Android phones work right out of the box too shock horror. It’s not like you have to tinker with them at all, but if you want to you can, easily. Also, you can get a form factor that suits!
That’s not true. I had to put the battery into mine before it would work. That constituted such high degree of “fucking around” that I nearly gave up and bought an iPhone.
Seeing cow-orker’s Samsung plugged in to his office computer
“So, how long does your phone’s battery last? I’m at about 40% by the time I get home from work”
“Oh, shoot, it’ll die in 2 and a half hours if I don’t plug it in…but it’s running Ice Cream Sandwich! Power consumption isn’t one of [platform hacker’s] top priorities.”
See, I can come up with stupid anecdotes, too!
Did you have to put the SIM in too? My mum successfully managed both those onerous tasks.
In the US we’re not allowed to touch the SIM…it would be a DRM violation.
Not sure if serious?
I swap my SIM between phones all the time.
Well, you sure got me there.
believe it or not, my Verizon phone has a SIM in it :eek:
Well, there you go! iPhone batteries are built in, right from the start. It should be obvious that a cell phone without a battery in it can’t do anything useful at all, but for some reason the Android builders don’t get that.
What it really means is that I can always carry two or three extra, fully-charged batteries with me ($3.70 each on Ebay), and just put one in when the present battery runs out.
I never have to go to a wall socket to charge if I don’t want to (I have a charger separate from the phone–$8 on Ebay). And I am never, ever at all concerned about how much power I’m using with my smartphone. The fact that iPhone batteries last longer is irrelevant.
if you’re buying lithium-polymer cells that cost $4, I would recommend not carrying them on your person, nor leaving them on any combustible surface in your house.
I don’t understand why people found it necessary to “fuck around” with an Android phone. Entering your Google username/password is all it takes to get it up and running (including Gmail, Google Calendar, etc). If you want to add other functions you download an app for it, just like on an iPhone.
The big difference is that there are some things that are customizable on an Android phone, but not on an iPhone. The on-screen keyboard is one example (or was, on my last i-device, a 1st gen iPad). On Android if you don’t like the stock on-screen keyboard, there are dozens to choose from on the Market.
Don’t worry, Mom–these are the original manufacturer’s batteries. If they don’t explode or leak in the phone itself, they’re not going to do that in my pocket.
Of course, we know that no one on ebay sells counterfeit goods. I’ll buy 3rd party batteries, but only those made by companies I’ve heard of and sold by companies with a reputation to protect.
Very true, but after over a year, these batteries have behaved exactly as the originals–(certainly no leaking or exploding). I haven’t been maimed by any of these these batteries, and their longevity is the same as the original that came with the phone. Guess what, electric current works they same whether it’s counterfeit or not. This is one case where no hand wringing is necessary. Relax.
sigh
it has nothing to do with “electric current” and everything to do with the fact that lithium cells rely on very chemically reactive components and are very sensitive to contamination as well as flaws in the cell’s construction. on many cell types, an internal short means a dead cell or at best very short run time per charge. on a lithium cell it means a high risk of the thing overheating and igniting. Hell, even cells made by reputable manufacturers have had issues with this, so forgive me if I don’t see the wisdom in purchasing counterfeit lithium cells made who-knows-where under an unknown standard of quality control.
what is it with this “aggressive ignorance” these days?
Does Android allow the daringly modern idea of cursor keys? The fact that there are no cursor keys on iOS system-wide keyboards irks me. Correcting typos is unnecessarily tedious on iPads and iPhones. These are some of the most-used keys on any keyboard!
The stock Android keyboard doesn’t have them AFAIK, but I’ve used a couple of HTC phones where the custom HTC kbd had them.