Apple IOS cuts into a lot of the linuxy freedom I enjoy with my higher end android phones. I always put a ROM on them anyway though, just for the sake of being able to tweak/root the phone exactly as I want to.
On Oct 5, 2016 5:30 PM, "Travis Johnson" <[email protected]> wrote: > Some people ride a Honda, some people ride a Harley. Some people drive a > Chevy, some people drive a BMW. > > I think it was you that even said "If the price was the same, everyone > would be using an iPhone"... which I honestly believe. I have used a brand > new Samsung phone with Android, and the first thing I noticed is that the > screen response is not the same as an iPhone... it's not as smooth, or as > refined. Yes, it works... it scrolls and it zooms and resizes, just like a > Chevy gets you from Point A to Point B... but if a BMW was the same price > as a Chevy, 99% of the population would be driving BMW. > > Just my thoughts. :) > > Travis > > > On 10/5/2016 3:15 PM, Bill Prince wrote: > >> I will point out (again) that 8 to 9 of 10 smartphones on the planet are >> Android. So while making it "elegant" is important, it's probably more >> important to make it affordable. >> >> My Nexus phone is a damn fine phone, and I don't feel like I've been left >> out of anything at all. >> >> >> bp >> <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> >> >> On 10/5/2016 1:57 PM, Travis Johnson wrote: >> >>> https://techcrunch.com/2016/10/05/not-ok-google/ >>> >>> It's taken a while, many years, but Google has finally admitted that >>> Apple had it right all along... you have to control the hardware AND >>> software to have an awesome product. This was Steve Job's goal from the >>> very beginning with the Macintosh... and now everyone else is finally >>> understanding. >>> >>> So now Google is copying everything Apple does... even down to the >>> marketing materials. Every commercial they run (along with Samsung and >>> everyone else) is always "this is why our product is better than Apple". If >>> a company really believes that, you don't have to make the direct >>> comparison. LOL >>> >>> "Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery" ~Charles Caleb Colton >>> >>> Travis >>> >>> >> >> >
