Thought this was funny and interesting.

[Ry]

Ya, for me it's about having the class to compete without trying to litigate your success. The S4 is infringing on Apple patents like a fridge infringes on a toaster.

Apple is a company run by jealous cry babies that can't play nice on the playground. It's bad for business and bad for us.

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So do you think engineers at Apple are just sitting around waiting for lawyers?

 

[SpiralBorg]

It looked like Google was looking into better support for updates in general so I like this addition of the Vanilla S4 and like you said having a X phone that can get quick updates will really add some options along with the Nexus 5.

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Yeah. Vanilla Android is the best version of Android. Clean and beautiful.

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[neonworm]

Yeah. Vanilla Android is the best version of Android. Clean and beautiful.

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It depends on your personal preference.

 

[SpiralBorg]

It depends on your personal preference.

Yeah, I guess.
Some people do love Sense, TouchWiz, Optimus UI or Sony Timescape.

But I just love stock Android, Android that isn't clogged with features or bloat.
What its supposed to be.

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[xlDeMoNiClx]

Just tried an S4, and I actually enjoyed the features and can see myself using them quite often. I was a bit skeptical but they work quite well actually. Just gotta put Nova over Touchwiz and I'm set.

 

[badbrad17]

...

 

[Aquila]

I like gadgets, but I like some better than others

 

[anon5664829]

Yeah, I guess.
Some people do love Sense, TouchWiz, Optimus UI or Sony Timescape.

But I just love stock Android, Android that isn't clogged with features or bloat.
What its supposed to be.

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I like most parts of Sense 5.0 more then Stock though. For example Blinkfeed.

 

[SpiralBorg]

I like most parts of Sense 5.0 more then Stock though. For example Blinkfeed.

I like blink feed, though some people don't.
This is why some people prefer stock, because some custom UIs don't allow you to disable some features.

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[return_0]

I like most parts of Sense 5.0 more then Stock though. For example Blinkfeed.

Aesthetics still goes to stock though.

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[badbrad17]

I wasn't all that fond of Blink feed although I only gave it around 10 minutes before I installed Nova launcher.

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[Aquila]

Since most of the world seems to think of Sense and Touchwiz as being "skins" or "launchers" I think the OEM's should make them that. Either make them a theme (skin) or a launcher. Make all of the features you want to add as apps that just run on an underlying stock Android. Get rid of the stupid buttons and put the innovation into hardware and app development instead of wasting all the resources it takes to recode Android. TouchWiz is closer to it's own OS than it is to a launcher. LG used to do this; back in Froyo they included an LG launcher and a stock launcher and you could switch between them. LG widgets work on their launcher only, etc. Imagine the S4's hardware without anything that screws up the stock experience or Android ecosystem, like the menu button. Then imagine it with that amazing camera app still being functional, because it's developed as part of Android, not as part of TouchWiz.

 

[SpiralBorg]

Since most of the world seems to think of Sense and Touchwiz as being "skins" or "launchers" I think the OEM's should make them that. Either make them a theme (skin) or a launcher. Make all of the features you want to add as apps that just run on an underlying stock Android. Get rid of the stupid buttons and put the innovation into hardware and app development instead of wasting all the resources it takes to recode Android. TouchWiz is closer to it's own OS than it is to a launcher. LG used to do this; back in Froyo they included an LG launcher and a stock launcher and you could switch between them. LG widgets work on their launcher only, etc. Imagine the S4's hardware without anything that screws up the stock experience or Android ecosystem, like the menu button. Then imagine it with that amazing camera app still being functional, because it's developed as part of Android, not as part of TouchWiz.

That would be great.
A option for your personal preference. Not just limited to what the manufacturer sets.

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[anon5664829]

Since most of the world seems to think of Sense and Touchwiz as being "skins" or "launchers" I think the OEM's should make them that. Either make them a theme (skin) or a launcher. Make all of the features you want to add as apps that just run on an underlying stock Android. Get rid of the stupid buttons and put the innovation into hardware and app development instead of wasting all the resources it takes to recode Android. TouchWiz is closer to it's own OS than it is to a launcher. LG used to do this; back in Froyo they included an LG launcher and a stock launcher and you could switch between them. LG widgets work on their launcher only, etc. Imagine the S4's hardware without anything that screws up the stock experience or Android ecosystem, like the menu button. Then imagine it with that amazing camera app still being functional, because it's developed as part of Android, not as part of TouchWiz.

100% agree. you should work at Google LOL.

 

[badbrad17]

Since most of the world seems to think of Sense and Touchwiz as being "skins" or "launchers" I think the OEM's should make them that. Either make them a theme (skin) or a launcher. Make all of the features you want to add as apps that just run on an underlying stock Android. Get rid of the stupid buttons and put the innovation into hardware and app development instead of wasting all the resources it takes to recode Android. TouchWiz is closer to it's own OS than it is to a launcher. LG used to do this; back in Froyo they included an LG launcher and a stock launcher and you could switch between them. LG widgets work on their launcher only, etc. Imagine the S4's hardware without anything that screws up the stock experience or Android ecosystem, like the menu button. Then imagine it with that amazing camera app still being functional, because it's developed as part of Android, not as part of TouchWiz.

I've said the same thing. But things have changed a lot over the years. Like you said Touchwiz is almost it's own OS so it's a lot deeper now.

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[Aquila]

I've said the same thing. But things have changed a lot over the years. Like you said Touchwiz is almost it's own OS so it's a lot deeper now.

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Frankenstein!

 

[Ry]

...

..exactly.

 

[badbrad17]

..exactly.

Lol. I had a odd post.

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[SpiralBorg]

I've said the same thing. But things have changed a lot over the years. Like you said Touchwiz is almost it's own OS so it's a lot deeper now.

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Yeah. TW is like a whole new OS.
Which explains why its bloated, and takes up so much memory.

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[badbrad17]

Wow, Samsung jumped up like crazy in this top brand list. Google is now #2. Apple holds #1.

http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/androidcentral/~3/wUUI9ByElg0/story01.htm

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