cocaine]

this phone looks doooope

 

[The Faceless Master]

They recently changed the way that graph is measured, conveniently in a way that makes JB and ICS adoption seem way higher than it used to.

by showing devices that have been used recently?

 

[Marty Chinn]

Well if google would give me a check or credit to replace the apps I had on my iPhone I might consider an android phone. I mean why should I rebut all my app for a phone I probably don't want.

It amazes me how people are held hostage by 99 cent apps. For the price of a month of service, most people could probably replace their apps.

The speakers ruin it, makes the front of the phone look too busy. Would rather have the Butterfly J with waterproofing

The speakers also blow away other phones on a functional level. I'll take the functionality and don't even think it looks bad.

By far my biggest gripe w/ Android. HTC One already ships with OUTDATED software.

That's because the latest version was buggy at the time. They made a reasonable choice to stick with a more stable OS.

Nothing with Sense will ever be #1 in my book.

As someone who is considering switching to Android for the first time, I've looked into people complaining about various skins, including Sense 5 and the only conclusion I can come away with comparing Sense 5 to stock Android is, that's it? It's hardly the night and day difference that people seem to make it out to be. Is there something I'm missing on why it's so drastically worse? I'd like to know what I'm missing from my research.

New phone better than nearly 8 month old phone? Shock and awe.

You mean six months right?

How much is this phone unlocked?

$579 for 32 gig, and $649 for 64 gig.

 

[Guess Who]

by showing devices that have been used recently?

Devices that have gone on the Play Store recently - handy for developers (since their audience is obviously not people who don't use the Play Store), but bad for comparing market share of each version, since I imagine there's a load of people with cheaper Android phones who rarely use the Play Store.

 

[Slurpy2k20]

HTC One with CM 10.1 = essentially god like?

With all due respect, no Android phone with a custom ROM is godlike. There's always going to be odd glitches, bugs, instability, and little things that will not work right, forcing you constantly fiddle with shit, text out other ROMS/drivers, and eventually go back to what it had originally. I speak from a long experience of doing that shit. Which is why I would never buy a non-stock Android phone.

What blows my mind is that it's currently impossible to get a "pure" android phone that has LTE. Sometimes there's all the choices in the world, but not the one combination that makes the most sense. You want Android with LTE, you need to buy a phone with bastardized software, modified by companies who know nothing about software or OS development, and no sense of design, useability, or taste. It's 2013. You'd think by now Google could have set up partnerships with a few OEMs for stock Android phones, instead of a single model by LG that is not even available in stores for people to try out.

 

[The Faceless Master]

Devices that have gone on the Play Store recently - handy for developers (since their audience is obviously not people who don't use the Play Store), but bad for comparing market share of each version, since I imagine there's a load of people with cheaper Android phones who rarely use the Play Store.

it's a developer tool on the Android developer website.

 

[Guess Who]

it's a developer tool on the Android developer website.

I know? I'm not saying it's not useful there, but it's misleading in the context of the discussion here.

 

[jerd]

"And possibly the model that is finally better than the iPhone"

They say it as if it is the first.

 

[The Faceless Master]

I know? I'm not saying it's not useful there, but it's misleading in the context of the discussion here.

nah, posting old stats is misleading.

 

[Rhindle]

It's a nice looking phone, but spec-wise Galaxy S4 buries it.

If HTC was hoping to make a dent in the market, this won't do it for them.

 

[sleeping_dragon]

It's still Android.

And that's positive cause IOS looks stupid and outdated.

 

[Slurpy2k20]

I like my iPhone, but Apple deserves to fall off in a way because they haven't made any major advances in their phones since the iPhone 4. It's OS is also lagging far behind. Apples notification system is still leagues behind literally every other OS for example.

The iPhone 5 is also an ugly ugly phone in design. It's build quality and materials are great, but it's screen size and and color scheme is awkward. The 4S is better looking.

I'm going to have to respectfully disagree. Not sure what "advances" you expect, but there have been massive software changes/improvements since iOS4, even though it may look superficially similar on the surface. The 4S was a massive tech update and a complete internal redesign although the body stayed the same. The iPhone 5 was a complete rebuild of the phone, from the inside and out, every single component dramatically improved or changed. Yeah it has the same general shape, but that's about it. There's nothing "awkward" about it, it's an extremely clean device with brilliant build quality. It's also insanely light. As for the 4S being better looking..no.

What "major advances" have there been between Galaxy S3>4? What about Galaxy Nexus>Nexus4? At this stage its all about improvement and refinement.

 

[Bel Marduk]

Yep, the only true alternative to the iPhone right now.

Galaxy S3 and soon S4.

 

[killdatninja]

Oh look live tiles, I've never seen that before...

 

[jerry113]

Yeah Android really is way ahead of iOS these days. Google Now continues to disturb and amaze me. I go to Prague and it automatically starts showing currency and language conversion info; it works out I'm staying at the Intercontinental and makes that my temporary home, calculating all my directions and travel details from there and showing me things happening nearby.

The other day I bought something online and had it FedEx'd, and it immediately started tracking the package when the notification arrived in my inbox. Shit, the other day I looked up a baseball team and it started giving me live updates on a game in progress. And we've been planning a vacation so it's started showing me cheap flights and hotels.

That's starting to enter sci-fi territory as far as I'm concerned.

Pretty soon, Google Now is going to know you better than you know yourself.

Imagine if artificial intelligence is invented one day and incorporated with google's surveileince/predictive technologies. Those are end times.

 

[Himynameischris]

There's no way we're looking at the same phone.

The ugly speakers...the terrible two tone grey and black? Yeah it's ugly.