I have been trying Komik, it seems to be the best one yet, might want to give that a try: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.komik.free&hl=en
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In only three weeks, I completely abandoned iOS devices for Android
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I just switched to iPhone earlier this year. It's fine, honestly I love both Android and iOS, but I'm back to Android if the next iPhone is indeed bigger. Or if I'm weak and end up grabbing a Z1 Compact 
Most games are getting released on Android these days, also. Most of my favorite mobile games are on both with very few exceptions. Plus gaming wise Android has its owns advantages like the Humble Bundles.
Most games are getting released on Android these days, also. Most of my favorite mobile games are on both with very few exceptions. Plus gaming wise Android has its owns advantages like the Humble Bundles.poopninjamvc3mk
I sucked six dicks to get this tag.
Chalk me down as one of those ppl that would probably switch back(Gingerbread and 3.0 were trash) to Android but I already invested money into a ton of apps/games on iOS. I do like the LG G2 from what I tried so far but I can't upgrade until at least June.
If the iPhone 6 is trash performance and design wise then I'll probably just switch to whatever is the best Android phone out at the time and buy whatever new itouch comes out and hope it's not super underpowered like previous itouches.
If the iPhone 6 is trash performance and design wise then I'll probably just switch to whatever is the best Android phone out at the time and buy whatever new itouch comes out and hope it's not super underpowered like previous itouches.
Arondight
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I don't spend much if at all for this reason. Hard to get out of an ecosystem if you spend so much. That said, Also went from IOS to android and seen a better improvement in features and performance but stock apps is a little mixed (not that apple is better in this regard either for phone or tablet). One thing is certain is that I'm probably never getting an Ipad again. Still though, I like using itunes for organizing my music so kind of use it.
RoadHazard
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Pure Android is so much nicer to use than the skinned crap many OEMs do. Samsung is especially bad, TouchWiz is just awful. Bloated, ugly and slow, yuck. And their hardware feels cheap and plasticky. It's sad that the Galaxy S line is so successful, because it's such a bad representation of Android. No wonder people get a bad impression of the OS when that's the version of it most see (although judging by rumors and leaks the next version of TW will be a lot lighter and closer to vanilla Android, which would certainly be a step in the right direction). Meanwhile, the Nexus 5 is without a doubt the best phone I've ever used. Great hardware (sure, it's made of plastic, but it doesn't feel cheap) and the best Android experience you can get.
RoadHazard
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I'll be on iOS until the day it dies or something better comes along. The simplicity and elegant (to my eyes, not many others) design is just too nice to switch over to android. Plus I'm kind of an Apple fanboy
You are certainly free to prefer iOS over Android, but the "Android is complicated and difficult to use while iOS is simple and just works" excuse is pretty much BS these days. Yes, you can do a lot more complicated stuff on Android if you want to, but you don't have to bother yourself with any of that. If you just want to use it as a basic phone and app launcher (which is pretty much what an iPhone is) you can do that, and you'd have to be seriously technologically challenged to find it difficult. Android is very user-friendly and well-designed these days.
Marion Cobretti
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This actually, is BS.
I prefer Android myself, and while it has come a long way, is definitely more simple and easy on the eyes, it's still nowhere near as simple as iOS.
Running stock KitKat here, and you have to do all kinds of little things to get all the functionality you want out of the box. From installing a battery percentage app, to installing wallpapers apps that allow you to not have a scrolling wallpaper.
Not to mention how all the core apps and the like aren't all nicely integrated.
I love Android for how flexible it is and how much you can customize it to suit your exact needs, but it totally lacks the polish and ease of iOS.
This is coming from someone who just a couple months ago became a complete Android convert. Loving my Nexus 4 and 7.
The Faceless Master
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'allow you to not have a scrolling wallpaper'
and people make faces when i talk about IRC...
oh, and the most popular Android Mobile handsets have battery % in the options.
Laughing Banana
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One of the biggest reasons why I favor Android over IOS is how easy file transferring is for the former when compared to the latter. Just plug and browse and copy paste for all the pics/music/whatever, no need all that sync this sync that crap.
I used to change phones like undies. So about once a month or so. But now I couldn't imagine moving away from iPhone, I feel so heavily invested in the whole Apple ecosystem, and there's a terrific synergy between my iPhone, iPad, Apple TV and Macbook which wouldn't be the same if my mobile wasn't a part of it.
Marion Cobretti
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Pretty much this, the micro usb and sd card slot.
Not to mention that Android companies really push industry to compete with the spec wars. We'll eventually reach 8GB ram on phones.
Uni on Everything!
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Having had extensive experience with both camps, and being on Android for the past 2ish years, I for one can't wait to go back to Apple when the next phone is released.
I've had the 3G, 4, 4S, 5, and in recent years the Samsung S3, S4, HTC One X, and HTC One. The build quality of Apple phones are still leagues ahead of anything else on the market, and I like the way things "just work." Sure with Android you can tweak things and flash all kinds of ROMs to your heart's content, but in the end the apps are much better designed on iOS, and I still don't understand how after so many years Android still doesn't get the scrolling right.
The only reason I switched in the first place was for the bigger screens, so hopefully later this year Apple will knock it out of the park with their iPhone 6.
I've had the 3G, 4, 4S, 5, and in recent years the Samsung S3, S4, HTC One X, and HTC One. The build quality of Apple phones are still leagues ahead of anything else on the market, and I like the way things "just work." Sure with Android you can tweak things and flash all kinds of ROMs to your heart's content, but in the end the apps are much better designed on iOS, and I still don't understand how after so many years Android still doesn't get the scrolling right.
The only reason I switched in the first place was for the bigger screens, so hopefully later this year Apple will knock it out of the park with their iPhone 6.
FWIW, I've had my GNex since it came out, and I've rocked it naked for that entire time. Dropped it a lot of times. Even slammed my car door on it as it fell out of my pocket while I was sitting in my car. Other than scuff marks, it's still golden.
These kind of threads always confuse me. I guess we really just all have different preferences. I bought my parents a Nexus 7 and to me, I can't figure out how someone could legitimately consider to better. It felt slower than my iPad Mini, zooming in text wasn't as nice, most of the apps were uglier, and just not having the simple animation when scrolling to the bottom to let me know I reached the end I love.
RoadHazard
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Eh, and can you do stuff like that at all on an iPhone without jailbreaking it or whatever? Isn't it a good thing that these things are actually possible with a little work? Anyway, that's really not at all what I was taking about. How does a missing battery percentage meter (which does exist by default BTW - not on the status bar, but in the quick menu shade which can be accessed with a single two-finger swipe, so checking it isn't exactly difficult even without any tinkering) make Android more difficult to just use? I don't deny that vanilla Android lacks a few features that would absolutely be nice to have, but that has nothing to do with ease of use. I was just talking about using each OS for their basic phone and app launching features, and I maintain that they're pretty much equally simple to use that way.
Android absolutely has that. Not in the form of the "elastic" scrolling iOS uses (because Apple patented that), but a more subtle edge glow that indicates overscrolling. The effect works very well for letting you know you can't go any further in that direction, IMO. But if you're very used to how iOS does it I guess it takes a little time to get comfortable with other ways of doing the same thing.
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i would pretty much default to ios for mobile once I can remove this shitty free blackberry work gives me, because Apple was always the 'winner' regards appstore. Is this still true? because android OS seems a bit fancier than ios these days, but I'd still take the one with the best apps if I was investing my own money.
If you look at individual and very specific things, sure you can find things better on x device compared to y device or vice versa. But when you look at the overall picture, Android has, at least in my book, overtaken iOS. Aside from the look of iOS7, which is horrible, Android has caught up in usability immensely and overtaken it as far as specs go. When you look at the Nexus 7 2013 versus the Mini Retina, there really is a great difference. Sure, the iPad has the looks and the 4:3 is by far superior. But the browser has been absolute dogshit for a while now, the 1GB RAM is crippling the device to the point where you can't go an hour without the browser crashing several times on you. That is a cardinal sin in my book.
And then there's other things, like having to pay 100 bucks more for double the memory size and another 100 to add GPS, the price -> spec/feature comparison between both devices in itself is insane.
And as said, I can understand the games-argument people are making, if that's your primary purpose for the device. But I've found that for all the regular apps Android has completely caught up and the gesture typing in particular is godlike if you do any kind of work related stuff on your device.
As for games, I've started playing a couple on my Nexus 5 now, and damn that screen size (and the 445 PPI) blows the iPhone out of the water, games look absolutely gorgeous now. I was always of the opinion that 4" was the sweet spot for mobile devices, but really I was dead wrong.
RoadHazard
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Game-wise the App Store is still better than Google Play. It's much closer now than a few years ago (many more games get simultaneous or close releases on both platforms, etc), but there's still a difference. When it comes to apps in general I don't think there's a significant difference anymore though. Except for special cases (and that goes both ways) you shouldn't have any trouble finding the apps you need on either platform. And Android has some great advantages like being able to install new keyboards, changing the default apps for stuff, etc. I personally wouldn't trade that for a few more games.
I remember the first time I jump from Apple to Android I really regretted it after a few weeks. 2 years later I did the same thing again and I couldn't be more satisfied. I own the Motorola Moto G and the Nexus 7 (2013) right now. Both devices are so damn snappy and fast. Great build quality too. And since I don't care about Mobile Gaming I don't miss any games either. From time to time I download some from the PlayStore but I barely touch them afterwards.
choodi
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Every time I read that someone didn't like Android after trying a Galaxy S I cringe and feel sorry for them.
When you use a Galaxy S, you are not using Android. You are using Samsung's bloated, deformed, warped and almost unusable version of Android. Stay well clear of Touchwiz. It is one of the most invasive 'skins' that manufacturers slap on top of Android and it sucks.
Go with a Nexus phone or a lightly skinned phone and you will then be able to accurately tell if you like Android over iOS.
When you use a Galaxy S, you are not using Android. You are using Samsung's bloated, deformed, warped and almost unusable version of Android. Stay well clear of Touchwiz. It is one of the most invasive 'skins' that manufacturers slap on top of Android and it sucks.
Go with a Nexus phone or a lightly skinned phone and you will then be able to accurately tell if you like Android over iOS.
RoadHazard
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Yep. As I said earlier, it's a damn shame that the Galaxy S line has become so successful, and that that's where most people get their first impression of Android. TouchWiz is just so, so awful. I had to borrow an S3 for a while after I lost my GNex, and man, it was so bad. Couldn't get CM on it fast enough, and even a rather buggy version of that was a vast improvement. But now I have a Nexus 5, and all is well.
I can see your point a bit. Right now I can't even open 2 tabs without the other one reloading. It is absolutely pathetic. Forget trying to reference something, especially for a forum post like this. And this isn't even mentioning how the rock solid iOS 6 was turned into the crashy mess that is iOS 7 with full OS restarts and the ability to crash on demand (double tap on Wallpaper & Brightness, or visit an Onswipe page).
I also am not a fan of the iOS 7 aesthetic and all of the lazy, generic redesigns were getting. Parts of the ICS+ look I like, others not so much. The thing is I actually am liking flat design when done well. The app PicLab is one of the best designed apps I've ever seen.
With the recent security compromise that basically forces me to update to iOS7 with my iphone 4 (and thus will kill its performance), I think that was my last straw with Apple.
I like the hardware. The iphone 4 has served me well over the years. The app store is great and I guess iOS is where it's at for smartphone gaming. However, I've barely used any apps recently, and haven't touched an iOS game in over a year. And I freaking hate iTunes. If Apple would have simply allowed the option to update the security flaw through iOS6, that would have been fine. I'd probably be fine with the status quo of continuing things with Apple for my next one. But now, they force my hand. So, I'm probably going to change phones within the next. I'm not playing Apple's game and getting their next big thing because of their draconian forced upgrade, though.
I like the size of the iphone 4. Not a big fan of huge phones. I'm currently eyeing the Xperia Z1 Compact.
Now, question: how easy is it to transition my entire library (160 gigs of it) of Apple Lossless music files to Android?
I like the hardware. The iphone 4 has served me well over the years. The app store is great and I guess iOS is where it's at for smartphone gaming. However, I've barely used any apps recently, and haven't touched an iOS game in over a year. And I freaking hate iTunes. If Apple would have simply allowed the option to update the security flaw through iOS6, that would have been fine. I'd probably be fine with the status quo of continuing things with Apple for my next one. But now, they force my hand. So, I'm probably going to change phones within the next. I'm not playing Apple's game and getting their next big thing because of their draconian forced upgrade, though.
I like the size of the iphone 4. Not a big fan of huge phones. I'm currently eyeing the Xperia Z1 Compact.
Now, question: how easy is it to transition my entire library (160 gigs of it) of Apple Lossless music files to Android?
Iphone 4 isn't allowed to simply update to the new ios6. If you want the new security correction, you're stuck with 7.
infiniteloop
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nope
That is pretty lame, but TBH when most Android vulnerabilities come up the older devices are almost never patched because most do not see updates at all. Staying on iOS 6 was never going to work long-term. Staying on it was just delaying the inevitable. That works for any OS for users who refuse change.
legacyzero
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Have never seen the appeal with apple products. I was going to give it a go with this current upgrade, but then I test drove the latest iPhone and it's just complete crap. The small screens, the awkward feel, the closed case.
Went with the Note 3 from a Galaxy S3, and OH MAN it's so amazing.
Went with the Note 3 from a Galaxy S3, and OH MAN it's so amazing.
I pretty much said all this in the Note 3 guys thread but iOS has a lot of great things going for it. I really don't care for Google allowing OEMs and carriers to shovel on so much shit and run custom ROMs since it basically fucks everything up from brand image to more importantly things like updates and new OS versions for most phones. Stock Android is the best thing there is, Touchwiz, Sense and what not have some nice features and cool things going on sometimes, but for all the nice stuff they introduce 9 other things ruin shit beyond acceptability. I've had two HTC phones, Sense was really nice but I immediately dropped it for Stock Android Roms that offered better performance, cleaner interfaces and more customization.
Despite Android's problems and iOS's clean uniform design across all platforms and apps, iOS is just way too restrictive. I really dislike the one size fits all nature of it and honestly there a lot of counter intuitive things about the system. No custom keyboards is a joke, the lack of dedicated back alone is ridiculous, as are a lot of smaller but still great convenience features that Android has and iOS doesn't. I'm quite familiar with iPhones and iPads from family and work and most of the time I just get frustrated using them because they are so much more cumbersome to navigate than Android is and things that are really easy to change and customize on Android either are much more convoluted on iOS or simply don't exist at all.
Right now I'm using pretty much stock Android roms on my Nexus 7 and HTC One X from Paranoid Android and the stock launcher is still really nice compared to iOS despite my normally using custom launchers that offer asinine amounts of customization. I just really love the Google Now integration that KitKat brought into the homescreen system. I do miss a lot of my customization features I had with Nova Launcher, especially App drawer folders and organization and gesture based features, but that will change in time. The beauty of Android is that if there's something you wish the OS did you'll likely not have to wait long for someone develop an app or mod to do it.
Despite Android's problems and iOS's clean uniform design across all platforms and apps, iOS is just way too restrictive. I really dislike the one size fits all nature of it and honestly there a lot of counter intuitive things about the system. No custom keyboards is a joke, the lack of dedicated back alone is ridiculous, as are a lot of smaller but still great convenience features that Android has and iOS doesn't. I'm quite familiar with iPhones and iPads from family and work and most of the time I just get frustrated using them because they are so much more cumbersome to navigate than Android is and things that are really easy to change and customize on Android either are much more convoluted on iOS or simply don't exist at all.
Right now I'm using pretty much stock Android roms on my Nexus 7 and HTC One X from Paranoid Android and the stock launcher is still really nice compared to iOS despite my normally using custom launchers that offer asinine amounts of customization. I just really love the Google Now integration that KitKat brought into the homescreen system. I do miss a lot of my customization features I had with Nova Launcher, especially App drawer folders and organization and gesture based features, but that will change in time. The beauty of Android is that if there's something you wish the OS did you'll likely not have to wait long for someone develop an app or mod to do it.
choodi
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I have never seen much reason for standalone apps. Pretty much everything I do on my phone, I do through the browser.
May I ask which apps you were using?
I ask because App selection is often a reason that iOS people often cite as a key reason for not switching to Android.
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