I'm glad I read the first impressions thread - going to stay with iPhone!
Lifelong Apple man but was about to buy an Android as I hate the company (Apple) and wanted something with removable battery and am/was on the verge of buying a Note 4 only to see that it would be pointless as going by the messages in that thread. Before anyone thinks I'm an apple fanboy trying to create a flame war just look at my username. I detest Apple with a passion but the sad truth seems to be that annoying as they are they are still doing things the way they should be done. What I've gleaned (that is putting me off massively) so far:
1) Tapping the mic icon doesn't work, in order to get voice commands - what is the point of AA without easy access to voice commands?? (No I don't have steering control and no I will not be willing to press the button on the phone!). Might work if I root it though? Dunno. but then what's the point in the Note 4? I'm guessing Note 4 will have the same limitation s the S5 in this regard but am very much hoping someone with a Note 4 can tell me I'm bang wrong!
2) The BIGGEST shock for me has to be that Google Play seems ***RUBBISH***. i.e. from what I understand you can't even browse songs easily???? Like, you can't choose album/ artist/song without scrolling down thousands of songs or creating playlists somehow?? This seems a MASSIVE ****-up by Google/Android!! As I'm an Apple man (much as I hate it) I don't know how Android works: are these likely to be sorted soon or is it likely to remain like this for months and be pointless? I don't know if I want to take the risk.
One possible saving grace for Android: I saw a video where someone jumps out of Android Auto and the song he chose on GP is somehow playing on Pioneer's inbuilt system. This may be a saving grace somehow if it means that the Pioneer's inbuilt player has some sort of semi-decent browser? Cos then you could jump out of AA and select songs that way?
Another possible saviour for AA is that perhaps other apps will give us a semi decent browser?
Really disappointed and very glad I haven't wasted £1000+ switching over to Android.... much as I detest Apple, the sad truth is that when they do something they do it right, and I may well be better off sticking with a properly thought out and polished system even with all its annoyances...
I'm really hoping to be bashed down and be proven utterly wrong here.... but I doubt it.
Lifelong Apple man but was about to buy an Android as I hate the company (Apple) and wanted something with removable battery and am/was on the verge of buying a Note 4 only to see that it would be pointless as going by the messages in that thread. Before anyone thinks I'm an apple fanboy trying to create a flame war just look at my username. I detest Apple with a passion but the sad truth seems to be that annoying as they are they are still doing things the way they should be done. What I've gleaned (that is putting me off massively) so far:
1) Tapping the mic icon doesn't work, in order to get voice commands - what is the point of AA without easy access to voice commands?? (No I don't have steering control and no I will not be willing to press the button on the phone!). Might work if I root it though? Dunno. but then what's the point in the Note 4? I'm guessing Note 4 will have the same limitation s the S5 in this regard but am very much hoping someone with a Note 4 can tell me I'm bang wrong!
2) The BIGGEST shock for me has to be that Google Play seems ***RUBBISH***. i.e. from what I understand you can't even browse songs easily???? Like, you can't choose album/ artist/song without scrolling down thousands of songs or creating playlists somehow?? This seems a MASSIVE ****-up by Google/Android!! As I'm an Apple man (much as I hate it) I don't know how Android works: are these likely to be sorted soon or is it likely to remain like this for months and be pointless? I don't know if I want to take the risk.
One possible saving grace for Android: I saw a video where someone jumps out of Android Auto and the song he chose on GP is somehow playing on Pioneer's inbuilt system. This may be a saving grace somehow if it means that the Pioneer's inbuilt player has some sort of semi-decent browser? Cos then you could jump out of AA and select songs that way?
Another possible saviour for AA is that perhaps other apps will give us a semi decent browser?
Really disappointed and very glad I haven't wasted £1000+ switching over to Android.... much as I detest Apple, the sad truth is that when they do something they do it right, and I may well be better off sticking with a properly thought out and polished system even with all its annoyances...
I'm really hoping to be bashed down and be proven utterly wrong here.... but I doubt it.