iPhone 5 vs. Galaxy S3 deathmatch!

[daveathall]

Reading this thread, I am intrigued by the wording of the poll "iphone has more abilities thanks to the apple ecosystem" I must admit that I think that the "ecosystem" is a bit overrated and was curious as to what more abilities the iPhone has with, or due to the ecosystem?

I have used all the iPhones from the iP3GS up to and including the iP5 but am left scratching my head trying to find any stand out features that the iPhone has over an up to date flagship Android phone due to the ecosystem.

The last entry on the poll is also strange, "S3 has more abilities but no one uses them (ex. NFC)"?????

Not sure how a poll with 3 negative questions out of 4 for one of the items is reflective of opinion.

 

[Dontazemebro]

Ill give you guys a quick example of what I did at work today with my 100% bone stock gs3.First we have 3 gs3s and a note 2 at work with 2 iphone 5s.

I downloaded django bluray rip off bit torrent and all the Samsung phones turned wifi direct on and I sent the movie to 3 phones at once and then also blasted the movie to our smart tv using dlna and let the others watch the movie also.

the movie was like almost 2GB and it sent it to all 3 phones in about 10 min

another example on my bone stock gs3,I have a super Nintendo emulator and I can play all my old school favorite games to my tv and I use a wireless ps3 controller to my phone threw blutooth.I just don't see ios ever letting you do things like that

this kid gets 3 ps3 controllers to work playing Mario kart 64 lol

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RO-mPyLZSM

I also use my gs3 as a media hub as I have it connected to my smart tv and I can sit on the couch and with my cell go threw all the computers in the house that are on our network and pick from the 100s of movies and shows we have downloaded and with the cell take the files threw the network and play them on the tv all wirelessly

this can all be done on the stock rom and I don't even want to start talking about what you can do once you start modding.

you can make your own kernel and get firmware and drivers for all the hardware on the phone,like change the voltages and clocks speeds and change modem firmwares etc to make the cell run faster and get better battery life.

when they say android is unlocked and open they mean legit down to the nand flash of the hardware of the device is and its open for you to molest it.I didn't like how my gps was working and I changed it to use sony satilites instead of the stock ones it was using lol after locking to different sats I got 5 meter better accuracy in my area

Well said, it's wonders what you can do with sixaxis & a mhl adapter. I hook up my One X in similar fashion and pretty much have no need for the xbox (unless double XP weekend of course) or lappy. Works great too when I'm at a friends house and we can get some ol school tecmo bowl tourneys going.

 

[craftytony]

Thanks everyone that simply answered my questions instead of the boring usual responses like these.

When will these silly comparisons ever end?

What's the point of this again? Is it that hard to choose a phone on your own? Go to the store and mess with them and pick one. People's experiences will always be different.

What a complete fabrication your statement is. Perhaps you've forgotten the title you chose to pit one against the other. Chaos must have high value to you.

Black IPhone 5 can shed its skin in little pieces.
S3 can crack it's screen because it wants to.
IPhone 5 can get you more lost than you already were.
S3 Doesn't like WiFi
Iphone 5 doesn't work as a pry bar
S3 is like a bar of soap, slippery
IPhone can't do Android
S3 can't do IOS
Try searching, this has been beat to death on the inner tubes

Definitely gave me an idea of what abilities the S3 has. Now does anyone know of any ways the iphone can perform those abilities? I've posted the ones i know (or think i know) bolded below.

-SMS Backup. My texts got backed up to a folder in Gmail (or whatever email account i setup) automatically. Sometimes people text me a number or and address I'd forget to put into my contacts. No sweat, because they were backed up. Can't seem to do that on an iPhone.

-Keyboard autofill. Type a few letters and 3 likely word options would appear over the keyboard. Saved a lot of time.

-Google Maps. Needless to say, they work better on Android. This is a big one.
Google Maps is available on iphone and from what I've read, supposedly google maps actually is nicer on iphone?
-More functional notification tray. Included toggles for things like wifi, Bluetooth, etc.
Achieavable with jailbreaking on iphone?
-Overall, more apps (often free) that could replace stock apps (like text, email clients, etc) if you wanted to add features. This requires JBing on an iPhone.
Achieavable with jailbreaking on iphone?
-Pop up video natively (watch a video while checking fb, email, text etc)

-Swipe for screen shots
Push the home button and the on/off button for screenshots on iphone
-NFC (for various tasks and mobile payments)

-Live wallpaper
Achieavable with jailbreaking on iphone?
-Change your text app If you don't like it

-Change your keyboard if you don't like the default and choose from like a million of em
Achieavable with jailbreaking on iphone?
-Google now (siri on steroids)

-Smart stay (keeps phone screen lit as long as you're looking at it)

-Direct dial

-Voice control for apps (take a picture by simply saying cheese, capture, or snap, when your alarm goes off, you can stop it or snooze it by just saying it, or while playing music, you can control the player with the commands play, pause, previous, next, volume up, and volume down. Very convenient while washing dishes or listening to music)

-MicroSD card slot
icloud and itunes match instead of having to buy extra cards
-You can use a completely different lock screen

-you can make any browser you like your default

-downloading bluray torrent files with ability to send file to other phones

-Use the gs3 as a media hub to browse movies on home network
I am able to do this using apple tv to access all my movies on my macs
-play NES games
Achieavable with jailbreaking on iphone?

 

[thehustleman]

Thanks everyone that simply answered my questions instead of the boring usual responses like these.









Definitely gave me an idea of what abilities the S3 has. Now does anyone know of any ways the iphone can perform those abilities? I've posted the ones i know (or think i know) bolded below.

-SMS Backup. My texts got backed up to a folder in Gmail (or whatever email account i setup) automatically. Sometimes people text me a number or and address I'd forget to put into my contacts. No sweat, because they were backed up. Can't seem to do that on an iPhone.

-Keyboard autofill. Type a few letters and 3 likely word options would appear over the keyboard. Saved a lot of time.

-Google Maps. Needless to say, they work better on Android. This is a big one.
Google Maps is available on iphone and from what I've read, supposedly google maps actually is nicer on iphone?
-More functional notification tray. Included toggles for things like wifi, Bluetooth, etc.
Achieavable with jailbreaking on iphone?
-Overall, more apps (often free) that could replace stock apps (like text, email clients, etc) if you wanted to add features. This requires JBing on an iPhone.
Achieavable with jailbreaking on iphone?
-Pop up video natively (watch a video while checking fb, email, text etc)

-Swipe for screen shots
Push the home button and the on/off button for screenshots on iphone
-NFC (for various tasks and mobile payments)

-Live wallpaper
Achieavable with jailbreaking on iphone?
-Change your text app If you don't like it

-Change your keyboard if you don't like the default and choose from like a million of em
Achieavable with jailbreaking on iphone?
-Google now (siri on steroids)

-Smart stay (keeps phone screen lit as long as you're looking at it)

-Direct dial

-Voice control for apps (take a picture by simply saying cheese, capture, or snap, when your alarm goes off, you can stop it or snooze it by just saying it, or while playing music, you can control the player with the commands play, pause, previous, next, volume up, and volume down. Very convenient while washing dishes or listening to music)

-MicroSD card slot
icloud and itunes match instead of having to buy extra cards
-You can use a completely different lock screen

-you can make any browser you like your default

-downloading bluray torrent files with ability to send file to other phones

-Use the gs3 as a media hub to browse movies on home network
I am able to do this using apple tv to access all my movies on my macs
-play NES games
Achieavable with jailbreaking on iphone?

You have to jailbreak to do little simple things that should be allowed on a STOCK configuration.

No good reason it isn't allowed

 

[craftytony]

Reading this thread, I am intrigued by the wording of the poll "iphone has more abilities thanks to the apple ecosystem" I must admit that I think that the "ecosystem" is a bit overrated and was curious as to what more abilities the iPhone has with, or due to the ecosystem?

I have used all the iPhones from the iP3GS up to and including the iP5 but am left scratching my head trying to find any stand out features that the iPhone has over an up to date flagship Android phone due to the ecosystem.

The last entry on the poll is also strange, "S3 has more abilities but no one uses them (ex. NFC)"?????

Not sure how a poll with 3 negative questions out of 4 for one of the items is reflective of opinion.

To your first point an example would be I have the ability to control my TV and browse movies using apple TV or iTunes match or find my iphone/mac/ipad etc.

And addressing your issue with the last entry in my poll being strange. My reasoning is this. You can cram all kinds of abilities into a phone, but if they aren't being used then what's the point? For example when 4g was first introduced, everyone was knocking the iphone even though 4g wasn't even available in a large area (of the US anyway) and now NFC, it's not widespread so where is the benefit in having it at this point?

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You have to jailbreak to do little simple things that should be allowed on a STOCK configuration.

No good reason it isn't allowed

As I stated in my original post, Since jailbreaking is dead simple these days, JAIL BREAKING responses are allowed

 

[grkm3]

when I said as a media hub its not like apple tv,I can drag and drop any files from all my pcs right to my cells 64GB external sd card I put in and do it all wirelessly and use the phone as a dlna player to stream any movies to any new smart tv that can use dlna.You don't need any new hardware and pretty much every new tv sold in the past 3 years have dlna and network capabilities

I can drag and drop mp3s right to my phone searching threw 3 laptops and a desktop and right now Im using an ftp connection to my gs3 to change a few things like add ringtones and save a few texts and add a few songs from my desktop.

My cell is in my room and I am downstairs and I just typed 192.168.1.10:8081 into my browser and I have full access to my gs3 on my destop threw the net

Here is everything on my phone using a webrowser to access it!

 

[daveathall]

I can change battery when there is no electricity.

I can use my friends charger even though he is using a different make of phone to me.

I can get updates. (a jailbroken iPhone cannot without losing its jailbreak and all the things you have mentioned that could have be done by jailbreaking)

I can drag and drop movies and music onto my phone.

I can use a dedicated back button (really useful)

I can use the google ecosystem (IMHO, easier than Apple's)

I can use face unlock.

I can have the front light blink in different colours to different notifications.

I can use micro sim cards and use the information on them when there is no wifi or 3g/4G signal (when cloud computing/storage isn't available) and not have any data charges.

All of the above don't need rooting or flashing so are available more or less out of the box.

 

[grkm3]

Thank you, Is that it?

I just downloaded an app for my plasma tv and I can control it with ease on my gs3,funny part is I have the freedom to buy any tv I want and not forced to buy an apple device such as apple tv to do these things,I guess in some peoples biased views somehow this is a reason why the apple eco system is better lol

 

[daveathall]

I just downloaded an app for my plasma tv and I can control it with ease on my gs3,funny part is I have the freedom to buy any tv I want and not forced to buy an apple device such as apple tv to do these things,I guess in some peoples biased views somehow this is a reason why the apple eco system is better lol

I agree.

I deleted my post that you quoted because, in the end, I thought it would be lost on him, so would be pretty pointless.

 

[craftytony]

Great points guys, keep em coming

 

[chambone]

I just downloaded an app for my plasma tv and I can control it with ease on my gs3,funny part is I have the freedom to buy any tv I want and not forced to buy an apple device such as apple tv to do these things,I guess in some peoples biased views somehow this is a reason why the apple eco system is better lol

Well, the apple tv is not really a tv. If an app for a particular tv is on the play store, it probably is on the app store as well.

 

[grkm3]

Well, the apple tv is not really a tv. If an app for a particular tv is on the play store, it probably is on the app store as well.

Your not getting the point though,he said he uses apple tv to connect to his computers to watch movies on his tv,with a bone stock gs3 you can do that without buying a 100 dollar device to hook up to your tv

 

[sentinelsx]

I like how you can charge most android phones using a micro USB charger.

I charge my N4 using my decade old nokia charger and it works great. The only way to charge an iphone is through 30pin or lightning.

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I just downloaded an app for my plasma tv and I can control it with ease on my gs3,funny part is I have the freedom to buy any tv I want and not forced to buy an apple device such as apple tv to do these things,I guess in some peoples biased views somehow this is a reason why the apple eco system is better lol

You can control non-smart TVs with a GS3? HOW? I want to know.

 

[grkm3]

I like how you can charge most android phones using a micro USB charger.

I charge my N4 using my decade old nokia charger and it works great. The only way to charge an iphone is through 30pin or lightning.

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You can control non-smart TVs with a GS3? HOW? I want to know.

I was replying to a post saying that the apple eco system is better because there are apps for his tv and said you can do it on android also.

 

[chambone]

Your not getting the point though,he said he uses apple tv to connect to his computers to watch movies on his tv,with a bone stock gs3 you can do that without buying a 100 dollar device to hook up to your tv

I'm getting the point just fine. Your point was that you have the freedom to buy any tv you want and control it with your gs3 and that with an iphone you need a 100 dollar apple device to do this. Which is false.

 

[Tinmania]

Good points.

Another thing most people that haven't used Android much don't realize is that you can do tons of things WITHOUT rooting (I would classify rooting as the equivalent of jail breaking in the iOS world). You can use a completely different lock screen (something like Widget Locker), you can make any browser you like your default, you can add toggles for things like WiFi and Bluetooth to your notification area (if your phone doesn't already have them). Rooting just opens up another world of customization, but you can do tons of things without it.

While I would also classify rooting with jailbreaking, there are big differences. The main thing is that the jailbreak for the iPhone 5 only came out recently (ditto for iPad 2/3/4 and iPhone 4S running iOS 6). So waiting for a jailbreak is not really present in Android--certainly not on the S3. Basically if we were having this discussion a month ago there was no way to jb an iPhone 5.

The other difference is that you can't install jailbreak apps in the App Store. So you are stuck in Cydia which is clunkier, slower, has no reviews, and has no real approval process. On Android you can get root apps right in Google Play (with reviews). After the last dry spell with no jailbreak I personally vowed to never spend another cent in the Cydia store.




Michael

 

[grkm3]

I'm getting the point just fine. Your point was that you have the freedom to buy any tv you want and control it with your gs3 and that with an iphone you need a 100 dollar apple device to do this. Which is false.

so bring your iphone over my house and connect to my home network and stream movies to my tv then

You cant and I don't think a iphone 4 or 4s or even 5 have dlna streaming,can you go on youtube and stream it to your smart tv with your iphone?
the freedom is I don't need to buy an apple product in its locked eco system to do these basic simple things

Does apple tv connect to windows based pcs or just macs?I was just doing a quick google on the device and airplay can be done on a bone stock gs3 without buying any device.you can stream anything to any new smart tv and I don't even think the apple tv can stream movies from a networked setup

can some people that took the poll that said apple has more abilities please post what they are because so far we have posted a crap load of features you can do on android that you cant on a apple phone.

my onkyo home stereo system has dlna and windows networking and I can blast a song right to it from sitting on the couch with my gs3 and listen to it on my surround sound setup without buying any extra devices and not need to buy an apple dock to make it work,it uses open source media standards that are used by many companies

 

[KentuckyHouse]

While I would also classify rooting with jailbreaking, there are big differences. The main thing is that the jailbreak for the iPhone 5 only came out recently (ditto for iPad 2/3/4 and iPhone 4S running iOS 6). So waiting for a jailbreak is not really present in Android--certainly not on the S3. Basically if we were having this discussion a month ago there was no way to jb an iPhone 5.

The other difference is that you can't install jailbreak apps in the App Store. So you are stuck in Cydia which is clunkier, slower, has no reviews, and has no real approval process. On Android you can get root apps right in Google Play (with reviews). After the last dry spell with no jailbreak I personally vowed to never spend another cent in the Cydia store.

Michael

Oh yeah, great point on waiting for a jailbreak. I should've mentioned that. That's another thing that annoys the living $%#& out of me about Apple. I love their hardware (although I'd be in the camp that wants a bigger screen), but their software is so darn locked down and even once a jailbreak is available (which is becoming more and more rare), you have to be so careful. One installation of a bad app or tweak that causes a restore and you're probably out of luck being able to jailbreak again. I see that 6.1.3 is now in beta and closes at least 1 of the 5 Evasi0n exploits, rendering it useless going forward. Great...so Apple is locking it down again.

That's another major difference between Android and iOS. If I screw something up after rooting my S3, I have options (imagine that). I can either restore the phone from a previous backup right from the external SD card, I can flash a new ROM either directly from the handset or using adb, or I can just start fresh. Heck, I don't think I've used actual OTA's to upgrade any of my phones lately. I usually just grab the pre-rooted zip from XDA and flash it. Nothing gets erased from my phone and I'm now up and running the newest firmware WITH root!

You don't see Samsung out there trying to crack down on rooting (in fact, they're pretty helpful about it).

And another great point about being able to get rooted apps and tweaks directly from the Play Store. I hate having to use Cydia.

 

[cynics]

I feel rooting is much more powerful and convenient. You can get really geeky with it from overclocking to undervolting the phone (some people are into that, I don't see a need but that's just me).

Plus you can root an Android device immediately on any OS version.

Then like mentioned you don't need to rely on a 3rd party App Store for tweaks. Root required apps are in google play. Which I also like to mention you don't need root access to download apps from anywhere on the Internet from your browser.

People talk about jailbreak tweaks like being able to set default apps and having another row of icons. Wow! /s. That stuff should be standard!

 

[Tinmania]

I feel rooting is much more powerful and convenient. You can get really geeky with it from overclocking to undervolting the phone (some people are into that, I don't see a need but that's just me).

Plus you can root an Android device immediately on any OS version.

Then like mentioned you don't need to rely on a 3rd party App Store for tweaks. Root required apps are in google play. Which I also like to mention you don't need root access to download apps from anywhere on the Internet from your browser.

People talk about jailbreak tweaks like being able to set default apps and having another row of icons. Wow! /s. That stuff should be standard!

Yea the more I think about it, rooting does not equate to jailbreaking: jailbreaking equates to stock android. Rooting is jailbreaking on steroids .



Michael

 

[Agent-P]

FYI, iphone5 was shipping from September, not November

Yes, you are correct about that. I'll go back and fix it.

 

[cynics]

Yea the more I think about it, rooting does not equate to jailbreaking: jailbreaking equates to stock android. Rooting is jailbreaking on steroids .



Michael

I mostly agree. But there is still ad blocking with JB I believe. I don't think stock Android can do that, not in apps anyway.

 

[craftytony]

-SMS Backup. My texts got backed up to a folder in Gmail automatically. Sometimes people text me a number or and address I'd forget to put into my contacts. No sweat, because they were backed up.

-Keyboard autofill. Type a few letters and 3 likely word options would appear over the keyboard. Saved a lot of time.
This sounds like a great feature, but I actually just use dictation for a good 80% of my texts and the iphone does an excellent job, much faster than typing
-Google Maps. Needless to say, they work better on Android. This is a big one.
Google Maps is available on iphone and from what I've read, supposedly google maps actually is nicer on iphone?
-More functional notification tray. Included toggles for things like wifi, Bluetooth, etc.
Achieavable with jailbreaking on iphone?
-Overall, more apps (often free) that could replace stock apps (like text, email clients, etc) if you wanted to add features. This requires JBing on an iPhone.
Achieavable with jailbreaking on iphone?
-Pop up video natively (watch a video while checking fb, email, text etc)
Not sure how useful this would be to me, as watching a video and reading email/txt/etc i'm going to have to take my attention off of one or the other
-Swipe for screen shots
Push the home button and the on/off button for screenshots on iphone
-NFC (for various tasks and mobile payments)
Has this caught on anywhere yet? I'd like to see this at big chains for it to be worthwhile
-Live wallpaper
Achieavable with jailbreaking on iphone?
-Change your text app If you don't like it
Achieavable with jailbreaking on iphone?
-Change your keyboard if you don't like the default and choose from like a million of em
Achieavable with jailbreaking on iphone?
-Google now (siri on steroids)
Siri
-Smart stay (keeps phone screen lit as long as you're looking at it)
I like this one, I doubt there is a way for this to work on iphone
-Direct dial

-Voice control for apps (take a picture by simply saying cheese, capture, or snap, when your alarm goes off, you can stop it or snooze it by just saying it, or while playing music, you can control the player with the commands play, pause, previous, next, volume up, and volume down. Very convenient while washing dishes or listening to music)
Siri can do a lot of these, maybe just not picture taking or the alarm
-MicroSD card slot
icloud and itunes match instead of having to buy extra cards
-You can use a completely different lock screen
Achieavable with jailbreaking on iphone?
-you can make any browser you like your default
Achieavable with jailbreaking on iphone?
-downloading bluray torrent files with ability to send file to other phones
I don't know of a way to download torrents, but I can easily send files using the BUMP app
-Use the gs3 as a media hub to browse movies on home network
I am able to do this using apple tv to access all my movies on my macs
-play NES games
Achieavable with jailbreaking on iphone?
-I can change battery when there is no electricity.
So you would need to buy a new battery, iphone users can buy battery cases
-I can use my friends charger even though he is using a different make of phone to me.
Most of my friends/family own iphones and a lot are buying the new devices with lightning, but my battery usually lasts a day and a half so i've never needed to borrow a cord
-I can get updates. (a jailbroken iPhone cannot without losing its jailbreak and all the things you have mentioned that could have be done by jailbreaking)
This is true
-I can drag and drop movies and music onto my phone.
I can do the same through iTunes
-I can use a dedicated back button (really useful)
Not sure what you mean here, the iphone has the home button
-I can use the google ecosystem (IMHO, easier than Apple's)
Apple users can also use the google ecosystem
-I can use face unlock.
Very cool, one question (Serious) what if someone has a picture of you? Would that unlock it?
-I can have the front light blink in different colours to different notifications.
I have my iphone led light up for incoming calls/texts although it is NOT customizable
-I can use micro sim cards and use the information on them when there is no wifi or 3g/4G signal (when cloud computing/storage isn't available) and not have any data charges.
I'm a little confused by this statement, how will a micro sim card give you storage? My iphone has 64gb, along with itunes match and icloud, at this point if i had an extra storage slot

 

[daveathall]

I'm a little confused by this statement, how will a micro sim card give you storage? My iphone has 64gb, along with itunes match and icloud, at this point if i had an extra storage slot

Sorry, I meant memory card.

If you have a 64gb iPhone 5 I would put £20 to the price difference between iP5 and SGS3 and buy an iPod classic. So the thing that I can do with my SGS3 that I can't do with an iPhone is have my SGS3 and 160GB iPod classic for the price (more or less) of an iPhone 5 64GB.

 

[tegedrex]

-SMS Backup. My texts got backed up to a folder in Gmail automatically. Sometimes people text me a number or and address I'd forget to put into my contacts. No sweat, because they were backed up.

-Keyboard autofill. Type a few letters and 3 likely word options would appear over the keyboard. Saved a lot of time.
This sounds like a great feature, but I actually just use dictation for a good 80% of my texts and the iphone does an excellent job, much faster than typing
-Google Maps. Needless to say, they work better on Android. This is a big one.
Google Maps is available on iphone and from what I've read, supposedly google maps actually is nicer on iphone?
-More functional notification tray. Included toggles for things like wifi, Bluetooth, etc.
Achieavable with jailbreaking on iphone?
-Overall, more apps (often free) that could replace stock apps (like text, email clients, etc) if you wanted to add features. This requires JBing on an iPhone.
Achieavable with jailbreaking on iphone?
-Pop up video natively (watch a video while checking fb, email, text etc)
Not sure how useful this would be to me, as watching a video and reading email/txt/etc i'm going to have to take my attention off of one or the other
-Swipe for screen shots
Push the home button and the on/off button for screenshots on iphone
-NFC (for various tasks and mobile payments)
Has this caught on anywhere yet? I'd like to see this at big chains for it to be worthwhile
-Live wallpaper
Achieavable with jailbreaking on iphone?
-Change your text app If you don't like it
Achieavable with jailbreaking on iphone?
-Change your keyboard if you don't like the default and choose from like a million of em
Achieavable with jailbreaking on iphone?
-Google now (siri on steroids)
Siri
-Smart stay (keeps phone screen lit as long as you're looking at it)
I like this one, I doubt there is a way for this to work on iphone
-Direct dial

-Voice control for apps (take a picture by simply saying cheese, capture, or snap, when your alarm goes off, you can stop it or snooze it by just saying it, or while playing music, you can control the player with the commands play, pause, previous, next, volume up, and volume down. Very convenient while washing dishes or listening to music)
Siri can do a lot of these, maybe just not picture taking or the alarm
-MicroSD card slot
icloud and itunes match instead of having to buy extra cards
-You can use a completely different lock screen
Achieavable with jailbreaking on iphone?
-you can make any browser you like your default
Achieavable with jailbreaking on iphone?
-downloading bluray torrent files with ability to send file to other phones
I don't know of a way to download torrents, but I can easily send files using the BUMP app
-Use the gs3 as a media hub to browse movies on home network
I am able to do this using apple tv to access all my movies on my macs
-play NES games
Achieavable with jailbreaking on iphone?
-I can change battery when there is no electricity.
So you would need to buy a new battery, iphone users can buy battery cases
-I can use my friends charger even though he is using a different make of phone to me.
Most of my friends/family own iphones and a lot are buying the new devices with lightning, but my battery usually lasts a day and a half so i've never needed to borrow a cord
-I can get updates. (a jailbroken iPhone cannot without losing its jailbreak and all the things you have mentioned that could have be done by jailbreaking)
This is true
-I can drag and drop movies and music onto my phone.
I can do the same through iTunes
-I can use a dedicated back button (really useful)
Not sure what you mean here, the iphone has the home button
-I can use the google ecosystem (IMHO, easier than Apple's)
Apple users can also use the google ecosystem
-I can use face unlock.
Very cool, one question (Serious) what if someone has a picture of you? Would that unlock it?
-I can have the front light blink in different colours to different notifications.
I have my iphone led light up for incoming calls/texts although it is NOT customizable
-I can use micro sim cards and use the information on them when there is no wifi or 3g/4G signal (when cloud computing/storage isn't available) and not have any data charges.
I'm a little confused by this statement, how will a micro sim card give you storage? My iphone has 64gb, along with itunes match and icloud, at this point if i had an extra storage slot

I think the most important thing to take away from your post is that the majority of your responses stated "jailbreak". Stock android comes with most of these features with no requirement to do anything other than turn the phone on.