Re: Noticeable Differences with KitKat - Good and Bad
Downloaded and installed on ATT Note 3. Initial impressions:
- Upgrade was uneventful and went smoothly. Haven't noticed any issues so far, but still very early
- I like the white status icons, looks more polished IMO. I swear some of the notification shade alerts have a different font and cleaner look? Could be my imagination.
- Phone does seem more snappy and it was already fast
- Several apps I've tested definitely have less "jank" (stuttering issues when quickly scrolling) and are much smoother. G+, Play Store and Facebook are all noticeably better
- Haven't been able to test/confirm the GPS issues. I live where we have good LTE coverage, so I didn't encounter it a lot to begin with
- I could pretty frequently crash the camera app before when opening in landscape mode or quickly moving back/forth between landscape and portrait modes. Haven't been able to do that yet since the update.
- I've noticed no difference at all in battery usage yet. I typically lose 6-8% overnight (mostly due to various apps like BeyondPod syncing and downloading content) and was the same last night. Went to bed at 98% and woke up at 92%. We'll see how the first whole day goes today, but so far, so good.
I was worried having read all the issues others were having on different carriers after the upgrade, but it seems like ATT might have gotten additional fixes and/or testing being one of the last ones to roll out. Overall so far, great update and initial impressions are good, but it's still maybe too early to tell for sure.