I am nearing the time in my life to switch from iPhones to some Android device. When announcing this on my facebook page I was met with harsh criticism and animosity. I realized that a lot of the reason people are not fans of Android devices are because they don't understand them. There are too many.
All iPhones will have the same OS, the same look and feel to them. There is one device released at a given time, with a variation in hard drive size separating each release. This keeps things simple, and makes it easy for the consumer to understand and pick from them. You will have those "power" iPhone users who jailbreak and get all the nifty customization tools, hacked apps and free tethering. I don't think they consume the majority of iPhone market though. Out of about 15 family members who currently use iPhones, I am the only one who has jailbroken the device.
All these years, Android has been on the backburner for me. I always heard bad things, and when there was something positive about them it didn't outshine the iPhone device I already have. This year it has been much different, and with the Nexus 7 coming out I have been fishing for more knowledge of Android devices.
The problem is, it's hard to figure out. There are so many choices with software and hardware that it is almost overwhelming when I have been babied with the iOS the last 5 or 6 years. You have people talk about ICS, which I think is 4.0, and the newly released Jelly Bean, which I believe is 4.1. Then you have phones available on different carriers that restrict, or delay, updates to their customers. Then you have this Google Nexus phone which receives updates directly from Google without the delay other phones experience.
I don't understand why carriers delay updates from the phone's Android developers. This is very confusing. I struggle to decide which phone to get because I have to decide if receiving updates from Android direclty is important to me...this is not something I should have to debate at all. Now there are probably 15-20 phones currently for sale from ATT that have some type of Android OS. Now, some of these phones I guess you could "root" and throw a stock version of Jelly Bean on it to satisfy my craving for latest and greatest, but that's kind of why I want to get away from iPhone--I don't want to hack my phone to get the latest updates.
Many of my friends and family who argued against Android due to their past experiences did not have a quality device. They were the entry or mid level devices sold by different manufacturers. They did not experience Android the way it was meant to be, and a lot of their problems were hardware related to the manufacturer's decision to put out poor quality parts in an entry/mid level phone.
I have learned that the "better" phones out right now--in no particular order--are the HTC One X, Samsung Galaxy S3, Samsung Galaxy Nexus, Motorola Razr Maxx and the upcoming Samsung Galaxy Note 2 as well as LG Optimus G and the LG Nexus 4. I believe that only the Galaxy nexus and Nexus 4 will receive updates directly from Google. For the Note 2 and Optimus g, it seems like they will ship with Jelly Bean, while the others are either upgradeable to Jelly Bean now or will be shortly.
I wonder how much more success Google would be if there weren't as many phones out flooding the market with so many options.
All iPhones will have the same OS, the same look and feel to them. There is one device released at a given time, with a variation in hard drive size separating each release. This keeps things simple, and makes it easy for the consumer to understand and pick from them. You will have those "power" iPhone users who jailbreak and get all the nifty customization tools, hacked apps and free tethering. I don't think they consume the majority of iPhone market though. Out of about 15 family members who currently use iPhones, I am the only one who has jailbroken the device.
All these years, Android has been on the backburner for me. I always heard bad things, and when there was something positive about them it didn't outshine the iPhone device I already have. This year it has been much different, and with the Nexus 7 coming out I have been fishing for more knowledge of Android devices.
The problem is, it's hard to figure out. There are so many choices with software and hardware that it is almost overwhelming when I have been babied with the iOS the last 5 or 6 years. You have people talk about ICS, which I think is 4.0, and the newly released Jelly Bean, which I believe is 4.1. Then you have phones available on different carriers that restrict, or delay, updates to their customers. Then you have this Google Nexus phone which receives updates directly from Google without the delay other phones experience.
I don't understand why carriers delay updates from the phone's Android developers. This is very confusing. I struggle to decide which phone to get because I have to decide if receiving updates from Android direclty is important to me...this is not something I should have to debate at all. Now there are probably 15-20 phones currently for sale from ATT that have some type of Android OS. Now, some of these phones I guess you could "root" and throw a stock version of Jelly Bean on it to satisfy my craving for latest and greatest, but that's kind of why I want to get away from iPhone--I don't want to hack my phone to get the latest updates.
Many of my friends and family who argued against Android due to their past experiences did not have a quality device. They were the entry or mid level devices sold by different manufacturers. They did not experience Android the way it was meant to be, and a lot of their problems were hardware related to the manufacturer's decision to put out poor quality parts in an entry/mid level phone.
I have learned that the "better" phones out right now--in no particular order--are the HTC One X, Samsung Galaxy S3, Samsung Galaxy Nexus, Motorola Razr Maxx and the upcoming Samsung Galaxy Note 2 as well as LG Optimus G and the LG Nexus 4. I believe that only the Galaxy nexus and Nexus 4 will receive updates directly from Google. For the Note 2 and Optimus g, it seems like they will ship with Jelly Bean, while the others are either upgradeable to Jelly Bean now or will be shortly.
I wonder how much more success Google would be if there weren't as many phones out flooding the market with so many options.
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