We Need to Talk About Android

Re:We Need to Talk About Android by marquis on Tuesday March 06, 2012 @11:06PM (#3674203)

This leaves a really good space for the Android manufacturer who gets this right. I'm due to upgrade my phone and am seriously considering between iPhone and Android. The fact that my current Android phone, just a year old LG that only now runs 2.2, so quickly went out of usability makes me wonder exactly the same thing. If someone can deliver to me solid technology that keeps working with Android as it evolves (to a reasonable degree of course, I'm happy with a 2-3 year window), I will be a life-long loyal customer to that company. Right now I'm not even sure who to guess buying a new Android from and that's a shame on the industry that my choices are between several not-amazing options.

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Re:We Need to Talk About Android by ericabiz on Wednesday March 07, 2012 @01:45AM (#3674565)

Already been done. The Nexus line of phones have the latest software directly from Google, and no carrier bloat. Really, anyone technical enough to read HN should go with a Galaxy Nexus or Nexus S vs. ANY other Android phone.

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Re:We Need to Talk About Android by marquis on Wednesday March 07, 2012 @02:44AM (#3674697)

Does this apply to their small phones? Perhaps it is because of reading HN that I am of the perception that only the larger more feature-full phones are maintained well (or perhaps just that my friends who have bought these just got the big version, having large male rucksacks). The Nexus that I am aware of doesn't fit in my purse.

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Re:We Need to Talk About Android by te0x on Wednesday March 07, 2012 @04:53AM (#3674947)

I can't even think of a good Android phone out on the market today that anyone would consider small. These days decent Androids generally range from 4.3'' screens to the 5.3'' found on the Galaxy Note.

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Re:We Need to Talk About Android by marquis on Wednesday March 07, 2012 @07:30PM (#3678031)

Right, so that effectively keeps me out of the good-phone market. It really is a shame that they can't make a smaller phone (iPhone size is ok but smaller would be better). I'd be a customer for life.

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Re:We Need to Talk About Android by djhworld on Wednesday March 07, 2012 @05:16AM (#3674983)

I'm thinking about the Nexus but the reviews have all slated the camera which is putting me off a bit

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Re:We Need to Talk About Android by rsynnott on Wednesday March 07, 2012 @09:00AM (#3675477)

> The Nexus line of phones have the latest software directly from Google, and no carrier bloat

With the caveat that only some Nexus Ses have received ICS.

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Re:We Need to Talk About Android by cageface on Wednesday March 07, 2012 @01:15AM (#3674487)

The problem is that even if one manufacturer really nails it, the overall market remains confusing and balkanized to both the developer and consumer unless that manufacturer is successful enough to drive out the alternatives.

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