If the Next iPhone is a Not a Redesign, Will You Go Android?

[dontwalkhand]

Switch to Android and throw away all of the money I've spent in iOS apps? No thanks. Put too much money into this platform.

Also have a lot of hardware investments that rely on iOS as well. Android is not an option for me as much as I want a larger screen.

 

[throx]

Sad, I am moving to Apple from loyal google fanboi. Android just isn't good enough after playing the iOS for 10 minutes.

 

[lapeno]

No. Keeping my ip4 then.

 

[AkuskaUK]

One word.


NO.


Android is buggy still, everyone i know who has used it has random crashes and problems.

 

[wcrov]

Switch to Android and throw away all of the money I've spent in iOS apps? No thanks. Put too much money into this platform.

Also have a lot of hardware investments that rely on iOS as well. Android is not an option for me as much as I want a larger screen.

Yes that's a good reason...
I'm sorry for you...

;-)

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[BlindMellon]

Android is buggy still, everyone i know who has used it has random crashes and problems.

what a very convenient thing to say with no way to back it up.

 

[wcrov]

Sad, I am moving to Apple from loyal google fanboi. Android just isn't good enough after playing the iOS for 10 minutes.

Go get fashion... LOL
Unbelievable!!!!

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[kart]

lol, what's android?

 

[wcrov]

what a very convenient thing to say with no way to back it up.

I guess you guys don't know how to use an android os...
Just google and 2 minutes you learn how to back up (without using wires and itunes... LOL)


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[decafjava]

I guess you guys don't know how to use an android os...
Just google and 2 minutes you learn how to back up (without using wires and itunes... LOL)


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No Mr. Troll he meant "back it up" as in one should not trash Android (or another os) without some facts to support it.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/back+up

42.
back up,
a. to bring (a stream of traffic) to a standstill: A stalled car backed up traffic for miles.

b. Printing . to print a sheet again on its other side.

c. Printing . to fill in (the thin copper shell of an electrotype) with metal in order to strengthen it.

d. to move backward: Back up into the garage.

e. to reinforce: We backed up the cardboard with slats so it wouldn't fall down.

f. to support or confirm: He backed up my story and they let us go.

g. Computers . to duplicate (a file or a program) as a precaution against failure.

Back in your hole then.

 

[wcrov]

No Mr. Troll he meant "back it up" as in one should not trash Android (or another os) without some facts to support it.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/back+up



Back in your hole then.

Ooops lack of my translation...
Backing up

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[wcrov]

lol, what's android?

It's the actual number #1 Smartphones OS in less than 3 years after started...
Be welcome!


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[VulchR]

Each time I buy anything expensive I look at alternatives. This time around I don't really like Android, for it doesn't seem as polished as iOS. It reminds me of how early versions of Windows stacked up to MacOS. Also, I distrust Google. As others have said, we are not Google's customers – marketing companies are – and I worry about what private data Google is 'mining' from me.

I have yet to look at a Windows phone, but I tend to want cutting edge systems rather than bleeding edge ones.

However, maybe when I update 2 years or so after I get the next iPhone, I'll consider an Android or Windows phone (funny how nobody ever seems to mention that possibility). Maybe even Blackberry will have something that I like by then. Any phone that would lure me away from Apple would have to overcome Apple's advantages with respect seamless interoperability with the MacOS environment.

It's the actual number #1 Smartphones OS in less than 3 years after started....

'What's right isn't always popular: What's popular isn't always right.' - Howard Cosell

I guess it boils down to how one defines '#1'... Fords are more popular than Bentley's...

 

[mjlawrence]

No, I am an Android user at the moment, and I don't like it. I will be switching to the new iPhone whatever it turns out to be.

 

[rowley]

Ive invested time and money into my iphone, I'm not about to change it on a whim.

 

[malias4]

if its a new design with 4 inch i ll buy it if its not i wonyt go android but i ll stick with my old iphone4

And maybe i ll buy a galaxy s 2 used, for a back up mobile!
is that called moving on android?

 

[maflynn]

I've used both, I've been on android, before that I was an iPhone user and I'm currently on the IP4. The issue that I think many of us will have is that we're pretty well plugged into the apple ecosystem. Its a pain to replace the apps that you already own and get the music easily synced.

For me the latter issue was the biggest problem, none of the apps available for syncing music were as easy and simple as iTunes.

Will I switch to android in the future, maybe, but for now the iPhone is suiting my needs and the more apps I have the harder it will be to switch.

 

[Sir Ruben]

I see the Android fanboys are signing up here in the droves to preach at us happy apple customers in a bid to convert. Sad.

If we wanted to hear about android we would be on an android forum

 

[billnye97]

I've used both, I've been on android, before that I was an iPhone user and I'm currently on the IP4. The issue that I think many of us will have is that we're pretty well plugged into the apple ecosystem. Its a pain to replace the apps that you already own and get the music easily synced.

For me the latter issue was the biggest problem, none of the apps available for syncing music were as easy and simple as iTunes.

Will I switch to android in the future, maybe, but for now the iPhone is suiting my needs and the more apps I have the harder it will be to switch.

Good points. I currently have a HTC Evo. I made the switch to Android after having various versions of iPhones for 3 years (since the initial launch). I will be going back to the iPhone. I wanted a different experience and Android isn't as bad as the fanboys say it is. For me though with all the investment in the Apple ecosystem syncing music isn't as easy as just syncing with iTunes. I have tried various methods on Android and they work but it isn't as seemless.

 

[George Knighton]

Curious how many MR members are seriously considering an Android device if the next iPhone features no redesign and is strictly a spec update.

I would *not* see a particular reason to switch and, in fact, I'll be waiting to see if the iPhone 4S/5 offers any appreciable performance advantage before I spend any money.

For example, my dual core iPad 2 doesn't seem to offer any particular advantage over the original iPad. People aren't even writing applications to use the dual core, it seems to me, and the memory performance of both iPhone and iPad is so good that I'm not sure we'd be able to tell, even if they did write the applications for it.

I've played around with Android devices, and I'm just not blown away.

I think that if you use Windows, you might be more tempted.

I'm on OSX and SELinux, and I see no reason to screw up what's working perfectly by beginning to play around with Google stuff.

But, of course, that's just me.

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And maybe i ll buy a galaxy s 2 used, for a back up mobile!
is that called moving on android?

No.

But I think it *is* called, "asking for trouble."

 

[drober30]

NO.


Should have been a Poll.

 

[iWangKe]

Nope

No. Android is too complicated for me. Virus, low level control of the system. Too dangerous. I'd trust Apple rather than 3rd party developers.

Android is just another Windows, which I suffer a lot from.
BTW, the Android battery sucks.

 

[wcrov]

'What's right isn't always popular: What's popular isn't always right.' - Howard Cosell

I guess it boils down to how one defines '#1'... Fords are more popular than Bentley's...

You're right! But I bet that you don't need to connect your Bentley to a computer to start its engine
Or can you open a flash page with your Bentley? Ooops, I guess now you can...

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[PlatinuM195]

Just sold my GS2 in anticipation of the new iPhone. While the GS2 had a lot going for it, it felt no where near as polished software-wise compared to iOS.

Particularly in animation smoothness and lag. I'm not sure if anyone notices but iOS seems to mostly have 60fps+ animations while gingerbread typically feels a little laggy (sometimes only slightly) and there is significantly more input lag.

 

[nefan65]

Each time I buy anything expensive I look at alternatives. This time around I don't really like Android, for it doesn't seem as polished as iOS. It reminds me of how early versions of Windows stacked up to MacOS. Also, I distrust Google. As others have said, we are not Google's customers – marketing companies are – and I worry about what private data Google is 'mining' from me.

I have yet to look at a Windows phone, but I tend to want cutting edge systems rather than bleeding edge ones.

However, maybe when I update 2 years or so after I get the next iPhone, I'll consider an Android or Windows phone (funny how nobody ever seems to mention that possibility). Maybe even Blackberry will have something that I like by then. Any phone that would lure me away from Apple would have to overcome Apple's advantages with respect seamless interoperability with the MacOS environment.



'What's right isn't always popular: What's popular isn't always right.' - Howard Cosell

I guess it boils down to how one defines '#1'... Fords are more popular than Bentley's...

It's also the #1 returned phone OS [or at least Android handsets in general]. That IS fact...