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Re:Google’s $179 Moto G puts every single cheap Android phon... by Touche on Saturday December 07, 2013 @11:04PM (#6868910)
The Lumia phones are not fast. Fast scrolling, sure, but apps take 3-4 seconds to open and don't stay in memory very long.
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Re:Google’s $179 Moto G puts every single cheap Android phon... by girvo on Sunday December 08, 2013 @01:31AM (#6869153)
It's user interface is responsive, but it's not a powerful handset. That's the best way of describing them, and to be honest for a lot of first-smartphone buyers, that's more than good enough in my experience.
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Re:Google’s $179 Moto G puts every single cheap Android phon... by amaks on Sunday December 08, 2013 @05:01PM (#6871630)
And the reason is that UI is written in native code (read C++) using internal native APIs while 3rd party apps written in managed code (using different APIs. Of course it takes more time to launch managed apps. This is clearly a disparity between 1st party and 3rd party apps.
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Re:Google’s $179 Moto G puts every single cheap Android phon... by kayoone on Monday December 09, 2013 @03:03AM (#6873301)
still better than android where everything is just slow and laggish on low-end phones.
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