bonkers325
Lifer
too invested in android to move to iOS now. also, i like the customization options for android.
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iPhone or Droid? Which One Do You Personally Prefer?
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99.5% of Droid users buy a droid becasue they dont like Apple, its not a logical choice its just they cant buy anything from Apple. Every single freind i have, who owns a droid is an "apple hater". 100% of them, there is noone who owns a droid who is neutral.
99.5% of Droid users buy a droid becasue they dont like Apple, its not a logical choice its just they cant buy anything from Apple. Every single freind i have, who owns a droid is an "apple hater". 100% of them, there is noone who owns a droid who is neutral.
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mnewsham
Lifer
instead of making up BS, how about providing a reason as to why you like Iphone better then android...
when you activate and idevice you need an apple ID for the app store. it's not tied to email or anything. with google it activates the crappy gmail client to download email. if you want push email you configure a second account for gmail push but you can't get rid of the original one. if you are on a 2GB plan you can hypothetically download double of every email and waste your data.
if you use yahoo then there is no push support on android. it just won't work for some reason. on iOS every major email works via push and no need to set up double accounts.
on iOS push for exchange server has worked with the sent items for folder and pushing to sub folders for years. on android it works on motorola but not HTC. and for some reason on moto i don't see the unread counts on my email folders.
iOS supports 6-10 push accounts. on my work droid pro with froyo i tried 2 accounts and couldn't figure out how to switch to the second one. on iOS there is a root screen with your email accounts. HTC let me easily switch between 2 gmail push accounts but not Moto. i guess there is a way but i'll have to waste hours figuring it out.
Apple App store > Android Market. better quality apps. no nonsense about generic apps like netflix of skype only working on some phones probably because the OEM/carrier paid them off. most devs will even say that iOS is a priority over android.
wi-fi hotspot. my ipad 2 can connect when i create an ad-hoc network on my laptop to sync spotify. android can't connect. i actually need a working real wi-fi network to connect my android phone to spotify on my laptop to sync music. idevices also sync over USB for spotify
car USB. iphone and ipad work on my CR-V's USB port and my car stereo will take control to cycle through songs/artists/playlists. even works on slacker and pandora. not on spotify yet. android doesn't work. only if you have MP3's on the SD card which is completely useless.
i'm in NYC and google nav is always losing GPS signal. i thought it was my phone or AT&T but my droid pro on verizon is worse.
crapware. some packaged android apps are useful but why do carriers have them run in the background?
the app install limit. iOS doesn't have it. what's the big deal with android not having it? i have something like 15GB of apps on my ipad 2 and just install more as i feel like it.
the paper spec wars. my old 3GS with 128MB of RAM was faster and did more than my droid pro with 384MB. you can hyperventilate and have wet dreams about android phone specs all day but in reality iphones with half the power will give you the same performance.
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Capt Caveman
Lifer
Current iPhone user but may switch to Andriod if the iPhone 5 doesn't have a 4" screen and LTE.
I like the iPhone for it's simplicity, iTunes(one stop shop and sync) and games.
Andriod has Google maps.
For email - I dislike both of their email apps. I use gmail, google voice and hotmail thru their mobile websites and find them both to be superior to the native email apps by any of the OS's.
I like the iPhone for it's simplicity, iTunes(one stop shop and sync) and games.
Andriod has Google maps.
For email - I dislike both of their email apps. I use gmail, google voice and hotmail thru their mobile websites and find them both to be superior to the native email apps by any of the OS's.
Actually, it's a perfectly logical choice. Had Apple not insisted that their devices be locked down into their proprietary "ecosystem" maybe there would be less reasons to avoid their products.
Deeko
Lifer
Don't feed the troll.
cheezy321
Diamond Member
iPhone right now.
I will consider moving to droid especially if the iPhone 5 is just a rehash of the iPhone 4. This is pretty much androids only chance to win me over.
Big things I like about iPhone:
-Slick media integration. I use my iPhone purely as a consumption device. Mostly pandora while running and while driving.
-Battery life. I don't have to do a thing and I can stretch out my iPhone 4 to last the whole weekend. There are usually a couple days a week where I dont even have to charge it overnight.
-App Store. I wouldn't really consider this a huge advantage these days, but iOS is still a sliver better. The only advantage the app store has for me personally is the apps I have already purchased. I am already entrenched in their ecosystem so its much easier for apple to convince me to get their next phone.
-Ecosystem. I was already entrenched in Apple before I got the iPhone. My ipod alarm clock easier became a charging dock for the iPhone. The FM transmitter I have in my car easily worked with the iPhone.
The Droid Bionic and the SGS2 are two phones which pique my curiosity. A year ago I wouldn't even touch android. Their new phones are definitely becoming interesting to me though.
I will consider moving to droid especially if the iPhone 5 is just a rehash of the iPhone 4. This is pretty much androids only chance to win me over.
Big things I like about iPhone:
-Slick media integration. I use my iPhone purely as a consumption device. Mostly pandora while running and while driving.
-Battery life. I don't have to do a thing and I can stretch out my iPhone 4 to last the whole weekend. There are usually a couple days a week where I dont even have to charge it overnight.
-App Store. I wouldn't really consider this a huge advantage these days, but iOS is still a sliver better. The only advantage the app store has for me personally is the apps I have already purchased. I am already entrenched in their ecosystem so its much easier for apple to convince me to get their next phone.
-Ecosystem. I was already entrenched in Apple before I got the iPhone. My ipod alarm clock easier became a charging dock for the iPhone. The FM transmitter I have in my car easily worked with the iPhone.
The Droid Bionic and the SGS2 are two phones which pique my curiosity. A year ago I wouldn't even touch android. Their new phones are definitely becoming interesting to me though.
zinfamous
No Lifer
100% of iPhone users believe this FUD about people who think differently than themselves.
sigh...anyhoo, I much prefer Android.
it appears that the SGS2 will be better than the iPhone5 (the only difference being network speed and battery on Vz--carrier issue, not phone issue), and the iPhone should have superior screen resolution.
It's at least as good as iPhone 4, likely superior.
zinfamous
No Lifer
yeah, that makes a lot of sense. It's like basically the same system for SLR owners. Nikon or Canon? well...which lenses do you already have?
--yes, there are other options (Sigma and Tamron with universal mounts), but it definitely influences your decision making.
hanoverphist
Diamond Member
i was all set to click on android, until i saw the other option. given a choice between iOS and android, i prefer android. given the choice between the top 3, i am torn between android and WP7.
cheezy321
Diamond Member
I had a friend get a thunderbolt because its 'not the iphone'. I had another friend trying to get anything but an iPhone until i convinced him otherwise. Now he is hooked on apple. It's most certainly not every single android user, but it definitely is a percentage of them. Just my personal experience
A starbucks app doesn't fit my definition of "useful"
We dont know anything about the iPhone5. If its a rehash of the iPhone4, then SGSII would certainly be better. However if the iP5 has an A5 chip, it'll be even faster than Exynos. You can see the A5's performance figures within the iPad2.
Or... I can just as easily pay with my credit card and not have to bother with another useless app.
Phantomaniac
Senior member
Android, but it has nothing to do with hating the iPhone. Its Verizon and AT&T that suck. $25/month unlimited text/data from Virgin Mobile FTW. Also having a Cyanogenmod port for my phone is a big plus, its wicked fast.
Ns1
No Lifer
it also doubles as your starbucks card, meaning it tracks your purchases and gives you benefits (ie free syrup, drinks, etc)
1 less card on my keychain/wallet.
Ns1
No Lifer
yeah that's what passcode + "wipe phone after 5 failed passcode attempts" is for.
gorcorps
aka Brandon
I've been an iphone user since the 3GS, but recently went to android. Both have their pros and cons that make them nearly equal in my eyes so I voted "no preference". I'd be nearly equally as happy with either, but the slightly larger screen on most android devices gave it enough of an edge for me to switch.
Long story short: Android is easier to customize both the look and feel of the device (lots of keyboard options and such). Android is also much more clunky, less efficient, and despite having a powerful dual core phone it still feels slow due to certain widgets. Apple apps are on average of better quality both in UI and bugs. Most apps on Android are still fine but if you've used both you'll notice the diff. I like both.
Long story short: Android is easier to customize both the look and feel of the device (lots of keyboard options and such). Android is also much more clunky, less efficient, and despite having a powerful dual core phone it still feels slow due to certain widgets. Apple apps are on average of better quality both in UI and bugs. Most apps on Android are still fine but if you've used both you'll notice the diff. I like both.
PeeluckyDuckee
Diamond Member
I have both the iPhone 4 and the Galaxy S2. I am not heavily invested in either ecosystem. Although I do like the iPhone's higher density screen, I equally enjoy having flash and surfing the internet on the G2's SAMOLED larger screen.
I can live without flash, yes, but I prefer to have it.
The android market has matured to have most of the big name apps that the IOS has. I just downloaded all my apps for the G2, only thing missing that the IOS had that was not on the android was my RBC banking app. No big deal.
Battery life both suck for a heavy user like myself, but that's why I always carry an external battery pack.
The iPhone 4 feels like a heavyweight champ, tough and sturdy. I didn't realise how heavy it actually was until I started using my G2. The G2 is admittedly too thin and a bit light, an Otterbox casing fixed that pretty quick.
I don't intend to root my G2 anytime soon, it serves my needs just fine at the moment. My iPhone was much more useful after jailbreaking.
I can live without flash, yes, but I prefer to have it.
The android market has matured to have most of the big name apps that the IOS has. I just downloaded all my apps for the G2, only thing missing that the IOS had that was not on the android was my RBC banking app. No big deal.
Battery life both suck for a heavy user like myself, but that's why I always carry an external battery pack.
The iPhone 4 feels like a heavyweight champ, tough and sturdy. I didn't realise how heavy it actually was until I started using my G2. The G2 is admittedly too thin and a bit light, an Otterbox casing fixed that pretty quick.
I don't intend to root my G2 anytime soon, it serves my needs just fine at the moment. My iPhone was much more useful after jailbreaking.
It took a week for a hacker to make his own app that I'm still using because it's better than the official version. With, of course, a widget.
Android: turning parents'-basement-dweller brainpower into gold since 2008. 😀
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