Anybody thinking of switching from Andoid to W8

[whs]

There seems to be a general consensu that the Windows 8 phones are very well made and easy to operate. Well, I don't have a cell phone, I don't need one and I won't get one.

But I have a nice little 32GB Nexus 7 tablet which I really enjoy. I have no complaints about operating Android and the apps are really great. I can do many things that I could not do with the PC (e.g. navigate) and it is small enough to carry in my jacket.

Maybe one day there will be a 7" Windows 7 tablet for $230 (like mine). Then I'll look at it. The acid test would be the apps.

 

[Windows 8]

Android is awesome. I have a Nexus 4 16 GB phone running a custom ROM (unofficial CyanogenMod port).

 

[Der Snoober]

Funny.... most of the people here who say that Android is great also say that they are running Custom ROM's.

So, in my honest opinion they are saying ==> "The out of the box version (OTB) of Android is crap because you first have to modify it completely".

And that's THE reason I dislike Android. It clearly is NOT a good product because it won't work OTB. And I don't want to use an OS that I MUST tweak first for it to work. If I can tweak it if I want to it would be nice, but not a necessity.

Hence the reason I love Windows and Windows Phone 8. It just works OTB.

 

[whs]

Funny.... most of the people here who say that Android is great also say that they are running Custom ROM's.

So, in my honest opinion they are saying ==> "The out of the box version (OTB) of Android is crap because you first have to modify it completely".

And that's THE reason I dislike Android. It clearly is NOT a good product because it won't work OTB. And I don't want to use an OS that I MUST tweak first for it to work. If I can tweak it if I want to it would be nice, but not a necessity.

Hence the reason I love Windows and Windows Phone 8. It just works OTB.

That is not at all so. I run a standard Android on a Nexus and I love it. It has worked OTB from day one and I never had to do any tweak - just rooted it. But that was my choice because I wanted to run a few programs that require root.

And from my friends on the Android forum I know that only a minority of people run custom ROMs. That is the exception, not the rule.

 

[pparks1]

Funny.... most of the people here who say that Android is great also say that they are running Custom ROM's.

So, in my honest opinion they are saying ==> "The out of the box version (OTB) of Android is crap because you first have to modify it completely".

And that's THE reason I dislike Android. It clearly is NOT a good product because it won't work OTB. And I don't want to use an OS that I MUST tweak first for it to work. If I can tweak it if I want to it would be nice, but not a necessity.

Hence the reason I love Windows and Windows Phone 8. It just works OTB.

I am on my second android phone and they worked fine out of the box. I haven't modified my droid 2 or my galaxy s3 at all. I've been completely satisfied with my droid. My wife switched from an iphone 3gs to a galaxy s3 and she loves it. She is perfectly happy that she made the change..and she loved her iPhone.

 

[Coke Robot]

Who wouldn't love a Samsung GSIII after than iphone? The thing's like a bloody better iphone quite honestly.


But ew, android. It's becoming something it can't be and being something it shouldn't be on a phone.

 

[pparks1]

Who wouldn't love a Samsung GSIII after than iphone? The thing's like a bloody better iphone quite honestly.


But ew, android. It's becoming something it can't be and being something it shouldn't be on a phone.

Well I am completely satisfied with android. If I had to buy a new phone this afternoon, it would be an android without question.