Great, but I don't care. I still have 1.0 on the ZTE. Sure, it's the manufacturer that won't update it, but it's your fault that you don't force the manufacturer to update it. Yes, it's a socio-political problem, not a technical one, but it's your biggest problem right now and it needs to be solved. Android has this problem too, but at least some devices are kept up to date.
> spent a couple of years using a $50 feature phone over 2.5G. And then picked up a Firefox OS smartphone for about $25 and compared them.
Funny you mention that, because that's exactly what I did. I had a $50 feature phone. It made calls, it made SMS, it was easy to type using T9. It even had Opera mobile, which sucked; wow, how much that sucked, but I did use maps on it once to find my way. Point is, this dumbphone was very reliable and very easy to use.
Now the ZTE open lags horribly even in the most basic usage. The touchscreen is so bad and the software response so slow it's really, really, really hard to type on it. It's way harder to use write an SMS compared to the old phone.
Yes, it has a browser, it renders so slowly and lags so much that I will never use it. I'd say the browsing experience is roughly at the dumbphone level quality. Yes, it renders pages better but it takes 5 times as long and then you can't scroll because it takes two seconds for the page to start moving.
The GPS won't work except in the widest of spaces, and the maps are so laggy and so slow, that I just gave up.
This phone is a scam. You brag about the list of features and how this will enable billions of people to do whatever, but it's not true. It won't enable anything, hardware is just too slow.
Please note I did't say anything about the software, which at least in 1.0 was horrible as well. I understand this is not a finished product and I accept the consequences, even if it means sometimes I can't make or answer calls. But this product will never work on low-end hardware.
Great, but I don't care. I still have 1.0 on the ZTE. Sure, it's the manufacturer that won't update it, but it's your fault that you don't force the manufacturer to update it. Yes, it's a socio-political problem, not a technical one, but it's your biggest problem right now and it needs to be solved. Android has this problem too, but at least some devices are kept up to date.
> spent a couple of years using a $50 feature phone over 2.5G. And then picked up a Firefox OS smartphone for about $25 and compared them.
Funny you mention that, because that's exactly what I did. I had a $50 feature phone. It made calls, it made SMS, it was easy to type using T9. It even had Opera mobile, which sucked; wow, how much that sucked, but I did use maps on it once to find my way. Point is, this dumbphone was very reliable and very easy to use.
Now the ZTE open lags horribly even in the most basic usage. The touchscreen is so bad and the software response so slow it's really, really, really hard to type on it. It's way harder to use write an SMS compared to the old phone.
Yes, it has a browser, it renders so slowly and lags so much that I will never use it. I'd say the browsing experience is roughly at the dumbphone level quality. Yes, it renders pages better but it takes 5 times as long and then you can't scroll because it takes two seconds for the page to start moving.
The GPS won't work except in the widest of spaces, and the maps are so laggy and so slow, that I just gave up.
This phone is a scam. You brag about the list of features and how this will enable billions of people to do whatever, but it's not true. It won't enable anything, hardware is just too slow.
Please note I did't say anything about the software, which at least in 1.0 was horrible as well. I understand this is not a finished product and I accept the consequences, even if it means sometimes I can't make or answer calls. But this product will never work on low-end hardware.