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I went Moon+ as well on my Nexus but I'm currently looking for a better option as it just wont show me the series info on my files which is pretty vital to me as I usually just read big series of books. I'm also having issues with it turning pages correctly sometimes it goes page forward and sometimes page backwards with the same gesture I really don't rate it very high so far.
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I tried out all of the Android reader apps and settled On Moon+Reader. I like to support developers when I like their apps, as it keeps them going a lot of times, so I ended up buying the Pro version.
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If the new HTC One had an SD slot, removable battery and supported OTG cables for digital audio on most portable DACs, I'd choose it over the S4 in a second.
My sense about the Galaxy S line's popularity is that it has to do with flexibility and reliability. People like me are willing to buy devices like the Note 2 despite the lack of style, not because we think the style is superior. The main thing that recommends Android in the first place is flexibility. The hardware which provides the most powerful and least locked-down Android experience is the one I'll always choose, and I doubt I'm alone in that. Truthfully, I hate to see Samsung triumphing over smaller companies. If only HTC would stop interpreting its customer surveys in terms of imposed limitations and add options instead -- particularly to their painstakingly confected hardware. Try playing with the new One for an hour and then choosing the S4 with no qualms whatsoever. It's a harder choice than you might think. Last edited by Prestidigitweeze; 04-25-2013 at 08:42 AM. |
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Yeah, me too. As long as they're not dreaming on the price I don't mind forking over a few dollars even if I don't need the additional features. |
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Samsung should have put the internal memory into the phones sooner -- that was one of the reasons I defected. I exclusively used Samsung branded phones for over 15 years until I finally decided that my faith was unfounded. My "smartphone" experience was unstable internet connectivity (Instinct, 2 years), poor reliablity and slow response (Moment, 1 year) and low internal memory (Epic 4G, 18 months). There were other issues, but those were the ones that prompted my upgrades. "Pretty" and "feature rich" doesn't do much for me if I'm always waiting on the phone to connect to the internet, perform some action or finish its random reboot. I heard about huge improvements in Honeycomb/Ice Cream Sandwich, but even though the Galaxy S phone product was less than two years old (my husband bought one on the day it launched), it did not get support for ICS. Because I didn't want to invest in yet another Samsung product if it was going to become obsolete before my contract term ended (again), as soon as my husband's contract was up, we upgraded both phones to 64GB iPhone 5s instead of the S3. I haven't sworn off Samsung. I am happy that Samsung is doing well and am honestly hoping that they keep it up so that I *can* come back (competition usually benefits the consumer, right?); I just can't afford to continue to buy a new phone every year (especially without the "upgrade the main line after one year" program.) Now that I have experience with both Android and iOS, I'm happy to use whatever seems most suitable at the time. However, after buying three phones (five if you count my husband's phones) in three years, I'm hoping to keep this current phone at least to the end of its two year contract (and preferably longer.) I see threads on other forums asking about the value of upgrading from an iPhone 3GS, which is the kind of longevity I'm looking for -- buying a new phone for new *features*, not because I am struggling with memory issues, spontaneous reboots and progressively poorer responses. If Samsung can get to that point (and possibly it has with the S3 -- it's too soon to tell) then I'll happily switch back when the S6 or S7 comes out. |
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