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To: Ryan Bartholomew who wrote (169553)	5/16/2014 2:44:34 PM
From: slacker711	4 Recommendations Recommended By HerbVic JP Sullivan Pete Mason Zen Dollar Round Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 213176

It can't be overstated how critical this advantage is for many (not all) Android users. My screen and pretty much everyone I work with is similar in that it has been tweaked to make not launching apps, but life itself, much easier. It cant be overstated how much you and your coworkers are not the standard Android user. The average user (much less all) has trouble customizing the PC that they have been using for 15 users much less their handset. There is a segment of the population that customizing serves, and I think it makes little sense to ignore this customer base, but it isnt anywhere near the average user. Slacker

To: Ryan Bartholomew who wrote (169553)	5/19/2014 1:54:34 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	7 Recommendations Recommended By CHRIS LINELL HerbVic i-node Jeff Hayden JP Sullivan and 2 more members Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 213176

Ryan, a few years ago when my two year contract with my iPhone 3GS was up, I decided to switch to Android. Among the reasons were: a) I felt Android would start becoming the industry leader vs. iOS, especially given its supposed "80% unit market share," (I now suspect that number may be inaccurate, but that's a different argument.) b) As a tech geek, I felt that controllability and UI customization was more important than an all too easy-to-use interface. c) I was getting my wife an iPhone 4S, so getting Android for myself meant that we can have both in our household. Long story short, I had nothing but problems with my Android phone (Moto Droid Bionic). The UI customization was nice, but it was also necessary as my phone came with sooooo many garbage apps, I have to prune down what I saw on my main screens. The phone crashed one a week on average, and I even had to do a complete reset twice. The contacts that were imported from my iPhone 3GS to my Android were imported the wrong way, and it took me a week of researching on Google before I figured out a workaround. The battery life was abysmal. And finally the LTE service was spotty at best. After a year of this nonsense, I finally gave up my Android and switched to iPhone 4S. Sure, I gave up some of the snazzy features of the Android UI, but the bottom line of iPhone is this: It Just Works Period Tenchusatsu