Flashback: thanking Android Jelly Bean for the buttery interface and multimedia improvements
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- Anonymous
- Skb
- 12 Jul 2021
I still have my old Samsung Galaxy Nexus from 2012. Still works like new
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- bi-js
- 0Cn
- 12 Jul 2021
My first android phone had JellyBean.
Even it has 0.5GB of RAM, was one of the smooth phone of that time!
Now my Phone has 8GB RAM, I wonder how fast technology evolved.
I always love customizations of Android_OS since then.. :)
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- Anonymous
- P$I
- 12 Jul 2021
Kamui, 11 Jul 2021I recently buyed an Galaxy S2 T-Mobile version, but tjis li... moreRecent 100$ or even 70$ phones are much better deals.
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- zillion
- Khs
- 12 Jul 2021
I remember start using an android after many years before I am a blackberry superfans with my last Blackberry device, Dakota. My first android device was samsung galaxy s4. I'm not sure what it's android version. First time using full screen android, it makes me doing so much typos for typing messages because I'm more pleased and comfortable with 'real' physical keyboard on Blackberry device many years. Even I still keeping my 2 Blackberry devices, Blackberry Torch 2, 9810 and Dakota, 9900 as collection and still working great until now. For samsung s4, hmm.. I lost it after accidentaly I've drop it on the lake. Since then, I never use samsung device anymore and now I using Mi 11. LOL..
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- Anonymous
- Dk5
- 12 Jul 2021
Kingslayer, 11 Jul 2021It's good that Google will soon do 5-year updates like... moreIts easier to give os updates in apple coz its highly restrictive and just optimised for apple only but android is open source platform with lot of oems and third party apps
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- hareesam
- tet
- 12 Jul 2021
I still remember the good old days. Project butter was good and all but still even the flagships stuttered and lagged when compared to iphone. I remember rooting the phone and increasing the entropy to make the phone feel smoother and playing with different kernels and custom roms to make the phone feel smoother.
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- Anonymous
- nYE
- 12 Jul 2021
When I hear Jelly Bean or KitKat it reminds me of my Nexus 4 I had back then.
Awesome times, great phone and the reason I went from iPhone to android.
Also the first time In learned having a large powerbank is a must because on 3G, that Nexus 4 got 2.5 hours of OST on a good day...
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- The Droid
- XZe
- 12 Jul 2021
Jellybean OS is my first Android phone, I use LG Optimus L1 II E410, although the screen is small but maybe it's still worth screen at that time, the phone is light to hold even in my pocket, yes the phone is good for multimedia and the battery is not too wasteful opened, but some bugs do exist in LG L1 phone, maybe it's part of my memory with jellybean OS android phone.
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- Willz
- Nue
- 12 Jul 2021
Almost 10 years down the line but iOS is still struggling to match or even have some of the features here.
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- Manny Zero
- CGH
- 12 Jul 2021
I remember using a Tecno phantom a+ as my first android phone
It had jellybean 4.2, but sadly it fell into water, crushed it's screen and is even missing now. I miss it badly.
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- Corporal Clegg
- L}i
- 12 Jul 2021
I still have my Xperia S with Jelly Bean 4.3, it's still used sometimes since I can use its micro-HDMI port to connect to a non-smart TV and then play YouTube on said TV.
- Kingslayer
- 0fW
- 11 Jul 2021
It's good that Google will soon do 5-year updates like Apple does. Sometimes Apple will give their device even 6 updates. But apps on Android will run longer on older versions.
So say Apple gives us 5 years + another 3 years for your apps still run on whatever iOS you are on. Google actually gives us longer duration to use our phones. It's 5 years + another 7 running on that old software. That's 8 years vs. 12 years.
Soon enough, many iOS users will need iOS12 to update a certain app. While I could play Oddmar on Marshmallow from 2015, I needed iOS12 from 2018 as minimum to run it on iPhone. This is where Android wins in my mind. You are not forced to update your firmware sooner to run those apps.
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- Kamui
- P1k
- 11 Jul 2021
I recently buyed an Galaxy S2 T-Mobile version, but tjis little boy came with Ice Cream installed. I updated to Jelly Bean, and become more useful and speedy, but it will be saved in the record vault.
And, Jelly Bean is like the Windows 7, harder to forget, easy to remember.
- Kingslayer
- IbE
- 11 Jul 2021
* no later than 2025.
I use the Dasher app daily. On Android, bare minimum is Lollipop from 7 years ago. But on iPhone, I probably need iOS11 or higher. A firmware from just 4 years ago.
As much as I defend iPhone here, this is why I still prefer Android. And I need to create a hotspot daily as I use multiple phones daily. On Android, my other phones connect easily and they don't disconnect as quickly as an iPhone. On iPhone, I need to switch the toggles on and off for my other phones to connect again. Really lame.
To create ringtones for iOS, I need to download GarageBand which is over 1 GB and do like 5 steps to create a 30 second ringtone. On Android, I just go to my music player app and there is an option to make that song a ringtone. Oh, well. None of them are perfect. No perfect phone but you can create a perfect TEAM of phones.
- Kingslayer
- IbE
- 11 Jul 2021
I believe each version of Android can be supported at 8 to 10 years. One thing I love about Android over iOS is much older versions of its firmware can still run modern apps. Like Mario Circuit could still run on my Nexus 4 on KitKat. With iPhone, you only have a 4-5 year window. Sometimes even less. Any iPhone at iOS10 or below is already screwed as you will start missing out the app updates.
I believe my Pixel 3 and Essential Phone which I kept on Pie (2018) can probably still function properly by 2028. But I should be upgrading couple years before that no later than 202y Phones can last a long time. Just proper care, replace battery, clean cache, etc. The beauty of Android is the ability to sideload older apks to run on older firmware.
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- Florin
- d%T
- 11 Jul 2021
I still occasionally use a motorola razr maxx, this phone is still unique and stands away in the crowd
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- Anonymous
- Kxe
- 11 Jul 2021
I still have a functional Jelly Bean device, Samsung Galaxy Grand Neo. Never updated, it stays at 4.2. I used that as daily driver from 2014 to 2018, when I moved to Xiaomi Redmi Note 5. Then it passed to my mom, who used it up to May this year. She used it primarily for Whatsapp. So, 2014 to 2021 of active use. Its age has been showing, with abysmal battery (need to be charged 4 times a day if used with data on), often lags, and sunken volume and power buttons, but otherwise still manages to scrape by.
It's the last phone with 16:9 screen I have. Nowadays the phone is used just to play older games, like the original Bartender Mix Genius, occasionally.
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- Anonymous
- xq5
- 11 Jul 2021
Android was good. Android is amazing. Android will be even better. iOS is pretty much the same complicated OS with many limitations.