Because of the lag, you accidentally dial someone.
(yes I know, the 300 baud modem reference will be lost on many here, but the other old farts will remember them too - perhaps not fondly)
OTD- Hello
I'm curious....why no task killer?
OTD- Hello
I'm curious....why no task killer?
I think Carmen's times are high. I have to wonder why it is taking her phone so long to open some of these apps
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I also have to say that some people may just have bad phones. There may be something that is just not running right on them. Bad chips, bad ram, bad rom, etc could cause a serious problem with someone's phone. Not bad enough to make it just stop, but bad enough to slow it down a whole bunch.
Carmen, I'm going to chuckle in your general direction now...
Is 3 seconds to install a new app a 'lag' in your opinion, or were you just stating how long it took? Considering that the application has to come from somewhere (might be the UK, the US, China - who knows where it is) travel through hundreds(thousands?) of miles of wire, maybe bounce off a satellite or two, then radio-wave itself down to your phone, passing through clouds, rain, buildings and your body to be downloaded into your phone, and THEN it actually starts the install process in your phone.
Maybe it's just me, but I'm OK waiting a few seconds for all of that to happen.
Of course, I'm an old fart, I remember 300 baud modems and dial-up connections...
(yes I know, the 300 baud modem reference will be lost on many here, but the other old farts will remember them too - perhaps not fondly)
"..bad ram, rom, chips, etc.. "
There ya go.. so when we do see people posting stuff like, "everybody with an Eris has these problems" we can toss that nonsense, but it is possible that some problems are not user-induced (the cause of 90% of device probs, imo) and are in fact quality control problems at the various mfgs, assembly places and even shipping (lack of temperature, humidity control, etc).
Yeah I have no idea what baud modems are
and isn't dial-up like AOL that makes the weird screeching noise when it loads up? My grandma used to have internet like that and it was annoying because if someone called, it would knock you offline sometimes haha
I'm not saying it is a fact, only that it is a possibility.
LOL tears in my eyes at that description.
At one point in time you had to write letters to people. The lag on that was like...a half hour to write a page. And then it took like...a month to get to whoever you were writing to and another month to get back.
Remember that despite the 1-2 second lag, YOU ARE ACCESSING FEATURES OF THIS DEVICE THAT WOULD OTHERWISE BE IMPOSSIBLE! YOU ARE LOOKING AT THE INTERNET (which is a small miracle in and of itself). ON A PHONE! YOU ARE SENDING SMALL DIGITAL LETTERS TO PEOPLE AT HUGE SPEEDS! YOU CAN HEAR ANOTHER PERSONS VOICE!!!!!
The stuff it takes you 1-2 seconds to access used to not only be impossible to do, but impossible to dream about.
"..bad ram, rom, chips, etc.. "
There ya go.. so when we do see people posting stuff like, "everybody with an Eris has these problems" we can toss that nonsense, but it is possible that some problems are not user-induced (the cause of 90% of device probs, imo) and are in fact quality control problems at the various mfgs, assembly places and even shipping (lack of temperature, humidity control, etc).
Devices are made on assembly line, by machines, why would some be better than others. Wouldn't it be more likely the software? I can see this argument if our phones were hand made but that is simply not the case.
Could be more perceived user experience than anything. I would think people with more experience with electronics and computers wouldn't have such a great experience.
Yes indeed. Testify, brother.
Now, about those "android rocks" mentioned below your user name; pics please.
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