Android VS iOS

[mj0]

This is exactly what I do with my Android devices. I don't have any need to micromanage settings, etc. and I would refuse to do so if the need did exist - I would get a different device. While I see a lot of people who believe they need to do these things, especially on Samsung devices, on stock Android devices (nexus, and this carries over to Moto) it simply isn't necessary. And I would argue that it is more than unnecessary on all devices, that it is actually counterproductive. Micromanaging apps actually hurts battery life on Android and who has time to turn wifi, BT, LTE, etc, on and off? That's a mess.

If it's not necessary then why is everybody and their grandmother doing it? At least that's the impression I get when looking around the internet as well as observing my friends. Personally, I haven't owned an Android phone since 2010, but most of my friends use Android devices and only a fraction of them are even remotely tech-savvy at all. Where does this need for micromanagement come from?

 

[Aquila]

If it's not necessary then why is everybody and their grandmother doing it? At least that's the impression I get when looking around the internet as well as observing my friends. Personally, I haven't owned an Android phone since 2010, but most of my friends use Android devices and only a fraction of them are even remotely tech-savvy at all. Where does this need for micromanagement come from?

That type of micromanagement used to be necessary in Windows, which handles RAM and resources very differently. People apply that paradigm to Android devices when it is actually harmful to Android devices to treat them like old Windows PC's.

 

[Jon_Doh]

If it's not necessary then why is everybody and their grandmother doing it? At least that's the impression I get when looking around the internet as well as observing my friends. Personally, I haven't owned an Android phone since 2010, but most of my friends use Android devices and only a fraction of them are even remotely tech-savvy at all. Where does this need for micromanagement come from?

It's not necessary, but folks do it mostly to get better battery life. I've owned two iPhones and their battery life was horrible and there wasn't any tweaking you could do like on the Androids to get better battery life.

 

[Fr0gburp3r]

This is exactly what I do with my Android devices. I don't have any need to micromanage settings, etc. and I would refuse to do so if the need did exist - I would get a different device. While I see a lot of people who believe they need to do these things, especially on Samsung devices, on stock Android devices (nexus, and this carries over to Moto) it simply isn't necessary. And I would argue that it is more than unnecessary on all devices, that it is actually counterproductive. Micromanaging apps actually hurts battery life on Android and who has time to turn wifi, BT, LTE, etc, on and off? That's a mess.

When I got my Note 5, I thought I could just leave everything alone and see how it fairs. Battery life was terrible. So I disabled over 100 bloatware and services. Battery life is now acceptable. It's hard to believe you are getting decent battery life with everything stock and all services running.

 

[Aquila]

When I got my Note 5, I thought I could just leave everything alone and see how it fairs. Battery life was terrible. So I disabled over 100 bloatware and services. Battery life is now acceptable. It's hard to believe you are getting decent battery life with everything stock and all services running.

A large part of that difference is that I use stock (or very near stock) devices. So my Nexus 6 and Moto X Pure both came with no bloat, my Nvidia Shield Tablet, Moto X 2014 & Moto X 2013 all came with very minimal bloat (carrier stuff only on the latter two) and they all five have little to no monkeying with the process management of Stock Android. All services running yes, but on a Samsung or LG device - I would definitely spend the first few minutes disabling all the bloatware prior to even installing all of my apps.

 

[grover5]

A large part of that difference is that I use stock (or very near stock) devices. So my Nexus 6 and Moto X Pure both came with no bloat, my Nvidia Shield Tablet, Moto X 2014 & Moto X 2013 all came with very minimal bloat (carrier stuff only on the latter two) and they all five have little to no monkeying with the process management of Stock Android. All services running yes, but on a Samsung or LG device - I would definitely spend the first few minutes disabling all the bloatware prior to even installing all of my apps.

It's the same with my Nexus 6. I let it run and don't mess with it. I have no issues.

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[bmbriefs]

I must confess, I've been a loyal android user since my htc hero but I'm thinking about making the switch. I've got a 6P pre-ordered but am wavering. Everyone in my family uses iOS and so I'm the odd man out who can't facetime or imessage them. It is sort of frustrating because this is precisely what bothers me about apple. Why won't apple open up their services? It's precisely because they want everyone to have to buy their products.

The hardware is beautiful but less interesting than a lot of android phones. They cost so darn much too.

One thing that drives me crazy about Android is that I feel like the phones end up feeling old after about a year- everything slows down, things get more buggy, etc. My wife's iphone 5 still feels as fast as it did when she got it. I haven't had the last couple of iterations of the Nexus, so it's possible these devices have transcended this issue.