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WanderingEng  ·  2547 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: May 3, 2017

I replaced my iPhone 5 with the Samsung Galaxy S8. I've had it for two weeks, and I like it. So far my only complaints with the operating system switch are minor.

I forgot my nicer headphones at home, so I'll listen to the new, amazing Feist album with the random pair on my desk.





steve  ·  2547 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    the new, amazing Feist album

dang... I need to get out more... thanks for the heads up!

(incidentally - do you like Broken Social Scene?)

WanderingEng  ·  2547 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I do! While I don't follow music as much as I once did, I have done Broken Social Scene memories. One is seeing Feist, Emily Haines and Amy Millan share a stage in 2010. The whole band is amazing.

user-inactivated  ·  2547 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    So far my only complaints with the operating system switch are minor.

What would those be? How different is performance between the two devices?

WanderingEng  ·  2547 days ago  ·  link  ·  

It probably isn't fair to compare performance. My old phone was released in 2012 while this one was released last month. The S8 is naturally much faster.

One little thing is Android uses a global back button. In Chrome on my iPhone, I could sweep to go back. Here, it's only the button. To go forward a page I have to use a menu.

When I mistype "yo," it doesn't autocorrect to "to."

There are probably some others, but they're really minor. I wouldn't steer someone away from Apple, but I also wouldn't steer them away from Android. My Apple complaints aren't that they've gotten worse, it's that flagship Android phones seem to have caught up and passed them in some ways.

cgod  ·  2547 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Price is where Android rules. $200 can get you a lot of phone, at least as much phone as I need or want.

kleinbl00  ·  2547 days ago  ·  link  ·  

android emoji sux