Did a heads up comparison with GS5 and iPhone 6 and Plus at work

[mrex]

No it won't. Nfc has been on Andorid for years but you can't do much besides change settings with NFC tags, file sharing and not much else. Good luck using that 10 year old finger print reader on Samsung phones to pay with nfc.
Weird I've seen more crashes on Touchwiz than another other skin Android OS.

and pairing devices for example. you can use nfc for paying but it isnt popular yet. it takes years until people adapt new payment methods. im not interested in it at all... and what comes to apple pay, will it work outside usa? what else can you do with nfc and apple?

what comes to ios and apps, they crash more than apps on android. that is the fact. use google to see crash reports.

 

[Switchback666]

I have some difficulty believing this post. AMOLED isn't as good as IPS.

I always see this kind of comments but i remember my Note 3 screen very well, it was miles better than any iPhone i had loved that thing with saturated colors and that black !

 

[TechGod]

I always see this kind of comments but i remember my Note 3 screen very well, it was miles better than any iPhone i had loved that thing with saturated colors and that black !

But what about the whites? I find the IPS on my Nexus 4 to be excellent.

 

[Switchback666]

But what about the whites? I find the IPS on my Nexus 4 to be excellent.

The nexus 4 was the first android phone i kept for a while, nice phone (if only it had a better camera and battery life) the screen was good but not very vibrant.

I can't really go technical on this things, I'm mostly a 'consumer' but i can tell you i was satisfy with the white on the ambled screen.

If you haven't go check the Galaxy s5 screen, its even better than the Note 3 and I'm sure you will love it.

 

[The Game 161]

I'm going to check out the iPhone 6 plus next week and I will compare it to my note 3 screen quailty wise. I don't expect to see any quailty differences. Will see.

 

[pedromcm.pm]

Another insecure Samsung marketing at work. I guess you just signed up with MR just to brainwash people.

Exactly, The intentions are clear, especially when there's this and this for everybody to see.

Its funny that despite the 5s having a better camera than the galaxy s5, the camera on his phone is special, even against new models. It is also funny that despite every reviewer stating that the new screens are the best they ever saw (even the 5s was superior than the s5 on a lot of different areas) his screen is also special.

We know the usual drill. I hope they pay well.

 

[The-Real-Deal82]

did a heads up compare with gs5 and iPhone 6 and plus at work

Actually check first several pages, you Apple fans delete those threads pretty quickly to hide the failures of your devices.....

Says the person who joined MR very recently and appears to detest Apple in nearly every post. Did you know what this place was before you joined, or is it just the enjoyment of stirring things up? At least the discussion in the alternatives section has people who have owned both or currently own both operating systems so much of the discussion is balanced to some degree. You appear to just be anti in most of the discussions I have seen and I really don't get why somebody would join just to be like that.

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Back to topic. I did a quick compare with my mates wife's GS5 last night. Nothing too comprehensive just loading web pages, apps and general navigation around menus and I have to say my iP6 didn't suffer in the way the OP experienced. In fact my phone was ever so slightly quicker at some of the things, so perhaps it's unusual, or a defective iPhone/software glitch with the OP? It seems strange it was on two iPhones though. I'm sure we'll find out as the weeks go on and we have more users with hands on experience. I don't doubt there are teething problems as the is on many new release phones

 

[The-Real-Deal82]

what comes to ios and apps, they crash more than apps on android. that is the fact. use google to see crash reports.

Could you possibly tell me which apps on iOS crash? Are they mainstream apps or the less popular ones? App crashes was one of the reasons I jumped from Android to iOS in the first place and in the last couple of years I've been very happy on that front. I don't doubt some experience app crashes but it would be nice to get some perspective on this.

 

[Jibbajabba]

No it won't. Nfc has been on Andorid for years but you can't do much besides change settings with NFC tags, file sharing and not much else. Good luck using that 10 year old finger print reader on Samsung phones to pay with nfc.
Weird I've seen more crashes on Touchwiz than another other skin Android OS.

Limitations aren't just with the phone's implementation but mainly with the vendors. Try to pay anything here in the UK with NFC, iPhone or Android.

A local bank here (NatWest) introduced a phone case a while back with their own NFC chip and app. That however was just emulating a touch less credit card which are now standard.

So whether you got an IPhone or Android phone doesn't matter. You can't use either.

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Could you possibly tell me which apps on iOS crash? Are they mainstream apps or the less popular ones? App crashes was one of the reasons I jumped from Android to iOS in the first place and in the last couple of years I've been very happy on that front. I don't doubt some experience app crashes but it would be nice to get some perspective on this.

Got a 5S from my company and I used it two days. Email app crashed on me twice in those two days and when I started the camera the whole thing froze and I needed to reset. Honestly, I don't care what people use, each to their own. But that 5S is back in its box with the number forwarded to my private number

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I'm going to check out the iPhone 6 plus next week and I will compare it to my note 3 screen quailty wise. I don't expect to see any quailty differences. Will see.

Let's face it, it's subjective anyway. Only definite answer would be measuring this electronically.

Compare it with music. You got a song at a bit rate of 192,320 and VBR. You will find people who don't hear the difference, pretend to hear the difference and some who just have a good ear.

 

[The-Real-Deal82]

Got a 5S from my company and I used it two days. Email app crashed on me twice in those two days and when I started the camera the whole thing froze and I needed to reset. Honestly, I don't care what people use, each to their own. But that 5S is back in its box with the number forwarded to my private number

That's a faulty iPhone by the sounds of it. These opinions are indeed subjective but you examples there are not common complaints. With any electronic gadget you will get the odd one that has glitches etc. Did you not try and solve the issue(s) rather than just put it back in the box? Two days use with a couple of isolated issues is far too premature to influence an opinion really, especially when it's uncommon.

 

[mrex]

Could you possibly tell me which apps on iOS crash? Are they mainstream apps or the less popular ones? App crashes was one of the reasons I jumped from Android to iOS in the first place and in the last couple of years I've been very happy on that front. I don't doubt some experience app crashes but it would be nice to get some perspective on this.

short info
link to a short pdf file

 

[skratch77]

The lag/delay is real and you will see posts about it all over in the iPhone section.

I like how quick I get called out lol

I'm sure its an iOS 8 issue and not the hardware and I really don't care what you think.

I got 2 real people with the new iphones to say it to my face that the gs5 was more responsive and had a better screen etc.

 

[The-Real-Deal82]

Did a heads up comparison with GS5 and iPhone 6 and Plus at work

I stand corrected on the over all point but thankfully I'm not using iOS 5 and never have. The article says iOS 7 is the best yet on that front and I have to say app crashes are rare for me. Safari and Facebook are the only ones that reload themselves ocassionally and it's rare an app bombs out and returns to the home screen.

I'd still be interested to know what apps are the worst offenders for crashing because I am either lucky or don't use them.

 

[skratch77]

This last post in this picture discribes what we noticed its like the phone is slow motion and don't move as fast as you swipe.

The gs5 was noticeably faster and way more responsive to our fingers moving things around and scrolling.

 

[Savor]

I agree with the OP esp the RAM issue. Usually it is better to have MORE than ENOUGH than having just enough. The first gen iPad was a great example where Apple showed their first gen mistakes. People thought 512 MB was enough for iOS back in 2010. Then iPad got shutout completely from iOS7 while the iPhone 4 did not with the same A4 SoC & RAM capacity. I just don't get why Apple didn't bump up the RAM for their first gen phablet knowing full well the multiple app windows would be a key feature for 6 Plus. Apple deliberately didn't want to future proof it knowing next year they might put 2 GB for their 6s Plus to make current iP6/6+ faster at being obsolete. They add it slowly for you to keep coming back knowing full well iOS users upgrade with the most incremental reasons. Apple will probably add 2 GB for their 6s models to tick off even more people who bought a 6/6+ this year.

On Android, I still need 2 GB as minimum even if KitKat made Android lighter on RAM. I think their claims of 512 MB is still too little while 1 GB should be just enough. I prefer having more than enough than just enough though. At least this is a sigh of relief for iP6 users still stuck at 1 GB of RAM too. Misery loves company. Less sour grapes to eat. Apple wanted to be less forward-thinking for higher short-term returns. If they made the perfect iPhone, there would be less and less reasons to upgrade every year. $mart move, Apple.

 

[Fanaticalism]

Says the person who joined MR very recently and appears to detest Apple in nearly every post. Did you know what this place was before you joined, or is it just the enjoyment of stirring things up? At least the discussion in the alternatives section has people who have owned both or currently own both operating systems so much of the discussion is balanced to some degree. You appear to just be anti in most of the discussions I have seen and I really don't get why somebody would join just to be like that.

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Back to topic. I did a quick compare with my mates wife's GS5 last night. Nothing too comprehensive just loading web pages, apps and general navigation around menus and I have to say my iP6 didn't suffer in the way the OP experienced. In fact my phone was ever so slightly quicker at some of the things, so perhaps it's unusual, or a defective iPhone/software glitch with the OP? It seems strange it was on two iPhones though. I'm sure we'll find out as the weeks go on and we have more users with hands on experience. I don't doubt there are teething problems as the is on many new release phones

I think its an ios8 thing personally. Our iPad minis lag in safari and has micro stutters in the hs. after we updated. This was never a problem before. I'm thinks ng they'll get patched with updates.

 

[The-Real-Deal82]

I think its an ios8 thing personally. Our iPad minis lag in safari and has micro stutters in the hs. after we updated. This was never a problem before. I'm thinks ng they'll get patched with updates.

Possibly yeah, is it only affecting a certain number of devices too? My iP6 is running as good as my iP5 was so far and I've not had any issues, yet. I did a restore rather than starting from a fresh so not sure if that has anything to do with it? Who knows, these little computers do some strange things sometimes lol.

I've been watching YouTube vids over the past hour comparing the S5 and the iP6 and it's pretty equal between the two phones on performance. There are some tasks each does better than the other. Despite the 1gb of ram the iPhone is pretty fast loading up often matching, or on certain apps faster than the Samsung. As I said though the reviewers seem to like both of these devices and have them more or less on a par. I think we can all be picky to suit our subjective views but the reality is these phones are the muts nuts. It just boils down to whether you like iOS or Android, you're still going to be able to have a competent smartphone.

 

[pdqgp]

Nfc has been on Andorid for years but you can't do much besides change settings with NFC tags, file sharing and not much else.

Funny, I used mine all week to pay for thing while here on vacation with no issues. It also allowed me to one tap configure my phone as a remote with my Sony 4k TV with one bump. File transfers are nice too.

 

[jamezr]

Funny, I used mine all week to pay for thing while here on vacation with no issues. It also allowed me to one tap configure my phone as a remote with my Sony 4k TV with one bump. File transfers are nice too.

Apple crippled NFC on the IP6 so it can only be used for Apple Pay to generate revenue for Apple. NFC can be used for so much more!

 

[pdqgp]

Apple crippled NFC on the IP6 so it can only be used for Apple Pay to generate revenue for Apple. NFC can be used for so much more!

^^ did not know that. how well will that work out with all those who have an Android and Google Pay looking to make a switch to Apple? Did they think that decision through?

 

[jamezr]

^^ did not know that. how well will that work out with all those who have an Android and Google Pay looking to make a switch to Apple? Did they think that decision through?

Yeah no file transfer and no other payments other than Apple pay.

 

[jrswizzle]

Lol.....troll bait guys...try not to get sucked in.

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^^ did not know that. how well will that work out with all those who have an Android and Google Pay looking to make a switch to Apple? Did they think that decision through?

With AirDrop and photo streams, why would we need NFC for file transfer?

And any app that wants to can utilize AirDrop sharing.

 

[gotluck]

Well air drop is apple only

 

[jrswizzle]

Well air drop is apple only

Sure...I guess that would be the drawback.

 

[jamezr]

Well air drop is apple only

True but NFC is a universal standard. That's has a lot of uses.