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My First Impressions of Android

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19 pointsacangiano7 comments

The problem with Android is you really have no clue what to expect with different devices. Your phone seems to work well however mine reboots several times a day and commonly has a dead battery by 2PM. I'm sure if I went and bought some other phone it would have a different set of issues or maybe it would work fine. Who knows? You also have no way of knowing what future software updates are going to do. Apparently my phone (Droid X) was great on 2.2 and all the problems started when they pushed 2.3 to these phones. (they also randomly decided to change the entire UI on the 2.3 update with no warning) This is my third and last Android device.

im running droidx/gingerbread and get almost 48hrs battery, and NEVER have a reboot. your a bad user. best to stick with apple and youll be protected by the walls around their garden.

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You failed to reasonably address any of jsz0's points (using a weak anecdote as your only evidence). You then proceed to unnecessarily use all caps to accentuate 'never' and go on to say jsz0 is a 'bad user' which is meaningless. You end with a whiny snarky remark about Apple's walled gardens. In addition to all this you typed I'm, you're, and you'll incorrectly while not capitalizing any of your sentences.

You seem to be new here, but please refrain from commenting until you can match the quality of the others you see on the site. Your comment in its current state adds nothing to the discussion and is poorly written.

Thanks.

just "using a weak anecdote" against a weak anecdote.

Over 100 identified issues with 2.3 on the Droid X: (58,000 views on the Motorola forum)

https://supportforums.motorola.com/thread/51997?tstart=0

Both Motorola and Verizon admit to the problems. Say a fix is coming this month perhaps:

https://supportforums.motorola.com/thread/55271?tstart=0

Same thing happened with 2.2 apparently. (pre-dates my experience with this phone)

http://phandroid.com/2010/10/14/motorola-outs-list-of-droid-...

You're right and I agree with a lot of the issues you pointed out. I'd recommend sticking with the Nexus line if going android, or at least as close as you can get to a stock device. My issue with the iPhone is the lack of solid 'cloud' support (although this is supposedly coming) and poor google services support (no turn by turn gps for instance). Android offers not only a lot more freedom than apple's offering, but the device can actually do a lot more as well. This isn't something I really realized until I played with my parents' iPhone after they got theirs. It really can't do that much.

- upvote for the Curb Your Enthusiasm reference

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