why do you choose android?

[neonworm]

@ mohit9206
What's a WP8 device? A Windows phone 8" tablet?
If it is I'd love to hear what u think of it after u'v had it for a bit.

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WP8 means Windows Phone 8.

 

[GadgetgirL76]

Personally, I don't have a problem with Apple products. I loved my iPhone e when I had it and I liked the mac from what I played around with at stores.

I think I went with android because I wanted to try something new. Now that I have, I think I'm probably going back to iPhone. Just because there's a few niggles I have had with android that I don't think occurred while using iOS. Stuttering and unresponsive needs being one. Also battery life issues and app crashes.

This is exactly why I am going back to an iPhone. I currently have a SG Note 2, an iPad mini and an iPod touch 5. I use all 3 daily. I am currently having issues with the Note2 crashing and restarting. It sucks that when I play games on Android they lag like crazy compared to iOS. Also, the fact that my apps and games save to the device and not the sd card is getting old. I have had to delete so many apps and games because of this.

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[someguy01234]

This is exactly why I am going back to an iPhone. I currently have a SG Note 2, an iPad mini and an iPod touch 5. I use all 3 daily. I am currently having issues with the Note2 crashing and restarting. It sucks that when I play games on Android they lag like crazy compared to iOS. Also, the fact that my apps and games save to the device and not the sd card is getting old. I have had to delete so many apps and games because of this.

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Not all Android phones crashes and have laggy interface like Samsung phones.

 

[Fairclough]

Honestly at the time it was cheap and I didn't like the looks of iOS. HTC really appealed to me buying a handset off contract in a budget process range.

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[mchi5]

I initially went from an iPhone 5 to a Note 3 because of the larger screen. I hate the iPhone tiny screen . But then realized how much more customizable the Android OS is. I don't think I'm going back to the iPhone for a long time

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[MathieuLF]

I used to be a die hard iPhone fan but small things like not being able to set default apps or third party keyboards. I find typing in the iPhone to be annoying without swipe typing.

So basically I really enjoy the customization on Android.

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[Geodude074]

Personally, I choose Android because of the gaming platform. Although the mobile game apps selection isn't as robust as iOS, Android allows for emulators, which can't be beat. Also, there's better gaming hardware for Android, such as the Moga controllers or using a PS3/Xbox controller. And also, with Android you can choose to alter the system resources = buh bye in app purchases!

I've tried WP8 and it's just god awful. No folder manager, no possibility to move files/folders around, no way to download/upload email attachments, extremely buggy, extremely limited, barely any apps, and the ones that do exist are half-assed. Oh, and my Nokia Lumia regularly drains 50% of its battery every night when I leave it uncharged, no matter what I do. WP8 just sucks.

Haven't tried iOS yet personally but since it has the same limitations as WP8 I already know I won't be a fan. But at least it has a better app ecosystem.

 

[FishenFool]

This is exactly why I am going back to an iPhone. I currently have a SG Note 2, an iPad mini and an iPod touch 5. I use all 3 daily. I am currently having issues with the Note2 crashing and restarting. It sucks that when I play games on Android they lag like crazy compared to iOS. Also, the fact that my apps and games save to the device and not the sd card is getting old. I have had to delete so many apps and games because of this.

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Considering that iPhone doesn't even have SD cards what is the difference?

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[paintdrinkingpete]

This is exactly why I am going back to an iPhone. I currently have a SG Note 2, an iPad mini and an iPod touch 5. I use all 3 daily. I am currently having issues with the Note2 crashing and restarting. It sucks that when I play games on Android they lag like crazy compared to iOS. Also, the fact that my apps and games save to the device and not the sd card is getting old. I have had to delete so many apps and games because of this.

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Not all Android phones crashes and have laggy interface like Samsung phones.

That's not exactly the same thing as games running "laggy". Samsung UI lagginess (if you have it), can easily be fixed by running a 3rd party launcher, such as Nova. This isn't a "band aid" necessarily either, as Nova launcher offers many more features than the default TW launcher, but this is a bit off-topic...

To the original comment, the fact is that some games and apps simply do run better on iOS. If you find that it's the better platform for you and what you use your device(s) for, then that's fine...many folks will find that. There are things that Android does better...there are things iOS does better...the fact that you've given both platforms a shot at least means you're making an educated decision based on your own experience.

Considering that iPhone doesn't even have SD cards what is the difference?

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I thought the same, but the big difference is that at least iPhones offer various storage options, whereas many (if not most) Android phones do not. Sure there are high-capacity Android models out there, but many phones only come in 16GB models. Considering some games and larger apps can take up 1 to 2GB or more, that space can quickly run out, and even w/ SD card support, that doesn't help in this case because apps need to be installed on internal storage.

This isn't an issue for me...but I understand why it is an issue for many. I'd be fine with Android dropping SD card support altogether, but at least offer high-capacity models to fill the needs of the users...cloud storage, while convenient, isn't the answer for everything.

 

[JeffDenver]

What is it about android that speaks to you as opposed to, say, iOS or windows phone? Is it rooting? Customization? Keyboards? Widgets?

1 - 3rd party app integration. This is huge for me. Android is like your PC...you can choose whatever app you want as your default. Google Apps really are optional on this platform. On Apple, you mjust use Apple apps for the default on everything, whether you like them or not. This is not just keyboards, but Browsers, email clients, SMS apps, Maps apps...anything.

2 - Sideloading. I do not have to hack my phone to be able to install stuff from a different market or even from a stand-alone APK file. On Android, you do not really have to worry about google censorship for this reason. Because even if Google blocks an app from their store (for whatever reason) you can always just sideload it.

3 - I won't lie, customization is a big part of the appeal as well. I love widgets and use them.

But since I don't root, ROM, or flash, I wonder if I'm getting the most out of my experience with android and might be better served somewhere else.

There is very little reason to root on Android IMO. The only reason I rooted on my previous phones was to get rid of the Vendor skin and get Vanilla Android back. With a Nexus I no longer have a reason to do that.

Most of the things you need to jailbreak to get on iOS, you get by default on Android without rooting.

 

[JeffDenver]

This is exactly why I am going back to an iPhone. I currently have a SG Note 2, an iPad mini and an iPod touch 5. I use all 3 daily. I am currently having issues with the Note2 crashing and restarting. It sucks that when I play games on Android they lag like crazy compared to iOS. Also, the fact that my apps and games save to the device and not the sd card is getting old. I have had to delete so many apps and games because of this.

Nexus products do not suffer from that. Just sayin.

That is a Samsung issue, not an Android issue.

 

[GadgetgirL76]

The issue is that I have a 16gb micro sd card in my note 2 but I can't choose to put my larger games on it to save space on my phone. I have a 32 gb iPad mini that I can put my games on without having to decide where it goes. It is done by default. What I find myself doing is deleting apps and games to be able to download new content. I use my 50gb plan AT&T locker for my media files and pics to save internal phone storage. But it is still not enough. The largest game that I own is 3gb but I do not have it installed because all 3gb will try to install to the internal storage and not the 8gb that I have available on my sd card.

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[JeffDenver]

The issue is that I have a 16gb micro sd card in my note 2 but I can't choose to put my larger games on it to save space on my phone. I have a 32 gb iPad mini that I can put my games on without having to decide where it goes. It is done by default.

You can do the exact same thing on The Note 2...just get the 32 gig version. The Samsung phones give you options you do not have on Apple products. Apple products are always more restrictive when it comes to storage.

Typically I use internal memory only for apps, and external memory for everything else. This is especially useful for taking videos, which eat up a lot of space. I could take several SD cards with me on vacation and just swap them out as they get full. That is going to be awkward at best on Apple devices.

 

[GadgetgirL76]

Nexus products do not suffer from that. Just sayin.

That is a Samsung issue, not an Android issue.

I have actually considered getting a Nexus device but I have a concern about being able to have 4G Lte coverage.

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[JeffDenver]

I have actually considered getting a Nexus device but I have a concern about being able to have 4G Lte coverage.

The Nexus 5 supports 4G. Very well actually.

The 4G coverage restrictions are the result of the carrier, not the phone. Verizon has better 4G coverage than the other carriers right now. I have been on both Verizon and T-Mobile...I have not seen a huge difference, but the difference is there nontheless. Verizon is better.

 

[GadgetgirL76]

The Nexus 5 supports 4G. Very well actually.

The 4G coverage restrictions are the result of the carrier, not the phone. Verizon has better 4G coverage than the other carriers right now. I have been on both Verizon and T-Mobile...I have not seen a huge difference, but the difference is there nontheless. Verizon is better.

Lte?

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[GadgetgirL76]

You can do the exact same thing on The Note 2...just get the 32 gig version. The Samsung phones give you options you do not have on Apple products. Apple products are always more restrictive when it comes to storage.

Typically I use internal memory only for apps, and external memory for everything else. This is especially useful for taking videos, which eat up a lot of space. I could take several SD cards with me on vacation and just swap them out as they get full. That is going to be awkward at best on Apple devices.

32 gb option was not available when I purchased it last year. I would have been all over it!!! One of the reasons that I chose Android was because prior to JB you could save to sd card. Now that it is not the same as before, I want something different.

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[someguy01234]

Lte?

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Here are all the bands the North American version of Nexus 5 support, it have the compatibility to support every single carrier in US (except Verizon and other CDMA carriers that might not allow it to activate on their network):
2G/3G/4G LTE
GSM: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
CDMA: Band Class: 0/1/10
WCDMA: Bands: 1/2/4/5/6/8/19
LTE: Bands: 1/2/4/5/17/19/25/26/41
https://forums.androidcentral.com/e...om/us/?playredirect=true&hl=en&token=EUMSPzG_

 

[JeffDenver]

Lte?

LTE = 4G

T-Mobile does have actual LTE as well now, though I still call it 4G.

 

[JeffDenver]

32 gb option was not available when I purchased it last year. I would have been all over it!!!

I don''t know...I have had it both ways, and honestly, I don't see any difference between SD and embedded memory. Except that SD is safer and more expandable.

Example (a real one): I just came back from a cruise a week ago. My Nexus 5 was dunked in the ocean...it was completely ruined (Salt water will corrode electronics quickly, so drying it out didn't help). If I'd had an SD card, I could have immediately taken it out and dried it off and salvaged all my pictures and video. Since all I had was internal memory, all those pictures and video are still trapped inside my now-useless phone (I had a diagnostic done...though the entire phone is now useless, the memory chip itself is intact). It would cost me a fortune to pay a data recovery company to mount my internal memory chip and get those pictures off of it. The pictures are still in there, but I have no cost-effective way to get to them.

I am more convinced than ever that all phones should have SD. There is no advantage at all to having only-internal memory.

Even if you cannot install apps to SD, SD is still very very valuable IMO.