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

[BlueGoldAce]

I've been saying this. Apple has truly released a dud of a phone this iteration.

iOS 8 lags. Just wait for the update.

Wife's iphone 5s has lag that wasn't present before.

Just my opinion.

 

[dojoman]

Try scrolling in certain applications, especially on the plus....it lags

ZERO lags. I literally just tried both 6 and 6+ at Bestbuy 10 min ago. No lags. I'm not sure where you see lags? Did everything scrolling in home screen, scrolling tons of pics in Photo app, Google map. It's likely some apps that haven't updated to latest resolution there's lag? Not sure, I did see some apps icons were blurry. It's actually a lot more snappier than my 5s. Now contemplating upgrading.

 

[TechGod]

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.

See, I've rooted and made the screen have a lot more contrast. If you thought the screen looked good stock, you haven't seen nothin yet!

 

[Sensamic]

I think they thought the iPhone 6 was slower due to the new iOS 7 animations that were introduced last year. Remember many people said these new animations made the phone look slower.

 

[mib1800]

No, the first one is called a webpage refresh. Android does it too. Maybe the LG G3 can have 12 webpages open without refreshing (3gb of ram), while the iphone 6 can only have 6. That may or may not be the case, but it is a refresh, not lag.

The second one, again no. iOS scrolls different than android. iOS scrolls smooth (the opposite of lag) at the same speed each time you swipe up. Android, while not always (mostly) as smooth, will actually speed up the faster you swipe. Therefore android can scroll to the bottom of a webpage faster.

So the conclusion is iPhone also LAG. To me iphone lag is much worse since we do scrolling all the times and the fact that iphone scrolling can up be to 5 times slower is really pathetic.

I think any explanations that say iphone doesn't lag just sound very hypocritical.

 

[BlueGoldAce]

So the conclusion is iPhone also LAG. To me iphone lag is much worse since we do scrolling all the times and the fact that iphone scrolling can up be to 5 times slower is really pathetic.

I think any explanations that say iphone doesn't lag just sound very hypocritical.

Again.... It's the way it is coded. Do you use the iphone? If you did you would know what I am saying.

All phones lag. Ios just hides it better.

But the webpage scrolling is not lag.

 

[jamesrick80]

Again.... It's the way it is coded. Do you use the iphone? If you did you would know what I am saying.

All phones lag. Ios just hides it better.

But the webpage scrolling is not lag.

I think iphone fans hide it better lol, sometimes they keep the problems of there phones to themselves so their egos want hurt

 

[BlueGoldAce]

I think iphone fans hide it better lol, sometimes they keep the problems of there phones to themselves so their egos want hurt

I use both platforms. Appa open at similar speeds. Ios just does it smoother. No ego here. To put ones ego behind a phone is a bit pathetic.

 

[Oohara]

I think iphone fans hide it better lol, sometimes they keep the problems of there phones to themselves so their egos want hurt

See, this kind of generalising, derogatory comment is completely unnecessary. Argue your standpoint by all means, but drop the attitude. All you do otherwise is prompt others to return in kind, and suddenly all topics being discussed are bogged down in this meaningless, egotistical pissing-contest crap.

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Back to the topic at hand: I am quite the Android fan myself, but I have to admit that from all my use of iPhones and Android handsets (both of them a lot) the iPhone gives an overall smoother experience when navigating the UI. This I always miss when using Android phones.

I think what Ace said is probably essentially quite true: all phones lag, the iPhone is just able to hide it better. The side effect of that is that it does on the other hand crash more often; apps or the whole phone. I've never had my Note 2 lock up completely, but that happened every now and then with my 4S. Apps very seldom crash on the Note, but they did quite often on the 4S. On the other hand, animations and transitions do now and then get choppy on the Note, and on more modern Androids that I've tested too, in a way that I never see on the 4S (or any more modern iPhone that I've tested - I've not bought one since the 4S).

However neither behaviour is enough to disqualify either side IMO. It's just different kinds of little annoyances.

 

[apolloa]

I have a gs5 running 4.4.4 and 2 co workers got the new iPhones.

First thing we did was load up this HD picture of a tiger on all 3 phones and everyone at work all agreed the gs5 blew them away including the people with the iPhone.one kid said I wish the iPhone had an amoled screen.

We then used the phones just doing reg things and both Iphones were lagging big time.The home screen swiping back and forth was not even close to as fluid as my gs5 was and I was even surprised because all I ever read about is how smooth iOS is vs android and I'm sorry the new iphones were not smooth at all.Both co workers agreed and one said it will get fixed with an update.

We then compared the camera and the gs5 simply took a better picture and was a lot more clearer in detail then both iphones.

Take it for what its worth but this was our real world test and everyone agreed the gs5 was better then both iphones.

PS I'm not a paid troll and I wish we got the testing on video to post.

That's iOS that is. I can even tell you my Nexus 7 speed wise runs rings around my iPad Mini Retina even when swiping screens, it is a fact, Android is faster and that's with 1GB RAM, the last Android was optimised to run with a smaller memory footprint, iOS doesn't seem to change in this regard?

IMO iOS is slow, sluggish, will never multitask properly and feels old compared to Android. No one is ever going to change my mind on that as it's my personal experience using both platforms.

 

[Lloydbm41]

That's iOS that is. I can even tell you my Nexus 7 speed wise runs rings around my iPad Mini Retina even when swiping screens, it is a fact, Android is faster and that's with 1GB RAM, the last Android was optimised to run with a smaller memory footprint, iOS doesn't seem to change in this regard?

IMO iOS is slow, sluggish, will never multitask properly and feels old compared to Android. No one is ever going to change my mind on that as it's my personal experience using both platforms.

I own quite a few phones, as you can see in my signature, so I can tell you that most of the crap I hear people say about both ios and Android is just that... Crap.

In fact, I just made this video an hour or so ago for another thread and this pretty much makes my point. BTW, video was shot with my Nexus 5.

 

[TechGod]

That's iOS that is. I can even tell you my Nexus 7 speed wise runs rings around my iPad Mini Retina even when swiping screens, it is a fact, Android is faster and that's with 1GB RAM, the last Android was optimised to run with a smaller memory footprint, iOS doesn't seem to change in this regard?

IMO iOS is slow, sluggish, will never multitask properly and feels old compared to Android. No one is ever going to change my mind on that as it's my personal experience using both platforms.

Are you actually serious?

 

[apolloa]

I own quite a few phones, as you can see in my signature, so I can tell you that most of the crap I hear people say about both ios and Android is just that... Crap.

In fact, I just made this video an hour or so ago for another thread and this pretty much makes my point. BTW, video was shot with my Nexus 5

What signature?

Are you actually serious?

As I said, NO ONE will change my mind on this, because I use BOTH platforms everyday and this is my experience, Apple love to use ridiculous pointless animations you can't turn off, this makes the whole OS feel sluggish and slow, every time I use Android it feels much snappier and if I want to make it go faster I can turn off all the animations.
When people clam Android lags they are thinking of 2011, it's moved on so much now it is more powerful and faster as the OP and his workmates saw.

 

[jamezr]

Yes, Airdrop is Apple devices only but what other devices besides other Android devices would you be transferring files from/to on your Android phone? Seems to me both situations are exactly the same.

But the better point of this is that Airdrop isn't just limited to phones/tablets with NFC. Yes, it's limited to Apple devices but it allows me to quickly transfer between iPhone/iPad/Mac.

I do agree regarding limiting NFC functionality though--wish it could at least be used with NFC tags to change configurations, settings, etc.

Airdrop can work....but it is slow compared to drag and drop features of Android File Transfer. AFT can also let you manage your storage better. You can create/delete move data around to better suit your needs. It also uses USB 3 speeds.
Airdrop is Apple specific not cross platform.

 

[mib1800]

I own quite a few phones, as you can see in my signature, so I can tell you that most of the crap I hear people say about both ios and Android is just that... Crap.

In fact, I just made this video an hour or so ago for another thread and this pretty much makes my point. BTW, video was shot with my Nexus 5.

My goodness the iPhone really lags. The scrolling speed is just so horribly slow.

 

[jamezr]

I own quite a few phones, as you can see in my signature, so I can tell you that most of the crap I hear people say about both ios and Android is just that... Crap.

In fact, I just made this video an hour or so ago for another thread and this pretty much makes my point. BTW, video was shot with my Nexus 5.


I do get micro lag/stutter on my IP6. Not much or anything to really complain about. But i get just as much as i ever got on my Galaxy S5......
I also didn't think it was a big deal then.....

 

[The-Real-Deal82]

My goodness the iPhone really lags. The scrolling speed is just so horribly slow.

Are we watching the same video? It looks pretty fluid to me. I can't see anything wrong with the responsiveness.

 

[Oohara]

My goodness the iPhone really lags. The scrolling speed is just so horribly slow.

Slow scrolling speed and lag are not the same thing.

 

[skratch77]

Just want to add my gs5 is on a week old firmware from Samsung.its the first phone to use HD audio over LTE on Verizon and is android 4.4.4 not 4.2.3 or 4.4.2 or 4.4.3 its the latest software and the phone is a magnitude faster then when it was a few weeks ago.

So like I said apple needs a few updates to iOS 8 to really compare the phones and the t mobile gs5 in the video above is on 4.2.2 and is slow as *** compared to my phone.

 

[spinedoc77]

I own quite a few phones, as you can see in my signature, so I can tell you that most of the crap I hear people say about both ios and Android is just that... Crap.

In fact, I just made this video an hour or so ago for another thread and this pretty much makes my point. BTW, video was shot with my Nexus 5.


I do get micro lag/stutter on my IP6. Not much or anything to really complain about. But i get just as much as i ever got on my Galaxy S5......
I also didn't think it was a big deal then.....

There is exaggeration on both sides. IMO they are about as equally smooth, give or take in different areas. It's amazing the sheer amount of space this entire argument takes on these forums, it has to be at least 20% of the content lol. All that for something that boils down to literally milliseconds.

 

[jamezr]

There is exaggeration on both sides. IMO they are about as equally smooth, give or take in different areas. It's amazing the sheer amount of space this entire argument takes on these forums, it has to be at least 20% of the content lol. All that for something that boils down to literally milliseconds.

I totally agree with you. It seems like a lot to do about nothing!

 

[JaySoul]

1) The S5 just had a mammoth update so yes it should be smooth

2) The iP6 just came out, ditto iOS 8, so updates will improve them

3) BUT the iP6+ does apparently struggle a bit due to the RAM, read reports today

 

[apolloa]

There is exaggeration on both sides. IMO they are about as equally smooth, give or take in different areas. It's amazing the sheer amount of space this entire argument takes on these forums, it has to be at least 20% of the content lol. All that for something that boils down to literally milliseconds.

Even with those milliseconds it's still noticeable IMO.

 

[tbayrgs]

Airdrop can work....but it is slow compared to drag and drop features of Android File Transfer. AFT can also let you manage your storage better. You can create/delete move data around to better suit your needs. It also uses USB 3 speeds.
Airdrop is Apple specific not cross platform.

I wasn't comparing it to AFT but rather to NFC file transfers. What platform other than Android would you be transferring a file/video/photo/etc via NFC from your Android phone?

My point was that while Airdrop will only work between two Apple devices, using NFC to transfer on an Android handset will only work with other Android handsets. I don't see an advantage either way, specifically speaking only about file transfers between mobile phones.

And for quick file transfers of smaller items (i.e. photos), I guarantee I can get it onto my Mac faster using Airdrop than you could using using a cable and AFT. Takes a couple seconds. For larger files or many items, not the best solution, for certain.

 

[jamezr]

I wasn't comparing it to AFT but rather to NFC file transfers. What other platform other than Android would you be transferring a file/video/photo/etc via NFC from you Android phone.

My point was that while Airdrop will only work between two Apple devices, using NFC to transfer on an Android handset will only work with other Android handsets. I don't see an advantage either way, specifically speaking only about file transfers.

Agreed.....