All the little reasons I prefer Android over iOS

[smoledman]

1. Google Now's way of anticipating my needs via the cards of different things. Siri does not provide this at all.
2. The way I can invoke Google Now by swiping from the bottom(at least in a Nexus device).
3. Current local temperature from the active weather app appears in the status bar. You can't get this on iOS unless jailbroken.
4. Background audio apps appear in the notification center with album art or podcast art and playback controls with navigation link as well as the ability to close them.
5. Notification center groups notifications unlike iOS.
6. Notification center can clear all notifications unlike iOS.
7. The ability to have app folders on the dock bar .
8. Widgets - doh!
9. Superior Google native apps.
10. Material Design. Just looks more professional and flowing then "cartoony" iOS.
11. Notification icons in the status bar. yeah this is actually quite helpful to me.
12. That apps are a separate list from the shortcuts. This allows for a freedom of customization that does not exist on iOS.(Windows Phone has this same ability).
13. The Settings app is better done.
14. Google Music actually provides me a real digital music locker.
15. Sound profiles!

 

[CavumSubarachnoidale]

16. Last Apple news (broken update or last iPhone case)
17. USB removable device possibility for music and video uploading
18. Price

 

[Kamal Gaba]

ios is very complicated as compare to android.

 

[Kalvin Kerns]

ios is very complicated as compare to android.

IOS is much less complicated than Android, but also a lot less intuitive and customizable. It basically locks you into one way of doing things (Apples way).

My first smart phone was an iPhone 3G, and it completely changed my world in regards to phones, fast fwd to today and IOS is not setting the mobile space pace anymore. Android is much more innovative (if less polished) and actually more fun to use IMO.

I feel like I was not able to "breath" when I was using an iPhone compared to now using android.

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[pseudoware]

The 1st time I got an Apple device, I thought iTunes and the proprietary connector (for which they've limited backward compatibility over time) were complete B.S.! There's more, but those 1st impressions turned me off.

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[alamat]

Android is better

 

[osallent]

There is only one reason why I would never own an Iphone. I don't like a company telling me what they think is best for me. Apple is very patronizing. For the longest time they would tell their customers, "Sorry, no one needs a phone larger than 3.5 inches, so you can't have one." then "Sorry, 4 inches is the best size, so shut up, stop complaining and buy our new phone." It's been the same with a bunch of other things over the year.

I was an early adopter of a lot of things Apple. I had the original Ipod, I had the first Ipod Touch, I had a mac back in the late 90's, but after a while I got sick of their "Our way is what's best for you" attitude. At least with Android you have dozens of brands with different strengths and ways of doing things, plus there are more ways to customize your Android experience through widgets, skins, services, etc.

 

[bnice]

Although I believe it's just a preference and some just blinded by advertising. Must admit Google and Android have been the continuous improve OS yearly.

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[grosssmutttr]

How I'm using my smartphone it really doesn't matter which phone - iPhone or Android?

The only fact I dislike Apple is their philosophy. They don't produce better phones but they are a lot more expensive and I really can't believe how many people hang on their iPhones

 

[edward82]

I believe iPhone just have better branding

 

[Minisaur]

I recently read an article on why Android is still doing better than iOS 8. It states that Android has a better app management (you can force quit and uninstall apps, clear the cache, view how much storage space each app takes up, choose default apps like the internet browser), widgets, interface costumization (on apple you can't hide apps, and you have to cycle through screens to find the app you want to use), Maps, Multitasking, MicroSD.

 

[lkbig]

I appreciate what Apple offers to the market. As android enthusiasts we forget that we are not like most people. Most people want one way of doing things that just work. When my sister got her first smartphone (gs3) she was confused as the purpose to having both a home screen and an app drawer. I've run into several other people that feel the same way.

To us it makes sense. For most people having to worry about how to find a specific app can be frustrating.

Also, compare the simplicity of iOS vs Touch wiz. ios is much simpler without the feature-puke. Yes they could install a new launcher but almost no one outside of us know what a launcher even is, much less think to do that. We have to remember, that for consumers, when they think of "Droid" phones they think of Samsung. Many don't even realize that a Motorola phone is 80 percent the exact same as Samsung Galaxy phones.

Now to why I like Android more, I like it because I can set android to work with my established work flow, rather than have that work flow dictated to me.

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[rews]

There's actually a small list for me but an important one.

Widgets
App interoperability
Direct file system management
Google Now
Ability to set app defaults.

So far iOS doesn't have even one of those. Not to any degree that I'd call worthwhile. They have the potential for growth with their notification widgets but it'll be years before it fleshes out.

 

[smoledman]

There's actually a small list for me but an important one.

Widgets
App interoperability
Direct file system management
Google Now
Ability to set app defaults.

So far iOS doesn't have even one of those. Not to any degree that I'd call worthwhile. They have the potential for growth with their notification widgets but it'll be years before it fleshes out.

Obviously those things are not important to the iHorde.

 

[robinblack654]

As far as i consider
1. Price
2. Removable parts
3. Features
4. Ease of use
5. Open source eco system
6. Customisable UI
7. Cross platform nature

 

[Haalcyon]

Customization.

On this otherwise brilliant iPhone 6+ there is no real customization. One has to jailbreak their iPhone for that and the Dark Artists have not developed a jailbreak for iOS 8.1.3 yet.


• from the i6+ •

 

[smoledman]

To me the part that is no comparison is the notification UI. Android 5.0 destroys iOS 8 hands down. You literally have to not be aware of what Android can do for you on the notification UI to think that the iOS one is "teh awesome". My favorite thing is when I have several audio apps that are pinned to the notification shade for easy resume. That's just awesome and I'm surprised Apple didn't think of it. In fact it seems that MS is more intent on copying Apple instead of Google, which is a mistake.

 

[vinnie_boombhats]

Reasons why I prefer Android over ios

1) It's not ios

 

[arya77670]

Me too !!

 

[Haalcyon]

I used to like iOS fine...for years I did. I could happily use it and enjoy the hardware. ...but something has happened...to me. It seems that for some inexplicable reason I can only enjoy android now. So my iPhone 6+ has...gotta go. I must be getting old or something.

♻from the Note Edge✒