bappahman: What will a new android phone provide that my bb can't?

bappahman: I am long time bb user and I want to buy another smart phone...will love to know. What will a new android phone provide that my bb can't?

ammyluv2002: Test and see

Young po413: Apps,many apps,more apps nothing but apps.

If you can get a smartphone that runs on 4.4 kitty katt,it will be better for you,this latest version is very light and run smoothly with just 512 ram according to google,but from version 4.3 downward lags alot even with 2gb ram,it lag and lag and lag,so you wont enjoy your apps,many app and more apps!

bappahman: I am long time bb user and I want to buy another smart phone...will love to know. What will a new android phone provide that my bb can't?

henryskywalker2003:

Dude, you must be smoking some real potent shit to say that phones running 4.3 down lags a lot. This is what you get when the only android phone you've ever used is a chinko android.

@OP, as a user of the two phones, let me see if I can throw more light here.
Android is similar in function to Nokia Symbian of old. In that, it has great multi-tasking and tweakability. Pick any random android phone, go thru it, test out all the features. Is there any feature missing in it (that doesn't depend on a hardware component to be added)? I can bet you that there is an app for it already. Android is a world of possibilities. You get tons of apps to fit your daily need and most of them are for free. You are free to change any app that comes with ur phone by default (even system apps but that can cause ur phone to crash). Say for instance, you don't like the office app that came with ur phone, there are tons of free ones on the store. Are you a social junkie? Nothing fulfils your cravings like android. Take for instance, the facebook app can synchronise with your contacts and automatically update their numbers on ur phone with their facebook pics and updates. The contact app can sync your contacts between various social media networks and pull in updates for that contact so you can see your friend's facebook, twitter, instagram etc updates just by opening ur contacts. Is your phone unable to play some media files like asr, wav, divx, mkv? Have no fear. There are tons of free media players to suit ur needs (even vlc player is on android). Do you have multiple emails? No need to break the bank to subscribe to a bb package that allows multiple account. Your phone's default email app can handle all the popular email providers. Are you geek? Want to show off your geekry to ur friend, pick an android phone, install teamviewer and the login remotely to your pc over the internet and control ur pc. Install a terminal emulator and have a full blown shell at your fingertips. You can even use it to ssh/telnet into a device like a router and configure it. Don't want to lose ur bbm contacts? Have no fear, bbm is now on android too. Want to rush home to watch that crucial match but u're stuck in traffic? There're lots of free apps that enable u watch tv online. I can go on and on and on. But the best teacher is usually experience. I'll suggest you go for android but stay away from the china ones if you really want to enjoy your experience. Trust me, no matter the hype you hear about techno, gionee, infinix and co, it can't match the performance of devices from companies like sony, samsung, htc etc. If you are confused on which phone to get, you can tell me ur budget and I'll suggest one for you.

But on the "bad" side, due to the poor data services here, you'll have to spend more on buying data packages than u used to do while on a bb os 7.

Rowybest: get a blackberry 10 and experience the new blackberry. 4get any other andriod phone.

Young po413: Apps,many apps,more apps nothing but apps.

If you can get a smartphone that runs on 4.4 kitty katt,it will be better for you,this latest version is very light and run smoothly with just 512 ram according to google,but from version 4.3 downward lags alot even with 2gb ram,it lag and lag and lag,so you wont enjoy your apps,many app and more apps!

Young po413: Apps,many apps,more apps nothing but apps.

If you can get a smartphone that runs on 4.4 kitty katt,it will be better for you,this latest version is very light and run smoothly with just 512 ram according to google,but from version 4.3 downward lags alot even with 2gb ram,it lag and lag and lag,so you wont enjoy your apps,many app and more apps!

henryskywalker2003:

Dude, you must be smoking some real potent shit to say that phones running 4.3 down lags a lot. This is what you get when the only android phone you've ever used is a chinko android.

@OP, as a user of the two phones, let me see if I can throw more light here.
Android is similar in function to Nokia Symbian of old. In that, it has great multi-tasking and tweakability. Pick any random android phone, go thru it, test out all the features. Is there any feature missing in it (that doesn't depend on a hardware component to be added)? I can bet you that there is an app for it already. Android is a world of possibilities. You get tons of apps to fit your daily need and most of them are for free. You are free to change any app that comes with ur phone by default (even system apps but that can cause ur phone to crash). Say for instance, you don't like the office app that came with ur phone, there are tons of free ones on the store. Are you a social junkie? Nothing fulfils your cravings like android. Take for instance, the facebook app can synchronise with your contacts and automatically update their numbers on ur phone with their facebook pics and updates. The contact app can sync your contacts between various social media networks and pull in updates for that contact so you can see your friend's facebook, twitter, instagram etc updates just by opening ur contacts. Is your phone unable to play some media files like asr, wav, divx, mkv? Have no fear. There are tons of free media players to suit ur needs (even vlc player is on android). Do you have multiple emails? No need to break the bank to subscribe to a bb package that allows multiple account. Your phone's default email app can handle all the popular email providers. Are you geek? Want to show off your geekry to ur friend, pick an android phone, install teamviewer and the login remotely to your pc over the internet and control ur pc. Install a terminal emulator and have a full blown shell at your fingertips. You can even use it to ssh/telnet into a device like a router and configure it. Don't want to lose ur bbm contacts? Have no fear, bbm is now on android too. Want to rush home to watch that crucial match but u're stuck in traffic? There're lots of free apps that enable u watch tv online. I can go on and on and on. But the best teacher is usually experience. I'll suggest you go for android but stay away from the china ones if you really want to enjoy your experience. Trust me, no matter the hype you hear about techno, gionee, infinix and co, it can't match the performance of devices from companies like sony, samsung, htc etc. If you are confused on which phone to get, you can tell me ur budget and I'll suggest one for you.

But on the "bad" side, due to the poor data services here, you'll have to spend more on buying data packages than u used to do while on a bb os 7.

henryskywalker2003:

Dude, you must be smoking some real potent shit to say that phones running 4.3 down lags a lot. This is what you get when the only android phone you've ever used is a chinko android.

@OP, as a user of the two phones, let me see if I can throw more light here.
Android is similar in function to Nokia Symbian of old. In that, it has great multi-tasking and tweakability. Pick any random android phone, go thru it, test out all the features. Is there any feature missing in it (that doesn't depend on a hardware component to be added)? I can bet you that there is an app for it already. Android is a world of possibilities. You get tons of apps to fit your daily need and most of them are for free. You are free to change any app that comes with ur phone by default (even system apps but that can cause ur phone to crash). Say for instance, you don't like the office app that came with ur phone, there are tons of free ones on the store. Are you a social junkie? Nothing fulfils your cravings like android. Take for instance, the facebook app can synchronise with your contacts and automatically update their numbers on ur phone with their facebook pics and updates. The contact app can sync your contacts between various social media networks and pull in updates for that contact so you can see your friend's facebook, twitter, instagram etc updates just by opening ur contacts. Is your phone unable to play some media files like asr, wav, divx, mkv? Have no fear. There are tons of free media players to suit ur needs (even vlc player is on android). Do you have multiple emails? No need to break the bank to subscribe to a bb package that allows multiple account. Your phone's default email app can handle all the popular email providers. Are you geek? Want to show off your geekry to ur friend, pick an android phone, install teamviewer and the login remotely to your pc over the internet and control ur pc. Install a terminal emulator and have a full blown shell at your fingertips. You can even use it to ssh/telnet into a device like a router and configure it. Don't want to lose ur bbm contacts? Have no fear, bbm is now on android too. Want to rush home to watch that crucial match but u're stuck in traffic? There're lots of free apps that enable u watch tv online. I can go on and on and on. But the best teacher is usually experience. I'll suggest you go for android but stay away from the china ones if you really want to enjoy your experience. Trust me, no matter the hype you hear about techno, gionee, infinix and co, it can't match the performance of devices from companies like sony, samsung, htc etc. If you are confused on which phone to get, you can tell me ur budget and I'll suggest one for you.

But on the "bad" side, due to the poor data services here, you'll have to spend more on buying data packages than u used to do while on a bb os 7.

isidollarboy: bros I have a budget of 20k, what kind of HTC phone (UK used) would u recommend for me that runs on ics upwards

carr101: Once u go android u never go back...
Android is just the best

Rowybest: get a blackberry 10 and experience the new blackberry. 4get any other andriod phone.

Ziggyzito: I want to believe you know nothing about phones apart from flaunting it...