XPost: comp.mobile.android   
   From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 20/02/2019 06.11, Unlisted wrote:   
   > Are the Apple I-phones easier to use than Android phones?   
   >   
   > I'm elderly and although I have used computers for 28 years, I have   
   > built my own computers, and installed many Windows operating systems.   
   > But I can NOT make sense of my Android phone. I bought that smartphone   
   > almost a year ago, and it is the most complicated and hard to use piece   
   > of electronics I have ever touched. After several months of trying, I   
   > resorted back to a plain flip phone, which is what I now use. This   
   > Android phone is now nothing more than a costly MP3 player. (I removed   
   > the SIM card, then copied all my MP3s from my computer, to a SD card,   
   > and put that card in the phone).   
   >   
   > I really dont need all the stuff on smartphones. But I did want a little   
   > more than my flip phone. Although the Apple phones are more costly, I   
   > would be willing to spend the money if I could actually get some use out   
   > of a smartphone, and be able to understand it easily.   
   >   
   > Android is about the most user UNFRIENDY operating systems I have ever   
   > used. Much of this is because it is full of icons that dont really mean   
   > anything to me, and there is not even a glossary showing what they mean.   
   > Even my cheap flip phone has a glossary for the icons. If Android had   
   > anything to offer, at least it could be switched to text to replace the   
   > icons, such as Windows allows.   
   >   
   > I tried, and tried real hard to learn how to use that phone, but I gave   
   > up because all it did was frustrate me.   
   >   
      
   I know people with no computer experience at all that manage fine with   
   their Android phones. The stats show how popular they are, which denies   
   your claim of it being unfriendly.   
      
   You just have to approach them with an open mind.   
      
   There is an "android phones for dummies" book that is actually quite   
   good. If you have problems with Android, that's your route.   
      
   --   
   Cheers, Carlos.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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