| selnor said: Unfortunately she was sold an android phone by phones 4 U whilst I was working. Since then because of the droid marketplace and the randomness of some apps being dodgy, she has had a few dodgy apps. So she runs avg antivirus so she hopefully can use droid market safely. Another main issue she gets I. Quite often is a very very hot phone. She isn't alone here. Most android phones get very hot. Its a common problem for phone returns in Carphone warehouse where my brother in law works. The os is using the hardware really hard which in my opinion is the android os real downfall. Even just going on browser sends my wifes phone on a crazy heat fuelled moment. As a result she's on her 3 rd phone in a 18 month contract and the heat has killed 1 screen and 2 batteries. Even on this third phone the battery now only lasts 3-4 hours before needing a charge. there's to many variables to go on for a small device in terms of open source access and speed of is. Even not using any network app, the phone takes longer to load apps or take photos etc. Her 3rd phone. This phone won 2 phone of the year awards in UK but is the highest returned phone in Carphone warehouse at least. There's so many stories like this with varying android phones all over the web to. You get some with all phones, but android seems to have common issues. Speed, heat and viruses. On any phone out there, these are the regular complaints. Maybe its pure luck that my wife has had this poor service from her phone. But its not the first person I've heard of with a problematic android phone. Its almost regular to know someone who has or knows someone else who has had and android phone taken back. |
Things are not as dodgey these days, I recommend uninstalling AVG on that phone, that thing slows down your phone by a lot and kills battery life. Get Advanced Task Manager, free or pro don't matter, there is a widget from the app that kills unused apps or things that don't matter with one touch on the screen on top of it doing so automatically which would also save battery time with the addition of speed increase. Hot battery is on all smartphones btw, iPhones get hot, Android phones get hot, as do WP7 phones, they go into overdrive trying to pull network data when the mobile data stream is iffy, I'd say bad luck and when the contract is up, if she still wants an Android phone, Galaxy Nexus from Samsung is a hot ass phone and the AMOLED is sweet.
Oh and, when you push the search button on an Android phone, google pops up in under a second with a mic option, and the search results are better than bing =P. I hope your wife knows at least that much or I'd be worried lol.
