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irstupid on 07 March 2013
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Cub said:
irstupid said:
Cub said:
superchunk said:
iOS is no where near failing or anything like that.

However, I 100% agree that the personalization, widgets, and other built-in customization I can do on any Android phone is a billion light-years ahead of iOS.

I seriously don't get why anyone would want just a row of icons. That's so Win95.



All of my Apps in one place, it can't get any more effecient. I don't need 5 homescreens, i don't need widgets. I know some people like to add/remove widgets all day, change their wallpapers every 6 hours and so on, I don't care about that at all.

I could make my android look exactly like that.  Just bunch everything up into folders and toss it all on the home page. 

BUT you can't have widgets or customization that I can do.  I can do everything you can, but you can do nothing I can.

I know what I am getting into if I decided to upgrade to iPhone 5 instead of galaxy 3, I decide that I don't need the things android is offering me. Again, I have an android and iPhone.I was just letting the guy know why I don't care for widgets and whatnot. 

My next phone is gonna be either

a Windows phone (I like the interface, may not find all the apps I want, but I keeping my iPhone 4 for that)

or Nexus LG (the one that's being announced soon, I like Nexus 4, vanilla android is the way to go).

or an iPhone 5s (I am used to it+ I don't mind the grid of icons + won't have to rebuy apps).

I like all OS's enough to overlook their shortcomings, battery life and camera will be the deciding factors.

I was just pointing out that Androids have options in regards to look and layout versus Iphones.  I barely have any widgets.  I think i have a clock, weather and during football season a score tracker.  But thsoe are things I couldn't have on an iphone.  I would just have an icon, whether in a folder or not. I would need to open the app to see what I wanted. 

If I like doing that, i could just have a weather app icon siting on my screen isntead of a widget.  Point is its up to me.  Windows phone and other OS out there also have more options than just an app icon or folder with app icons inside it. 

You can argue all you want about which OS is smoother, faster, which has more apps, which gets more support, ect.  I really don't care and thats not what this topic is about.  It's about how Apple is stuck using the same layout it has been using for too long.  It's following the same footsteps that Blackberry did.  THey were on top and did nothing to innovate or stay ahead of its competition.  THey kept their same phone and just made it more powerful or faster each new phone.  Trust me I had 3 blackberrrys.  There was nothing new between them ever.  Just changing from maybe a ball to a small touch pad where the ball was.  Adding some pointless blackberry messenger, ect.  There is nothing worth talking about.

That is teh same for iphones.  It shocked teh world with its touch screen.  But been living off of that since.  If it wasn't for itunes, I doubt iphones would be as poopular as they are today.  I think a lot of people don't even consider a new phone because they have a huge itunes library and would be throwing away all their money they sunk into it.  Sure they can still have their ipod or something, but no one wants to carry around two devices if you can have 1 instead.