this is almost the same thing posted this morning

not a fan... just respect her and like her blog cos she is not biased and knows tech well unlike most of naija tech android phone users bloggers. fan is not just the right word to use

Turks:
First - 1200


Using a Lumia 730 at the mo

nokia 6230i


also using a lumia 730 currently

everyday nollywood give funny titles concerning what is happening to thier movies. but i have never seen
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"OUR GOVERMENT IS MAD"
cos we need a movie for this.

blackweaver:



You make very intelligent points and I can respect that. However there is one point you're not factoring :
When windows phone first came out, a number of the major phone vendors jumped on, nobody wanted an Android only monopoly or an Android / iOS duopoly. However, because of poor sales they started dropping winphone. And that was because most people didn't want widows phones. Only Nokia had some measure of success. If people had been able to customize certain things like the default ui, keyboard, browser etc, I'm pretty sure windows phone would have done better

i agree that people did not likr windows, but customization is not the issue. features is! and microsoft was and is still developing the os at a very slow rate.

rooshni:

Blackberry Z3

how did you try updating it since it does not browse?

konjinokillme:
Anyone? is it still working? Please how do i suscribe for airtel night plan?

*312#

mznel:
So you created this post To ask this rubbish question.
What happened to google, Abi you no get friends.
The kind nonsense posts I see on nairaland DiS days d tire me

easy on the dude

rooshni:
Please..i av been along glo network issue on my fone since last wk Monday, I can't browse with my fone...I called glo customer care n I was asked to update my fone OS. I tried to update it bt wasn't successful saying daris no enough space on d device...I did blackberry wipe on my fone still nt updating....pls I nid solution

what blackberry are you using?

greenhulk:


Oga leave nairaland if u can't stand people quoting u. Nobody said Tecno is not an excellent brand, I have commended the Phantom 6 and 6 plus in other threads, but for the Phantom 6 not to have a fingerprint scanner is a fail.. stop attaching too much sentiment to phones, they are just gadegts, use for while, dump and move to the next one.

infact that was the exact reason i dont like the phantom 6. and they now gave it dual camera i dont need and its 6 cores proccessor.

the bigger one (the plus) that has finger print scanner and 10 cores. is too big, ugly, and has lcd screen (while phantom 6 has AMOLED)

the both versions of the phone is not complete. so i can not buy the phone. and zero 4 is way too ugly.

offline chat make sense...

smh for the op. if you just learnt it, thats what you say.

so you finially changed your mind and gave us the full article

i have a friend who hates to use fingerprint. he said when his sleeping, his friends takes is finger and place it on his phone.
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UNLOCKED!!!

blackweaver:


Not sure I agree with the notion that android is more popular because it's open source. Symbian was open source before it died out, meego was open source too. Linux is an open source os, yet windows is far more popular.
I would say more of Google's ability to attract vendors to make android phone (which is where galaxy wave failed ), plus ease of development for the platform (which is where Symbian failed), plus ease of user customization (which is a major reason why windows phones never quite made it).
Yes I know lack of apps was also a factor, but apps are a chicken and egg situation. The more users you have, the more likely you are to have apps. And the more apps you have, the more likely you are to have users
Of course it also helped that google wasn't actually in the smartphone business, so they weren't in competition with their vendors

listen to me. in the area of windows, windows and mac came out before linux. windows was distrubuted to 3rd party OEMs that is why Windows became popular, along side apple mac os. linux came out much later. like sailfish or tizen os now than android and ios is already popular.

so forget pc

but how Andriod became popular than IOS? when apple released the iPhone in 2007 and latter called the OS IOS, every phone maker was looking for an OS to put in there phone to put up against the iPhone. then google annonced android os in 2008. normally each company would had continue to build its own OS from scratch would will take much longet than even 2009/2010. or since Android was free and "open source" and was built to some extent. these OEM can get android free! and edit it (open source) to use on thier own phones.

THIS IS HOW ANDROID BECAME POPULAR!

android did not become popular yesterday.

how ever some companies like nokia did not buy the idea. the went ahead to build thier own OS - meego which was debut on the nokia N9 in 2011. but meego was discontinued.

and symbian was not a top class mobile OS. like android and IOS. it was only made to look more modern like these OS's with symbian belle.

same for blackberry with blackberry 7.0 OS. until blackberry completed thier OS Blackberry 10 in 2012/2013. which was also discontinued last year 2015.

the story is toooo much to type. so i expect you to try and understand with my few words. but if you dont. you can go online and read about all the mobile os and every related article you can find. or drop you whats app number so i can send you a VN.

dear tecno. making your devices expensive puts you in the same market as these big companies. and you cant beat them.

nice bro. both you "pasted" it twice.

lalasticlala come and please move this to front page.

Cripstwick:

I also thought about it, but I read they can. Only need those gurus, thanks for the comment. Help spread.

your files can be recovered based on the level of damage on the sd card. they are few data recovery software for pc. some are free, some are paid. some might not work, some might. but start with recuva.

God2man:
I use infinix.

upload to YouTube and just paste the video link in your post.

hilaryitobore:


brotherly, how?

i swear i can remember my etisalat tells me who called when my phone was off.

maybe not 2006. but its for a very long time now, i was still in high school then.

dcommissioner:
nice move

this feature has been avaliable on all network since 2006!

blackweaver:


There's a particular way I like my phone looking; for instance, my home screen. I group my main apps a certain way, and for the rest, there's the app drawer. Yes I know the iphone has folders and all, but it's not enough. I have only 2 home screens and I want it that way. And I don't want all the icons cluttering my screen either



If you read my post properly, you would see that I said even if I did get an Iphone, it would never be my main phone. I didtn't say I would never use an iphone. And actually if I was to say the OS i'm a fan of, it would be Symbian, not android.



more popular than what? There are essentially 2 smartphone oses, the others are virtually nonexistent

I said "when it comes to customization, android has it"
Check my first post you quoted.

2. Symbian really? Your choice tho

3. Yes more popular than iPhone. But do you know the first reason Android is more popular than iPhone? It is "Android is open source". And android being open source is not an advantage to the consumer over the iphone. That's is what I mean. But the OP was clearly stating advantages of android over the iPhone. Like saying android has multiple connection options and iPhone does not have Bluetooth.

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What I was just about to open a tread about.

asifawarley:
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Custom ROM is one the best things done on Android Phones nowadays.

Advantages Of Custom ROM

• You will have the updated version of your Android Device.
• Speed will increase.
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• Your must root and install CWM Recovery(Hold Power button + volume up) on your Android device.
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Disclaimer : We are not responsible for any damage or brick so, use wisely.
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It is not in every case or every custom rom that speed increases, features are added and network signal is boosted. Also to mention you might lose some feature.

The phone is big and ugly. Turn off.

Look for the apk for the latest version and install it. Do the same for google services

oluwadaemilola:

Which iphone are you using btw
NaijaTechGuy which phone you dey use

I'm not using an iPhone. I'm using a Lumia 730. The fact I defended iPhone does not mean I'm using am iPhone. I have used all the OS. And I am not biased in comparison cos I actually speak about what I know. Rather than what I heard like some tech people.

oluwadaemilola:

Which iphone are you using btw
NaijaTechGuy which phone you dey use

If WhatsApp owners could sell WhatsApp. There is nothing that can't be sold...

Except for snapchat

blackweaver:


Personally, I believe that for most people, there's no one phone that has everything that a person would like in a phone. At the end of the day it depends on what you feel gives you the best of both worlds. If every android phone released each year was a samsung S series, or even made only by samsung, IOS would probably be at least almost as popular if not even more popular (that was the reason why samsung wave phones weren't so popular despite being as customizable - not everyone wants to be stuck to one phone vendor); but because of the variety of devices, people who have a low budget can buy a cheap android phone, those who want certain specs would buy phones with those specs. When the OP was talking about variety, that's what he meant.



I think you miss a major reason a lot of people use android. It isn't about fixing an issue, it's about getting your phone to do what you want it to do the way you want it to do - not necessarily the way the manufacturer says it should be done. I for one won't use an iphone as my main phone even if I got one for free, why? Because it would frustrate me to no end, I don't have the kind of choice I have with android. For the same reason, I won't use the windows phone. Besides software updates are overrated. I currently have a phone running cyanogenmod that can be updated that can be upgraded to the version that corresponds to android 7 but i'm not going to upgrade to it yet; why? Because there is a particular system framework that is important to me and until it supports android 7, i'll pass. Agreed with an Iphone, I can get the latest update; but I hope I can just as easily go back to the previous version (I did that when I first got marshmallow on my phone until I got another update that worked better for me)



I think the article was actually more about which is more popular , rather than which is better and why it is so. That said, I don't fully agree with everything the OP posted either

1. it seems like what you wrote is in defence to the op but what ypu said is actually diffrent what what the op said. of course that was the point he was tryin to make and i already corrected him. and you quote me to tell me the same thing i already said "people prefrence" so really what are you tryna do?

2. can you please givee an actual example of what you want to do with android the way you want and not the way the manufacturer said it should be. that cant be done on an iphone?
the problem here is that like you said, you have and will never use an iphone, therefore, you're talking from a biased point. i have used all, iPhone, Andriod and im currently using Windows. i can state the advantages and disadvateges of all. i am not baised because im a fan of non. and you are a fan of android.

3. more popular is just the title of tread. but the content of the tread, the op was stating the upsides of android and downsides of iphone. thats advantages and disadvantages. i can write a full article on why amdroid is more popular without metioning the iphone.

oluwadaemilola:

By my estimation Nairaland is worth about 120m if not more
If you can give him like 200 he will surely sell
But he'll probably use the money to start another forum and compete with you
Osewa na smart guy

Na too small. Even me I won't sell nl.

2 billion dollars!!!

Seun would sell NL and retire from IT
Trust me.

oluwadaemilola:
PhonePlanet look at it
One of the strong points of Android has always been the level of customization it allows. While Apple wants to keep control of default apps in order to maintain a homogenous software and hardware experience, Android lets you pick your own level of customization. This extends all the way from simple things like live wallpapers, to alternative keyboards, to custom ROM installs.Detractors will always say only hardcore geeks care about this level of customization, but at the shallow end of the pool this isn’t true. Plenty of iOS users loved it when Apple started allowing third-party keyboards and basic widgets, and that on its own is proof that this flexibility is what people want.Some manufacturers are even allowing complex hardware customization. Motorola has Moto Maker, LG has replaceable leather back plates, as does Xiaomi. Those are just a few examples of something Apple will never do for you. Consider yourself lucky to have champagne gold and rose gold available… that is pretty revolutionary for Apple.
Customization that's my favorite part of Android devices which is something you can't get on ios
I hope i made sense
Peace

I agree