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I have never seen any Android device that doesn't stutter and skip in when scrolling in the UI. I haven't seen an S3 in person but the S2 the guy next to me has now will stutter and skip.
We put the same video on the same network on both a Galaxy Tab and an iPad3 side by side and I can't tell you how bad that Galaxy looked next to the iPad and OMG the stuttering.
Apparently the Nexus 7 is smooth. So sayeth the reviews. I've heard it before though.Quote:
Originally Posted by vertices
I'd have to personally use it and see it before I believed it.
I know what you mean by stutter... my HTC Thunderbolt stutters and slows down... I have yet to see that on my wife's SIII but that's 1 GHz single core vs 1.5 GHz dual core... and 756 MB memory vs 2 GB.
I just can't win ladies and gents. I tried the s3 on Verizon for all of 24 hours and I had insanely bad reception in my apartment. Not the devices fault but I can't use a phone for work that I can't receive a call while I'm at home. Also, Verizon installs a fair enough of crap ware and I want to punch them in the e for it.
I went ahead and ordered a quad band Galaxy Nexus from google directly. Simply swapping out sims will be a simple switch over. The last one I got from this line broke fairly quickly but I'm crossing my fingers.
^ do you have stockholm syndrome or something? just buy an iphone
I would just buy one of these and use whatever phone I liked the most. http://www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/s...=gotoFemtocell
AFAIK, Verizon still doesn't use the SIM card. Verizon has to authorize and activate all phones on their network.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nabby
I have an iPhone 4 and I want something different. So the answer is yes I do. I really want a larger screen and do not want an iPad.Quote:
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Yeah, I stopped my number port. Currently still on AT&T so I'm good on that front.Quote:
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its the software...
my galaxy nexus (1.2ghz dual core, 1gb ram) running android 4.1 (jellybean) runs smoother than my gf's galaxy s3 (1.5ghz dual core, 2gb ram) running 4.0 (ice cream sandwich)
it really has little to do with ram or cpu past a certain amount, in fact i bet my original nexus one (singe core 1ghz) would run smoother once i install jellybean on it.. when ICS first came out and i installed it on my nexus one, it was actually smoother than the newer dual core phones at the time running gingerbread (ie htc sensation), this is why i always stick with a nexus device from now on... it doesnt matter if you have the latest quad core and 2-4gb ram if you are stuck with last years OS (like installing winXP on a 32gb ram gaming rig)
i picked up the nexus 7 tablet pre-order 2 days ago and it is extremely smooth.. i have not run into any stutter at all... but once again, i think this has more to do with it running jellybean than the quad core tegra3. in day to day use, the UI feels the same as my galaxy nexus (dual core 1.2ghz) but you can feel the tegra3's horesepower when playing high bitrate mkv movies which makes my galaxy nexus stutter regularly.
i have no experience with the iphone4s, but its definately smoother than my iphone4 16gb
iPhone 4s is smooth as butter. iPhone 4, not so much. I used a 4s to a bit and you can definitely tell a difference during day to day use.Quote:
Originally Posted by kpxgq
It doesn't even matter to me anymore. Now that I've got my new MBA and iPad3 (and I'm loving the crap out of both), I'm totally drinking the Koolaid. I'm definitely going iPhone5 when it comes out.
I'm sure 4.1 is smoother and better, but I still have overall stability and usability issues with my current Android devices that I haven't seen on iOS. So I'm not super keen on grabbing another for 2 years. It's time for trying the other side. I've never had an iPhone.
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Originally Posted by vertices
i use both an iphone4 and a galaxy nexus... i mostly use the iphone for its iOS exclusives but i find android to be better for my day to day use since its so integrated with googles services.. my life pretty much revolves around google calendar/contacts/picasa and even plus (for automatic photo uploads and management). i hardly use my phone as a "phone" so i prefer the larger screen
i do love our 11" macbook air... its hands down the best portable laptop i have ever used... just a solid product all around. iOS on the other hand just feels so dated to me compared to android and windows mobile. i cant imagine using iOS as my daily driver
My only fear is the integration with Google as my main cell number has been ported to GV. I heavily use GV and Google Apps. iOS6 Nav is also unproven. Verizon will at least take something back for a small fee. I'm gonna give it a shot. Oddly, iOS doesn't feel dated to me at all. It works where often my 4 android devices do not. (Motorola Xoom, Galaxy Tab 10.1, and 2 HTC Thunderbolts) I care much more about speed and reliable functionality than I do nifty new features.
i think thats your problem you have 4 android devices which are heavily skinned and have lackluster updates.... get a nexus device, like i said above, a nexus device with vanilla jellybean will run circles around a comparable android device running an older version of android with a skin on top
heres my analogy... say apple ever allowed 3rd party manufacturers to produce iOS devices... a motorola or HTC produced "iPhone" running a skinned version of iOS will have more bugs and bloat than a native apple product. apple does not allow 3rd party hardware and hence they have tight integration between their software and hardware. the nexus devices have similar (not on the same level as apple mind you, but very close) levels of integration.
i have owned MANY android devices over the course of a few years and my 3 nexus devices (nexus one, galaxy nexus, and nexus 7) have all been miles ahead of their peers simply due to software: no bloat/features , less bugs, immediate updates. even rooting and installing 3rd party roms on the other devices does not help that much since they are running alpha/beta/reverse engineered drivers from AOSP.
I've had my Galaxy S2 since launch and I've been running CM9 on it. No stuttering/lag when navigating the menus. I like it
trust me CM9 is laggy... i had it running on 3 different devices. its not apparant though until you compare it side by side with a device running jellybean or apparently an iphone4sQuote:
Originally Posted by Trunks
Yes I have messed around with an S2 and it definitely stutters. Especially when compared to my iPad3. Same thing with the Galaxy tab.
Lord. So I just bought an Apple TV and a new Yamaha receiver with Airplay (RX-V673). I have issues.
Drink that koolaid! Really though, the tight integration of apple hardware and software is what drives people to them. Everything just seems to work very well together. I may look at the iPhone 5 when it becomes available but iOS 6 didn't impress me in terms of features. AirPlay is one of those nice features that you never knew you wanted. I use my gf iPad fairly regularly to throw on random videos through AirPlay on the 60" plasma in our living room.Quote:
Originally Posted by vertices
On a side note by Nexus 7 shipped! Should be here tomorrow. I already know the first app I'll be buying when I get it too. $25 google play gift card was a nice bonus.
Just wait. Once Mountain Lion comes out there are going to be Apple TVs EVERYWHERE.Quote:
Originally Posted by vertices
One of the biggest problems is finding a way to project what's on a screen that isn't your own. No more dongles or adapters. No more drivers. No more cables. No more pressing INPUT over and over again trying to find the right input for Port , Y or Z.
Yeah it looks awesome. Plus I've been trying for a while to have a reliable way to control my audio system from zone 2 with sources such as Spotify and Pandora from my droid tablets. I never got it working correctly. Closest was streaming over Bluetooth but audio quality was poor and short range. I will finally have what I was looking for. Everything arrives tomorrow thanks to Prime. Ready.
AirPlay is so awesome! Man is it badass to sit out back and play Spotify and stuff right from your iPad. Both of our iPads easily connect to the Yamaha receiver to stream, as well as control it such as audio, zones, sources, etc. And 1 iPad can see the song info and album art and such that the other iPad is sourcing to the Yamaha. You can even skip forward or back from the iPad that is not the source! Sitting out back and taking turns sourcing, and even have control over the other is very very nice.
I seriously haven't been that impressed in quite some time. I can easily see why people keep on buying Apple products. They really do just work.
Exactly, little fuss and they do what they're suppose to.Quote:
Originally Posted by vertices
On a side note I have my Galaxy Nexus and the Nexus 7 and I like them a lot. The Nexus 7 should be the standard for a 7" tablet. Well built and speedy, works really well. No issues so far. Vanilla jelly bean works very well, the smoothest iteration of Android to date. Actually I'm typing this on my galaxy nexus and it the dolphin browser works better then safari browser on iOS for this.
I'd love to see an ubuntu version. otherwise my next phone will be a windows based phone.