Some people look at technology in terms of individual pieces: What type of processor does a new phone have? How high is its display resolution? How much power can its battery hold? 

Me, I’m more of a big-picture kind of guy. Individual pieces are fine, but I’m far more interested in what type of overall user experience those pieces add up to create — you know, what a device is actually like to use in the real world.

A lot of Android phones have the right pieces on paper, after all, but fail to create a cohesive or compelling overall user experience. It isn’t something that’s easy to get right; there’s no single spec or formula for such an abstract yet easily recognizable concept.

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