mercurial
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No. I had an issue with a battery and they replaced it without any fuss, within a matter of minutes.
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So i made a switch to Android from IOS...
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No. I had an issue with a battery and they replaced it without any fuss, within a matter of minutes.
Bismuth
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neilronaldson
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Thankyou for the honest review, and that's why i have an Apple, its simple, its easy to use and it WORKS and works WELL!
Batery life sucks, but i can live with that, its a smartphone not a little nokia 100...Just have to keep a charger close.
Batery life sucks, but i can live with that, its a smartphone not a little nokia 100...Just have to keep a charger close.
sand_man
Honorary Master
Yeah, kudos to Samsung. ADH is a huge bonus.
PostmanPot
Honorary Master
The smaller the phone, the smaller the battery, of course. And vice versa.
A closed ecosystem, and the lack of fragmentation due to the partnership of a handful of Apple hardwares and softwares, ensures the potential to have the best battery life.
Good things to come with larger iPhones.
Maverick Jester
The Special One
How does fragmentation affect battery life? Is this due to app optimisation? If so, that's a poor excuse for devs to trot out, given how the Android SDK has matured...
DA-LION-619
Honorary Master
I too wish the Android UI was more responsive. Even on fresh factory boot it has this lag between menus and apps that is admittedly annoying. And I've had my fair share of Android bugs on multiple devices. If you haven't then you just aren't using it to the same extent
Currently using a Note 2 though which is a great phone.
You're buying the wrong device again and again it seems, maybe the advertising just gets to you.
No, kitkat was a vast improvement over jellybean but 5 seconds, something is wrong definitely. Android L will be amazing!
How does a closed ecosystem help? Closed ecosystem ! = better apps.
boxerulez
Expert Member
lolseriously though, there is something not right...
Your experience is the exception, not the rule.
I would start hunting for the culprit app/s if I was you...
Also possibly you got malware.
I second that. SO has an S4 and me a Note 2.
Both superb... only hate the cheap feel on the outside.
I can agree on the 3g drops...athough im not sure if thats samsung or cellc.
PostmanPot
Honorary Master
I didn't mean to emphasise that, I'm just talking about the Apple way generally.
SauRoNZA
Honorary Master
I develop for both Android and iOS. I honestly want to chuck my test iPhone (yes, that's all I use it for) out the window. How in the hell can the same thing work 100% in Android, yet iOS is an uphill battle? Google maps keeps crashing my glorious Apple device - in fact it took me 5 minutes to turn the damn thing back on yesterday
Additionally to test an application in Android: post the link and tell the user to allow installations from other sources.
The same process with Apple? Login to developer.apple.com, reset password (because it keeps bloody making me!), login again, generate a certificate, add the app and generate and ID, change the app ID, go to a Mac (again, just a Mac for development purposes, you can't use Windows!), generate a certificate, convert the certifcate to p12, copy the certificate, add the certificate to the app, create a provisioning profile, download iTunes, wait, install iTunes, start iTunes, plug the iPhone in, get the phone UDID, log back into developer.apple.com (possibly change your password again!), go to the app development section, add the phone UDID (a 32 letter ID which you can't copy and have to manually record), link the phone to the app in the provisioning profile, download the provisioning profile, add the provisioning profile to app, recompile and then post the link.
On a side note: the same thing applies for Windows and OS X.
Edit: don't tell me this hell of a process is a about security, I saw Jennifer Lawrence's tits, just like everyone else!
I'm sure it is all about security but I can't comment as I'm not a developer.
Pretty sure you can copy the UDID though because I don't recall ever having to manually write it down to provide it to developers for testing purposes.
But being a developer For both platforms I can already see why you would prefer Android because it makes you a "tinkerer" by default.
SauRoNZA
Honorary Master
In the case of Apple it helps because the number of devices is severely restricted meaning you run into far less issues when it comes to compatibility.
So by that logic it should mean better Apps because it's easier to optimize.
But I'm not w developer so what do I know.
Bobbin
Honorary Master
keeps up
I found the home button is a bit faster as it does not have that delay while waiting for a 2n'd tap.
All I can suggest is go into developer options and decrease your animation speed to about .5x
Thanks. Tried that no difference. Also tried to force GPU rendering and also no difference.
I grabbed an S4 now from my GF and tried the same. Pressing settings, back, settings, back continuously and that phone also can't keep up. I end up going into Wi-Fi or google search because of the lag. It definitely isn't instant, and I'm not trying to nitpick between split seconds but in my opinion it takes way too long.
Bobbin
Honorary Master
Because of the Android RT layer and Java I believe it is far easier to develop for Android. If the article below is accurate...
http://siliconstation.com/the-story-android-lag-ios/
SauRoNZA
Honorary Master
Yes but there is a vast difference between getting the base development out the door and then having the same quality across the board across hundreds of devices.
"Easy" is a relative term. It could mean you can get 90% of it done in less time on one than on the other, but the other 10% is the hard part.
Also easier doesn't necessary mean better.
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Jeebus you people with S4's talking about lag. WTF I have a note 1 (very old hardware) with custom Kit Kat rom without Samsung sources and I don't experience any lag. I'm now scared to wait for the Note 4 :erm:
SeRpEnT
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With great power comes great responsibility...
Some fine points until I read "extra radiation"; of course at that point I realised a server room is certain death!
ghostbuster
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I tried to Bluetooth a picture from my ipad to my android and I can't, this ipad is a piece if sh t and i wouldn't use it if I didn't get it for free. I can't download a torrent or nzb on it. Every decent app needs to be purchased. But the metal case is very nice
I thought I was losing the plot. Also struggled to connect my iPad by Bluetooth to my S4.