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Don't want to go back to Apple but..
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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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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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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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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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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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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only got a 32gb card in my moto g but it can take 64's & 128's + which phone formats
my moto 4g says its limited to max 32gb?
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Hows that work?
my moto 4g says its limited to max 32gb?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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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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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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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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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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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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But the Galaxy Nexus didn't run Touchwiz...
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That was my point I brought that because it was a Nexus device.
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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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The idea of just being able to walk into a shop and having someone fix or replace it on the spot is pretty tempting . . . .
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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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? 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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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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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.
I always leave at least 1gb free & run ccleaner every couple of weeks |
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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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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? 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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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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I'll compare 8.3 with Lollipop..
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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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my moto 4g says its limited to max 32gb?
