Best smartphone if there were no third party apps

[Chops McGandhi]

So, I got to thinking. A lot of people buy the iPhone for some of the apps that they can get and I started wondering, what phone would be the best by itself without the support of a app development community. I am interested in your thoughts. If all you had on the phone was what came with it, which phone would you buy? Stated another way, if you were not allowed to download additional apps which phone would you buy.

I don't really know enough about Android phones or Windows phones to have a useful opinion. I own an iPhone.

 

[Ravynmagi]

If I understand the question correctly. I should pretend there are no iOS, Android, or Windows Phones apps. So which would I buy?

Android definitely. Because it's got Flash and so it can still run quite a lot of standard web apps.

 

[Chops McGandhi]

If I understand the question correctly. I should pretend there are no iOS, Android, or Windows Phones apps. So which would I buy?

Android definitely. Because it's got Flash and so it can still run quite a lot of standard web apps.

Yup I think you understand the question right.

 

[zerocool84]

If I understand the question correctly. I should pretend there are no iOS, Android, or Windows Phones apps. So which would I buy?

Android definitely. Because it's got Flash and so it can still run quite a lot of standard web apps.

Isn't Flash an app?

 

[Ravynmagi]

Isn't Flash an app?

Yeah, but I think it comes standard with most Android phones.

 

[Chops McGandhi]

Yeah, but I think it comes standard with most Android phones.

Yeah, if the app comes standard with the phone then it is allowed.

 

[Ravynmagi]

Not sure now if Flash is stock Android or just part of the bloat carriers and manufactures add. I just can't remember if I had to manually install Flash on my stock Galaxy Nexus at the moment.

Anyway. Just to waffle a bit to the iOS side. Maybe I shouldn't have been so definite about Android. After thinking a bit. The browser would probably be my main stock app. And I really do like the iOS browser more than the Android brower. iOS is very smooth and fluid and so is the browser. Android and it's browser are a bit more jerky when things are loading.

 

[Bateluer]

Not sure now if Flash is stock Android or just part of the bloat carriers and manufactures add. I just can't remember if I had to manually install Flash on my stock Galaxy Nexus at the moment.

Adobe had a mobile Flash app that must be downloaded from the Play Store.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/...1bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5hZG9iZS5mbGFzaHBsYXllciJd

 

[shortylickens]

Actually, without third part apps Mango is still pretty god damn nice and quite usable.

 

[runawayprisoner]

Yeah, but I think it comes standard with most Android phones.

Doesn't come standard with Galaxy Nexus. You have to install it from the Play Store.

 

[RedRooster]

Actually, without third part apps Mango is still pretty god damn nice and quite usable.

I agree. Having owned and used all three a lot, I would definitely go with vanilla WP7 over anything else.

 

[gorcorps]

iphone

Most of the things that make me love android are all apps. If I can't have that, then iphone is better. When I had the iphone, most of the stock stuff was just fine and I just downloaded games. One could argue that's because there wasn't much more I COULD downloaded without jailbreaking... but meh.

 

[Ravynmagi]

Big thing I have against the iPhone is it's too small.

Big thing I have against Windows Phone 7 is the 800x480 resolution limit and single core. Though the latter is probably bothers my epeen more than practical need.

I really like that I can get a big 4.8 inch (or larger if I wanted) phone with 1280x800 resolution display, and browse websites with a decent sized screen with Android phones.

 

[TheStu]

I would say Windows Phone 7, though I haven't spent a whole lot of time with Android. It has Twitter, Facebook, their own version of shazam, a qr scanner, a text translator, local search with yelp(-esque?) recommendations. It has a lot of good features built right in.

 

[Dulanic]

Isn't a smart phone w/o apps like a car /w no gas?

 

[Mopetar]

Why not just get a dumb phone at that point?

 

[redgtxdi]

Because for people like me who are never more than 5 minutes or 5 feet from wifi, it's all you need. Don't need no stinkin cell tower!!!!

:stomp:

 

[shortylickens]

Isn't a smart phone w/o apps like a car /w no gas?

Downloaded apps. If you just had to deal with a stock OS and nothing extra, what would you want?
Its like getting a car with infinite fuel and a 30 mph limiter. What would your priorities be?

 

[shortylickens]

Why not just get a dumb phone at that point?

For the same reason people used to carry PDA's and not even bother with cell phones.
Smart phones are the new PDA.

 

[Chops McGandhi]

Isn't a smart phone w/o apps like a car /w no gas?

No, I think it's more like a tank without shells.

A Car without gas, in cell phone terms, would be like a phone without a signal.

 

[kyrax12]

No, I think it's more like a tank without shells.

A Car without gas, in cell phone terms, would be like a phone without a signal.

Yea a phone doesn't run on apps entirely.

I would say signal or battery.

 

[gorcorps]

You people are terrible with analogies

 

[kubani1]

You people are terrible with analogies

its like a boat without water

 

[gorcorps]

its like an oreo w/out the filling?

 

[ncstateguy87]

For the time being, I would have to stick with the iphone as best "phone". Battery life and construction are top notch.