Stick with Android or shift to iOS?

[QueBert]

Samsung note 2 was a over hyped device. Which failed to fulfill it's customers expectation.
Don't generalize that samsung phone. I have xperia pro, zr, L. Of all these 3 I never have experienced a touch lag. These are very fast. Samsung S3 too had a good responsive screen.
The days when iphone used to define the standards for both software and hardware are long gone.
Now, android not only defines what new features should be added in iOS but it's hardware is on the cutting edge of innovation. There is a octacore for android when iphone have just introduced 5 with quadcore. Ram wise android have 3gb now. Look at the latest iphone specs which are paltry compared to that.

Performance > specs.

Also op listens to a lot of music, nothing touches iTunes for making playlists, I will suggest him if he sticks with Android to pay for an app called iSyncr and use iTunes for his music. It's Smart Playlist capabilities are as close to perfect as I've come across.

 

[zaydq]

Performance > specs.

Also op listens to a lot of music, nothing touches iTunes for making playlists, I will suggest him if he sticks with Android to pay for an app called iSyncr and use iTunes for music. It's Smart Playlist capabilities are as close to perfect as I've come across.

Very true. As much as I hate iTunes, it is a great playlist/library organization tool. Also, the statement on specs is true too. When I had my iPhone, I never once felt that it was lacking the horsepower needed to drive whatever chores I imposed on it (not suggesting Android has issues). Specs are meaningless when software is optimized to tlbe as efficient as possible with it.

Its much like PCs vs Consoles. Look at the games that came out on launch for ps3 and look at the newest titles today. Software optimization was the difference there, the hardware never changed. Look at PCs, you need a crazy rig to truly get the best performance possible, and that simply comes from lack of optimization because you have so many variants thatit wwouldn't be feasible.

Now, with that said, Android OEMs really need to be on the cutting edge of performance spec sheets so that they can keep up with usage demands as newer software come out. Realistically, its impossible for developers to fine tune their apps to be as efficient as possible with every single handset running Android on different hardware. On Apple devices, there's only just a hand full that they need to focus on, and they do it well.

So, at the end of the day, whether you have a quad core android vs a dual core iPhone from the same release schedule, they will both be undoubtedly fast and perform just as you'd want it to.

Cliff note: PCs/Android OEMs brute force performance with horsepower. However, Apple fine tunes a small naturally aspirated 4 cylinder to use the most power feasible out of their 91 octane fuel.

 

[redhotiron2004]

Performance > specs.
Also op listens to a lot of music, nothing touches iTunes for making playlists...... ......I've come across.

I have used itunes before. But, I didn't find much difference from the other 3rd party software that are available to do the same. Also, I never liked to be restricted to my pc for all my needs if I have a smart phone.
With sony android that I have there is download music/media info option(powered by gracenote) along with all kinds of playlist options that are non intrusive, intuitive and fast.

I find it ridiculous that inspite of having a smartphone I should be dependent on a desktop to do the job. Itunes was a bloatware that I was forced to install. It auto stated with every logon and had several services always running in the background that made my computer slow.
Android is the best way to get away from iphone crapware.

Very true. As much as I hate iTunes, it is a great playlist/library organization tool. Also, the statement on specs is true too. When I had my iPhone, I never once felt that it was lacking the horsepower needed to drive whatever chores I imposed on it (not suggesting Android has issues). Specs are meaningless when software is optimized to tlbe as efficient as possible with it.

Its much like PCs vs Consoles......
...whether you have a quad core android vs a dual core iPhone from the same release schedule, they will both be undoubtedly fast and perform just as you'd want it to....
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Specs matters most as optimization can only be done upto a limit dependent on the hardware. I edit 3 full HD videos and upload them after converting to youtube and my video library at the same time. Hell! my ZR is even faster than my dual core desktop. A dual core mobile would choke to death no mater what kind on optimization you do. And 2GB Ram comes in handy there.

I don't agree that android apps are not optimized enough. They might be made with many configs in mind. But, the difference in performance for these kind of devices is non existent and lower single core devices is minimal(system requirement is mentioned there. You certainly cannot run Real racing3 on single core ofcourse). In much the same way you cannot run all iphone 5 games/apps on iphone4.
It's true that Consoles games were not optimized for pc. But, still even then the best visual performance was never a console territory because of the greater horsepower in the PC they still had a upper hand. Also, consoles were just for running games. Computers and Mobiles today are multitasking devices meant to replace laptops and tablets. So, again specs matters the most here.

For android I have the freedom to run realracing 2 even on xperia pro. It's another mater that it's not as smooth as on zr or l. But, atleast I have the freedom to install and run that. Unlike iphones. Which means I shouldn't blame android or game developers for that as it was never made for xperia pro specifications.

Android have true multitasking. On iphone apple decides which app would multitask. And that too is a half hearted solution. It's not a true multitasking OS. And thus doesn't need much power as only one app can run at a time unlike android.

Quad core with 2gb ram cannot be same as dual core with 1gb ram. It's like saying a 1970 sports car would run as fast and as efficiently as 2013 sports car. It's simply insane.

I can keep on talking about the iphone restrictions. But, when it comes to android. I can't think of anything that I can't do without much/no restriction.

 

[mikegg]

Samsung note 2 was a over hyped device. Which failed to fulfill it's customers expectation.
Don't generalize that samsung phone. I have xperia pro, zr, L. Of all these 3 I never have experienced a touch lag. These are very fast. Samsung S3 too had a good responsive screen.
The days when iphone used to define the standards for both software and hardware are long gone.
Now, android not only defines what new features should be added in iOS but it's hardware is on the cutting edge of innovation. There is a octacore for android when iphone have just introduced 5 with quadcore. Ram wise android have 3gb now. Look at the latest iphone specs which are paltry compared to that.

Not sure if serious.