My next phone should it be Android, iOS, or even Windows Mobile ?

[pcslookout]

Currently I have a LG G2 and it is broken a little by not being able to tap on the screen twice to bring up the screen. I have to click the button in the back now. It is not terrible but still thinking of getting a new phone my only problem is I can't decide if it should be Android, iOS, or Windows Mobile?

Any recommendations welcome.

 

[RossMAN]

This is like asking which car should I buy?

1) What's important to you? Speed/RAM, size, camera, microSD, etc.?
2) You own an Apple iPad, right? Do you prefer the Android or Apple app ecosystem? Not even going to mention Windows Phone which is pretty much dead.
3) Which cell provider will you be using this with?
4) What's your budget?

 

[pcslookout]

This is like asking which car should I buy?

1) What's important to you? Speed/RAM, size, camera, microSD, etc.?
2) You own an Apple iPad, right? Do you prefer the Android or Apple app ecosystem? Not even going to mention Windows Phone which is pretty much dead.
3) Which cell provider will you be using this with?
4) What's your budget?

1) Speed and at least 2 GB of ram. Camera I don't care about. MicroSD I care a little about but not necessary.
2) Yes. I don't know for sure. I guess Apple app ecosystem at least for tablets.
3) AT&T
4) $700 to $900 if I need to buy the phone outright.

 

[RossMAN]

With your budget you can buy almost any flagship phone you want.

What about size? Have you visited a Best Buy or AT&T wireless store to see a few models in person and how they feel in the hand?

 

[pcslookout]

With your budget you can buy almost any flagship phone you want.

What about size? Have you visited a Best Buy or AT&T wireless store to see a few models in person and how they feel in the hand?

Yes.

I like the LG G4, iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus, and a few others I can't remember off hand.

 

[Demo24]

Well if you're sticking Android just hold off. Later this month the galaxy s7 and lg g5 get unveiled.

 

[tsupersonic]

You may be able to eliminate WP/WM - are all the apps you use on your current phone available on the WP/WM platform? If they're available, your choice of phones are the 950/950 XL.

In any case, I'd wait at least MWC happens so you see what the S7/G5/M10 have to offer. Personally, I'd lean towards Android or iOS. The future of WM10 looks very sad, even though I'd love for them to succeed (yay competition). I have been using WM10 on a burner Lumia 640, and the experience is just very meh.

 

[RossMAN]

Awesome MWC is less than 2 weeks away, I can't wait

 

[nerp]

I love Windows 10 mobile, but I can't recommend a Windows phone if you want anything other than the base OS and a handful of not-very-frequently updated apps. You will feel like a second-class citizen running even Twitter and Facebook compared to what the apps are like on iOS and Android.

I love my Windows phone. But I'm using a brand new iPhone 6s that was delivered yesterday for the above-mentioned reasons.

 

[sweenish]

Having recently purged all things Facebook from my phone (and using the mobile site when needed), that's not even an issue for me.

If MS can bring it this year, hardware-wise, I will seriously consider WP10. Otherwise, the premium Nexus.

 

[boomhower]

Android or iOs, whichever you prefer. I'm an Apple fanboy so not getting into the details. Both are very good OS's.

 

[Denly]

Test drive a $30 Lumia 640 if you want to see how WP run, for $30 it worth a test drive.

 

[pcslookout]

Thanks everyone! Still not 100% sure on which phone. About 50% sure on getting a iPhone.

 

[AMDisTheBEST]

Go for Android. You can flash great custom roms and install custom launcher with custom theme.
Windows phone has no wall paper. Tiles are Ugly. Crashes all the time when browsing. Mutitasking is non existent. "App is resuming" everytime you switch app.
IOS has only App Store for softwares. Stupid closed wall mentality. Jailbreaking, unlike android rooting, means hacking your device which to me sounds like breaking down the door to your own house so you can gain access. Bad multitasking. Program can't run in background which means if you download something and switch app, download is a failed.

 

[LPCTech]

With android you can do whatever you want. With apple you can do whatever apple lets you do. And with an iPhone you can pay a huge amount for your lack of choice as well. Oh and if you want the iPhone fixed or maintained in any way you must use official apple repair or you can brick the phone.

http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/error-53-apple-really-bricking-iphones/

With an android there are no such restrictions. And nexus devices are what you want if you go android, tho samsung isnt terrible.

 

[Ichinisan]

Go for Android. You can flash great custom roms and install custom launcher with custom theme.
Windows phone has no wall paper. Tiles are Ugly. Crashes all the time when browsing. Mutitasking is non existent. "App is resuming" everytime you switch app.
IOS has only App Store for softwares. Stupid closed wall mentality. Jailbreaking, unlike android rooting, means hacking your device which to me sounds like breaking down the door to your own house so you can gain access. Bad multitasking. Program can't run in background which means if you download something and switch app, download is a failed.

How is rooting not the same as jailbreaking? This is the pinnacle of self delusion.

Also, apps have full backgrounding since iOS8. I really don't even like the idea of apps doing whatever they want locally and impacting battery life unpredictably.

 

[Ichinisan]

With android you can do whatever you want. With apple you can do whatever apple lets you do. And with an iPhone you can pay a huge amount for your lack of choice as well.

The "expensive" argument just doesn't work. The last 2 product cycles, I bought the lastest iPhones at launch and sold the previous year's model for $630 each time.

Oh and if you want the iPhone fixed or maintained in any way you must use official apple repair or you can brick the phone.

http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/error-53-apple-really-bricking-iphones/

With an android there are no such restrictions. And nexus devices are what you want if you go android, tho samsung isnt terrible.

Making yourself seem ignorant. You can fix ALL the same typical problems (screen, battery, and connector replacements). "Error 53" means that some ignoramus didn't transplant the original Touch ID sensor to the replacement screen. Touch ID is a super important security feature and one of the main strengths of iOS. The sensor is paired for a damn good reason.

I'd like to see what happens when you swap some vital security module from one Android phone to another...

Due to economies of scale, it's usually MUCH MUCH MUCH more affordable to acquire replacement iPhone screens and connectors compared to flagship Android devices. No contest.

 

[tsupersonic]

How is rooting not the same as jailbreaking? This is the pinnacle of self delusion.

Also, apps have full backgrounding since iOS8. I really don't even like the idea of apps doing whatever they want locally and impacting battery life unpredictably.

Do not feed the troll my friend

 

[AMDisTheBEST]

How is rooting not the same as jailbreaking? This is the pinnacle of self delusion.

Also, apps have full backgrounding since iOS8. I really don't even like the idea of apps doing whatever they want locally and impacting battery life unpredictably.

jailbreaking means using an exploit to bypass the device's security and gained root access. What many exploits do are pretty much exploiting a glitchy code to crash the firmware over and over again until super user privilege is achieve. Isnt that like grabbing a hammer and pound on the door of your house until it breaks? I dont want to do that to my device! Besides the instability caused to the system, jailbreak often is lost simply by rebooting the device. Even if the jailbreak is persistent, once apple realease a new update, jailbreak is lost and new exploit for the updated IOS might not come until months and even years afterwards. For android, there is no such issue. You can root and still install the latest updates from your OEM.

Rooting does not require exploits, although you can use it if you want to. Many android phones have unlockable bootloader. You just hook it up to your pc, flash super user binary and device is rooted. This is about the same process as installing a windows OS or linux on your pc. No need to hack, you just install.

Really, android users already have much freedom even without rooting. You can download any apps from the internet and install it on your device. On IOS, you have to jailbreak just to do that.

Android have bigger battery than idevices. Marshmallow has a great feature that allow you to restrict background apps. In short, you get the best of both world. Enable background multitasking when you need it and disable it when you dont. Iphone has no such freedom. Like i said, IOS follows a closed wall mentality.

 

[AMDisTheBEST]

Do not feed the troll my friend

Do not spew out ad hominem, its not a discussion friendly rebuttal to anyone.

 

[Ichinisan]

jailbreaking means using an exploit to bypass the device's security and gained root access. What many exploits do are pretty much exploiting a glitchy code to crash the firmware over and over again until super user privilege is achieve. Isnt that like grabbing a hammer and pound on the door of your house until it breaks? I dont want to do that to my device! Besides the instability caused to the system, jailbreak often is lost simply by rebooting the device. Even if the jailbreak is persistent, once apple realease a new update, jailbreak is lost and new exploit for the updated IOS might not come until months and even years afterwards. For android, there is no such issue. You can root and still install the latest updates from your OEM.

Rooting does not require exploits, although you can use it if you want to. Many android phones have unlockable bootloader. You just hook it up to your pc, flash super user binary and device is rooted. This is about the same process as installing a windows OS or linux on your pc. No need to hack, you just install.

Really, android users already have much freedom even without rooting. You can download any apps from the internet and install it on your device. On IOS, you have to jailbreak just to do that.

Android have bigger battery than idevices. Marshmallow has a great feature that allow you to restrict background apps. In short, you get the best of both world. Enable background multitasking when you need it and disable it when you dont. Iphone has no such freedom. Like i said, IOS follows a closed wall mentality.

If this is trolling, it's funny. If not, it's sad to see such self-delusion. Blanket statement: "Rooting does not require exploits" --Bwa ha ha ha!

Sure, if you want to tinker, then get an Android device and tinker to your heart's content. By all means. iOS and iDevices are not worthless just because they don't let you tinker as much as you want to. Going with Android and having the freedom to tinker also means you're using a less-secure platform. Platform security is one of the strengths of iOS. That's just a fact. That kind of security obviously comes with some limitations. Neither iOS nor Android are perfect. They both serve their purposes quite well.

Marshmallow has a great feature that allow you to restrict background apps. In short, you get the best of both world. Enable background multitasking when you need it and disable it when you dont. Iphone has no such freedom.

Get your facts straight. iOS had this from the moment background refresh was implemented, even before it had full backgrounding.

Settings > General > Background App Refresh

There is a global toggle and per-app toggles.



You are seriously WAY behind on the capabilities of iOS since iOS8.

 

[vbuggy]

I use all three OS's. An Android has been my primary phone since 2012, and all my main phones are Androids now. Windows Phone has been sliding from an occasional alt-main to something a lot less relevant, but still second - mainly due to the same reasons as nerp: But it's harder and harder to recommend Windows Phone even to people who like the way it works, due in part to Micrososft's insistence on making it less distinct with WM10 - but if stuff like the Nuans Neo makes its way over here I would re-consider. iPhone is last, though it has its moments.

 

[GoodEnough]

Currently I have a LG G2 and it is broken a little by not being able to tap on the screen twice to bring up the screen..

In the 2 years I owned the G2, I never knew you could tap the screen twice to awaken. I always pressed the back button.

 

[GoodEnough]

I just upgraded from the G2 to the MX Pure for under $300 from Amazon Warehouse.
Seems crazy to spend more than that.

 

[AMDisTheBEST]

If this is trolling, it's funny. If not, it's sad to see such self-delusion. Blanket statement: "Rooting does not require exploits" --Bwa ha ha ha!

Sure, if you want to tinker, then get an Android device and tinker to your heart's content. By all means. iOS and iDevices are not worthless just because they don't let you tinker as much as you want to. Going with Android and having the freedom to tinker also means you're using a less-secure platform. Platform security is one of the strengths of iOS. That's just a fact. That kind of security obviously comes with some limitations. Neither iOS nor Android are perfect. They both serve their purposes quite well.


Get your facts straight. iOS had this from the moment background refresh was implemented, even before it had full backgrounding.

Settings > General > Background App Refresh

There is a global toggle and per-app toggles.



You are seriously WAY behind on the capabilities of iOS since iOS8.

Does unlocking bootloader sound like exploit to you? Does clean installing linux on a windows pc or flash a firmware update sounds like exploit to you? Like i said, Unlocking bootloader and flashing through ADB are legit ways of installing new firmware and changing the system. There is no need to break down system security implemented by google or OEM. You dont seem to understand rooting very well or android in general.

Yeah sure, let me know when people can download from google drive on a safari browser or save a video and let it download in the background. I owned a few idevices. two ipads, one iphone 5 and then an iphone 6 before i switched to android. The IOS operating system is rigid and uncustomizable. Security isnt an issue as long as you use your head and stop downloading viruses and malware. You dont find people stop using torrents because they are lacking in security now do you? Apple is pretty much babying you, shutting off the operating system "to keep you safe" lmao. Poor excuses.