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Why funny? Android is finally getting some hardware design love, and as a happy Droid 2 owner, I think it's about time.
by timeshifter 14y ago
Why funny? Android is finally getting some hardware design love, and as a happy Droid 2 owner, I think it's about time.
- lbotos 14y agoHe's drawing a parallel to an iPhone 4s and the negative hype Android users gave it at the time.
- runevault 14y agoI will say at least in my case I'm not thrilled by the lack of SD card and no removable battery. As I already am on TMobile HSPA+ is better for me, however. But with Android it seems like every phone is trade offs, and to get good battery life, latest version of android, and the nexus experience, I'll give up those things.
- CrazedGeek 14y agoOr do what I did and go with a phone with near-vendor support of an AOSP ROM. Hello, Galaxy S III and CyanogenMod.
- runevault 14y agoSure, though personally I don't want to spend my time rooting my phone. For those who do, awesome. I don't feel like investing the time in that process when I could be doing more productive things (to me) with my day.
- sardonicbryan 14y agoIt really doesn't take that long. I flashed a stable 4.1 build onto nmy S3 from a new computer in about 10 minutes, starting from scratch, following step by step instructions. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=33460541&postcount=2 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=33460541&...
- runevault 14y agoDown to 10 minutes? Huh. Depending on things, I may consider the SIII after all then. Last I'd heard it still took an hour.
- masklinn 14y ago> Why funny? Because those are pretty much all points on which the iphone 4 was derided/criticized by the android community 2 years ago?