Apple and Samsung Are Friendly Again, and the Competition Should Be Terrified

[WelshBloke]

Chrome on Nexus FHD is by far the best I've experienced on any mobile device. Love Chrome browser.

Chrome is not a fast browser. Its excellent at what it does but it's not fast.

Chrome.

Stock Samsung browser.

Like I was saying, you can optimise for different things.

 

[Eug]

Yeah, I like Chrome. It's not necessarily screaming fast but I like it. However, as mentioned, doing most things are a pain on that device, not just surfing.

For the case of the Nexus 7 original, the problem is Asus cheaped out and used very slow NAND. Other devices that have 1GB of RAM are much more useable (I do not say fast) than the N7 (2012) for that reason.

True, but the NAND probably wouldn't be as big of a problem if the 1 GB was sufficient, but it isn't IMO.

In reality, I don't think 1 GB is quite sufficient on iOS in 2015 anymore either, but it's much more usable.

 

[ChronoReverse]

True, but the NAND probably wouldn't be as big of a problem if the 1 GB was sufficient, but it isn't IMO.

In reality, I don't think 1 GB is quite sufficient on iOS in 2015 anymore either, but it's much more usable.

I dunno, I'd agree if you're talking about multitasking but when just running the single task of web browsing, 1GB is still good enough for a few tabs. The N7 (2012) just snaps to a halt whenever the NAND is called upon in a way that other 1GB Android devices don't seem to. This isn't even just a Lollipop thing.

 

[Rottie]

Time to switch to Samsung Note 4.... Good bye iPhone 6+

 

[lopri]

I haven't used an Android device with less than 2GB of RAM for a while so I did not know how bad 1GB is for today's web. Surfing on iPad Air is a miserable experience (a worse experience than that on a two year old Note 8). Its battery life is fantastic and so is the screen, but I just can't deal with refreshes every back and forth. Thankfully it is not something I need to use on a regular basis.

It is unfortunate that so many people bought the iPhone 6/6+ just for the larger screens. A shrewd business move on Apple's part, no doubt, but many reviewers should feel ashamed.

On topic: The smartphone industry is too incestuous, IMO. I would like to see more players.

 

[poofyhairguy]

Anyone here with an iOS device get bombarded with ads the moment you visit a website? Anyone? No.

Actually yes. It drives me nuts in iOS when I want to type in a text field on a website as soon as I load it (like the quick reply on this forum) and I can't because the keyboard strobes in and out because the browser is still loading ads. All the rest of the content is there, and I want to start typing dammit, but I have to wait for every little thing to load before the keyboard will stick. Its easily the thing I hate the most about my iPad.

Its jail broken, so I need to look into some sort of real adblocker to stop that. Site revenue be damned, that is annoying.

 

[ChronoReverse]

That's interesting. Any sites that are especially bad?

 

[Eug]

Actually yes. It drives me nuts in iOS when I want to type in a text field on a website as soon as I load it (like the quick reply on this forum) and I can't because the keyboard strobes in and out because the browser is still loading ads. All the rest of the content is there, and I want to start typing dammit, but I have to wait for every little thing to load before the keyboard will stick. Its easily the thing I hate the most about my iPad.

Its jail broken, so I need to look into some sort of real adblocker to stop that. Site revenue be damned, that is annoying.

I don't have that problem, at least not with this forum. What OS version and JB? Full or mobile site? Note that I don't jailbreak because I don't find it worth the trouble. (One reason for JB in certain markets is for tethering but tethering is the norm in Canada. All carriers allow it natively.)

 

[poofyhairguy]

That's interesting. Any sites that are especially bad?

Heck the ads on this one in non mobile mode do that to me very often. Many web forums do, and I am a web forum junkie. The ads come from a different server embedded in the page which takes longer to load than the content I can about (like the reply box).

Just click a link and then try to reply as fast as you can and enjoy the fun of a strobing keyboard. I maybe figured out some way to block the ads tonight, will test it more.

 

[Fingolfin269]

Heck the ads on this one in non mobile mode do that to me very often. Many web forums do, and I am a web forum junkie. The ads come from a different server embedded in the page which takes longer to load than the content I can about (like the reply box).

Just click a link and then try to reply as fast as you can and enjoy the fun of a strobing keyboard. I maybe figured out some way to block the ads tonight, will test it more.

I've had this happen once to me recently and it was ridiculously annoying. I thought it was the site but you're saying it's iOS or Safari? Like you said it was a forum and every time I would change pages it would pop up some annoying ad with a tiny x in the upper right that I could close. They were all for the new digital versions of Star Wars so thankfully none of them showed a pic of Jar Jar or the phone might have been shattered.

 

[poofyhairguy]

I've had this happen once to me recently and it was ridiculously annoying. I thought it was the site but you're saying it's iOS or Safari?

I never have had that problem in Android over 6 different devices.