QUOTE(zorbyss. @ Jan 9 2014, 06:12 PM)
Being an android user with lots of surrounding iPhoners, they usually call me an Apple hater eventhough I've used iPad (lost it due to clumsiness). Sometimes its hard to explain to ppl this one simple question. "Why Android?"
Exactly.
Circumstances would only go worse when you mention the word "Nexus".
When ppl trying to ask you why do you choose Nexus?
I don't know why that's the most difficult thing I can ever explain about a phone. Prompt updates? ROMs...? Kernels...? Root...? Boot loader...? I would only say, Nexus can customize a lot and can tweak for good battery life.
Responses :
A. you sure boh...? Samsung cannot meh, also android mar!
B. Ohhh.... (Deep down there, I know they don't even understand a thing)
C. Cheh. iPhone also can jailbreak mar!
One thing about testing out experimental stuff on your phone, When you're trying to do something like keep rebooting to flash and wipe cache and datas. My friends would go like "eh, you sohai, spoil lo! Also don't know wtf you doing." Even mounting a pendrive. He would like "wa! Can put pen drive ar! You don't act pro ar!" They wouldn't understand and kept nagging about what you're doing, calling you a phone geek sometimes. In saying this, I'm not a pro at tech stuffs, but when their Epal Aifon gone into some serious mess, I'm always the one they call first.
Being a Android enthusiast can sometimes be "unique"?
Wonder anyone else have experiences like mine.

haha, IMHO ur way of explain not so accurate in term of nexus, the way your explain is more about android.
like the "you sure boh...? Samsung cannot meh, also android mar!"
Samsung also can costume rom to run vanilla

i think the better way to explain is that ...
Nexus is Google direct child, others is adopted.
others OEM take android and put in their bloatware that cosmetically and try to make the phone look nice ...
just like put a desktop x theme in windows 7 (make a analogy so they understand).
so when ever Google (windows 7) have a new version, desktop x will need to take the new version of win7 and do some compatibility test with their desktop x theme, then many month later only will release the new version of win7 with desktop x
where android run purely on the nexus, when Google release a new version, nexus is the 1st to get, no need to wait for months and months ....