10 Reason why Android is better than iOS vice versa.

[Icemanbrfc]

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Try that on iOS without extended batteries



I beg to differ. MIUI (Android) on dev updates Weekly.

Edit Note, that above screenshot is with 2 and a half hours of screen on time, and running weather and calendar widgets.

I get more than a days charge on my Note 4, and I'm a heavy ass user lol so my battery takes a hit.

I do think Apple users tend to jump the gun very quickly, in assuming that Android devices battery life are not the greatest. Again, depending on your usage patterns, you can get a fill day and half

I had iPhones before, a 6 plus and a 7, and never lasted a day. Charge fully at 7am, 10% left at about 5pm before I left work.

In fact when I had a Zenfone, I could get 100% to 10% at about 8pm from 7am.

The same when I had a Huawei Mate 7 and a Oppo R5

 

[AlphaJohn]

Hahaha Dave is a good guy

Not according to Mybroadband, Dave went for DSTV /me run for the hills.

 

[Icemanbrfc]

Not according to Mybroadband, Dave went for DSTV /me run for the hills.

Oh right, ****ing Dave lol

It's a pity I couldn't go to MWC in Barcelona this year. But I heard there wasn't really anything special being showcased, so glad the company had no budget to send us lol

 

[Dave]

You know what Dave, Apple users gloat about Jailbreaking their iPhones. However, an Android user can flash an entirely different Rom anytime, and also load any current/latest firmware that's available, so it's never dependent on the manufacturer if they don't release the latest firmware. The problem is not everybody knows how, and that's why Apple is best at releasing updates, because they don't have many devices.

It's sometimes true, but take my S7 as an example, my network offers WifiCalling and VoLTE, but only if using the network branded firmware, I can choose to use unbranded BTU to get quicker updates but at the expense of losing WifiCalling.

Also, except for Nexus and Pixel devices we are all still dependent on the manufacturer if we want official firmware (and the ability to load and run all apps).

 

[Dave]

Oh right, ****ing Dave lol

That was a Fake Dave!!!

 

[Icemanbrfc]

It's sometimes true, but take my S7 as an example, my network offers WifiCalling and VoLTE, but only if using the network branded firmware, I can choose to use unbranded BTU to get quicker updates but at the expense of losing WifiCalling.

Also, except for Nexus and Pixel devices we are all still dependent on the manufacturer if we want official firmware (and the ability to load and run all apps).

Let me ask you this though, how many users on Android actually know what the features are for any new firmware. Most do the updates, and that's it. In most cases, major firmware updates are still only subtle changes, rather than completely an overhaul. As an example, from Lollipop to Marshmallow, most wouldnt be able to say what exactly changed, unless they looked it up. So I'm not too fussy with firmware, and most users shouldn't be either. Unless you are still on something like Gingerbread lol, then yeh why not.

Unless Google in its next release completely does a UI overhaul, it's just a few enhancements here and there. Users would generally just install a customer launcher, or something to change the look of the device. Most firmware changes are things you wouldn't care about.

 

[Dave]

Probably true for the general user, but they wouldn't be posting in a tech forum about Android .

 

[Icemanbrfc]

Probably true for the general user, but they wouldn't be posting in a tech forum about Android .

But even the guys on a tech forum, they would be hard pressed to really make use of or know every change that has happened. Lol

But anyway, to each their own. I've had every phone one could think of, every brand and OS lol including Firefox, Jolla, and Ubuntu, Android, Windows to iOS. They all have their positives and negatives, so just go with what works best for you.

 

[Dave]

They all have their positives and negatives, so just go with what works best for you.

I made exactly that point some time ago

 

[Icemanbrfc]

I made exactly that point some time ago

Yep, all this fighting over a phone is just stupid. We already had a suicide bomber in the Note 7

 

[AlphaJohn]

Let me ask you this though, how many users on Android actually know what the features are for any new firmware. Most do the updates, and that's it. In most cases, major firmware updates are still only subtle changes, rather than completely an overhaul. As an example, from Lollipop to Marshmallow, most wouldnt be able to say what exactly changed, unless they looked it up. So I'm not too fussy with firmware, and most users shouldn't be either. Unless you are still on something like Gingerbread lol, then yeh why not.

Unless Google in its next release completely does a UI overhaul, it's just a few enhancements here and there. Users would generally just install a customer launcher, or something to change the look of the device. Most firmware changes are things you wouldn't care about.

Agree with all of that, in fact with OEM tweak you can't even tell if the phone went from Marshmallow to Nougat. Hell I just have an Mi5 Running MiUI 8.2 Dev (Nougat), and Note 4X running MiUI 8.1 Stable (Marshmallow), and you can not tell the 2 UI's apart. Both have the exact same features. Add to this that 99.9% of Android apps get updated via the play store. Unlike iOS and Windows where they are tied to the Core OS.

What I do have a problem with is the Android Security Patches. OEM's need to pay more attention and push them faster plus to all phones not just the latest models.

Edit: Been years since I owned or used an iPhone maybe someone can tell me here. Do they push security patches and if so how often?

 

[Icemanbrfc]

Agree with all of that, in fact with OEM tweak you can't even tell if the phone went from Marshmallow to Nougat. Hell I just have an Mi5 Running MiUI 8.2 Dev (Nougat), and Note 4X running MiUI 8.1 Stable (Marshmallow), and you can not tell the 2 UI's apart. Both have the exact same features. Add to this that 99.9% of Android apps get updated via the play store. Unlike iOS and Windows where they are tied to the Core OS.

What I do have a problem with is the Android Security Patches. OEM's need to pay more attention and push them faster plus to all phones not just the latest models.

Edit: Been years since I owned or used an iPhone maybe someone can tell me here. Do they push security patches and if so how often?

Apple will push security patches if and when it's needed. It's not a frequent thing. If it's a frequent thing, then there is a problem. Think the recent patch was for a wifi issue, but I could be mistaken

 

[AlphaJohn]

Apple will push security patches if and when it's needed. It's not a frequent thing. If it's a frequent thing, then there is a problem. Think the recent patch was for a wifi issue, but I could be mistaken

Aaah forgot, closed source aka fix only when its well known, bugger the rest

 

[Adenoid Hynkel]

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Try that on iOS without extended batteries

Heck, I can get 4 days stand by on an iPhone if I wanted to. What's your average usage time?

I have not had one iPhone (5 and up) that couldn't do 6-10 hours of usage per charge. My 7 plus does 9-11 on average. Can't say the same about the S6 and S7 I have lying around here.

IPhone 7, and it's not really proper widgets so to say.

On the battery front, it really doesn't matter anymore with fast charging capabilities on the rise. So the need to put in a 4000mah battery is not a necessity. Most phones could last a day and a half, depending on the person's actual daily usage anyway. Why many people claim it doesn't last a day, are basically talking nonsense. Heavy users would probably see around 8 to 10 hours of usage, lower end users who do very little can get a day at least.

Usage time and standby time is really different, and you could get 2 to 3 days standby time off a single charge. It's the usage aspect of an Individual, that determines how much juice you will use

Widgets is software related, not hardware. Just shows you haven't really used an iPhone. And merely clicking an icon to do something is far from 3D Touch

In the end. Go with what works best for you. But there a lot of people that just bash apple and they haven't even used iOS or Mac OS for a prolonged time. I use both, best of both worlds.

 

[Icemanbrfc]

Heck, I can get 4 days stand by on an iPhone if I wanted to. What's your average usage time?

I have not had one iPhone (5 and up) that couldn't do 6-10 hours of usage per charge. My 7 plus does 9-11 on average. Can't say the same about the S6 and S7 I have lying around here.



Widgets is software related, not hardware. Just shows you haven't really used an iPhone. And merely clicking an icon to do something is far from 3D Touch

In the end. Go with what works best for you. But there a lot of people that just bash apple and they haven't even used iOS or Mac OS for a prolonged time. I use both, best of both worlds.

So who said the widgets on an iPhone was hardware related?

Haven't used an iPhone? As I said earlier, your comment is laughable considering which industry I'm currently in

So tell me all the things you can do with 3D Touch young padawan. Because the way I see it, I pressed down on an app, it brings up another contextual menu, you click on that and it takes you Into which ever part of the app you want to go into.

 

[Adenoid Hynkel]

Surely they would have taken that into consideration when they picked the battery?

Also I'm pretty sure iOS has had widgets for a while now.

IPhone 7, and it's not really proper widgets so to say.

So who said the widgets on an iPhone was hardware related?

Haven't used an iPhone? As I said earlier, your comment is laughable considering which industry I'm currently in

Okay

 

[Icemanbrfc]

See like so 3D Touch

 

[DA-LION-619]

So who said the widgets on an iPhone was hardware related?

Haven't used an iPhone? As I said earlier, your comment is laughable considering which industry I'm currently in

So tell me all the things you can do with 3D Touch young padawan. Because the way I see it, I pressed down on an app, it brings up another contextual menu, you click on that and it takes you Into which ever part of the app you want to go into.

You know 3D touch is pressure sensitive right? It's not merely holding an icon.

In fact Windows Phone also had something in the works before it got canned.

 

[Icemanbrfc]

You know 3D touch is pressure sensitive right? It's not merely holding an icon.

In fact Windows Phone also had something in the works before it got canned.

Of course I do, but I don't see what is so unique about it. For me personally, I just go into an app, click on a tweet as an example, and that's it. It's not as if it takes you hours to click on an app, and just do whatever inside of the app.

 

[AlphaJohn]

Heck, I can get 4 days stand by on an iPhone if I wanted to. What's your average usage time?
I have not had one iPhone (5 and up) that couldn't do 6-10 hours of usage per charge. My 7 plus does 9-11 on average. Can't say the same about the S6 and S7 I have lying around here.

Dude, don't even try to compete with an Xiaomi Redmi Note 4X (Can get 14 hours of Screen on time)

If you noticed in my screenshot I did mention that was with 2:30 hours of Screen On (aka usage) That is with screen set to full brightness as well because of the crappy factory screen cover (Waiting for my clear one to arrive). Pure standby this puppy can go way beyond a week.