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Stop stroking yourselves off. iOS 4 has not supported true multitasking, even though technically the OS can and will. iOS only permits system applications to multitask. All other applications when you leave them, will be erased from the RAM and then their state is written to disk. Only what is best described as a Unix daemon can run in the background. The best equivalent desktop analogy is like saying that if you minimize a youtube video, the video immediately will stop playing. Android doesn't do this. While you can have a background service like iOS, when you press the home key or the back button it will keep the entire application itself in the background until the memory manager determines that it is no longer needed, at which point the process will release everything back to the system and shut down, or in low memory situations, is killed automatically by the system. The service will continue as it always has unless in an extreme low memory situation. [url]http://www.pcworld.com/article/199891/geek_101_android_and_ios_multitasking_compared.html[/url] It's a subtle difference that means there is reduced functionality. iOS' other version of multitasking wasn't multitasking and can only be described as saving the state of the application and then erasing the application from the RAM. The problem with Apple is that large hardware strides, while great for stroking off fanboys, is just a bad idea because of how technology works. If the iPhone 5 releases now, it will be without a quadcore SoC and with no integrated LTE baseband which drastically reduces power consumption. If they wait until these start shipping, they will end up delaying their entire line and having to trundle on with a phone that is almost worthless in true hardware value, and completely miss the holiday season. Meanwhile Android manufacturers will be making their phones now that will be as good as their iPhone 5 equivalent, and then immediately to upgraded phones as new hardware comes out. 2 GHz Samsung SoCs, 2.5 GHz Qualcomm S4 SoCs, all in dual and quad core variants, can be expected soon. Samsung already has production capacity and most likely is making 1280x720 displays for screen sizes of 4.3 and 4.5 inches. 1.5 Ghz dual cores will most likely be commonplace by October for top end smartphones. If Apple brings a 1 Ghz dual core A5 to the game, then they'll find themselves putting in too little, too late for an entire year. Meanwhile, the Nexus Prime will be coming in October with a 1.5 Ghz dual core that can easily be overclocked to 1.8 GHz, a 720p screen that will, absolutely will destroy the iPhone 5 in color, response times, viewing angles, battery consumption, and brightness/contrast, and ship with 2.4/4.0. The sad part is that the Nexus Prime isn't the only one, HTC will be sending off the HTC Vigor to Verizon with a 720p PVA derivative screen, 1.5 GHz dual core, and LTE, the Amaze 4G with HSPA+ to T-Mobile with equivalent spec, and the Holiday to AT&T. Apple simply cannot beat Android in hardware. THIS IS SRS BUSINESS IT'S NOT FUNNY :saddowns:
[QUOTE=Billiam;31796007]It's not incorrect in saying that the only reason one would buy an Apple product is because of the aesthetics.[/QUOTE] Final Cut Pro and all that junk [editline]19th August 2011[/editline] Also, I get a free MacBook Pro from the school I'm starting on monday, that technically makes me an apple user.. Does that make me a faget?
ios keeps them in ram you duffer. Get a jailbroken ios device, and get an app that let's you see ram usage. Open any app, then close it and youll see that the ram usage stays the same, until you close it completely from the multitasking panel.
[QUOTE=Dppdy;31812479]ios keeps them in ram you duffer. Get a jailbroken ios device, and get an app that let's you see ram usage. Open any app, then close it and youll see that the ram usage stays the same, until you close it completely from the multitasking panel.[/QUOTE] Either way doesn't solve anything, it's frozen and cannot actually do anything except for a few specific functions. [url]http://www.pcworld.com/article/199528/multitasking_with_ios_4_is_horrible_apple_blew_it.html[/url] Not to mention the "task manager" is a bitch and a half to use, how is it a good idea to spend 5 seconds tapping like you're trying to get a girl off to close all apps? Why isn't there a "remove all" from RAM? iOS needed to have multitasking from the start with all applications, and the ability to just flick a switch to turn it on with all applications being able to implement it. They're playing catchup now. iOS 5 may bring new things, but it's already been done with Android and more refined in Android. Android does everything iOS does and quite honestly translates better for people using a desktop or laptop. The UI just makes sense. You unlock your phone, and you get a clock widget with the weather, maybe a social update, some at a glance stuff. With some custom UIs, you see the weather or some other information at the lock screen. You have a few other screens with more information. The news, Facebook statuses, Twitter. Maybe a to-do list, or a note for you to quickly write a reminder to yourself. Most everything you use will be on the homescreens. If you need something more, you just go to the app drawer and get the application you're looking for. Or just use the search on your phone to find it. With Windows, it's much the same. Your desktop has some widgets for some at a glance information, and commonly accessed programs neatly put on the desktop. Notifications are unintrusive, at the taskbar. You open the start menu if you need something more, and if you want you can either browse through All Programs or you can search it. Seeing as how Windows is pretty much the operating system that most people use, Android does much of the same in a mobile package. I've never used Mac OS X for an extended amount of time so I won't pass judgment here. [editline]18th August 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=Eric95;31811946]Final Cut Pro and all that junk [editline]19th August 2011[/editline] Also, I get a free MacBook Pro from the school I'm starting on monday, that technically makes me an apple user.. Does that make me a faget?[/QUOTE] If you get one for free then it's reasonable. Actively buying one and trying to be elitist does.
Youtube loads fine for me, I don't know what that dude is talking about but he is wrong.
What is it with Android fanboys and hardware? For all the raw power in newer Android devices they still have trouble beating the iPhone. It would be pitiful if they didn't considering how long it's been since it came out. Your OS sucks and every time a new iPhone comes out you'll be left in the dust for another year. I'm sorry.
[QUOTE=Hunt3r.j2;31812828][quote]Does that make me a faget[/quote] Actively buying one and trying to be elitist does.[/QUOTE] You mean like you and android
[img]http://www.trolledbot.net.nyud.net/pix/2786.jpg[/img] How about no.
3 months later google releases a 'better' version that's only better when you hang a bunch of doohickeys off of it
[QUOTE=Dppdy;31813056]You mean like you and android[/QUOTE] No like you and your snide remarks.
Heheh yes Apple fanboys at my school can shut up now
Serves them right... karma is a bitch ain't it apple? All we need now is for every company that apple has sued in the past to counter-sue. [editline]19th August 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=Nathax;31813035]What is it with Android fanboys and hardware? For all the raw power in newer Android devices they still have trouble beating the iPhone. It would be pitiful if they didn't considering how long it's been since it came out. Your OS sucks and every time a new iPhone comes out you'll be left in the dust for another year. I'm sorry.[/QUOTE] I love how you are trying to say that slower hardware is better then quicker hardware because of an operating system.
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