Android OS Discussion v2.0

God were they 2.x too? Bloody hell.

Looking back on things makes you realise just how different things are these days. If you compare the curve of Android's development to iOS, the obvious trend is that Android will be miles ahead in the near future.

Saying that, Apple are going through a tough time post Jobs. Who knows what they'll do next. Lackluster iPhone 5 release, iOS being predominantly slammed for being nothing really new, maps, corporate shake up and some dirty laundry makes for not good times. The iPad Mini is lolworthy and the iPad 4... well... no one seems to be talking about it at all.

Interesting times indeed. What is needed now is great Nexus (x) sales, though O2 are having a laugh if they think anyone will get the N4 on a 36 pound contract...

If you go on Amazon.com half the SGS 3 reviews are from ex-iPhone users lol I personally don't know any that have switched from iPhone to Android but I know several who've switched from a random smartphone to the SGS 3 and have been blown away by the awesome screen size-- this used to be the main criticism, but like I say, once you try a big screen you won't wanna go back. Anything below 4" is puny (the iPhone 5 is 4" but it's very narrow so I'd consider it more like a 3.7"; the dimensions are just plain weird). I have an S2 and wouldn'tconsider a phone below 4.3". Phablets are the future! (but the Note is a bit too much for me )

See I'm a bit iffy on Phablets ... they seem to me to be a bit over bearing! Hmm thing with SGS 3 that I hate is Samsung TouchWiz, it looks so ugly!

So I'm guessing the phone I'm getting (Xperia U's) 3.5" screen is tiny! Meh, going from a blackberry it's probably going to be huge to me.

To be fair, most people on iPhones are fanboys, hence most will never switch to Android, however most people with sense switch to Android! :P Flagship device for £250>Flagship device for £500.

It depends what you do on your phone. If you're browsing, watching media, playing games etc for the most part on your phone, like a mini laptop, then the extra real estate is a must. You'll really appreciate it. Otherwise you can get by on a small screen without a problem. My first touchscreen smartphone had a 3.2" screen (HTC Magic) then 3.5" (orange San Francisco) then the Galaxy S2 at 4.3". The S2 took about a week to get used to but I certainly wouldn't go back. Typing is a hell of a lot easier too.

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So annoyed, installed a 'software update' on my Galaxy S2 about a week ago and since then my phone won't hold a charge for more than about 3 hours.. Even when I plug it in to charge, the other day it took 2hrs to charge 10%. All Vodafone have to say is to send it for repair... I guess it must be a software problem not an actual battery problem?

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It may well be worth sending it for repair. Could be a dodgy USB port or something.

Uninstalled Go Launcher and the problem seems to have magically resolved itself :s

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Still without a tablet, not had it since 20th July now, HP are the worst company I have ever dealt with, on the 15th October I was told a new touchpad was been shipped to me from the USA. What's it coming by, canoe via the Pacific? Absolute joke.

Nexus 4 looks great, shame about the storage, I didn't expect micro SD, but 8GB is poor, would have cost them like £1 to double that to 16GB, then could do 16GB and 32GB. My current phone has 8GB fixed memory (Sony Xperia U), but that was only £95 so I let it slide, but on a £200+ device there's really no excuse, would have got one if it wasn't for that.

If you go in to Settings > Battery, you can see what processes are using power. I can imagine that some things would go wrong with that kind of upgrade.

Think you're underestimating the cost of internal phone storage, it's much more expensive than if you go from an 8GB SD card to a 16GB one. But yeah, 8GB won't meet the needs of most consumers, but the 16GB is only £40 more and considering all the other features you're getting, it's pretty much unbeatable price-wise.

I based it on me being able to buy an 8GB card for £5 and imagine they pay much less, but maybe I was wrong, well they could do it and add £5-10 to the cost of the price. I agree it's unbeatable, but the difference in price makes it go from close to a £200 phone, to a close to a £300 phone.

I honestly don't see why people care about it only being 16GB ... that's plenty enough (well for me) what do you guys put on your phones to use up 16GB? I've only got about 3GB used on my phone!

I honestly don't see why people care about it only being 16GB ... that's plenty enough (well for me) what do you guys put on your phones to use up 16GB? I've only got about 3GB used on my phone!

There are a lot of games (RPGs, high resolution racing/action games, etc.) available that tend to have data files of 750MB-1GB+. Music and HD video recording also fill up a lot space.