Have You Convinced Someone to Switch to a Nexus 5?

[Central n ohios best]

Yeah I love T-Mobile vv also lol.

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[dkhmwilliams]

Seriously you consider a stock flashlight as deal breaker over a App you download that turns on your phone's LED flash as a deal breaker? Apple didn't even have a flashlight on my i4 till I downloaded a App.

Apple's Visual Voicemail isn't different than my T-Mobile services provider gives me with voice mail in a different UI. I haven't even noticed the different in function since I left Apple to move to Android with voicemail. Also, I had a iPhone what is that decent video player ability the N5 doesn't have?

I didn't say not having a flashlight app stock was a deal breaker. I was just mentioning some of the features that the iPhone has with iOS 7 that stock Android doesn't. I can name others just as I'm sure you can name features that stock Android has that iOS does not. It is just at this moment, I would rather deal with iOS 7's limitations than stick Android's limitations. But that could also change in a month or so.


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[Rayzaa]

Nope, i dont care what anybody else uses.

 

[mzanette]

Of course there are some features that the Nexus 5 have that the iPhone doesn't. I'm not debating that at all. But there are some things that the iPhone has stock that the Nexus 5 doesn't. For instance, visual voicemail, flashlight, a decent video player. Now of course you can download apps from the Play Store that will address these things. But out of the box, those things aren't there.


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Visual voicemail isn't "stock" with iPhone you need to sign up with a plan that supports it. If the carrier doesn't give it to you then you have to dial into voicemail just like everyone else. I know since I had an iPhone with no visual voicemail.

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[dkhmwilliams]

Visual voicemail is stock. I didn't sign up for anything. It has been apart of the OS since I have had iPhones. I have had every one since the 3G.


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[mzanette]

Visual voicemail is stock. I didn't sign up for anything. It has been apart of the OS since I have had iPhones. I have had every one since the 3G.


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No it's not. In Canada if you don't sign up for a "visual voicemail" package with a provider, you don't get visual voicemail on your iPhone. Fact. It's a service that has to be setup at the carrier. They do the same thing for Android or Blackberry phones. Just because you haven't paid for it, doesn't mean it's not being provided by your carrier. If they wanted to, they could turn it off. There's no magical thing on the iPhone that suddenly makes your voicemail "visual".

http://www.rogers.com/business/on/en/smallbusiness/products/wireless/apps/visualvoicemailiphone/

 

[Rayzaa]

I dont use visual voicemail and its free for me.

 

[dkhmwilliams]

No it's not. In Canada if you don't sign up for a "visual voicemail" package with a provider, you don't get visual voicemail on your iPhone. Fact. It's a service that has to be setup at the carrier. They do the same thing for Android or Blackberry phones. Just because you haven't paid for it, doesn't mean it's not being provided by your carrier. If they wanted to, they could turn it off. There's no magical thing on the iPhone that suddenly makes your voicemail "visual".

http://www.rogers.com/business/on/en/smallbusiness/products/wireless/apps/visualvoicemailiphone/

I'm not going to argue. But the carrier doesn't set up visual voicemail. The carrier provides voicemail. It being visual, meaning I can see the name if the person who left the voicemail is within the operating system. When I had a Nexus, the carrier provided voicemail but there was no visual voicemail because stock Android doesn't include it.


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[mrsmumbles]

I'm not going to argue. But the carrier doesn't set up visual voicemail. The carrier provides voicemail. It being visual, meaning I can see the name if the person who left the voicemail is within the operating system. When I had a Nexus, the carrier provided voicemail but there was no visual voicemail because stock Android doesn't include it.


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Getting trollesque now...

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[mzanette]

I'm not going to argue. But the carrier doesn't set up visual voicemail. The carrier provides voicemail. It being visual, meaning I can see the name if the person who left the voicemail is within the operating system. When I had a Nexus, the carrier provided voicemail but there was no visual voicemail because stock Android doesn't include it.


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So explain to me how people have iPhones with voicemail but without the "visual" voicemail and why Canadian companies have two tier plans for iPhone customers - one with normal voicemail and one with visual voicemail. If its within the operating system as you suggest then everyone should have visual voicemail.


Before you answer, read this from an Apple support page and note how they mention you might need to receive carrier files or contact your carrier.

http://support.apple.com/kb/TS4430


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[dkhmwilliams]

So explain to me how people have iPhones with voicemail but without the "visual" voicemail and why Canadian companies have two tier plans for iPhone customers - one with normal voicemail and one with visual voicemail. If its within the operating system as you suggest then everyone should have visual voicemail.

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Carriers can block features if they want to. But the stock iOS supports it. If it were just the carriers pushing it, then my Nexus would also have it. But the software doesn't natively support it. An example would be video chat. All iPhones have FaceTime built into the operating system. But carriers can block FaceTime over cellular if they want. So it would seem that the phone doesn't have that capability, but it can. That's the best I can explain it. But you don't have to believe what I say. It really isn't important to me if you see it that way or not. So we can just move on from it. Didn't intend to have a lengthy back and forth over visual voicemail.


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[dkhmwilliams]

They wouldn't be able to advertise this on the Apple website if it were carrier dependent. It's a feature if the operating system.


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[mzanette]

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They wouldn't be able to advertise this on the Apple website if it were carrier dependent. It's a feature if the operating system.


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Tired of arguing over this, have a Merry Christmas!

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[xchange]

Have you convinced your friends to switch from whatever phone they were using to a Nexus 5? If so, what did you say that convinced them? Also, what was the phone that your friends were using before they got a Nexus 5?

Nope. But that;s because I'm the only one in my group of friends and family that's a tech head. I always point non-techies towards more mainstream products so they don't get all nasty of something goes wrong. Because in their eyes, a Nexus device is "Nexus who??" and they'll just end up regretting not buying something name-brand

 

[someguy01234]

Nope. But that;s because I'm the only one in my group of friends and family that's a tech head. I always point non-techies towards more mainstream products so they don't get all nasty of something goes wrong. Because in their eyes, a Nexus device is "Nexus who??" and they'll just end up regretting not buying something name-brand

I agree, I used to try to convince people, but now if someone is happy with something (iOS), let them be, and there isn't anything wrong with it, otherwise usually get the blame if they don't like it. Also you save yourself from having to do tech support.

 

[chrispher86]

I haven't convinced anyone to buy a Nexus 5. I have, however, given both of my parents my Nexus 4s from last year. First time smartphone owners.

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[macguy59]

LOL Strawmen aplenty in this thread. The most common mistake in most of these religious battles is using "You" instead of "I". Tell someone what Android does for you instead of trying to project that onto a fellow poster. That a fingerprint reader is useless to you doesn't make it so for someone else. Touting widgets but ridiculing someone for liking the flashlight function of iOS 7 Control Center is hypocritical. But that's just me

 

[macguy59]

Also you save yourself from having to do tech support.

THIS lol. Why I usually steer people toward iOS if asked. Less configuration makes my life easier

 

[JeffDenver]

THIS lol. Why I usually steer people toward iOS if asked. Less configuration makes my life easier

You would think so. For me it has had the opposite effect. Because stuff in iOS is a lot less intuitive than people think it is. And because I don't use iOS a lot, helping them fix stuff in it is harder.

Would it kill Apple to add a damn persistent back button at the OS level? Seriously. This alone would solve so many problems.

 

[macguy59]

You would think so. For me it has had the opposite effect. Because stuff in iOS is a lot less intuitive than people think it is. And because I don't use iOS a lot, helping them fix stuff in it is harder.

Would it kill Apple to add a damn persistent back button at the OS level? Seriously. This alone would solve so many problems.

What app or situation do you think would benefit from having a back button versus the Home button or the app switcher ?