The New "What did you do with your Z today" (with off topic replies) XVIV

njobe89 · 07-23-2015, 08:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Leingod

Look at it this way. I have both a 5s (work) and a One M8 (personal). I can't stand the crap apple puts on the phones. I have yet to touch the apple watch app, the stocks apps, or the bookstand app. And it won't let me delete them either. Even jailbreaking requires some decent effort to wipe those apps.

iPhone is better in terms of simplicity and straight forwardness. Android is better at customization and tweaking the little aspects. iPhones generally have better battery management, but that's negligible on some phones. Todays screens are damn near identical. Gorilla Glass 3 on almost all Android phones now. Camera on the S6 is just a slight step below the iPhone 6, but miles ahead of the 4s's.

you need to do some reading then, what's wrong with you?? lol jk i don't use that either. however, i use the market one daily. apple watch app, go buy an apple watch.

Leingod · 07-23-2015, 08:20 AM

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Originally Posted by njobe89

you need to do some reading then, what's wrong with you?? lol jk i don't use that either. however, i use the market one daily. apple watch app, go buy an apple watch.

I'll buy a pebble first. The apple watch is far to gimmicky still. Solid construction, but horrible implementation. But to push the app straight to everyones iPhone is just a bad thing to do. Another useless app sitting on my non-customizable homescreen.

Leingod · 07-23-2015, 08:30 AM

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Originally Posted by JARblue

I rarely touch any apps that the phone manufacturer or carrier put on there except the phone and message apps. I put all the other garbage into a folder called Useless $hit on the next home page lol

I stopped jailbreaking my phones a few years ago. Not worth the hassle now since I hardly use my phone. The only thing is I wish my 4S had a better camera. But I only need it for work, and the photos get resized to 800x600 for my reports. If it had a nicer camera, I might take more photos in general, but I just don't care enough to bother upgrading. A bigger screen would be nice, too, but the compromise of carrying it around a huge screen isn't worth it to me. The Nexus and iPads I have do much better for me.

A better camera is always nice. And with how flat phones are nowadays, I don't notice a difference between my 4.5inch iPhone and 5.5in M8. Question though. What year Nexus 7 do you have? I have the 2013 edition. Stupid thing can't hold a charge past a day and will randomly restart at times. It's a known tragic flaw of the device itself. But it's hit or miss for some people.

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Originally Posted by JARblue

I should also mention, I rarely bother to upgrade my phone OS. Usually it just causes more problems than it solves. So a lot of those apps aren't even on my phone (like the apple watch app).

I will give Apple credit with keeping iPhones up to date for years to come. Android can be tooth pulling excruciating at times.

JARblue · 07-23-2015, 08:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Leingod

A better camera is always nice. And with how flat phones are nowadays, I don't notice a difference between my 4.5inch iPhone and 5.5in M8. Question though. What year Nexus 7 do you have? I have the 2013 edition. Stupid thing can't hold a charge past a day and will randomly restart at times. It's a known tragic flaw of the device itself. But it's hit or miss for some people.

I will give Apple credit with keeping iPhones up to date for years to come. Android can be tooth pulling excruciating at times.

Interesting. My Nexus 7 is first generation (2012 I think?). The only problem I ever encountered was the battery connection. After about a year it got to where you could just barely shake the device and the plug would disconnect. So I got in there with some electrical tape and made sure that never happened again. The battery life is definitely weaker than it was, but I don't use it for hours at a time and have never encountered any problems. I try to turn it off whenever I'm not using it, so maybe that helped? I will say the hardware is showing it's age. Thankfully, I don't tax it too much.

lol yeah my wife has a Galaxy S5 and is getting pretty frustrated with updates that break her phone. She did one update right after she got it and the phone app broke until they issued a new update. AT&T just said tough luck once they figured out the problem when I brought into them

Leingod · 07-23-2015, 08:53 AM

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Originally Posted by JARblue

Interesting. My Nexus 7 is first generation (2012 I think?). The only problem I ever encountered was the battery connection. After about a year it got to where you could just barely shake the device and the plug would disconnect. So I got in there with some electrical tape and made sure that never happened again. The battery life is definitely weaker than it was, but I don't use it for hours at a time and have never encountered any problems. I try to turn it off whenever I'm not using it, so maybe that helped? I will say the hardware is showing it's age. Thankfully, I don't tax it too much.

lol yeah my wife has a Galaxy S5 and is getting pretty frustrated with updates that break her phone. She did one update right after she got it and the phone app broke until they issued a new update. AT&T just said tough luck once they figured out the problem when I brought into them

I'll leave mine on the table in standby mode for a day. I'll come home at night and it'll be dead. It drains way to quick. i'm assuming I either have a defective battery, or some stock meaningless app is draining it uncontrollably. I've basically given up on it.

I do give credit to HTC. They vowed to push updates for 2 years past it's origination date. I'm currently on lollipop which isn't on 99% of Verizon phones still.

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