I literally just put my finger on why I find the iPhone more enjoyable to use.

Ksanti said:
OP are you sure it's actually a case of iOS doing it better or it just being what you're used to? You've spent so long on iphones that when you move your finger a certain amount, you subconsciously except the menu to move a certain amount and anything else feels wrong? Obviously i'm talking about when you flick rather than dragging your finger, which I assume is the same across all platforms

I haven't used Android regularly since 1.6, but I'd be surprised if it had gotten this far with such a fundamental problem you describe?
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It did :( and Jelly Bean has fixed it :)
 
Every time I had to test an iOS release the first thing I'd do is cry at loading iTunes. It's no surprise to me 40% of iPhone owners never connect it to iTunes, it's a huge pos. That said, whatever phone makes you happy.
 
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Ksanti said:
OP are you sure it's actually a case of iOS doing it better or it just being what you're used to? You've spent so long on iphones that when you move your finger a certain amount, you subconsciously except the menu to move a certain amount and anything else feels wrong? Obviously i'm talking about when you flick rather than dragging your finger, which I assume is the same across all platforms

I haven't used Android regularly since 1.6, but I'd be surprised if it had gotten this far with such a fundamental problem you describe?
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Yeah it has been a fundamental issue with Android since it was released in October 2008, which is why I'm still an iPhone user! Fingers crossed JB really does fix this (and fingers crossed Samsung release it ASAP).
 
I can't get away with any other device apart from Apple products, they are all such a delight to use and because of this a lot of people buy them. The simplicity of them, the way things are explained. The acrynoms e.t.c. They all count.

I don't need any of these extra jailbreaks, rooting e.t.c because the devices do what I want them to do out of the box.
 
I had a go at the scrolling in your vid on my JB Galaxy Nexus and it's pretty fluid. I don't think it lags slightly behind like the GSIII does.

I think the main difference I've noticed with Apple products is that the touchscreen is more sensitive. That makes it strange for me when I use an iPhone; I have to be more careful how I use it.
 
mrochester said:
Look at the video I uploaded to YouTube in the OP.
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Didn't you read post 16? (admittedly written in terrible late night English :p)

Leave Android out of it, the slower UI response has been specifically chosen by Samsung. Not that anyone really cares, it's just another excuse to have a good'ol iOS vs Android fanboy discussion.

reflux said:
I think the main difference I've noticed with Apple products is that the touchscreen is more sensitive. That makes it strange for me when I use an iPhone; I have to be more careful how I use it.
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Samsung usually go with a more 'relaxed' touch input so most people will have a smooth launcher/menu UI experience, even if you've got shaky hands (insert tasteless Parkinsons joke here) The clues in all those "Nature UI, designed for humans" ads. Some people like mrochester will hate it, others will greatly appreciated it.

Using a v.low response time, like < 1ms, user interactions would be terrible for on a small handheld screen. Animations would be super jerky do to our pathetic human meat pointers :D
 
mrbell1984 said:
I can't get away with any other device apart from Apple products, they are all such a delight to use and because of this a lot of people buy them. The simplicity of them, the way things are explained. The acrynoms e.t.c. They all count.

I don't need any of these extra jailbreaks, rooting e.t.c because the devices do what I want them to do out of the box.
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For the majority of iPhone users, the phone is perfect out of the box without jailbreak etc but this can be said for Android phones as well without rooting.

The only reason I rooted my phone was to allow both full backups and Nandroid backups but that's to do with my preference to backup the entire phone. Something you can't do without jailbreaking the iPhone as well...
 
The main problem with the iPhone is certainly not your finger touching the screen, its Steve Jobs cold finger thats inserted into your backside controlling what you can and can't do with his equipment thats the problem.

Give me a tiny hint of lag anyday if it means I avoid that and god forsaken iTunes.
 
Leave Android out of it, the slower UI response has been specifically chosen by Samsung. Not that anyone really cares, it's just another excuse to have a good'ol iOS vs Android fanboy discussion.
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I'm sure I recall the same problem on the One X and Sensation. I'll have to try it on my Orange San Fran to see if that has the same issue.
 
Richie said:
The only reason I rooted my phone was to allow both full backups and Nandroid backups but that's to do with my preference to backup the entire phone. Something you can't do without jailbreaking the iPhone as well...
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iCloud + Backup Data. Can't recall a single piece of data lost ever since iPhone 1.

You have a few types of users that is Technical, Non-Technical. The non technical don't want to faff about jailbreaking doing this doing that. There isn't any point of doing it for your average user.
 
It is due to poor optimization with the tegra chipset as the launcher etc. works great on the HTC one S, no lag and it is as snappy as anything.
 
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mrbell1984 said:
iCloud + Backup Data. Can't recall a single piece of data lost ever since iPhone 1.

You have a few types of users that is Technical, Non-Technical. The non technical don't want to faff about jailbreaking doing this doing that. There isn't any point of doing it for your average user.
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Standard iPhones backup the entire OS to the cloud complete with all settings? So if I factory wiped the iPhone, the owner can get it back to the exact same setup with a couple of clicks??

I am not taking about photos, music etc
 
Richie said:
Standard iPhones backup the entire OS to the cloud complete with all settings? So if I factory wiped the iPhone, the owner can get it back to the exact same setup with a couple of clicks??

I am not taking about photos, music etc
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No it doenst backup your settings. i tried that when i backed up my wifes stuff via Cloud and when reverted back, all my settings like wifi passwords had to be setup again
 
Richie said:
Standard iPhones backup the entire OS to the cloud complete with all settings? So if I factory wiped the iPhone, the owner can get it back to the exact same setup with a couple of clicks??

I am not taking about photos, music etc
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Haha, no. It's not even close to a complete backup. I don't know where he got that from.

iTunes can backup an image of the phone software settings, but not the apps. You have to restore them all manually.
 
Robbo said:
Haha, no. It's not even close to a complete backup. I don't know where he got that from.

iTunes can backup an image of the phone software settings, but not the apps. You have to restore them all manually.
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Whenever I've restore from a backup absolutely everything gets put back exactly as I had it previously. The only thing that doesn't get restore are wifi passwords. All apps, music etc, all gets put back.

I can't remember whether app data gets restored or not.
 
mrochester said:
Whenever I've restore from a backup absolutely everything gets put back exactly as I had it previously. The only thing that doesn't get restore are wifi passwords. All apps, music etc, all gets put back.

I can't remember whether app data gets restored or not.
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Don't you have to manually tick which apps to restore (so there's a massive list) in iTunes itself? I'm sure you do.
 
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