Comments on: LG Officially Launches Optimus 3.0 UI for Ice Cream Sandwich, Their Classiest Skin Yet

By: Waleed Hilal Ezzy

Waleed Hilal Ezzy — Tue, 22 May 2012 20:51:00 +0000

i like the new ics blur ui on razr leak, its fast smooth n fluid, it gives u the closest feeling of running ics, its better than sense 4.0 and touchwiz,

By: fauxshizzl

fauxshizzl — Thu, 17 May 2012 16:43:00 +0000

Not going to argue with any of that.

By: Guest

Guest — Thu, 17 May 2012 16:43:00 +0000

Not going to argue with any of that.

By: Josh Groff

Josh Groff — Thu, 17 May 2012 13:54:00 +0000

On Verizon, Nexus is just a word and updates are unheard of. They force testing to the point where everything has to be perfect or they won’t release an update (and things still end up failing and never getting fixes.) You have 2 main choices with them, mod your phone or go to a GSM carrier if you want timely updates. As much as I hate that, they do have the best network, so I will deal with my stock rooted s-off Rezound, and if I have problems with the ICS update when it hits, I will revert to GB and seek options from the dev community (unless they somehow break s-off, which I don’t think is possible.)

By: Josh Groff

Josh Groff — Thu, 17 May 2012 13:40:00 +0000

“I have ever heard
say that people actually buy a phone because of a skin.” (certain UIs appeal to certain people, for example, I actually like Sense as the widgets are nice and when you’re de-bloated, it’s actually pretty quick, plus I can always get rid of it if I so wish.)

“no one wants a skin especially once they see what it costs
them in the end.” (Most people could care less what version of android they’re on, hell, my sister and parents can’t even tell you which android version they’re on.)

“The very thing your arguing Is the very thing that is killing
android. It’s def not pushing innovation I can promise you that.” (So, Google thought of swiping to dismiss individual notifications and having the option to end the call in the notification bar all by themselves? Pretty sure Motorola came up with the call end option, and not sure about the individual notifications, but I think that might have been Motorola as well.)

Also, there are optional launcher supplements if you want to get rid of a manufacturer UI on Google Play. (My sister actually uses GO Launcher instead of Sense sometimes.)

By: angermeans

angermeans — Thu, 17 May 2012 05:52:00 +0000

I am the same way. I purposely turn off all screen transitions on all my android phones and my MacBook pro. They do nothing but slow down the phone. I don even use widgets as they do the same and make the phone look much to cluttered for my taste. Android in general is getting long in the tooth to me. ICS finally adds some cohesiveness to the platform and it finally feels complete and is beautifully basic. No drop shadows or rounded corners, minimal screen transitions with the option of turning them off, and best of all all apps feel like it is coming from the same phone. Skins on the other hand completely feel out of place. They skin parts of android and leave others. HTC sense is the only skin I can stand and their icons are horrible and the overall feel of sense is ugly as hell and feels horribly incomplete. I want minimalism I don’t need flare.

By: angermeans

angermeans — Thu, 17 May 2012 05:46:00 +0000

I gotta hand one thing to you your the very first I have ever heard say that people actually buy a phone because of a skin. They don’t. Not even te average user does. They buy based on marketing, word of mouth, apps, facebook (unfortunately), and slightly specs. Not once have I heard wow I’m going to continue to buy [ insert random oem ] as their skin is so great. They are used as a differentiation and nothing more. They cause huge delays in updates and more often than not come with horrible bugs that keep most from ever buying that brand again. I hear it all the time especially when it comes to Motorola. People’s two year contracts are ending and most average consumers are getting iPhones as these skins and absent oem and carrier support is causing them to go elsewhere. Don’t be Nieves no one buys for a skin they may talk them selves into liking a skin because of not be willing to admit buyers remorse but no one wants a skin especially once they see what it costs them in the end.

The very thing your arguing Is the very thing that is killing android. It’s def not pushing innovation I can promise you that. The very little things it has offered to android that is different than stock are never added to the open source tree I can promise you that. They are not out to further android as a platforms they are out to make money and as much as they possibly can.

By: Azn_Android

Azn_Android — Thu, 17 May 2012 03:58:00 +0000

I’m a minimalist. Stock is great for minimalists like me.

By: Azn_Android

Azn_Android — Thu, 17 May 2012 03:52:00 +0000

Eugh… LG hire some designers… please. Your Asian models are nice but they don’t make up for your ugly UI and horrendous looking phones.. The only phone skin that I would touch is HTC sense 4.0 and only because it adds function while actually paying attention to aesthetic appeal unlike other manufacturers…

By: GNEX(MOTOX)

GNEX(MOTOX) — Thu, 17 May 2012 01:21:00 +0000

I want that wallpaper…anyone have? or link?

By: feztheforeigner

feztheforeigner — Thu, 17 May 2012 00:27:00 +0000

Not only that, but LG is pulling a me too approach with Samsung having just released everything on that list.

By: MKader17

MKader17 — Wed, 16 May 2012 19:47:00 +0000

I think you entirely missed my point. If companies want to make skins then do it. If people want to buy skinned phones then great, but by forcing skins on you they are LIMITING choice. If one could buy the same HTC device and turn on or off the skin then that is one more choice. It’s pretty obvious to me that if skins were useful then manufacturers wouldn’t have to force you to use it. I use the “My Verizon” bloatware not because they forced my phone to have it, but because I actually like it. If I had the choice to uninstall it then I wouldn’t call it bloatware.

But why not give other’s the choice to use what they want? I did buy a Nexus because it was not a skinned device. However, If Moto would let me root, ROM and drop the skin I would probably own a Maxx right now. It’s funny that people say that stock android is boring because all my friends with Android phones that aren’t technical complain about bloatware and unnecessary skinning and they don’t even know that its the manufacturer/carriers fault and not Android.

By: fauxshizzl

fauxshizzl — Wed, 16 May 2012 19:38:00 +0000

I don’t. But that does not negate the fact that they should have an option to be disabled in the menu. Is your caps lock button broke bro?

By: fauxshizzl

fauxshizzl — Wed, 16 May 2012 19:32:00 +0000

Just buy a Nexus? Nexus is just another word now. It lost the meaning once attached to it, and thus it is no longer a valid argument to say “just buy a Nexus.” The current “Nexus” on my provider hasn’t been updated since release and does indeed include bloat on it (regardless of how little.) There is no more “Nexus” unless you buy it from Google, which again my current carrier does not support. So although it is running stock Android without the skins, it is also the buggiest oldest version of it available. While current owners of it sit back and watch new phone after new phone come out with newer versions of Android installed out of the box waaaay a head of it. So please don’t prattle on about picking one of them up. Also don’t even attempt the “put a custom ROM on it” approach either. The day I am required to seek out random software on the internet to get my phone to work the way it was advertised will be a cold one.

By: Josh Groff

Josh Groff — Wed, 16 May 2012 19:25:00 +0000

Carrier forces the bloatware, skins give freedom of choice, if you want sense, buy an HTC, if you want stock, buy a Nexus. I guess you cannot comprehend that such a thing is possible, and thus you’re forced to use sense instead of stock somehow. It’s not shoved down your throat, it’s a choice that you make upon purchasing the phone…

If you don’t want sense or whatever, don’t buy a skinned phone, but other people do actually like skins and being able to choose between manufacturers in order to find a skin they like.

Also, like my family, a lot of people aren’t very technical and don’t mess with third party launchers in order to change the UI, so they actually like having a choice.

You claim to support choice yet bash on people’s rights for a pre-skinned phone that they choose, yes, a pre-skinned phone is a choice, I know it’s hard to believe.