They are getting better though. HTC One, Moto X, Xperia Z all are very well built and on par with the iphone. I love the aesthetics of my HTC One and many people i show it too (including iphone users) think the same.
I love the HTC One, but sadly it's not available for my network(T-mobile equivalent of Canada). So I am really pissed of at these companies for making identical phones and two versions.
I mean the phone costs upwards of $600 and they are going to make two almost identical versions of the same fucking phone. Doesn't that have anything to do with how much it costs.
I am settling with Nexus 4 primarily because I will be able to at least run Ubuntu on it and leave Android just because everything about the platform is garbage. From the development environment, to the UX, to involvement in community, to all the shady things vendors are pulling(I'm looking at you Qualcomm), and especially now it's got backdoors in it for sure.
I swear if there is one thing I want to do with the rest of my life it's start developing tech to tear down the Berlin wall of technology that these vendors have.
They have been holding back innovation since their inception. Restricting our choices because supposedly they know better.
I mean the phone costs upwards of $600 and they are going to make two almost identical versions of the same fucking phone. Doesn't that have anything to do with how much it costs.
I am settling with Nexus 4 primarily because I will be able to at least run Ubuntu on it and leave Android just because everything about the platform is garbage. From the development environment, to the UX, to involvement in community, to all the shady things vendors are pulling(I'm looking at you Qualcomm), and especially now it's got backdoors in it for sure.
I swear if there is one thing I want to do with the rest of my life it's start developing tech to tear down the Berlin wall of technology that these vendors have.
They have been holding back innovation since their inception. Restricting our choices because supposedly they know better.