Will you be staying with iPhone for your next phone?

[surjavarman]

What makes android so hard to use? I don't get it. Actually its quite the contrary I found ios harder to use than android since everything is so locked down and you have to perform multiple steps for simple tasks.

Other than that both operate in the exact same way. just a grid of apps that you launch and can download from the app/play store

 

[mrochester]

What makes android so hard to use? I don't get it. Actually its quite the contrary I found ios harder to use than android since everything is so locked down and you have to perform multiple steps for simple tasks.

Other than that both operate in the exact same way. just a grid of apps that you launch and can download from the app/play store

I find it the opposite way around with Android requiring more steps to do simple things.

 

[KentuckyHouse]

I find it the opposite way around with Android requiring more steps to do simple things.

Such as? I'm genuinely interested.

 

[Twixt]

Whatever comes with 5 inch display and at least 128 GB...

 

[mrochester]

Such as? I'm genuinely interested.

Lets say you want to resume playing some music you last listened to 6 hours earlier. On Android you have to unlock the device, navigate to and open the music app and press play. On the iPhone you double press the home button on the lock screen and press play.

Lets say you want to go straight from a notification on your lock screen to that notification (whether it be a missed call, text or email). On Android you have to unlock the device, swipe down the notification shade (or open the app) and then tap on the notification item. On the iPhone you just swipe the notification on the lock screen and it takes you straight there.

Lets say you want to edit a word on a text you've written. On Android you have to hunt and peck on the screen to place the cursor in the right place, then repeatedly press the backspace key to delete the word in question. On the iPhone you simply tap the word you want, it gets highlighted and you just type straight over the top of it.

Lets say you want to put your phone into silent mode (or vice versa). On Android you have to press and hold the power until a soft menu appears for you to select silent. On the iPhone you just flip the switch on the side.

Etc etc.

 

[surjavarman]

Lets say you want to resume playing some music you last listened to 6 hours earlier. On Android you have to unlock the device, navigate to and open the music app and press play. On the iPhone you double press the home button on the lock screen and press play.

Lets say you want to go straight from a notification on your lock screen to that notification (whether it be a missed call, text or email). On Android you have to unlock the device, swipe down the notification shade (or open the app) and then tap on the notification item. On the iPhone you just swipe the notification on the lock screen and it takes you straight there.

Lets say you want to edit a word on a text you've written. On Android you have to hunt and peck on the screen to place the cursor in the right place, then repeatedly press the backspace key to delete the word in question. On the iPhone you simply tap the word you want, it gets highlighted and you just type straight over the top of it.

Lets say you want to put your phone into silent mode (or vice versa). On Android you have to press and hold the power until a soft menu appears for you to select silent. On the iPhone you just flip the switch on the side.

Etc etc.

wrong all of that is possible on android too. And most of these points don't make any sense. Its like me telling you that if I want to check my notifications on my iphone I need to grab it first then press the power button to look at the screen. With most android devices i can just glance at my phone from a distance to see if there is a notification light. Android also has handy toggles that you can put in your notification center or use as widgets for quickly switching on/off various functions. ios does not.

We can play these games all day but I am talking about the fundamentals such as email attachments and stuff. Those tasks are much simpler on android than iphone because of all their ristrictions

 

[Elliott83]

I like android, if using the right phone. Say x phone works great on ics and jellbean, y phone worked better on one and not the other. On the s3 imo (and thats just what it is imo) jellybean sucks. Battery life went downhill compared to ics.

If i had to go android again, i would go motorola. I have never had a issue with one. And they have the best signal hands down imo. But now that i have a 4s its something different. Which i like. It will get borning eventually just like android did. If i had to choose a os id go with windows 8. But my carrier has no windows phones and can only flash wp7.

But in general there is always going to be something better right around the corner, no matter what os

 

[mrochester]

wrong all of that is possible on android too. And most of these points don't make any sense. Its like me telling you that if I want to check my notifications on my iphone I need to grab it first then press the power button to look at the screen. With most android devices i can just glance at my phone from a distance to see if there is a notification light. Android also has handy toggles that you can put in your notification center or use as widgets for quickly switching on/off various functions. ios does not.

We can play these games all day but I am talking about the fundamentals such as email attachments and stuff. Those tasks are much simpler on android than iphone because of all their ristrictions

Someone asked what tasks are more simple on the iPhone, I answered.

 

[djransom]

wrong all of that is possible on android too. And most of these points don't make any sense. Its like me telling you that if I want to check my notifications on my iphone I need to grab it first then press the power button to look at the screen. With most android devices i can just glance at my phone from a distance to see if there is a notification light. Android also has handy toggles that you can put in your notification center or use as widgets for quickly switching on/off various functions. ios does not.

We can play these games all day but I am talking about the fundamentals such as email attachments and stuff. Those tasks are much simpler on android than iphone because of all their ristrictions

Your question was answered. The problem is that it wasn't an answer you liked

 

[hovscorpion12]

I am as of yesterday using the Samsung galaxy Player 5.0 to get myself adjusted to Android OS if Apple does not seem to please this year and next year. It's kind of a debate between Samsung and Blackberry(if it can survive 2 more years.

 

[RenoG]

Your question was answered. The problem is that it wasn't an answer you liked

Exactly,
Goodness all these threads are getting more and more emotionally charged. You'd think we're talking about religion i.e. Christians vs. Atheist.

I suppose its gotten to the point now that geeks have become emotionally vested in their favorite cell phone company. How long before nerds start claiming Android or Apple as their religion of choice, has it already started?

 

[slffl]

I'm starting to think this will be my last iPhone unless there are dramatic changes to iPhone 6.

The UI has become extremely stale and I still can't do simple ****ing things like read and reply to a text message without exiting the app. Speaking of apps, iPhone multitasking is still half assed and not real multitasking.. let's not get into the Maps fiasco..

Hardware wise, it's nice to look at and feel, but we still don't have a bigger screen, the battery, especially on the 5, is garbage. No NFC, no innovation...

In about 2-3 months all the competitors will be ahead of iPhone and we'll still be waiting for the once a year minimal upgrade.

Yup, I sure will be sticking with the iPhone. I manage mobile devices in the enterprise and get to play with all kinds of devices and OS's everyday. iOS and the iPhone is still leagues ahead of everyone else. Android is the biggest POS I've ever seen. NFC is a joke. Multitasking is WAY better in iOS than Android.

 

[Davy.Shalom]

I love Apple, and the iPhone is great, but I'm really intrigued by a Nokia Lumia running Windows mobile OS. I generally hate windows, but their design seems pretty fresh and interesting.

I could see my self switching over when my contract is up (in a couple of years), but I could just as easily stick with iPhone (especially if iOS 7 or iOS 8 add anything beyond basic small fixes).

Just a warning, every single Lumia I've used has had terrible picture quality. Despite having Carl Zeiss lenses, the sensors are absolute trash.

 

[Zerilos]

wrong all of that is possible on android too. And most of these points don't make any sense. Its like me telling you that if I want to check my notifications on my iphone I need to grab it first then press the power button to look at the screen. With most android devices i can just glance at my phone from a distance to see if there is a notification light. Android also has handy toggles that you can put in your notification center or use as widgets for quickly switching on/off various functions. ios does not.

We can play these games all day but I am talking about the fundamentals such as email attachments and stuff. Those tasks are much simpler on android than iphone because of all their ristrictions

At first glance I agree that Android looks a lot better than iOS; however it comes with a huge trade off. Despite having much less powerful CPUs and half the RAM, iOS devices remain way for stable and benchmark better than Android devices. iOS devices defeat most Android devices handily in terms of battery life as well. These advantages are all a product of the OS. There's no doubt Android will always be preferred by individuals looking for an open, customizable device; however the superior stability and battery life of iOS devices will always have a place in the market.

 

[bandofbrothers]

Yup.

Short and sweet.

 

[nilk]

The iPhone 5 is my first smartphone, and I'm otherwise a Windows guy. I've found there are apps for most of what I want to do, but I have yet to find a great FLAC player, for example.

Convert your FLAC files to ALAC (Apple Lossless) and maybe load them in through iTunes and play them in Apple's music app (unless there is another app that works well with ALAC). Both formats are lossless so you won't lose anything in the conversion process (same goes for converting back to FLAC from ALAC). Much of my music is in ALAC and I sync that to my iPhone. ALAC has all the benefits of FLAC and is now even open-source and patent free, so not a lot of downsides to going this route, either technical or otherwise.

 

[Tig Bitties]

The Note II looks pretty sweet, and from what I hear about the Note III due late Summer, will be amazing, 1080p screen, thinner than the current Note II, bet better battery life, and running Android 5.0 Key Lime Pie. I think the Note III will be my next.

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What makes android so hard to use? I don't get it. Actually its quite the contrary I found ios harder to use than android since everything is so locked down and you have to perform multiple steps for simple tasks.

Other than that both operate in the exact same way. just a grid of apps that you launch and can download from the app/play store

Exactly, at the end of the day, both phones can text, e-mail, surf the web, do GPS navigation, etc...Just comes down to size and look at that point. I just personally prefer the larger screen, and option to pop in a new battery if need be.

I rarely need to pop in a new battery with my Android phone, it lasts a full day easily. But last year I was back packing in Idaho, and having an extra spare battery to pop in, was real handy, where my Brother's iPhone4 was dead after a day and a half, I was able to go the full three + days having two batteries.

 

[nilk]

My parents raises me to not buy new things simply for the sake of buying new, so i keep electronics, cars, kitchen gadgets, etc. until they no longer function.

The longer my 4S is usable, the more likely I am to buy another iPhone. My upgrade is in October, so if I upgrade then, I'll switch to Android. The only reason I would upgrade at that point is if something was seriously wrong with the 4S. If the phone lasts until the following year (when the iPhone 6 is released), it'll be a 50/50 decision. But if the 4S lasts until the 6S is released, I will buy the new iphone without any hesitation.

Your parents advice might not make sense in this case (assuming you are in the U.S. and on AT&T, Verizon, or Sprint). If you don't upgrade when your upgrade is due, you are leaving on the money on the table because you are still paying the subsidy and not getting anything in return (your monthly rate does not go down when the contract ends). Of course, it's your call whether this is ok or not. Myself, I skipped a possible upgrade to the iPhone 4 and didn't buy until the 4S, but I knew I was losing money to AT&T (the reason was I was actually thinking about leaving AT&T, but it didn't end up happening). I like T-Mobile's new approach much better in this regard.

 

[Adutrumque]

The Note II looks pretty sweet, and from what I hear about the Note III due late Summer, will be amazing, 1080p screen, thinner than the current Note II, bet better battery life, and running Android 5.0 Key Lime Pie. I think the Note III will be my next.

If we are gonna "bet" about the future specs on the phones in the future we should not have this conversation. You see, I'am not bashing on you. I'am simply saying, we can't bet about specs. If we could do that we could say , oh I'am gonna buy the iPhone 6 because I bet it will have a i5 processor.
Now that's plain wrong.

I totally get you, and your preference is your preference. Note III suits people in "buisness" from what I have understood. But in the same time - so does the iPhone.

I think that the taste is very different and I for are beginning to like Android for it's simplicity and still being a little "common". I don't know, it's just something I like about the S3.

 

[nilk]

However there isnt a phone produced directly by google, I know about nexus but samsung makes those.

This may changed if Google ever decides to use Motorola Mobility (acquired by Google) for a Nexus phone or a Google brand phone of some sort, but so far they've claimed they will run it like a separate company.

BTW The Nexus devices have been made by a variety of manufacturers (HTC, Samsung, LG, Asus).

 

[jrodsep]

Undecided.

I have had a Galaxy Nexus (after my ip4 got damaged) and loved it. Now I have an iPhone 5 and love it. So I will be waiting to see what the future holds for the next Nexus and iPhone until I decide.

 

[raggdoll]

Not hard when you're marketing to the lowest common denominator-- for example technologically illiterate soccer moms and grandmas.

I have no doubt they'll continue making profits, I just don't think I'll continue buying their products.

Technology is best when people can use it, and not just techno geek types with a pocket liner

 

[Sensamic]

Lets say you want to resume playing some music you last listened to 6 hours earlier. On Android you have to unlock the device, navigate to and open the music app and press play. On the iPhone you double press the home button on the lock screen and press play.

Lets say you want to go straight from a notification on your lock screen to that notification (whether it be a missed call, text or email). On Android you have to unlock the device, swipe down the notification shade (or open the app) and then tap on the notification item. On the iPhone you just swipe the notification on the lock screen and it takes you straight there.

Lets say you want to edit a word on a text you've written. On Android you have to hunt and peck on the screen to place the cursor in the right place, then repeatedly press the backspace key to delete the word in question. On the iPhone you simply tap the word you want, it gets highlighted and you just type straight over the top of it.

Lets say you want to put your phone into silent mode (or vice versa). On Android you have to press and hold the power until a soft menu appears for you to select silent. On the iPhone you just flip the switch on the side.

Etc etc.

Wow... just wow...

Is this guy for real? Someone give him a reality check ASAP please...

Oh, look, Apple just released an oven... go buy it.

Yup, I sure will be sticking with the iPhone. I manage mobile devices in the enterprise and get to play with all kinds of devices and OS's everyday. iOS and the iPhone is still leagues ahead of everyone else. Android is the biggest POS I've ever seen. NFC is a joke. Multitasking is WAY better in iOS than Android.

Do you really believe what you're saying??????

Android a POS??????

NFC is used for file transfers dude.............. that is not a joke. The JOKE is that you can't send files between your iOS devices.

Get real dude. Get real...

 

[Zerilos]

Do you really believe what you're saying??????

Android a POS??????

NFC is used for file transfers dude.............. that is not a joke. The JOKE is that you can't send files between your iOS devices.

Get real dude. Get real...

Calm down fella, your Phandroid rage is taking over. BTW you can transfer files between iOS devices with various free Apps (Bump does it pretty well). Of course Dropbox has been an option for years and you don't need to be within a few inches of the device you want to transfer to use it. NFC doesn't bring anything that you couldn't already do with most smartphones.

 

[iWallace26]

why are the android fanboys here if they hate the iPhone?