So apparently Android is out with yet another OS version. I suppose this just means that the Galaxy S II et al are now outdated and obsolete?
I somehow can't understand the Fandroids that keep touting the new OS release as a vindication of their decision to opt for Android. It borders on bizarre for a number of reasons:
1. I can't seem to recall any of these Fandroids ever getting an OS update on their own phones. The ones that bought phones with 2.2 when that was the latest things are now on...2.2. The sheer fragmentation of the market means that the OEMs never bother to release OS updates for their older models. Effectively therefore, you're stuck with the OS you have.
Which is in complete contrast with iOS. Even people with two and a half year old iPhone 3GSes are rocking along with iMessage and iCloud. No issues, completely seamless. Now, THAT is an upgrade path...
2. Android's catching up on apps, scream the Fandroids. Well, maybe they are, though I really think that's debatable at best. Now, how many apps work on any given device though? Apps, as any developer would tell you, need to be built for an OS as well as a screen resolution, at the very least. Now, given the fragmentation, that's an issue! I know several of these Fandroids who actually admit that when it comes to their own models, several apps are not compatible and several that are, were actually available for months on iOS as well as even some other Android models and even Nokia and WP7 before being available for them. So much for cutting edge, eh?
Again, iOS offers a total contrast. One platform means that an app is available when it's in the App Store. Simple as. Nothing more to it...
3. Looks, UI and UX. With all due respect, I wouldn't be seen dead with any of the present Android phones, having used iDevices and Nokia. The phones are at best plasticky and, most of the time, downright cheap and ugly. As for the UI, the less said the better. Personal choice you say? Show me a person who prefers any Android phone to an iPhone on these parameters and I'll show you a liar. Android had a long way to catch up on these metrics when it started and if anything, it has further to catch up now. And please don't slate me for being a fanboi here. I rate almost all Nokia smartphones (key word, 'smartphone') as being far superior on looks and hardware. As for UI and UX, well, iOS is way off ahead in the distance and WP7 too is well ahead of Android. It's lucky for Android that MS planted Elop at Nokia, because the N9 with Meego also looked well ahead of the curve compared to Android.
4. The ability to customize is the name of the game, I hear the Fandroids say now... Well, let's put it this way. Fandroids that 'customize' first root their devices. Well, for root, read jailbreak and now let's talk, shall we? In any case, just what IS this customization that Fandroids talk about? I actually don't get this part. Most can hardly seem to get their phones to work without a lag, so I'd welcome any answers on this one... "What is the customization you do on your Androids that I can't do on iOS?"
5. iOS - "It just works."
Enough said.
I somehow can't understand the Fandroids that keep touting the new OS release as a vindication of their decision to opt for Android. It borders on bizarre for a number of reasons:
1. I can't seem to recall any of these Fandroids ever getting an OS update on their own phones. The ones that bought phones with 2.2 when that was the latest things are now on...2.2. The sheer fragmentation of the market means that the OEMs never bother to release OS updates for their older models. Effectively therefore, you're stuck with the OS you have.
Which is in complete contrast with iOS. Even people with two and a half year old iPhone 3GSes are rocking along with iMessage and iCloud. No issues, completely seamless. Now, THAT is an upgrade path...
2. Android's catching up on apps, scream the Fandroids. Well, maybe they are, though I really think that's debatable at best. Now, how many apps work on any given device though? Apps, as any developer would tell you, need to be built for an OS as well as a screen resolution, at the very least. Now, given the fragmentation, that's an issue! I know several of these Fandroids who actually admit that when it comes to their own models, several apps are not compatible and several that are, were actually available for months on iOS as well as even some other Android models and even Nokia and WP7 before being available for them. So much for cutting edge, eh?
Again, iOS offers a total contrast. One platform means that an app is available when it's in the App Store. Simple as. Nothing more to it...
3. Looks, UI and UX. With all due respect, I wouldn't be seen dead with any of the present Android phones, having used iDevices and Nokia. The phones are at best plasticky and, most of the time, downright cheap and ugly. As for the UI, the less said the better. Personal choice you say? Show me a person who prefers any Android phone to an iPhone on these parameters and I'll show you a liar. Android had a long way to catch up on these metrics when it started and if anything, it has further to catch up now. And please don't slate me for being a fanboi here. I rate almost all Nokia smartphones (key word, 'smartphone') as being far superior on looks and hardware. As for UI and UX, well, iOS is way off ahead in the distance and WP7 too is well ahead of Android. It's lucky for Android that MS planted Elop at Nokia, because the N9 with Meego also looked well ahead of the curve compared to Android.
4. The ability to customize is the name of the game, I hear the Fandroids say now... Well, let's put it this way. Fandroids that 'customize' first root their devices. Well, for root, read jailbreak and now let's talk, shall we? In any case, just what IS this customization that Fandroids talk about? I actually don't get this part. Most can hardly seem to get their phones to work without a lag, so I'd welcome any answers on this one... "What is the customization you do on your Androids that I can't do on iOS?"
5. iOS - "It just works."
Enough said.
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