[ARCHIVED THREAD] - iPhone Vs. Android (Page 1 of 2)
Posted: 4/12/2011 6:38:05 AM EDT
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Having used Android platform phones, I prefer my iPhone4.
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My free samsung phone does phone calls, texts, MP3 and tells me the time. Meh My expensive HTC phone does phone calls, texts with images and hyperlinks, MP3 and tells me the time in 8 places at once 
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VZW iPhone 4 user here, and I love it! Android works, but I just didn't like it as much and there are way too many flavors of it. If they can ever unify and standardize it, they may have a winner. Until then they have a mess. I don't get the "fragmentation" argument. At least from a user's standpoint. How many cellphones do you use in a day? Probably just the one. Any platform fragmentation would be unknown to the average user. |
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VZW iPhone 4 user here, and I love it! Android works, but I just didn't like it as much and there are way too many flavors of it. If they can ever unify and standardize it, they may have a winner. Until then they have a mess. I don't get the "fragmentation" argument. At least from a user's standpoint. How many cellphones do you use in a day? Probably just the one. Any platform fragmentation would be unknown to the average user. Specifically from a user perspective, certain apps only work on certain OS versions and certain platforms. The biggest issue is that each manufacturer has their own flavor of Android and different OS update schedules. This is a major fail in my opinion. |
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VZW iPhone 4 user here, and I love it! Android works, but I just didn't like it as much and there are way too many flavors of it. If they can ever unify and standardize it, they may have a winner. Until then they have a mess. Please explain. Some companies choose to customize their UI (e.g., HTC using Sense), but I'm lost as to the too many flavors comment. There are numerous custom ROMs that you can apply to phones, but those are from independent people, google, who produces Android. This debate can easily be simplified as follows: do you want to be locked into apple's idea of what a phone/ui/etc. should be or do you want flexibility at the possible cost of a little stability. I went android, my wife gets the iphone. I like tinkering - phone/cars/guns/etc; the wife simply wants it to work and work every time. |
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Quoted: I have an iPhone4 Droid  that has replaced a laptop, cellphone, alarmclock/radio and an iPod.I'm happy with it. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile FIFY just got the xoom also - I'm down to almost never using my laptop (I'll still type on a computer.... until I get the xoom keyboard that is) |
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I'm pretty happy with my Droid X.
I don't really have any issues with iTunes, I don't really like though how Apple forces you to use it with their phone. And there's a couple things that bother me about the phone itself (no removal storage, no user replaceable battery). But Apple does something right, 'cause they sell the shit out of iPhones. That said, in the coming months once I get some other debt paid off, I'm gonna buy an Android powered LTE Verizon phone. Maybe by then the Droid Bionic will be out. |
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I'm pretty happy with my Droid X. I don't really have any issues with iTunes, I don't really like though how Apple forces you to use it with their phone. And there's a couple things that bother me about the phone itself (no removal storage, no user replaceable battery). But Apple does something right, 'cause they sell the shit out of iPhones. That said, in the coming months once I get some other debt paid off, I'm gonna buy an Android powered LTE Verizon phone. Maybe by then the Droid Bionic will be out. I was showing my Inspire to a coworker yesterday and he couldn't grasp the idea of a battery compartment door (guess which phone he uses )
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Quoted: Quoted: VZW iPhone 4 user here, and I love it! Android works, but I just didn't like it as much and there are way too many flavors of it. If they can ever unify and standardize it, they may have a winner. Until then they have a mess. Please explain. Some companies choose to customize their UI (e.g., HTC using Sense), but I'm lost as to the too many flavors comment. There are numerous custom ROMs that you can apply to phones, but those are from independent people, google, who produces Android. This debate can easily be simplified as follows: do you want to be locked into apple's idea of what a phone/ui/etc. should be or do you want flexibility at the possible cost of a little stability. I went android, my wife gets the iphone. I like tinkering - phone/cars/guns/etc; the wife simply wants it to work and work every time. what worries people is: a) they mix up ANDROID OS and droid (the actual phone) b) the android OS works on more than one phone - which is what I like about it.... there are versions of the android OS, just like there are versions of windows, ubuntu, red hat, debian, iOS..... they all get updates most of the phones out there are running on froyo - with some moving up to gingerbread.... it's the same OS and you can pick up a different phone (say, droid to eris) and be able to use itI'll admit - I have an ipod touch (and an old video ipod).... and they work - they work very well.... but I can't stand being tied to itunes for everything.... no thanks, I'll take open source by the way, if you guys haven't seen the new amazon cloud player it looks like it may be worth a look (I haven't used it yet) |
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VZW iPhone 4 user here, and I love it! Android works, but I just didn't like it as much and there are way too many flavors of it. If they can ever unify and standardize it, they may have a winner. Until then they have a mess. I don't get the "fragmentation" argument. At least from a user's standpoint. How many cellphones do you use in a day? Probably just the one. Any platform fragmentation would be unknown to the average user. Specifically from a user perspective, certain apps only work on certain OS versions and certain platforms. The biggest issue is that each manufacturer has their own flavor of Android and different OS update schedules. This is a major fail in my opinion. Can you give an example of certain apps working on certain OS version? There could be, but I've not run into it. The manufacturers update on different schedules, not b/c they have their own flavor of Android, but b/c they have their own hardware and hardware varies drastically. The manufacturer has to assure that their hardware will support the new OS. Also, the carrier also has some control in updating OSs. For example, Samsung provided the Froyo update last fall to the carriers. Roger's updated their Samsung captivates soon after receiving the update. ATT, however, didn't update the same phones until earlier this year. |
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Quoted: I'm pretty happy with my Droid X. I don't really have any issues with iTunes, I don't really like though how Apple forces you to use it with their phone. And there's a couple things that bother me about the phone itself (no removal storage, no user replaceable battery). But Apple does something right, 'cause they sell the shit out of iPhones. That said, in the coming months once I get some other debt paid off, I'm gonna buy an Android powered LTE Verizon phone. Maybe by then the Droid Bionic will be out. Motorola Droid2 here. I love it except it needs to be faster, much faster. The dual-core Tegra2 based Android phones/tablets are great on paper but the reviews indicate they need more speed. |
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I'm pretty happy with my Droid X. I don't really have any issues with iTunes, I don't really like though how Apple forces you to use it with their phone. And there's a couple things that bother me about the phone itself (no removal storage, no user replaceable battery). But Apple does something right, 'cause they sell the shit out of iPhones. That said, in the coming months once I get some other debt paid off, I'm gonna buy an Android powered LTE Verizon phone. Maybe by then the Droid Bionic will be out. Motorola Droid2 here. I love it except it needs to be faster, much faster. The dual-core Tegra2 based Android phones/tablets are great on paper but the reviews indicate they need more speed. quad core (2 and 2.5ghz) are in the works. |
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Specifically from a user perspective, certain apps only work on certain OS versions and certain platforms. The biggest issue is that each manufacturer has their own flavor of Android and different OS update schedules. This is a major fail in my opinion. I manage a dozen HTC Incredibles and 2 Thunderbolts. I haven't run into any apps that won't run. I have seen some apps that have an issue with the latest versions of the OS. But that problem is not limited to android. I am a HUGE fan of HTC's SenseUI. I think they were able to make huge improvments to the stock android UI. However, if you don't like it you can pretty easily install any of the other UIs without being root. (I like Zeam better than the version of SenseUI on the Inc. But the newest version of SenseUI is far better than any of the others.) I do wish that google would mandate the the user be able to manage their phone however they want, including uninstalling any apps. |
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Quoted: VZW iPhone 4 user here, and I love it! Android works, but I just didn't like it as much and there are way too many flavors of it. If they can ever unify and standardize it, they may have a winner. Until then they have a mess. So you're against having choices an options in phones that have the same OS? Are you also against having the same engine in multiple different models of car, even though the different cars have different maintenance schedules?  Having options is what makes android superior. Fuck apple and everything they stand for.
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Yes, the iphone is shiny and pretty. It's like an ornate, well-appointed prison cell. This. When I upgraded my g1 to a g2, all I had to do was enter my username and password to access my email, contacts and calender (I use google and yahoo). The phone is just a conduit. I don't want to get locked into having to run proprietary software to connect my pc to my phone. |
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Android needs stadardized hardware from a chassis perspective.
I'd like to see an all-in-one port on the bottom of EVERY Android phone. Once we have something like this, we can start to see docks for these phones where each dock is not a custom dock that only fits one phone. The footprints inside the dock can vary to some degree, but that's another topic of discussion. |
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Quoted: I have a Motorola Droid w/ Verizon, my wife has the HTC Droid Incredible. My next phone will be the iPhone4. I have nothing against the Android, but I've never owned an iPhone and will try one when my contract comes up for renewal next March. This was my exact situation (my gf has the DINC) until I dropped my Droid in the pool. Took a chance on the iPhone4 to see what the hype was all about. That honeymoon lasted about 48hrs, now I have an HTC Thunderbolt 4gLTE. So glad I switched back. |
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I'm pretty happy with my Droid X. I don't really have any issues with iTunes, I don't really like though how Apple forces you to use it with their phone. And there's a couple things that bother me about the phone itself (no removal storage, no user replaceable battery). But Apple does something right, 'cause they sell the shit out of iPhones. That said, in the coming months once I get some other debt paid off, I'm gonna buy an Android powered LTE Verizon phone. Maybe by then the Droid Bionic will be out. Motorola Droid2 here. I love it except it needs to be faster, much faster. The dual-core Tegra2 based Android phones/tablets are great on paper but the reviews indicate they need more speed. It's a phone. Realistically, how fast does it need to be? I think my X is pretty sporty, and what little hands on I've had with the HTC Thunderbolt (still a single core phone), that thing right there flies. The dual core phones in the pipeline oughta haul ass. |
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Yes, the iphone is shiny and pretty. It's like an ornate, well-appointed prison cell. This. When I upgraded my g1 to a g2, all I had to do was enter my username and password to access my email, contacts and calender (I use google and yahoo). The phone is just a conduit. I don't want to get locked into having to run proprietary software to connect my pc to my phone. My previous job gave me an HTC Incredible for a phone. Had done a lot of configuration in it, added locations, bought apps, etc...then they fired me in Oct and took the phone back. Last night I was playing with my new phone, and low and behold, all of my starred locations show up, including the office locations of my previous jobs, my apps that I bought showed up ready to download, etc...was glorious
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Quoted: Why? If you want standardization, buy an iphone. The beauty of android phones is that they are different. You can get a 3.5" or a 4.5" screen. A hardware or software keyboard. Etc. Android needs stadardized hardware from a chassis perspective. I'd like to see an all-in-one port on the bottom of EVERY Android phone. Once we have something like this, we can start to see docks for these phones where each dock is not a custom dock that only fits one phone. The footprints inside the dock can vary to some degree, but that's another topic of discussion. Personally, I've never felt the need for a dock. |
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Yes, the iphone is shiny and pretty. It's like an ornate, well-appointed prison cell. This. When I upgraded my g1 to a g2, all I had to do was enter my username and password to access my email, contacts and calender (I use google and yahoo). The phone is just a conduit. I don't want to get locked into having to run proprietary software to connect my pc to my phone. My previous job gave me an HTC Incredible for a phone. Had done a lot of configuration in it, added locations, bought apps, etc...then they fired me in Oct and took the phone back. Last night I was playing with my new phone, and low and behold, all of my starred locations show up, including the office locations of my previous jobs, my apps that I bought showed up ready to download, etc...was glorious pretty cool
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Android needs stadardized hardware from a chassis perspective. I'd like to see an all-in-one port on the bottom of EVERY Android phone. Once we have something like this, we can start to see docks for these phones where each dock is not a custom dock that only fits one phone. The footprints inside the dock can vary to some degree, but that's another topic of discussion. Um, micro USB? |
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Android needs stadardized hardware from a chassis perspective. I'd like to see an all-in-one port on the bottom of EVERY Android phone. Once we have something like this, we can start to see docks for these phones where each dock is not a custom dock that only fits one phone. The footprints inside the dock can vary to some degree, but that's another topic of discussion. Um, micro USB? Yup. The phones all use a universal charging/data port. The only problem is the wide variety of shapes the phones are available in. |
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Quoted: Android needs stadardized hardware from a chassis perspective. I'd like to see an all-in-one port on the bottom of EVERY Android phone. Once we have something like this, we can start to see docks for these phones where each dock is not a custom dock that only fits one phone. The footprints inside the dock can vary to some degree, but that's another topic of discussion. Android is an operating system. Google makes that OS. Why would google waste time with that? Also, no proprietary ports please. |
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I dislike Apple's walled garden practices. Too bad Google, the phone manufacturers and the carriers seem to want to copy it. Google does seem to want to scale it back to some degree, we'll see how much luck they have. I'm still on a Blackberry, but on the 21st of this month I'll be upgrading. Looking for the Droid Bionic, I may wait a little for it, but not much. If the iPhone 5 was out I'd consider it, but it won't be out till later in the year. Also considering picking up an original Moto Droid off ebay and using that till something that really trips my trigger is out.
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I have an iPhone4 Droid that has replaced a laptop, cellphone, alarmclock/radio and an iPod.
I'm happy with it. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile FIFY just got the xoom also - I'm down to almost never using my laptop (I'll still type on a computer.... until I get the xoom keyboard that is) I'm happy with an iPad. Glad you like your Xoom.
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Quoted: I was under the impression that all threads in GD were supposed to devolve and result in name calling and somebody getting banned.Quoted: This thread is new and inventive  Have any of these threads ever not devolved into insults and name calling? Has anyone ever had their mind changed or their opinion swayed? |
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In for the flame war.
I like Android but it seems like it takes more effort to get and keep running than I would like. I will maintain a PC with OS reinstalls and and all that crap but I'd rather not have to do that for my phone as well. Posted from my Windows Phone 
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