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munkery

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Dec 18, 2006
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Having compared the S3 to the iPhone 5 in a phone store I'm really struggling to see why anyone would want to stick with the iPhone 5 right now. ...

Maybe because at the recent mobile pwn2own the iPhone was only exploited to the point that non critical data available via official APIs was exposed while the S3 was exploited to the point that all data on the phone was exposed and malware could be installed because the S3 exploit included privilege escalation.

The fact that Android is more prone to privilege escalation vulnerabilities combined with an App Store that mostly relies on a reputation model, where users have to become infected including possibly by banking malware, to vet the security of apps is the reason to get an iPhone.

The likelihood of an Android phone being infected by malware via privilege escalation is increased by the fragmentation present amongst android devices. Very few devices are running the latest version of Android, which means most devices aren't fully patched. The S3 isn't running the most recent version of Android.
 

Gatecrasher1875

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Jun 11, 2012
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Having compared the S3 to the iPhone 5 in a phone store I'm really struggling to see why anyone would want to stick with the iPhone 5 right now. The iPhone 5 feels so unbelievably dated when compared to the S3, which is shocking considering the Samsung came out months earlier.

The screen and the OS are just mind-blowingly awesome, I cannot emphasize how impressed I am by this phone. The only negative would be the App Store... I'm hoping in time this will pick up but there is a definitely disparity between the two stores.

That being said, the vast majority of the apps I used are available (or indeed better) on Android, with mostly just games being the exception, and even then a lot of the better games are available on both devices. Really good to see the new Rayman game, something that many iOS devices are being touted as the best game on the platform, is actually being released on Android this week too.
Its not even the size of the screen, i was sitting my S3 and iPhone 4 together and its like going from an old style tv to a flatscreen, the colours just pop right at you
 

PhoneI

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Mar 7, 2008
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Having compared the S3 to the iPhone 5 in a phone store I'm really struggling to see why anyone would want to stick with the iPhone 5 right now. The iPhone 5 feels so unbelievably dated when compared to the S3, which is shocking considering the Samsung came out months earlier.

The screen and the OS are just mind-blowingly awesome, I cannot emphasize how impressed I am by this phone. The only negative would be the App Store... I'm hoping in time this will pick up but there is a definitely disparity between the two stores.

That being said, the vast majority of the apps I used are available (or indeed better) on Android, with mostly just games being the exception, and even then a lot of the better games are available on both devices. Really good to see the new Rayman game, something that many iOS devices are being touted as the best game on the platform, is actually being released on Android this week too.

iMessage is probably the biggest reason I can never leave iOS. I find almost everyone I know has either an iPhone or an iPad. My mother and father have no computer. They use the iPad as a computer replacement. I have no more need for a text plan ($20 is the only supported At&t text plan now). In addition, my children all have iPod Touch devices. Whenever I am traveling they can text me and faceTime me. Just cant replace that with an Android device now.
 

thejadedmonkey

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May 28, 2005
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iMessage is probably the biggest reason I can never leave iOS. I find almost everyone I know has either an iPhone or an iPad. My mother and father have no computer. They use the iPad as a computer replacement. I have no more need for a text plan ($20 is the only supported At&t text plan now). In addition, my children all have iPod Touch devices. Whenever I am traveling they can text me and faceTime me. Just cant replace that with an Android device now.

Skype.
 

PhoneI

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sure, I will tell everyone that I know to get a skype account and install and configure it (including my 2,6,and 9 year old children). I will also tell them to make certain they are always logged in.

Not nearly as seamless as iMessage and FaceTime.
 

munkery

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Dec 18, 2006
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Microsoft ruined Skype.

Skype supernodes are being centralized by Microsoft, but they deny wiretapping. But there's this patent they have to intercept VoIP phone calls...

Back in May, skype-open-source reported Skype, owned by Microsoft, had replaced user-hosted P2P supernodes with Linux grsec systems hosted by Microsoft. The shock wasn't that Microsoft is hosing Skype on Linux servers, but that centralization makes it possible to wiretap Skype communications. One big advantage of Skype has always been the decentralized and encrypted service was secure from eavesdropping.

Microsoft denies this, but the company applied for a patent on a technology called Legal Intercept to monitor and record Skype calls. Applied for before they purchased Skype, Microsoft specifically mentions intercepting calls on that service in the patent application. Conspiracy theorists now say they understand why Microsoft paid what seemed to be an unusually high price for Skype.

http://www.itworld.com/cloud-computing/286482/was-skype-reworked-microsoft-make-it-easier-wiretap

Funny that Microsoft doesn't even use servers running Windows!

Also, FaceTime is HIPAA compliant while whether or not Skype is HIPAA compliant is debatable.

And, you can't trust Microsoft to keep things encrypted.

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/networking/did-microsoft-leave-hotmail-open-for-dictators/874
 
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