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spitlizard

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I'm getting a tad annoyed with this to be honest.

I have a few friends that have jumped from the iPhone to Android and some of their questions to me have been such basic stuff that makes me think Apple folk are..well STUPID...!!

They ask me basic stuff like how do I change my security to a PIN...how do I make it vibrate a certain way...how do i add an account to the system......

Seriously, it's all there in the settings or at least on Google...

Has Apple stoopidised(sic) them that much??:confused:
 
Nah, they just know that you know the answer and are likely too lazy to try to guess and figure it out on their own. :p

Many of us have owned iphones previously. Many of us agree that android is it's own learning curve but once you know it there is no going back. :)
 
Kelmar said:
Nah, they just know that you know the answer and are likely too lazy to try to guess and figure it out on their own. :p

Many of us have owned iphones previously. Many of us agree that android is it's own learning curve but once you know it there is no going back. :)
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Apple people are strange and need examinations!!
 
iphone's attract certain types of users..

1 type.. the ones that dont think as we do.. tech is not an interest to them. and the simplified iphone UI is what is great for them. (not sayin they are stupid, just not tech minded)

but for some reason... some are trying android. and just need a little kick start. telling them to look at settings.. and think it out reasonably... you should be able to find 90% of what you need. the other 10%.. AF is here to help.
 
It's just getting to the point now that Iiii Nnnnnneeeeeeed Toooo Speeeaaakkk Sllllloooowwwwlllleee ssssooooo tttthhhheeeeyyyy uuuuunnnnnddddeeeerrrssstttaaannnnnd!!!
 
I am in the camp who has used the iPhone and just got an Android phone. What may seem simple to somebody that has used a device for years may not be an obvious to somebody using a devie for the first time.. and that applies to any device or even software program.

In general telling people to just "go to settings and figure it out" is not going to work for some people. If people have a question on how to set something, try to help them out and say "go to settings, select this and this and you'll find the setting you need" will be much more helpful.

I have a personal iPhone and just for a S3 for work but if all the help I am going to get it "go to settings and figure it out yourself" I'll wind up still doing most of my work on the iPhone where I know how to get things done.

Insulting iPhone users coming to android will not be nearly as helpful as helping them understand the new phones.
 
I am not a tech savy person, so you would think that I would be the type to get an iphone, but both my Android devices are the most user friendly technology I have ever used. I can't understand how running stock android is confusing for some people.
 
I don't wish to insult iPhone users but I can't help but think they have been graced with such a simplistic and "we will do it all for you" attitude, that they perhaps have forgotten a small trait in human evolution called....INTELLIGENCE!!!

It just seems to me that they want a device to do everything for as little expense to themselves..Just Sayin??
 
spitlizard said:
I don't wish to insult iPhone users but I can't help but think they have been graced with such a simplistic and "we will do all for you" attitude, that they perhaps have forgotten a small trait in human evolution called....INTELLIGENCE!!!

It just seems to me that they want a device to do everything for as little expense to themselves..Just Sayin??
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A good user interface on any device should be designed around getting maximum performance for minimal input from the user.

I am still new to android, but if I have to use my intelligence and then do twice the work to get the same result is that really an improvement? That is where I am at Andoird having just gotten a work S3 a few days ago and I'll admit some of it may be I don't know all the shortcuts but so far it takes me much longer to get to the same information as it does on my iPhone. Even if I can do more when I get there, I don't consider that an improvement. MaybeI need to learn some android tricks and I posted a thread asking for that information. So far to me, Android takes much more work to get to the same place. A "simplistic" interface that gets you to your information quickly is not a bad thing.
 
Krandor said:
A good user interface on any device should be designed around getting maximum performance for minimal input from the user.

I am still new to android, but if I have to use my intelligence and then do twice the work to get the same result is that really an improvement? That is where I am at Andoird having just gotten a work S3 a few days ago and I'll admit some of it may be I don't know all the shortcuts but so far it takes me much longer to get to the same information as it does on my iPhone. Even if I can do more when I get there, I don't consider that an improvement. MaybeI need to learn some android tricks and I posted a thread asking for that information. So far to me, Android takes much more work to get to the same place. A "simplistic" interface that gets you to your information quickly is not a bad thing.
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The simple plan is Android is Google so if you need something from Android...

you Google it..

Then you get a host of Google answers...and then you fix Android..!!

WOW, how easy woz dat!!
 
It just seems to me that they want a device to do everything for as little expense to themselves
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That's what I'd ideally like from any device, whether it's a phone or a toaster. I can figure out most anything I need to, but I really appreciate not needing to.
 
I'm a recent convert and I don't find android phones to be confusing at all. It's just not as "in your face simple" as iphones are, or as apple likes to call it, "intuitive". To be honest, I think android phones are more intuitive than people think. Perhaps your friends just know that you know your way around android phones so instead of learning themselves, they find it simpler to just ask you.
 
Have never 'owned' a iphone, but had to use them way too much. Even back in the days before I had a smart phone, I still preferred my crappy old Ericsson to the iphone. When I moved to a smart phone for personal use, I got a desire. Having used iphones I was expecting the desire to be similar. What I found instead is that whenever I wanted to do something, I just thought about how I would logically do it and bam! There it is. New iphone, annoys me it's smooth and fast but seems so illogical... Just got a HOX 2 weeks ago, everything still just seems to be in the right spots.

Granted, I like to tinker, so that's probably a big reason for my love of android...
 
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