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HTC One
)If Cook is to follow Steve' steps, he should be looking at buying into memory manufacturing now. Apple has already purchased large chunks of the supply capabilities for SSD and flash memory, but from Korean companies, who we all know nurture not much love for Apple...
The ? was why the 5c and 5s are weak products vs ...
I don't use a plastic case, and my iPhone 5 isn't scratched, and neither is my wife's, from the two iPhones I have at hand. And we both beat these up pretty badly.
My Samsung OTOH... The plastic back is completely scratched, and that's a phone I use a lot less.
All Keith described above is doable on iOS.
I can see that both Keith and Alexandre are fanboys on opposing teams. I don't quite understand why that has to be. They each have their strengths and weaknesses, and to date no one has made the perfect phone.
Yes, I forgot, the Samsung is a toy, the plastic top comes off!
Shame on me for choosing an actual, proper phone made of glass...
If you cared to read the rest of what I wrote, you'd see I said it is POSSIBLE, for a while now.
Here's a tutorial to teach you how to do it:
http://www.netmagazine.com/tutorials/get-started-geofencing-ios
And my app is called TimeSquare. When we developed it, we chose not to go Android, as it was too much trouble to implement the same funcionality. Perhaps now Android has catch up...
alexandre
The fact that it's not there yet, in spite of the many iOS developers out there, just proves my point that iOS users simply do NOT WANT that much configurability. They want beautifully made apps to get their work done, and the App Store is full of those.
Using Tasker as an example of superiority is silly, and circunstantial, as both OSes have the capabilities, with iOS providing the technical means (APIs) before Android in most cases. But I also understand that the BEST OS is simply the one that runs the apps you want. And if there's no Tasker on iOS, and there is on Android, it's perfectly understandable to think of one as superior to the other. But still it's circunstantial Just like in the beginning, where iOS got all the games and apps first. Sure, a lot of those ended up on Android later on, but did that make Android "obsolete" or whatever silly name Android fanboys are calling Apple these days?
Your argument is absurd. Going by this, it would seem that what iOS users really want are fart apps. Lots of fart apps.
BTW, judging by the way Apple is haemorrhaging market share, it appears as if those users who DO want configurability have left.
BTW, congratulations - iOS7's clock icon now shows the actual time without having to open it. Now for that weather icon, always showing sunny weather ...
Johnny
What are the weaknesses you would point out from the Android system? And what can an IOS device do that an Android can't? Honest question from a , now, new Android fanboy?
I would reverse the question and ask you if the current Apple devices have better anything than the current top Android phones: The HTC One and the Samsung S4. I could throw in the Sony Xperia TOL or the LG or the Moto-X ....
And if built is the issue. The HTC One, based on facts, is at least, as well made as the iPhone 5; better made if you ask me and in my honest, subjective and biased opinion, the best looking phone on the planet and with a display to have an Apple fan cry and throw away his/her retina .... the display that is ).
Johnny
What are the weaknesses you would point out from the Android system? And what can an IOS device do that an Android can't? Honest question from a , now, new Android fanboy?
I would reverse the question and ask you if the current Apple devices have better anything than the current top Android phones: The HTC One and the Samsung S4. I could throw in the Sony Xperia TOL or the LG or the Moto-X ....
And if built is the issue. The HTC One, based on facts, is at least, as well made as the iPhone 5; better made if you ask me and in my honest, subjective and biased opinion, the best looking phone on the planet and with a display to have an Apple fan cry and throw away his/her retina .... the display that is ).
Frantz, the weakness of iOS is limited configurability, or configurability that has to be achieved through apps and is not built into the OS. This is troublesome for iOS users who want a highly customized, configurable user experience. The weakness of Android is its configurability, its depth, and the need to configure some pretty basic functions. This is troublesome for users who don't want to set up a phone, they just want to use It and want how to use it to be as obvious and intuitive as possible. In both cases, their strengths are their weaknesses, depending on the user.
This is the old Mac vs PC argument in a pocket size.
Tim
Frantz - I'm not sure if I understand your post as I wasn't making a distinction between which OS or device is better.
While I have an Android phone I didn't choose it because it has that OS. I actually chose the phone (Note 1) because I liked the size of the large screen. It is perfect for my vision and also for how I use it with my work. If the Note1 were an Apple product, HTC, Nokia or BB I would have gone with it. I'm not married to any OS at all.
As the article notes, this is something iPhone users find when trying other phones, and here its been quantified:
http://venturebeat.com/2013/09/19/a...een-is-2-5-times-faster-than-android-devices/
It's responsiveness, something that plays everytime you use the phone and it's always been a gripe every time I've picked up an Android phone. There seems a more direct connection between me and the hardware, from scrolling on out. It's more directly connected and interactive. Part of the sometimes hard-to-define 'experience thing' that other phones lack It matters to me far more than this or that small feature because again, it plays every time, every moment really I use the phone.
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