Jelly Bean, Ice Cream Sandwich or Gingerbread : Which is better?

[Greg C]

JB 4.2.2

 

[phonejunky]

I think this is a no Brain-er of course the answer is JellyBean.

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[The Other Side]

New used to be better. Having used pc's for 30 years I was quite used to upgrading to the latest, and better, version.

With Android I've painfully discovered that the latest version is very often NOT an improvement. It can take away features that were previously useful, adds features that are not and bloat the product.

Personally I am disappointed with Jelly Bean (over Gingerbread) because it seems to have copied iOS in it's way of navigating around, which I find less than intuitive and frustrating at times.

And why is the trash can (delete) at the top of the screen now??

 

[JRDroid]

I can't believe the number of people saying Gingerbread! I thought Gingerbread was terrible. I disliked it so much I stopped using Android. I have never used Jelly Bean, so I can't comment on that, but stability and usability wise, ICS is leaps and bounds better than Gingerbread, and I think it looks much better to boot (though looks is subjective).

 

[Aquila]

I can't believe the number of people saying Gingerbread! I thought Gingerbread was terrible. I disliked it so much I stopped using Android. I have never used Jelly Bean, so I can't comment on that, but stability and usability wise, ICS is leaps and bounds better than Gingerbread, and I think it looks much better to boot (though looks is subjective).

There are are only two situations (both related) in which I could understand someone mistaking GB for being better than ICS or JB.
1. They had a GB device that was upgraded and had resulting stability or bug issues on an Android based device, such as a Touchwiz or Sense device.
2. They've never used stock versions of both. Touchwiz, Sense and other Android based devices having issues shortly following upgrades to software is really common.

Keep in mind this thread started with the silly sentiment, "Although, there is no difference between any OS of Android, but I still have a doubt which OS is better from their functionalities and features?"

There are huge and obvious differences between 4.2.1 and 4.2.2, let alone 4.1.x, 4.0.x and 2.3.x. both in terms of features and functionality, as well as design, efficiency and usability. If there were no differences, there'd be no reason for incrementing the release. Likewise, if the changes weren't immense, even on Android based devices, no one would have been annoyed that HTC released the One on 4.1 instead of 4.2.2.

 

[JRDroid]

There are are only two situations (both related) in which I could understand someone mistaking GB for being better than ICS or JB.
1. They had a GB device that was upgraded and had resulting stability or bug issues on an Android based device, such as a Touchwiz or Sense device.
2. They've never used stock versions of both. Touchwiz, Sense and other Android based devices having issues shortly following upgrades to software is really common.

Keep in mind this thread started with the silly sentiment, "Although, there is no difference between any OS of Android, but I still have a doubt which OS is better from their functionalities and features?"

There are huge and obvious differences between 4.2.1 and 4.2.2, let alone 4.1.x, 4.0.x and 2.3.x. both in terms of features and functionality, as well as design, efficiency and usability. If there were no differences, there'd be no reason for incrementing the release. Likewise, if the changes weren't immense, even on Android based devices, no one would have been annoyed that HTC released the One on 4.1 instead of 4.2.2.

All very true.

 

[Pradeep577]

stick to ICS..Jelly bean is crap.. I am suffering.. Dont upgrade..

 

[Aquila]

stick to ICS..Jelly bean is crap.. I am suffering.. Dont upgrade..

On what, a Galaxy S2? That's definitely 1 of the 2 situations.

 

[ncik]

Obviously whatever the latest is best. The only thing that could possibly be better than Jellybean is the next release!!!

 

[sergeantandroid]

Newer is not always better. Especially when updates can come with their own set of bugs.

 

[Aquila]

Newer is not always better. Especially when updates can come with their own set of bugs.

Comparing stock 4.2 to 4.0 to 2.3, there is no question that 4.0 was much better than 2.3 and 4.2 is much better than 4.0... on stock. If Android based devices screw this up on their entire spin-off or on specific devices, that's not the underlying Android version being screwed up, that's poor decision making on the OEM's part... and possibly on the consumer's part.

The OEM's hear from consumer that they want to be on the latest and greatest software, but they're not working on improving your legacy device, they're working on the next device that'll be released approximately 20 months later. We provide incentives for them to make new devices, not to support old ones and then we're surprised when they rush through a token effort to provide legacy support at no benefit to themselves other than customer satisfaction - a double edged sword that can hurt them because of their poor execution despite their efforts to meet customer demands.

Consumers concerned with updates and/or the latest and greatest software should support Nexus devices, and in that context, the latest is always better.

When talking about the S2 for example, it was fine on Gingerbread, okay on ICS and has a lot of complaints now that it's on Jelly Bean. The Galaxy Nexus (more or less same device with slightly better hardware, a worse camera and much better software) started on ICS and was amazingly better than the S2, flies on Jelly Bean and will have Key Lime Pie without issues, which I'd be shocked to see on an S2. In my opinion, it'd be foolish to buy the S2 in any scenario out of those two devices, yet millions upon millions picked the S2 and then complained about Samsung's issues providing updates to their TouchWiz phones.

 

[SubjectSigma]

I feel as tho Jelly Bean has caused too many problems with my phone, I liked ICS it was a good middle ground between GB and JB

 

[HNNNNNGHHH]

Gingerbread was better with integration, ICS and Jellybean are better with speed (especially the latter). All OS versions IMO are painfully slower when they're skinned compared to the stock AOSP versions.

 

[Jon_Doh]

If you don't like Jelly Bean throw a launcher on top of it like Apex, Nova or Holo HD. When I was running GB I put Holo on my phone and not only did it give me many ICS features like folders and the ICS menu system, but it also made the phone buttery smooth and fast. Holo uses some ICS code to accomplish that. If you are running ICS and put Holo HD on your phone it will give you a lot of JB features and it will smooth out ICS' jitters because it incorporates Jelly Bean's Project Butter code and so you get project butter's smooth screen transitions.

The key to any of these OS's depends in part on using a launcher as it can change the OS dramatically and in most cases improve it.

 

[Lucki]

Feature wise jelly beanof course. But stability wise and smoothness wise on the s2. Gingerbread. No phone I have used s 3, 4, galaxy nexus.) Even come close to the smoothness. Which is really making it hard for me to upgrade to a different phone cause I know I week lose the flawless experience. Be it the ui, or the browser.only people who had the galaxy s2 will understand.

 

[Rim85]

Maybe it was my POS Atrix 4G, but the S4 with JB is way so much better than 2.3...

 

[HNNNNNGHHH]

Feature wise jelly beanof course. But stability wise and smoothness wise on the s2. Gingerbread. No phone I have used s 3, 4, galaxy nexus.) Even come close to the smoothness. Which is really making it hard for me to upgrade to a different phone cause I know I week lose the flawless experience. Be it the ui, or the browser.only people who had the galaxy s2 will understand.

Of course, considering that the Galaxy S2 is a flagship phone around 2011-2012 until newer, more powerful phones came out. A phone's performance also depends on software, not just hardware. You can have a Galaxy S4 with two quad-core processors, but have ridiculous amounts of lag with TouchWiz, loaded with tons of bloatware. If the Galaxy S2 runs great with TouchWiz, you can bet it WILL run superbly with stock vanilla android. Samsung seemed to have reached its peak with the Galaxy S2, but its newer devices seemed to have lost their luster.

Honestly, forgive me for going a little off-topic, but android nowadays seems like a spec arms-race, with all these OEM's packing powerful new features into their upcoming phones.

 

[Lucki]

Of course, considering that the Galaxy S2 is a flagship phone around 2011-2012 until newer, more powerful phones came out. A phone's performance also depends on software, not just hardware. You can have a Galaxy S4 with two quad-core processors, but have ridiculous amounts of lag with TouchWiz, loaded with tons of bloatware. If the Galaxy S2 runs great with TouchWiz, you can bet it WILL run superbly with stock vanilla android. Samsung seemed to have reached its peak with the Galaxy S2, but its newer devices seemed to have lost their luster.

Honestly, forgive me for going a little off-topic, but android nowadays seems like a spec arms-race, with all these OEM's packing powerful new features into their upcoming phones.

Yeah I wonder why the newer ones are not as smooth. Wish they would optimize them like they dis with the s2 on GB.

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[priyanka24]

Without any doubt the latest jelly bean is better than others.

 

[HNNNNNGHHH]

Yeah I wonder why the newer ones are not as smooth. Wish they would optimize them like they dis with the s2 on GB.

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Most OEM's are taking the "quantity over quality" route, which in turn results in poorly-made products and a bus-load of unhappy consumers. Earlier in the android game, Samsung was basically in a lower tier than HTC, who was the first pioneer of Android. Now that Samsung is at the top of the market, they appear to have this Apple-esque attitude that us "ignorant" consumers will take anything they make because of our incessant brand-recognition and fanatic loyalty to them.

That is partially the reason why I more-or-less go for slightly older flagship Android phones since they were made with performance and quality in mind, back when android OEM's were scared of Apple and their insanely huge fanbase, as well as the fact that older devices have had more software development and hacking under their belt compared to newer devices such as the HTC One and Galaxy S4.