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Discussion in 'Electronic Devices' started by Adam Minkow, Nov 17, 2012.

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    bigguy02 Uber Prepared

    If OP intends to buy on contract the cost of any new phone is going to be 200$ so cost is a mute point.
    bigguy02, Nov 21, 2012
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    That guy comes off as a whinny weaner. "OMG I have to swipe over three screens to search" Talk about a first world problem. I do agree about being being able to search on a address and having it searched in maps. That was a cool feature, but it dosn't make up for how un smooth the entire OS is.
    bigguy02, Nov 21, 2012
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    phatch Uber Prepared

    The "Butter" improvements in Jelly Bean really smoothed out Android. If smoothness is your criterium and you've not used a Jelly Bean release, you should give it a try.
    phatch, Nov 21, 2012
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    bigguy02 Uber Prepared

    I have used jelly bean and its still not as smooth as iOS, 4.2 is supposed to be better but I have not used it yet. The videos I have seen though show thats its still not on par.
    bigguy02, Nov 21, 2012
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    bigguy02 Uber Prepared

    This hasn't been mentioned, Apples biggest draw is the ecosystem. There devices all just work together. I take a video on my phone and I want to watch it on TV? Air play to the Apple TV, this is great for my very vane 3 year old that loves to see videos of himself. Im watching a Youtube video on the iPad and want to show it to the wife? Air play to the Apple TV. When I wake up and just want to lounge in bed and listen to music and read news? I use my phone to air play music through my TVs sound system, while I read news on the iPad. Heading to the kitchen to make breakfast? change the air play to the desktop or the home theater system. When I find a recipe I like on my phone I say it to cloud tabs and open it on the iPad when its time to cook it. Everything intertwines so well its amazing. Now if you don't intend to buy into there whole system then none of this matters, but if you do its really nice.
    bigguy02, Nov 21, 2012
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    geekygirlau Loaded Pockets

    Only problem with the Apple 'ecosystem' is that its purely Apple - doesn't play too well with other OS's and non Apple specific devices.

    I have had an iPhone from the iPhone 3, iPhone 4 and then the 4S , also interspersed with Android from the original G1 HTC Dream and now an Xperia S (having had the HTC OneXL like someone else mentioned I find a 4.7" screen too big)

    I have my phone rooted and flashed with Jellybean CM10 and have played with it alongside my old iPhone 4S - IMO Jellybean is a lot smoother than iOS6 now - given many of the features that iPhone users ooh and ahh about are already present in Android.

    I am very happy with Android now - I always wavered between the two because until ICS Android was behind in the "just works" department.

    I was waiting for the iPhone 5 to see if I would swing back to iOS but it underwhelmed me. There is a lack of innovation in iOS now whereas Android has taken that ball and is running with it. if that's an important feature you won't do wrong with a new Android device.

    At the end of the day both have their pros and cons - if you want something that just works with no thought required on your part go iOS - its the "point and shoot" of smart phones. If you want greater control and like innovation as well as technology go Android - quad core, and many more devices on the way - again as mentioned, best thing is go to a shop and play with devices on offer and get what YOU like - cause both OS's have their fans - some are more fervent than others and can't see different people have different needs ;) lol

    Either way a new device will blow the old Thunderbolt out the water!

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    geekygirlau, Nov 22, 2012
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    Adam Minkow Loaded Pockets

    Guys and Gals, thank you for all the GREAT feedback.

    Keep it coming. What I really want to hear is from the people that switched, either way IPhone to Android or Android to IPhone, & why they did it, but most of all do you regret it?

    I am still very torn between which phone to get. I have seen price tossed around in here quite a bit and it is actually a part of my decision because I have Verizon's Unlimited data plan and intend on keeping it. The only way to do this is to pay full price for the phone. I have found that the full price for a new phone is.....well lets just say it is a lot & there really isn't a price difference between an Android & IPhone. They are both expensive.

    I have been down to the Verizon store several times and played with a large range of of Android devices & the IPhone 5. I would have to say that Android has come a long way since my Thunderbolt but the devices that run the best are bringing a whole different issue to the play field. Size.

    Holly crap.... These new devices are huge. Might as well strap a tablet to my waist. Lol. But I have found that the bigger devices for Android run smoother then the smaller devices.

    I have also seen the Eco system brought up and I am a Mac guy. I love my Mac and will never get rid of it. I also own an AppleTV which comes in handy. Now you read this and figure it should be a no brainer but I am really torn about this. I know all about the Apple eco system and it has good parts and bad.

    Now I know there was a question about what I don't like about my phone and that is a list. I have a HTC Thunderbolt and am currently running BAMF Son of a Bliss ROM. Yup it is Rooted. I had to root it unless I wanted to cary around 4 batteries and that was just to keep it on for 8 hrs. The batterie life still stinks but I have realized that there is not much else I am going to be able to do about it. I just recently made the jump from FroYo to Gingerbread. It works better but not great. There is nothing "smooth" about it. It shuts off cellular data and syncing at its own will. It reboots constantly.

    Now that I probably have your eyes bleeding. On with the discussion.
    Adam Minkow, Nov 24, 2012
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    Atomic Loaded Pockets

    I say try the Nexus line of phones. My phone is right at 2 years old and I still love it. Matter of fact I just paid for my kids shoes with it the other day. NFC! What you can do with an Android phone is amazing. Much more than with iPhone.
    Atomic, Nov 24, 2012
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    phatch Uber Prepared

    Size is rarely the issue it appears up front. Once people have used the larger phones for a short time, they quickly find smaller phones unpleasant. Moving to my Galaxy Nexus from a slide out keyboard stick phone was a huge size change. And the bigger size is very much worth it. I have an acquaintance who moved to a Note 2 from an HTC One and loves the size. She's more about data than phone though. It is certainly a phablet size though. She's big on the stylus and handwriting feature of it as well.

    In reality, it's quite close to the PDA sizes of the original Palm, or the Handspring Visor that had the cell phone module option which were based around 3x5 index cards as a design starting point. The Dell Axim as well was good sized. I used a number of those devices, so perhaps I'm used to the size in a roundabout way.

    Unless you have a finely tuned EDC system that can't accomodate a larger phone, I wouldn't consider size as a negative.
    phatch, Nov 24, 2012
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    cowsmilk Mooderator

    I started out with the iPhone 4 from Verizon. I really liked the industrial design look of the 4. It worked really well for what I wanted out of an internet enabled phone. However, there were some things that bothered me. For starters, you had to use iTunes for software upgrades. Now I know this has been fixed with OTA updates standard, but at the time it was a big deal to me. Next, if I wanted to download anything over 20MB, I needed a WiFi network. The iPhone just wouldn't let me do anything bigger. This is a problem. If I'm out and about and want to download a new game or program that is bigger than 20MB, no dice! One other big one was removable storage. IPhone didn't have it, and icloud was not available yet. I have several microSD cards and wanted to be able to use them.

    So what did I do? Well, I was interested in android but didn't want to commit just yet to a new phone. So I bought a good used HTC incredible 2 off of my local craig's list and started using that. Android would do what I wanted the iPhone to do so I bought an HTC ReZound. It's a great phone, and will last me till tax time next year when I will decide if a windows phone will be in the cards.

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    cowsmilk, Nov 24, 2012
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    Ogre Uber Prepared

    my concerns are freedom, options, and customization. so Android will always be the best for me.

    apple products are great but by in large overpriced for what you get imo. still, there are people that apple is just a better choice for, than android.
    Ogre, Nov 24, 2012
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    Newcigarz Loaded Pockets

    I've had every version iPhone since it first came out, in my mind it's hard to beat.
    Newcigarz, Nov 24, 2012
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    LoneStarJosh Loaded Pockets

    I've had 3 Android phones, and finally switched to iPhone & will never look back. Here's the problem- you have companies tweaking the android software for hundreds of different model phones. Then every programmer under the sun making apps & instantly uploading them to the market for immediate download. You have a lot of glitches, crashes, etc.

    iPhone software is designed by apple for their 4 models of phones (& now iPads). They have perfected it. The app programmers have to submit their apps to be pre-approved by apple before they can be released publicly.

    Everything just runs smoother on the iPhone.
    LoneStarJosh, Nov 25, 2012
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    Y.Tribe Loaded Pockets

    Not really tried the iPhone (more to do with price than wanting to). I have a HTC Desire on the Android and I love it as an operating system, played around with it on a few tablets too. I like the ease and customization, I just wish that more of its apps had widgets.

    I have nothing against I-things. I love my iPod Classic 80gig. Their just so easy to use and before the touch came out all models were similar. But again I've always had to buy second hand ones because of price.
    Y.Tribe, Nov 25, 2012
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    ecksdog Loaded Pockets

    I just switched from blackberry to iPhone 5. I also looked closely at androids. My friends who had iPhones loved them and my friends who had droids had small issues. One of the deciding factors for me was touched upon by another poster. With droids you have many phone makers running many different software revs. And often times the apps might not be optimized for a particular phone or software. I've had my phone for 3 weeks with zero problems. And reviews have shown it def has the best camera. It just plain works well
    ecksdog, Nov 25, 2012
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    Fukurai Uber Prepared

    If I had to choose, I'd go with the iPhone. I heard people arguing "Don't buy Apple, they treat their workers bad". IDK if any of the andriod hardware is more "social-friendly" than Apple. Again, just my opinion. Others claim "They don't treat your data well". Well in this case Google isn't better than Apple. I don't use the Google-search anymore, because it saves your data without you knowing it. (Read once an article about some geeks how tried to track people down just by their data (the words they searched for). They finally could locate the person behind the screen just by knowing his searches (in this case an old lady in Kazakhstan was the one they tracked accidentally.) So your data isn't "safe" with both companies. And to use all the nice features in Andriod you have to register at google, wouldn't do this ;). In the end I also don't like the look of the android devices. Having an iPod touch myself I really like the interface. Sure you can beat the heck out of an Android and change everything, but till now I hadn't found the GUI nice. Same thing with the design of the hardware. IMO the iPhones just look better than the Android phones, again, haven't found a Droid device which suits me.
    In the end the price will decide and in this case I can't afford both of the high end phones, so it'll be some cheapo phone where I can beat the crap out of it (throwing down etc.)
    Fukurai, Nov 25, 2012
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    The HTC HERO 2 released only on Android is 'out of date' somewhat by technology standards but my husband can vouch for its durability. It was the last HTC that had a complete metal case. His has survived being dropped from 25m, with only the battery popping out. And more importantly it can survive being half destroyed by TIG welding splatter and in the end it still works perfectly. Half of my friends iPhones I have seen have been completely wrecked quite quickly.
    Y.Tribe, Nov 25, 2012
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    KTMrider Empty Pockets

    My iPhone 5 crapped out after three hour of use! Volume buttons no longer work. IMO quality of the 5 is no where near the 3GS. Also, lots of known problems with batteries and weak frames.
    KTMrider, Nov 25, 2012
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    neutrontech Uber Prepared

    There is no comparison. Apples and oranges. If you want just a phone get an apple. If you want freedom and an experience go with android. Android is leaps ahead of apple in almost every way. Apple is entirely to restrictive. Android is more flexible which makes it moee user friendly to me. If you like being told what to do and how to do it then go with apple. If you wqnt to be your own person then goto android

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    neutrontech, Nov 25, 2012
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    KLF Loaded Pockets

    Motorola Defy(+)
    Sony Xperia Active
    Samsung Galaxy Xcover
    Caterpillar B10 (same phone other brandname)

    There's at least those models currently on market that are supposed to take a bit more abuse before giving up. They aren't most expensive either, pricewise more like 50-30% of the most high-end phones. Old and slow hardware is cheaper...

    Strapping one of those on wrist results in a modern wrist computer. Now who wouldn't want something like that ;)
    KLF, Nov 26, 2012
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