Originally
posted by
hawkeyee:
Having spent significant amount if time on both ecosystems (iPhone 4 and iPad for 2 years, Nexus 5 and Nexus 7 for a year) I can say that all the arguments in against Android are crap. Apple might have a bigger app store, but when you think of the main apps that have millions of downloads, they're available on both.
This is true of major apps. But not true for games. This really comes down to what Requiem is buying the tablet for. Major games titles like Bioshock, XCOM, Civilization Revolution, Faster Than Light, Hearthstone are only out on the iOS and with good reason (developing (i.e writing code) for Android is a nightmare).
Originally
posted by
hawkeyee:
Both are just as smooth, snappy, and responsive. I've been using stock android on the 7, and switching between stock, then cyanogenmod, and now omnirom on the 5. I've never experienced lag or anything else that made it feel any less responsive than an iPad or iPhone 5s that I've used.
I've had bad experiences on older Android tablets (when testing apps on them), the newer ones are probably good, as you say.
Originally
posted by
hawkeyee:
Another thing that will keep me from switching back to Apple is the lack of customization. I can very easily change anything I want on my Nexus devices. I can change the size of the icons on the home screen, the number of apps that show in the folder, the size of icons in the dock, the number if pages in the dock, widgets, quick launch, etc. You can simply do more with Android than with Apple.
This is one of those things that, as a user, I *personally* don't need. I don't care how big the app icons are, or how many app icons show in the folder. I just want to be able to use the apps, if it takes me an extra 2 seconds to launch an app, it is not a big deal. I value the availability of apps far more than customization options for the home/dock/quick launch which users will barely spend any amount of time on, compared to time in actual apps.
Again, I'm biased as a software developer, but there are a lot of software hiccups when supporting Android with various features. It is incredibly annoying just to write app store code (for in app purchases) once for Google Play, then have to duplicate all that code for Amazon Store, because they are different stores and handle transactions differently, and then turn around and have to do it all over again for the Ouya store should you decide to support that. Store fragmentation is but just one problem.
Ultimately though, none of this programming and backend is of concern to the end-user, but it completely affects why apps always come out for iOS first.