| superchunk said: Didn't look into it. However, testing so many phones/OS varients... seems like raw data doesn't lie. I have peeps with every phone type. I hear/see as many issues from then regardless of the phone they carry because I'm their nerdy tech friend/family member. Fact is, anything can and does have issues. From my personal perspective, my last two Nexus phones have had FAR less issues than anyone else with any OS. I definitely had many with the Android 2.3 Samsung Fascinate years ago, but then I went to Galaxy Nexus that quickly gained Android 4.x. From the on its been seemless. That is really what this article is saying about Android. The versions since 4.x are simply more stable and overall better than anything else. Then you need to take into account the android skins from each OEM. I think they all have flaws that simply don't exist in the vanilla version. Which is why I stick with Nexus. I'd be willing to bet any of you who talk of personal peeps with android issues have low-end phones they got for free and are never Nexus. People upgrade to latest high-end iPhone and then compare to low-end crap android. Compare to the same high-end new phones like Nexus, latest Galaxy/Note, latest One, etc. You'll have a different opinion. |
I highly recommend only getting Nexus devices since I grab my 2012 Nexus 7. Getting all updates before everyone is amazing. I have KitKat on a 2012 device while most of the top devices of 2013 are still waiting for it to arrive. Despite that, stock Android is more polished and clean.
People sometimes criticize Android because they got a low-end of mid-end phone and expected iPhone level performance. If a low-end phone was as fast as a high-end one, I wouldn't pay that much for a more expensive device and simply would get the cheaper one.
I believe that the best point in Android is that it is the mobile OS that is closer to replace a PC in more aspects than the others. The Android SDK is way better than the iOS and Windows Phone one and I say that by experience. I'm currently working on a app that uses Bluetooth to comunicate with a PC and pass raw data while collecting multitouch input and saving it to a database. The multitouch resources in Android SDK are way more advanced than in the iOS SDK and that is clear because this app was being made for iOS before and we just changed because iOS couldn't use Bluetooth communication like we needed and after that we noticed too that a lot of problems we had tracking touch would be gone thanks to Android SDK too. From my experience, it's clear that Android has a lot more potential for compelling and advanced apps simply because the SDK allows you to do much more. Another point where Android shines is the sharing. Having a system wide data sharing between apps is priceless.
For the user, it means better apps. Good BitTorrent clients are one that I use a lot, emulators are a nice touch too, specially because I can simply plug a DualShock 3 on it and use without any extra configuration. Being able to read flash drives or pass files via Bluetooth is great too (a lot of people say that I can just use the cloud for it. I personally don't see any logic in passing via Internet a 100MB file for someone that is right in front of you and use both people 3G data connection for that, still having to hope that you have a good 3G there). With 4.4 they added direct printing (without cloud printing) and that just allows me to simply print important documents right from my tablet wihout having to turn my laptop on just to print 2 pages.
