Endless Mike posted:

if the market wasn't ruined with apple keeping peoples expectations low […] And the Pixel 2 currently represents near the top of the line, pure android and its still fairly slow for me. Slows to a crawl way too often.

Cocoa Crispies posted:

yes low expectations like "no malware" and "will get security updates in six months" and "doesn't slow to a crawl for no reason"

Cocoa Crispies posted:

yes low expectations like "no malware" and "will get security updates in six months" and "doesn't slow to a crawl for no reason"

Endless Mike posted:

Best Bi Geek Squid posted:

the 8.0 update has made the phone experience on my telephone noticeably worse

Blue Train posted:

Google has become somewhat erratic in updating its Android distributionnumbers after updating them monthly for years. They’ve skipped a number of months this year, including June, but are back for July with fresh percentages. That month off has meant big things for Android Oreo, which jumped up to 12.1% (up from 5.7%).

That was sarcasm, of course, because these numbers are actually pretty sad. Oreo has only hit 12.1% of the Android pie and it was released in August of last year. So after being available to Android phones for almost a year, we’re at about an eighth of the Android world running the most current stable version of Android. That’s not good.

In terms of other numbers, we’ve got Nougat down to 30.8%, Marshmallow down to 23.5%, Lollipop down to 20.4%, KitKat down to 9.1%, and Jelly Bean down to 3.6%.

Blue Train posted:

In terms of other numbers, we’ve got Nougat (august 2016) down to 30.8%, Marshmallow (october 2015) down to 23.5%, Lollipop (october 2014) down to 20.4%, KitKat (october 2013) down to 9.1%, and Jelly Bean (july 2012) down to 3.6%.

The Management posted:

im sure that their new meta-hal in android pee is definitely going to fix all of those problems and everyone will be updating seamlessly

Blue Train posted:

Google has become somewhat erratic in updating its Android distributionnumbers after updating them monthly for years. They’ve skipped a number of months this year, including June, but are back for July with fresh percentages. That month off has meant big things for Android Oreo, which jumped up to 12.1% (up from 5.7%).

That was sarcasm, of course, because these numbers are actually pretty sad. Oreo has only hit 12.1% of the Android pie and it was released in August of last year. So after being available to Android phones for almost a year, we’re at about an eighth of the Android world running the most current stable version of Android. That’s not good.

In terms of other numbers, we’ve got Nougat down to 30.8%, Marshmallow down to 23.5%, Lollipop down to 20.4%, KitKat down to 9.1%, and Jelly Bean down to 3.6%.

codo27 posted:

I know the rusty innards of phones are too precise and complex for this but how great would it be, okay I know there was that Robin or whatever its called and perhaps other modular phone projects, but if you could just go to a company's website and build your phone however you'd like it just like with a Dell computer. Okay, I want a decent SoC, biggest battery and best camera available and I'm not insane so 720p is fine for a screen the size of the palm of my hand if it means better battery life. Afaic (can I make that a new thing subbing I'm concerned for I know?) I think if the market wasn't ruined with apple keeping peoples expectations low and samsung using apple as their model, and them both making up such a stupid portion of the market, you could see some advancement and they might actually try to find a way to get 3 day+ battery. And the Pixel 2 currently represents near the top of the line, pure android and its still fairly slow for me. Slows to a crawl way too often. None of my PCs ever slow down for anything because I spend the money for a decent CPU, enough RAM and a SSD. But simple poo poo on android still isn't as snappy as I feel it should be. Some of these phones now cost as much or more than my Surface Pro 3 which is now 4 years old and the thing is still butter. But simple social media apps on $1000 phones cause stutters and freezes. Bullshit. End rant

Astoundingly Ugly Baby posted:

weird how you can tell this guy never used an iPhone before

Lutha Mahtin posted:

its really a bit le sigh seeing people defend proprietization as a desirable thing

The Management posted:

im sure that their new meta-hal in android pee is definitely going to fix all of those problems and everyone will be updating seamlessly

Uncle at Nintendo posted:

I wonder what percent of them is just poo poo like an old fire stick or tablet for babby that will just stay on Kit Kat until the end of the universe

Blue Train posted:

you don't even need to flash a rom, there are flashable gapps zips that you can download and it takes seconds to do. there is even an app to flash the files from within android so you wouldn't even need to do much work to automate it

TheCoach posted:

Lol my 4.2.2 Xperia L still lives and I'll only replace it when it actually dies.
I do know that if someone really wanted to target me for some reason the phone is piss easy to hijack remotely but whatevs.

LastInLine posted:

tbf it probably would except samsung has chosen not to use it

LastInLine posted:

tbf it probably would except samsung has chosen not to use it

anthonypants posted:

i don't know what this means but you can tell he's never used an iphone because they have the best mobile socs, decent cameras, good battery life, and don't slow down after six months

Bobby Digital posted:

the iphone camera is just decent now?

The Management posted:

it’s the best phone camera

infernal machines posted:

the one in the se sure ain't

it's grainy as gently caress

infernal machines posted:

lmao. i ain't even trying to use zoom on a loving cell phone camera

poo poo is just grainy as all heck though, even in full sun outdoors, it looks like i'm taking pictures with a loving webcam from the early 2000s

Blue Train posted:

get a 220 dollar china phone