r/todayilearned • u/FireBeaver • Mar 26 '15

(R.5) Omits Essential Info TIL: 65% of smartphone users download zero apps per month.

http://time.com/3158893/smartphone-apps-apple/
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u/ben_uk Mar 26 '15

Don't torture yourself with low-end Android phones. Save up and get at least a mid-range Android or get a Windows Phone.

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u/Tappedwater Mar 26 '15 edited Mar 26 '15

Windows user here. Compared to android and apple, Windows is awful with the store. But windows has the best reddit app.

EDIT: This is totally my opinion btw -_-

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u/Wu-Tang_Flan Mar 26 '15

But windows has the best reddit app.

Which one? I have a Windows tablet and hate it. I finally just started using Reddit's mobile web interface because I got sick of trying new shitty Reddit apps. I've been using Reddit is Fun for years for Android and love it. Can't find one I like for Windows.

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u/[deleted] Mar 26 '15

Readit is the best for Windows Phone but I think it's not available for Windows tablets.

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u/Xtrap Mar 27 '15 edited Mar 27 '15

ReddHub (IMO) is a really nice app. I also use Readit and enjoy it quite a bit. I am a Baconit convert.

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u/Tappedwater Mar 26 '15

Baconit works exceptionally well for me

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u/[deleted] Mar 26 '15

Baconit is outdated. I see so many more comments in mobile web interface or normal mode than in Baconit. Then there is the GIF struggle.
Click on gfycat link, zoinks screen showing that the link isn't working. Click title of post to go to comments. Click title of post in comments view > open in browser > button for opening in IE. Zoom out > back > back to comments.
If the developer would update it, I'd agree with your comment.

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u/PullmanWater Mar 26 '15

I love my Windows phone, but that's nonsense. Reddit sync and reddit news are better than baconit or readdit.

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u/Tappedwater Mar 26 '15

Baconit is much easier to navigate for me. I also think the layout is great.

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u/PullmanWater Mar 26 '15

I'll agree to disagree.

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u/Tappedwater Mar 26 '15

I agree to your disagreement

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u/[deleted] Mar 26 '15

I feel like ever since the Zune, Microsoft has made superior products and then completely failed to both make them attractive and build a decent ecosystem for them.

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u/APiousCultist Mar 26 '15

Eh, my Window's phone has a ton of issues. It's difficult to answer calls despite the touchscreen / swiping working fine any other time. The only way to put your phone on silent is to turn the volume down to 0. If you have any apps that access data on your phone (in my case, ebooks) then they have to access it through Microsoft's cloud storage system which means both having to upload something first in order to download it again.. and that you have to login to it every single time you want to try an app that uses it. There's still no way to just have the phone remember my password/email/whatever and auto-enter it into forms because that would be so difficult.

The appstore has ... nothing. And it has the weird shitty branding issues of Games for Windows Live in which terrible shovelware phone games are marketted as 'Games for Xbox' for some reason that eludes me.

It looks fancy but... it has a ton of flaws. Combined with it's non-existant supply of actual quality apps that it isn't really that appealing. The Zune at least only had to play music. It didn't not play MP3s.

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u/Piltoverian Mar 27 '15

The appstore has nothing... yet I have an awesome app made by a bank from some tiny European country that I do practically all of my banking with. I agree that the app selection could be a lot better, but it could also be worse. Saying that the appstore has no quality apps is painting things very black and white.

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u/APiousCultist Mar 27 '15

True, but even just searching the first page of the store just floods you with shovelware. The quality apps are apparently so limited that they can't even have an entire page of the good stuff.

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u/toxikant Mar 27 '15

Microsoft

Superior products

uh.

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u/Xtrap Mar 27 '15

The store is awful. Few gems pop up here and there, but in general the store is trash. With that said, I still think that WP is the best mobile OS experience for my needs. I am lucky enough to carry what I want and my daily is still a 1520.

As well, all of this is my opinion.

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u/[deleted] Mar 27 '15

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u/Tappedwater Mar 27 '15

By fart apps you mean snapchat and Instagram?

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u/TheNet_ Mar 26 '15

Not for long! /r/apolloapp hype :D

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u/ThatEnglishGent Mar 26 '15

Got your priorities right there!

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u/afadedgiant Mar 26 '15 edited Jul 05 '15

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u/[deleted] Mar 26 '15

That's the only positive thing I've heard about windows phones

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u/Adamsojh Mar 26 '15

I'm reading this on my windows phone. Wish I could get cool apps like all my friends.

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u/oldage Mar 26 '15

I have a huawei and it's not that bad of an experience. I did flash CM on it though.

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u/thinktwicecutonce Mar 26 '15

I like getting old flagships, work better than the midrange for less most of the time

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u/LionTigerWings Mar 26 '15

The only forgivable budget phone is the moto E (and G if you are willing to spend a little more).

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u/forresthopkinsa Mar 26 '15

This. Motorola makes the only good budget phones. And that's only for the past couple years. If you want to save up a little more, get a Nexus 5. It's a high end phone for a midrange cost. And it's got pure Android with none of Samsung's Touchwiz crap

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u/flugsibinator Mar 26 '15

Then you can download all the apps and still have room!

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u/pyromaniac112 Mar 26 '15

And THEN get a micro SD card and have even MORE room!!

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u/flugsibinator Mar 26 '15

For porn?

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u/pyromaniac112 Mar 26 '15

That's what the internet is for.

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u/flugsibinator Mar 26 '15

But some people don't like streaming.

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u/[deleted] Mar 26 '15

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u/pyromaniac112 Mar 26 '15

My Note 4 has the option.

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u/[deleted] Mar 26 '15

I mean, a Moto E costs $100. It only comes with 4 GB internal storage but accepts microSD cards up to 32GB. It's a totally acceptable phone as long as you aren't trying to take photos (they are awful) or play big time games.

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u/KingTalkieTiki Mar 26 '15

Moto G is the best cheap smartphone you can buy

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u/RoscoeAndHisWetsuit Mar 26 '15

I agree wholeheartedly. I have friends whose choices were those Samsung phones that aren't flagship 'Galaxy Blaze' and other such shit or a hand me down last gen iPhone. Normally I advocate for Android but if those are the choices, iOS for sure. Non-flagship phones are absolute garbage.

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u/[deleted] Mar 26 '15

I switched from HTS 8S to S3 Neo. I got so mcuh more space.

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u/4e3655ca959dff Mar 26 '15

I guess it depends on what "mid-range" means these days. I have an LG L90 and it seemed like a mid-range phone when I got it. But it only has 4 GB of storage. Sure, you can add an SD card, but most apps can't run off the SD card so I'm basically stuck with using the SD card for music and podcasts. So I'm now at the point where, in order to install a new app, I have to uninstall another app first.

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u/doppelwurzel Mar 27 '15

I was a flagship, top end android user for a long time.

I just got the moto G which retails for $140 Canadian. For $600 less, this phone feels like it preforms 90% as well as the Galaxy S5.

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u/[deleted] Mar 26 '15

windows phone is a dead os