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Old 14-02-2015, 13:43
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Feel its the only option. I left Apple last spring as I got fed up with the locked down system, the fact that everything apple related was over priced for what it was and it felt like Apple were playing catch up with everyone else.

Anyway the phones I have bought since have been a bloody disaster.

I bought a Moto G 4G, Worked OK for a day or so then noticing apps getting forced closed, sluggishness and every time I pressed the home button the thing would redraw. Turns out it has RAM management issues which is now well documented.

Getting pissed of with that I bought the 2014 Moto G, Didn't have it a day until it went the same way as the 4G Moto G only it was even worse at force closing, again well documented.

I decided then I would splash out and bought the S5, surly a phone with these specs couldn't have any problems? Wrong throw TW in the mix and it again is a slow and sluggish mess after a day or 2 and with a buggy Lollipop release with dodgy battery life it made everything worse, This phone lasted a couple of months until I got pissed of with it and eBayed it also.

Onto the Lumia 930, where do I start on this phone? Maybe the over heating issues, the blurry edges? the camera that puts everything in landscape mode, the inability to upload photos to facebook, maybe the apps that don't half work, may be the dodgy battery life?

I really really really don't want to but it seems to me for reliability and for something that just works the only option is Apple, or have I been unlucky? am I to fussy?
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Old 14-02-2015, 15:00
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Probably too fussy, but yes your experiences should not be tolerated.

Unfortunately your original concerns with Apple don't appear to have changed ... I guess your just more tolerant of those issues
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Old 14-02-2015, 15:19
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I've had an S5 for 6 months with no problems and battery lasts me almost 2 days with moderate use. It isn't slow or sluggish and lollipop runs fine for me.

Before that I had a iPhone 5 which was fine just too walled in for me.
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Old 14-02-2015, 15:29
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a moto g with 2gb, rather than 1gb of ram would probably be all you need --- quite happy with my moto g 4g and have no issues with it -- performance might improve slightly once it gets Lollipop, who knows? (I don't care really).
iphones still can't take micro sd cards can they? paying over the odds for more memory on them is a bit of a scam - only got a 32gb card in my moto g but it can take 64's & 128's + which phone formats
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Old 14-02-2015, 16:25
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iphones still can't take micro sd cards can they? paying over the odds for more memory on them is a bit of a scam - only got a 32gb card in my moto g but it can take 64's & 128's + which phone formats
No, you still can't add memory to iPhones, but all the youngsters I see around with both iPhone and Android are using Google Music and/or Spotify for their music, and syncing photos to Amazon Cloud, Dropbox or Google Drive - so they have almost unlimited cloud storage, and don't need storage on the phone anymore.
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Old 14-02-2015, 16:45
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a moto g with 2gb, rather than 1gb of ram would probably be all you need --- quite happy with my moto g 4g and have no issues with it -- performance might improve slightly once it gets Lollipop, who knows? (I don't care really).
iphones still can't take micro sd cards can they? paying over the odds for more memory on them is a bit of a scam - only got a 32gb card in my moto g but it can take 64's & 128's + which phone formats
Yep Moto G with 2GB ram would suit me, for me it has to be vanilla android and the Moto G is more or less.
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Old 14-02-2015, 17:00
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only got a 32gb card in my moto g but it can take 64's & 128's + which phone formats
Hows that work? my moto 4g says its limited to max 32gb?
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Old 14-02-2015, 17:40
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Hows that work? my moto 4g says its limited to max 32gb?
Lots of manufacturers (or networks/retailers) seem to say max 32GB on devices that fully support microSDXC and therefore capacities of 64, 128 and higher (not that there is yet a higher than 128GB card, but when there is, it should work fine).

I can say for a fact that the Moto G supports 64GB as it has one in it right now (it's a Samsung, for what it's worth).

As for the RAM issues, it's something that can be fixed with rooting and adjusting some parameters, and I think by and large the OS copes fine with just 1GB of RAM - it's just that relaunching the launcher when you press home that has been well documented.

Hopefully Motorola will adjust the thresholds that see apps shut down (especially high priority ones like the launcher) with 5.0.n so it could be fixed shortly anyway.
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Old 14-02-2015, 20:41
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Feel your pain with the S5. Every Galxay phone I've had ended up passed on or eBay'd after a few months including the S5.

If you really don't want to go back to Apple (the 6 & 6+ are a peach of a phone!) try Sony.
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Old 14-02-2015, 21:07
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Feel your pain with the S5. Every Galxay phone I've had ended up passed on or eBay'd after a few months including the S5.

If you really don't want to go back to Apple (the 6 & 6+ are a peach of a phone!) try Sony.
A man that feels my pain. The specs are great. The results dire. It's Touchwiz. Noticed 5s can be got cheap in certain places might just go back **** it. They do just work as they say.
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Old 14-02-2015, 21:15
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I can't stand Touchwiz reason I haven't brought a Samsung device since the Galaxy Nexus and likely won't again. Long been an Android user but from tomorrow I'm going to be an iOS person.
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Old 14-02-2015, 21:44
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If i was going down the samsung route, then i would be looking at installing an aftermarket rom such as cyanogenmod
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Old 14-02-2015, 21:53
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I can't stand Touchwiz reason I haven't brought a Samsung device since the Galaxy Nexus and likely won't again. Long been an Android user but from tomorrow I'm going to be an iOS person.
But the Galaxy Nexus didn't run Touchwiz...
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Old 14-02-2015, 22:19
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But the Galaxy Nexus didn't run Touchwiz...
That was my point I brought that because it was a Nexus device.
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Old 14-02-2015, 22:22
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That was my point I brought that because it was a Nexus device.
Brought it where?

Spoiler
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Old 14-02-2015, 23:06
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For the first time in my life I've considered buying an Apple phone. My Note 2 completely died after little more than 18 months. I replaced it with the HTC One M8 (presumably the best phone on the market) but that developed some faults. Nothing serious but HTC's customer service has been awful - the first time I sent it off for repair all they did was perform a system reset and send it back to me, they didn't even test it to see if the problem was fixed. I sent it off a second time and a week and a half later they still have it. No attempt at communication. What's even worse is that they specifically told me that they would only consider replacing it if it developed three different hardware faults in the space of 90 days!

The idea of just being able to walk into a shop and having someone fix or replace it on the spot is pretty tempting . . . .
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Old 14-02-2015, 23:16
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The idea of just being able to walk into a shop and having someone fix or replace it on the spot is pretty tempting . . . .
Yup, that's a very big benefit. Especially as Apple doesn't like to admit to any faults that might be common, so they'll always pretend your fault is the first occurrence ever.

The upside is that they'll then swap over the phone without fuss because, after all, it's a unique problem!

Can't fault Apple for its aftercare.
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Old 15-02-2015, 09:34
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Feel its the only option. I left Apple last spring as I got fed up with the locked down system, the fact that everything apple related was over priced for what it was and it felt like Apple were playing catch up with everyone else.

Anyway the phones I have bought since have been a bloody disaster.

I bought a Moto G 4G, Worked OK for a day or so then noticing apps getting forced closed, sluggishness and every time I pressed the home button the thing would redraw. Turns out it has RAM management issues which is now well documented.

Getting pissed of with that I bought the 2014 Moto G, Didn't have it a day until it went the same way as the 4G Moto G only it was even worse at force closing, again well documented.

I decided then I would splash out and bought the S5, surly a phone with these specs couldn't have any problems? Wrong throw TW in the mix and it again is a slow and sluggish mess after a day or 2 and with a buggy Lollipop release with dodgy battery life it made everything worse, This phone lasted a couple of months until I got pissed of with it and eBayed it also.

Onto the Lumia 930, where do I start on this phone? Maybe the over heating issues, the blurry edges? the camera that puts everything in landscape mode, the inability to upload photos to facebook, maybe the apps that don't half work, may be the dodgy battery life?

I really really really don't want to but it seems to me for reliability and for something that just works the only option is Apple, or have I been unlucky? am I to fussy?
Not sure why you are having so many problems with your Moto, I've only had mine a month and it's yet to crash. Are you trying to keep every app open at once?

I've had nothing but problems with Apple since about 1980 (pre-Mac), pleased to be shut of them. Denial of problems - see the Apple forums. Tried to bill me £800 repair for a £1300 item just out of warranty, never again.
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Old 15-02-2015, 11:34
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Both my kids 2014 Moto G have recently become very sluggish and apps are force closing and the launcher is redrawing. Just hope it is fixed in Lollipop but i doubt it, even my Nexus 5 is struggling with RAM issues in Lollipop.
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Old 15-02-2015, 12:02
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Both my kids 2014 Moto G have recently become very sluggish and apps are force closing and the launcher is redrawing. Just hope it is fixed in Lollipop but i doubt it, even my Nexus 5 is struggling with RAM issues in Lollipop.
how much free space is there in built in memory in moto g?
I always leave at least 1gb free & run ccleaner every couple of weeks
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Old 15-02-2015, 12:54
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Fact is. You shouldnt have to be doing that. I know iOS isn't perfect but it's far more stable and efficient than Android, even the Betas are more solid...
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Old 15-02-2015, 13:01
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Feel its the only option. I left Apple last spring as I got fed up with the locked down system, the fact that everything apple related was over priced for what it was and it felt like Apple were playing catch up with everyone else.

Anyway the phones I have bought since have been a bloody disaster.

I bought a Moto G 4G, Worked OK for a day or so then noticing apps getting forced closed, sluggishness and every time I pressed the home button the thing would redraw. Turns out it has RAM management issues which is now well documented.

Getting pissed of with that I bought the 2014 Moto G, Didn't have it a day until it went the same way as the 4G Moto G only it was even worse at force closing, again well documented.

I decided then I would splash out and bought the S5, surly a phone with these specs couldn't have any problems? Wrong throw TW in the mix and it again is a slow and sluggish mess after a day or 2 and with a buggy Lollipop release with dodgy battery life it made everything worse, This phone lasted a couple of months until I got pissed of with it and eBayed it also.

Onto the Lumia 930, where do I start on this phone? Maybe the over heating issues, the blurry edges? the camera that puts everything in landscape mode, the inability to upload photos to facebook, maybe the apps that don't half work, may be the dodgy battery life?

I really really really don't want to but it seems to me for reliability and for something that just works the only option is Apple, or have I been unlucky? am I to fussy?
Polite post (really)

In relation to the L930, maybe no knowledge of some of the subject? i have a facebook account, created for the sole purpose of playing some games with friends. To check your claim of not being able to upload a photo, I just did that. Flawless. You have claimed in another thread issues with audible, regarding picking the listening of any audiobook where you left it previously. I have asked you if you were using the bookmark function, no reply.Another question about twitter, buffering on iplayer... Again no reply. I have not encountered any of the issues you've had, guess you have been extremely unlucky. It' s absolutely normal not liking a phone or platform, but at least you should try to understand if the issues are specifically with your phone rather than assuming everyone has the same issues as you.

I know that both Android and iOS have some apps better polished and in some cases with more bells and whistles. TBH I don't care. WP provides me what I need, either for work , games, social etc. couldn't be more happy with it.
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Old 15-02-2015, 18:53
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Fact is. You shouldnt have to be doing that. I know iOS isn't perfect but it's far more stable and efficient than Android, even the Betas are more solid...
depends who you believe

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Old 15-02-2015, 21:54
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I'll compare 8.3 with Lollipop..
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Old 15-02-2015, 22:02
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I've always been an Android fan, but I'm gone as of next week

I've had major problems with an Xperia Z3, a Note 2 and a Moto E.

Dreadfully unstable
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