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iPhone 5 vs. Galaxy S3 deathmatch!
- Thread starter craftytony
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You don't have to add anything, it's enabled by default on the S3. All you have to do is sign into a Samsung account.
On iOS, it's enabled by default too. All you have to do is sign into an iTunes account.
What's the difference?
iCloud account is part of iOS.
Google account is part of Android OS. Now you have to add a Samsung account?! Hassle and another account with password to remember.
Chris in their mind:
If it takes an extra step in ios it's (a pain, tedious, or non-intuitive)
If it takes an extra step in android (it's no big deal)
What I've gathered thus far anyway....
It takes two minutes to sign up for a Samsung account and you can use the same e-mail address and password as your Google account.
I wouldn't call that a big deal in either OS.
Very true. It reminds me of when the iPhone 4/4S had glass and they would say that is the dumbest design...Then when the Nexus 4 comes with a glass back, it is pure genius.
I prefer not to use the same password for two accounts AND another step to get a feature that is supposed to be built in? NO way and no thanks.
Oh I agree....but if you read through this thread (which I don't expect you to, as it is getting pretty long)
There are many instances where I've mentioned how ios can do something but may require extra steps, leads to comments of how tedious it is. Then when the tables are turned it has lead to, not being a big deal.Then don't, but it is built into the S3. Just because it's one measly extra step doesn't mean it isn't built in
Oh I agree....but if you read through this thread (which I don't expect you to, as it is getting pretty long)
Well put. Android from my experience requires 1-2 extra steps just to do 1 task that would take iOS only 1 step. Android in my opinion is just an inefficient OS and the battery life shows on most of the devices.
Oh I agree....but if you read through this thread (which I don't expect you to, as it is getting pretty long)
Well it's not me that's said that iOS is tedious so I can't really comment
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Really?
Android actually seems faster at accomplishing tasks quickly, but it's more of a clusterf**k of options.
For example. Disable Wifi:
iOS - settings > wifi > off.
Android - notification bar > Wifi toggle.
Or if you have a Wifi toggle widget on your home screen on Android, just hit that.
Android can be set up to accomplish common tasks more quickly than iOS.
Well it's not me that's said that iOS is tedious so I can't really comment
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Really?
Android actually seems faster at accomplishing tasks quickly, but it's more of a clusterf**k of options.
For example. Disable Wifi:
iOS - settings > wifi > off.
Android - notification bar > Wifi toggle.
Or if you have a Wifi toggle widget on your home screen on Android, just hit that.
Android can be set up to accomplish common tasks more quickly than iOS.
I would have to agree with you, that it is faster to accomplish this on Android, but ios users do have the ability to jailbreak and do this also.
I know my personal opinion isn't much liked in this post, but I for one don't change my Bluetooth/wifi settings enough to warrant it having it's own section or panel.
Me neither, I keep WiFi and Bluetooth on all the time so it makes no difference to me, I was just pointing out that I find Android to be quicker at performing common tasks than iOS.
chris2k5 appears incapable of criticising iOS and incapable of praising Android.
Agree, not sure why he kept debating when he said he just wanted to know what Android could do. Now it is a bitchfest. Who didnt see that coming?
Find my phone? There is a bunch of those that ive seen.
Not to mention the "Got Ya" app which both phones have in the app store. That one is pretty cool. Takes the thiefs pic and he doesnt now it and sends you an email of his face and location after he incorrectly enters the wrong unlock screen code, pin, swipe or wrong face detection. Whatever it is you use to unlock your lockscreen.
I guess you didnt see this, and CLEARLY you didnt have your GS3 very long or look around in the Playstore. I mean c-mon, there are many find my phone type apps.
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Oh you meant built in Apps. Either one is fine and do the same thing. I think "Got Ya" is probably the best or at least one of them and both App stores have it.
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Well it's not me that's said that iOS is tedious so I can't really comment
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Really?
Android actually seems faster at accomplishing tasks quickly, but it's more of a clusterf**k of options.
For example. Disable Wifi:
iOS - settings > wifi > off.
Android - notification bar > Wifi toggle.
Or if you have a Wifi toggle widget on your home screen on Android, just hit that.
Android can be set up to accomplish common tasks more quickly than iOS.
In 2013, no one should have to turn on and off the wifi/data/location etc etc in a smartphone.
Atleast NC settings on my iPhone 5 is pretty useless now that i never change my brightness or enable/disable a toggle. No need.
I am sure the note 2 also negates the need for those toggles in notification pull down. I hope touchwiz 6.0 allows a setting to turn off toggles if a user wants.
And you get access to their app store as well.
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Yep and when i read the OP, i knew it was going to go in this direction. OP said he didnt want these kind of responses we are seeing but then started them himself defending the iPhone when HE is the one who said he just wanted to know what the Android OS could do.
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Called Latitude
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With Latitude activated and it shows the location of your phone. You can watch it going down the road. All you have to do is get another phone or your Tablet and type in the person you want to connect to see where they are.
Or your location will show up with Latitude off with just the data turned on. Dont need GPS on either. There is more than one way that is built in.
Side by side with a GS3, it also looks UGLY. The GS3 looks so much better beside the nexus 4 lol.
I dont think it is ugly. I just dont want the hassle of glass breaking easily when it isnt real easy to get a replacement like i can with the back of my GS3.
So because you like Android you're not a hypocrite because the N4 has a glass back? Lol
I like Android a lot and the iPhone 4/4S is my favorite iPhone design.
Stereotyping is great isn't it?
So because you like Android you're not a hypocrite because the N4 has a glass back? Lol
I like Android a lot and the iPhone 4/4S is my favorite iPhone design.
Stereotyping is great isn't it?
Huh?
I dont care which phone it is, i just dont prefer glass on the back of my phone that can break easily. I almost got a N4 and if not for it being hard to get i might have but then i started thinking about that glass back and it bothered me about it. Between that and wanting more Memory space i decided against it.
Response in bold. Quite a lot of following cannot be done with jailbreak either.
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Photostream may be propietary, but I can do it, Print/Read later - minor use is your OPINION
Fine. Just add photostream, print and read later as share to IOS (note: last two also possible with S3). So my original point is still valid i.e. limited in iOS. iOS can do a SUBSET of S3
I can save my photos, docs, movie projects all to my phone storage
Not save any type of files from the browser. And files in iphone storage are accessible by the owner app only. You cannot copy out files from phone without itunes (or upload to cloud). S3 wins with MORE capabilities and content/file centric model
Well I guess this round would go to the S3 if you needed subtitles badly, but if we dig deeper the iphone5 has a higher PPI, maybe not by a whole lot but if were doing a comparison the iphone wins here
Sure. Iphone win with higher PPI. Countering this I give you S3 has higher resolution and bigger screen.
Can the S3 edit Raw files yes or no? I'm not the only photographer using a smartphone
Why not? With an app. Was there a "photoshop touch" app recently. I bet this is not the only one
Well the same could be true for android fans, I've received a lot of rebuttals saying that I may be able to do something it isn't as "easy" as on android in their opionion ex. screen captures
I am commenting based on your responses to my post.
The point is I can do it and you wanted to stick by the rules right?
true. But this is a match. the better side (S3) wins
You do use your calendar to keep track of your schedule, no? As long as I marked "busy" (or some other criteria like keywords) in a meeting/event entry, that will do. For adhoc schedule not in calendar, I can just tap a shortcut icon to set the phone to silent for 1, 2, 3 hours or any custom duration. If this is still not enough I can always use the manual method like iphone.
Sorry I don't, not everyone does, so should I mark this one as your personal preference?, like I said, I can do this, wether you think it's not as nice as android is personal preference
I can do like iphone (i.e. flipping on/off, limted "do not disturb") as well. But S3 can do MORE. S3 wins
Talking to your phone makes you look like an idiot? There again that is your opinion.
Maybe I jest too much. But again voice dial is not always usable (i.e. in mtg or noisy place). S3 can do voice dial too. But Iphone can't do this. S3 wins.
Ok, so I can ask siri to send a txt at a certain location and also have it scheduled (just set one up to text my wife every day when I leave work
Can you do this with Siri. I doubt so. S3 wins (on all automation functionalities)
This is a comparison of features not who can do something better, that would be for a new post.
Wrong. Not just about something better but doing something MORE. You are evading here
Optical zoom, bracketing, shooting in RAW, aperture
Please read my post PROPERLY. I think I said "nearly all". And it's about camera APP (not hardware).
so once again, you have to buy a mid-high tier TV, not everyone has purchased a new tv in the past couple years, so it would actually be much easier for someone to just buy a $99 apple TV
What if you have many TVs in your house with DLNA? You buy one box for every TV? Don't forget, you can do same (i.e. airplay) with S3 by buying a AllCast box. S3 once again has more options. S3 wins
You actually can with various apps or jailbreaking
You can go thru trouble of jailbreak, many of my points are still not possible. S3 wins with stock ROM. Root/custom ROM S3 kills iphone even more
We can both post benchmarks all day, but if you are trying to say the iphone is slow, that is just silly
You are the one who brought out benchmark first.
Having the option (push my home button to answer which could lead to accidental pickups) which is not as nice as swipe to unlock which has way less of a chance of accidental pickups seems silly, why would I want more options when those options aren't as nice, are you telling me it's nice to have options even if they aren't as nice?
Just an excuse. I can answer faster without looking or taking off glove.
I'm not sure why you think it's a bit of a mess on iphone if you don't want an app on it, you simply delete it and if you want it back on just re-install it for free. This also seems to be another instance where it seems much more of a pain in the ass to mess with and few people probably use, but since it is a comparison then I would say this goes to android, unless there is a jailbreak option?
You know what equalize is? You uninstall from one it is gone from all. That's stupid. I just want different selection on my different devices without paying again. If you like Iphone way, S3 can do the same as well. Once again S3 has MORE options. S3 wins
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I love how he thinks the iphone 5 wins for playing movies because it has higher dpi but LOWER resolution compared to the g3s and the movies are cropped to fit the iphone screen res.
op whats better a movie in 1280×720 or that movie converted to 1136x640 to fit the iphone screen.
This is the first time I have ever heard someone use dpi over resolution for watching an hd movie...well not really hd on the iphone since it needs to be scaled down lol
so op would you rather download a movie in true 1280x720 or 1136x640 ?
while we are comparing the movie watching part of the phone you might aswell add a few points to the gs3 for having hdmi out so you can actually watch those movies on a tv
op whats better a movie in 1280×720 or that movie converted to 1136x640 to fit the iphone screen.
This is the first time I have ever heard someone use dpi over resolution for watching an hd movie...well not really hd on the iphone since it needs to be scaled down lol
so op would you rather download a movie in true 1280x720 or 1136x640 ?
while we are comparing the movie watching part of the phone you might aswell add a few points to the gs3 for having hdmi out so you can actually watch those movies on a tv
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