Re: Basic difference between Ipad and Samsung pad
Actually that's quite a true statement, most hardcore Apple users don't care or want to know about other tablets...
Personally i'm not bothered about tablets because i love my Alienware laptop beast. I have managed to get a discount of 50% on a tablet so i thought i would get one..
So i had a browse around the shops, the main ones they had were the Samsung and the iPad. At first looking at the Samsung i was quite impressed with the screen, played around with it. Then i played with the iPad. As nice as the Samsung screen is it just didn't have the smoothness, response or the fluidness when swiping or scrolling with the iPad. This was an Air 2 so i can't comment on other iPad screens or can i comment on other makes of tablets, however the other tablets would want to be very good to compete with it. Also i like the feel and build of the Air 2 so i decided without doubt to go for it.
As a tablet, the iPad I think is without peer from a hardware perspective... By that I mean the build quality, the materials, the way it is put together, the screen quality, etc... The flagship Android tabs are nice, and many of them have more power and better features, but I haven't seen one that is put together as well as the iPad.
My biggest gripe with Apple, is the OS. The tablet is "smoother", because there is very little going on... There are no widgets, there is no real time data or true multitasking going on, etc.. It is Windows 3.11 versus Windows 7, as far as a UI goes. It got a little better when Apple copied Android's notification system, but the desktop environment is still a very rudimentary and static environment. So it better be smooth, as it is just sitting there doing pretty much nothing.
The lack of customization annoys me. Why, in 2015, can we still not arrange icons the way we want? You can move them to different screens, or make some folders, but again, like Windows 3.11, that's it. I have Microsoft "Outlook Web App" installed to access my work email. The icon simply says "OWA". Why the hell can't I rename that icon to "Outlook" or something like that?
These are not crazy and off the wall things here... Wanting to arrange your icons a certain way, like maybe around the border, so that the pic of your kid that is your wallpaper isn't so obscured.
It's a lit of little things like that, I think, that take away from the device. Overall I still like it... I returned my laggy Mini 2 Ret and spent more money on not only an iPad Air 2 64GB, but I picked up a second one as well... So I am not "Bashing Apple"...
But I think it is important to point out the flaws and where the competition is better, as that helps companies be better. If everyone just ignores the warts on the product and silently throws down their $500 cash every 12 months when Apple releases a barely updated version of what you already own... then there is little incentive for them to improve their products. They will do the bare minimum to get your continued business.
That's the problem I have with true fanboys or lifestyle brands, be it Apple, or Harley Davidson...
I am a huge Android fan, and yet I have an iPad, and I use Linux and Windows, and I have even installed OSX to my gaming PC. I don't have this blind loyalty to any brand, and I have never camped out in line to get a stupid phone.
Apple has listened in some areas, hence their borrowing certain features from Android, including larger screens and finally getting HD screens on the iPhone 6. 2-3 years late to the party, but better late than never, right? And the result? Increased sales and a slight bump in marketshare.
So they do listen, eventually, but only when enough people make some noise... Sitting there silently worshiping at the alter of Apple, doesn't push innovation.
I did a long write up of my iPad Mini Ret, posted in that section of this forum. I gave the good and bad of both, and said that while Android dominates the phone market, the tablet market is not as caught up and is not as polished, etc...
So while I have a team, I guess, I don't just cheer lead for them without question. I have had plenty of issues with Android products over the years, just as I had plenty of issues with iPhones over the years, which was why I finally pulled the plug and left Apple in the first place...
Only through competition and questioning the status quo, do companies and their products get better.
The iPad is a fantastic product, despite its limitations... But iOS is clearly holding it back, because this tablet could be so much more...
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