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Why would you pick iPhone over the Galaxy S5?
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We would probably use facetime and imessage more, but the wife and I are the only people on both of our friends list that have iphones. The rest are android. I have facetimed the wife 2-3 times just messing around
That's if users even download or open Hangouts to begin with.
It's already in the phone. You don't have to use it at all.
As I said, people use LINE here.
Also, the SMS settings are in the App itself. You don't have to he technical. In hangouts you go to settings, and you'll see SMS. As simple as that.
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I never used facetime once in 3 years of having an iPhone.
I used Tango, now LINE. Facebook Messenger works also, and everyone is on Facebook.
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The iPhone 4 was a disaster. Actually and for apple's PR after the antennagate fiasco.
I uses to drop the signal in my living room all the time and have to readjust my hands. Very annoying. And everyone I know with an iPhone 4 ended up with a non functioning home button. It was horrible.
The 4s fixed everything.
We agree at last ;-)
The iPhone 4 is still my favourite phone to date. I loved my time with that device (and thankfully I got rid of it before iOS7 ruined it).
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Hmm. I get a much worse signal with my i5 than I ever did with the i4. Same network, same locations.
As for the home button, it was the same assembly on the 4S...
No it wasn't. The 4s had a totally redesigned button housing.
The iPhone 4 home button is attached to the flex cable with adhesive., the 4S has a metal circle that makes contact with another contactand it is adhered to the back of the front glass rather than on the actual button/flex cable which is adhered to the midplate.
They were redesigned for a reason.
This is the teardown of the iPhone 4. Notice the button taken out to the side. Glued...
This is the iPhone 4s. Look at it still on the front panel assembly. Not Glue.
As for the antennas, I'm not talking about getting a signal, I'm talking about holding the phone and my hand killing the signal.
Not only were they forced to admit the antennagate in front of the world and give people free cases, but they went on a hiring spree of antenna engineers and totally redesigned the antenna.
The antenna on the 4s changed so much that they had to move the volume buttons and vibrate switch. I didn't have any issues with the antenna in the 4s. But in the iPhone 4 the antenna issue was terrible.
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Surely the actual home button switch is the same, the button on the i4 won't have failed purely because the plastic part was glued on?
As for the antennagate thing, it was a problem when naked for sure, but I used a leather flip case and had zero issues. So to me, it wasn't a problem at all and I would have used the leather flip case regardless.
The 5S is better in every way than the i4. Calling from the same location to my 5S, the 5S to 5S sounds crystal clear the i4....not so much.
Call quality is indicative of signal strength in some fashion. It is possible the measurement of the signal strength varies among the hardware. It's really irrelevant as to the signal strength if the call quality is good and the speedtest shows a good ping and fast throughput.
I feel like Samsung has the worst operating system of the phones.
HTC really has a crappy camera
Moto X is ok but not the best screen and processor combo
Why would you buy a Window's phone?
iPhone works great with my iPad, Mac, Apple TV, and car
(I have owned a Galaxy S3, HTC One M7, Moto X, iPhone 3GS, 4, 4S, 5, and currently use a 5S
HTC really has a crappy camera
Moto X is ok but not the best screen and processor combo
Why would you buy a Window's phone?
iPhone works great with my iPad, Mac, Apple TV, and car
(I have owned a Galaxy S3, HTC One M7, Moto X, iPhone 3GS, 4, 4S, 5, and currently use a 5S
Definitely for the iPhone. Personally I find Android to be a very choppy OS even Kit Kat. Sure the S5 might technically have better specs, but sit the S5 and 5s next to each other and the 5s runs better and looks better.
about a zillion reasons. But Literally everyone I know with big android phones replace them weekly. those screens are so fragile. I know iphones can get a cracked screen as well but ive dropped all my iphones numerous times and have never had one crack.
Maybe the button wasn't the issue. It was probably the way it was designed to be in the phone which is why they changed it.
My point was that they changed it. And they did. They changed many things on the iPhone 4. I wished I had never bought that phone.
It was Apple's biggest public embarrassment. Followed by Maps.
Jobs having to stand in front of the world and admit they sold a phone that cuts calls off wasn't embarrassing? Maps? No? People got fired for that one.
I'm sure this was the highlight of his career
For me I would pick an iPhone over a Galaxy S5 because the vast majority of people I know, both friends and family use iPhones. In my line of work the iPhone is the most popular too. I use iMessage everyday and photostream with friends and family for picture sharing.
I spent years on Android trying to convince my friends it was better while being put off by the cost of the iPhone. Now I've made the switch it would take a lot to convince me to dump it. Next upgrade there is only one consideration for me
I spent years on Android trying to convince my friends it was better while being put off by the cost of the iPhone. Now I've made the switch it would take a lot to convince me to dump it. Next upgrade there is only one consideration for me
You mean the same presentation he offered data about similar drop call rates between 4 and 3gs rendering the whole issue overblown?
Antennagate was pure bs imo, maps on the other hand...
That was a lot of boloney. I have never owned a phone where covering one area totally killed the phone.
That was just pure apple BS.
They also tried to say all other phones suffered from the same issue. Haha. It was comical. That after trying to blame it on the users that were holding it wrong.
Like I said. Apple's lowest moment.
With three iPhone 4(s), now two, running IOS 7.1.2 we are very happy with them. I frankly don't care about the story behind them what apple said what apple didn't say, we like them and they have been issue free.
I have never been able to replicate the issue. Dropping bars, sure, but dropped calls, never.
Totally killing the phone? BS
It wasnt an issue for me nor millions of other people around the world. Thats how iphone 4 earned the cult status it had at the time. And they kept selling it unchanged years after.
As i said before, overblown bs proved by statistics. Its hard to find flaws in apple products so people start grasping at straws, especially the press.
I noticed 'antennagate' before I purchased a leather flip case for my old iPhone 4 (which I would have done anyway, antenna probs or not) and with the case on I experienced zero problems. It's true that they should never have released a phone with such a basic problem (how did it get through testing??) but all told, the iPhone 4 was - during its period of technological relevance - my favourite phone to date. It looked good, performed very well and had perfect build quality. Pretty tough to beat! My iPhone 5 is another story altogether...
Yes. It would kill my phone completely. It was very annoying when browsing the internet having to shift my hands around.
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I noticed it right after taking it out of the box. Unfortunately it used to happen where I used to be the most. In my living room. If the signal was 100% strong then the bars wouldn't drop enough to kill it, but anything less than perfect my palm would kill it and I would have to hold it with the tips of my fingers.
That wasn't too bad. It was the home button that killed it. It used to have an issue where if you removed the front panel you would damage the motherboard. So many home button replacements ended up in a non functioning front camera. This is what happened to mine and I sold it. Bought the 4s and all the issues had been resolved by then.