Tired of my Galaxy S3. Upset with iPhone 5. Android and iOS suck.

[asr10 user]

Have you tried jailbreaking an iPhone? I was wanting more of the features of Android. I even tried the S3. After realizing a few things I wasn't going to get past with it, I switched back to my iPhone and re-jailbroke it. I had put it back to stock as part of my decision making on S3 vs iPhone 5. I am not wild about plain iOS, but jailbroken you can add all your widgets, tweak the appearance and such. I think it's the best of both worlds, personally.

No I never JB'ed my iphone. I'm going to stick with the S3 until an official 4.1 comes out.

 

[LIVEFRMNYC]

Well basically I LOVED my iphone 4. And the GS3 is pretty awesome. Android and iOS have very strong things going for them, but also very strong things wrong with them.

Once you use a GS3, it makes it hard to go back to iOS because of all the new things you can do, its just too powerful for a user who likes to mess with things. But thats also the thing thats wrong with it, you mess with so many things that its just too much maintenance at times, with the iOS there is no maintenance but you cant do much.

Its funny because im sure people who have used both know exactly what I mean. When you are on iOS you wish you could use a file manager, but when you actually use one on Android, i think 'who wants to mess with files, just work'

I didnt make this post to say I hate Android or I hate iOS. I love them both, i just wish there wasn't such a gap between them. Not saying one is better than the other, but its a parallel gap.

It's all you, you are creating your own maintenance. Sure Android is plenty customizable, but it's up to the user on whether they can ever be satisfied or not. For me, I set up my homescreeens, settings and etc: just the way I like it, and I'm satisfied with leaving it that way for awhile and just using it. Sure it took longer to reach a point where I said "things are perfect now", but that's cause there are more options than iOS. Little to almost no maintenance is needed after you get things the way you want it. Even when I jailbroke iOS, it took a good while to create the perfect setup that satisfied me.

 

[ron5oh]

Is there a way to flash the galaxy s3 with apple iOS 5? That would be interesting.

 

[andy2141]

Is there a way to flash the galaxy s3 with apple iOS 5? That would be interesting.

In a word.. "No"

 

[Tinmania]

In a word.. "No"

In three words.... no effin' way.



Michael

 

[ChrisTX]

Damn it. Why did the iPhone 5 have to be nothing but a spec upgrade. I sold my Iphone 4 during the right time to sell, bought an S3 and was happy initially. After the new wow factor wore off, I grew tired of little things that make both the S3 and Android bad. I was hoping the Iphone 5 would sway me back, but definitely not.

Im not one to constantly switch phones so ill stay with the S3 for now, but when will someone combine the stability and polish of iOS with the power of Android.

If anyone has any questions about the S3, let me know. Ill tell you what I have experienced.

Get a Nexus 4, the best of both worlds!

 

[dalbir4444]

We'll be able to help you out more if you actually explain what you do and don't like about both phones. What exactly do you need in a phone. LTE? Large screen? Lots of customization? Price? Locked/Unlocked? Etc.

 

[milk242]

Try a windows phone 8 device. Or go bb10 or maybe go with Jolla mobile which should be announced at the end of this month.

 

[Eddie Bombay]

Install Miui, I got bored for a while on my SIII so I'm happy again. It's amazing and simple as iOS with all the customization possible on Android.

 

[Androidfan1x]

Lol same here.
Tired of my Android tablet and upset with the iPad

 

[SomeDudeAsking]

Man, you guys should just create a custom ROM that installs a random new custom ROM every week.

 

[Wrathwitch]

I'm not really into flashing roms yet, but are you guys flashing to custom roms like CM10 or like a leaked official build? I am on T-MO.

I just dont like the little tiny bugs with Android. Like I think the camera on my iphone 4 was better, seems like I have to be close to still or turn HD on manually each time for a good picture. Otherwise pictures are can be blurry.

I do love the raw power of the S3. It's pretty amazing what it can do. I just dont like the tiny bugs, but maybe the 4.1 update will help.

I do agree with you on camera photo quality. I have never gotten the sharp kind of pics I managed with my iP4. It's to the point that I am not really enthused about using the camera at all. However everything else about the phone is stellar. I recently got the JB update and Until Apple gets their **** together and creates at the minimum a 4.3"+ screen. I will be staying with this phone. Tall phone just doesn't do it for me.