Upgrade: Android or iPhone

[JeffDenver]

If money is not an issue and you are not concerned about functionality beyond basic stuff like web browsing or phone calls or texting, then the iPhone is a great phone.

The reason people go Android is because they like customizing/playing with the phone and/or want additional functionality, or they cant afford the iPhone for whatever reason. The iPhone really doesnt suck. It is just expensive and restrictive. If those things dont bother you, get an iPhone. It does have a massive market, and lots of UI polish.

 

[elvis_marmaduke]

I have multiple friends with the iPhone 4 and they have just as many complaints as people do with Android phones... including freezes, bad GPS locations, etc... The thing I heat the least that I hear the most on Android is battery issues... But if the phone us customizable enough a custom kernel more than takes care of that IMO

You have just been post pwned

 

[garrett]

i believe that neither is better then the other.... its all on what a person wants/needs in their phone. i still develop for android(droid 1, nook color, galaxytab) but choose to use an iphone just because it suits my needs better. to anyone that says you cant do this or that on either phone they need to open their eyes. THERE IS NOTHING YOU CAN DO ON ONE THAT YOU CANT DO ON THE OTHER minus the removable battery, removable memory and custom roms....

and lets be honest with ourselves the only reason we put custom roms on our phones is because the OS that came on it is flawed in one way or another and they hope the custom rom fixes said issues.

 

[JeffDenver]

THERE IS NOTHING YOU CAN DO ON ONE THAT YOU CANT DO ON THE OTHER minus the removable battery, removable memory and custom roms...

flash support...widgets...notification bar...live wallpapers...an actual desktop instead of an app drawer...universal multi-tasking for all apps...Lets be honest, where functionality is concerned, there is nothing iOS does that Android doesnt also do, but the reverse is not true.

And I wont even go into the fact that you are locked into one store with Apple. The reason this is a problem is because Apple doesnt seem to have a problem with censoring stuff they dont like. And not having to beg bloated iTunes to be able to transfer data to my phone is truely a luxury. Yeah, you can always jailbreak...except when you cant.

There is obviously a market of people who dont care about these things. And because of that Apple will always have buyers. But lets not pretend that they are equally functional. They both have their advantages, but functionality is clearly Android's advantage.

 

[garrett]

flash support...widgets...notification bar...live wallpapers...an actual desktop instead of an app drawer...universal multi-tasking for all apps..

what? my iphone does all of this.... oh and the live wallpapers on the iphone dont make it run so slow you feel like your in the 1980's and they don't drain battery as much. i can use a live wallpaper on the iphone and still get almost 3 days on a single charge.

heres my current DESKTOP just for reference.... http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh86/zyiro/iphone/71e60fe6.jpg

And I wont even go into the fact that you are locked into one store with Apple. The reason this is a problem is because Apple doesnt seem to have a problem with censoring stuff they dont like. And not having to beg bloated iTunes to be able to transfer data to my phone is truely a luxury. Yeah, you can always jailbreak...except when you cant.

there is no version of current iOS that cant be jailbroken. an yes you can install apps from the itunes market, cydia (jailbroken market) and you can push apps directly to the phone.


iphone is just like android if you want to make the experience better it needs to be rooted/jailbroken.

 

[JeffDenver]

Android does all that stuff without rooting. And I would like to know how you are getting flash (real flash) on your jailbroken iPhone.

 

[JeffDenver]

I've seen the widgets and live wallpapers on the jailbroken iPhone. They are pretty sad actually. And the selection is far more limited.

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[garrett]

Android does all that stuff without rooting. And I would like to know how you are getting flash (real flash) on your jailbroken iPhone.

It's not official buts it's been available for jailbroken devices since July 2010. There's an abundance of videos about it on youtube. It's called frash and it runs seamlessly on iOS.

 

[garrett]

I've seen the widgets and live wallpapers on the jailbroken iPhone. They are pretty sad actually. And the selection is far more limited.

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I agree there aren't many widgets for iOS. But as far as live wallpapers iOS wins there. Last I checked there were close to 400 of em available for download and the nice thing you can take any video and make it a functioning livewallpaper in about 20 min.

 

[kodiak799]

I think the iPhone is very good at what it does. But when I use one I can't kick the "that's it?" Feeling.

Id sacrifice a snappier os for third party apps, swappable memory, bigger screens, custom roms, etc.. any day
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My feelings as well. I have an IPad, and I don't get the rave review the other person gave it - tired of looking at my apps and horribly missing my widgets aside, I have freezes and lag and apps that crash or don't work. I see absolutely nothing special about it, and I don't care for the navigation and interface, either. I would never buy an IPad with my own money. The only app I really even like/use on it is the WSJ. I've gone over a week without even touching my IPad, using mainly my laptop and Droid. Although I'd probably use it more if I got a keyboard.

There's nothing about IOS that appeals in the least to me, not to mention it's nice not to have to mess with ITunes if it can be avoided. Between Locale/Tasker and the google apps integration, IMO Android just offers much more utility for someone who actually needs the PDA capability (and more) or a smartphone. If you're all about games, pictures and text messages, then by all means rock the IPhone.

 

[gthotie5]

THERE IS NOTHING YOU CAN DO ON ONE THAT YOU CANT DO ON THE OTHER minus the removable battery, removable memory and custom roms...

Lol I hope your just trolling.
Cuz that was stupid... not trying to start a war but wow.

Btw, ios UI is a lot better.

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[kodiak799]

I've seen the widgets and live wallpapers on the jailbroken iPhone. They are pretty sad actually. And the selection is far more limited.

Yeah, I was going to jailbreak my IPad but after seeing what Cydia had to offer I decided not to waste my time.

 

[JeffDenver]

It's not official buts it's been available for jailbroken devices since July 2010. There's an abundance of videos about it on youtube. It's called frash and it runs seamlessly on iOS.

I did look it up. It obviously works great LOL.

Not sure I would call it "seamless". It is a buggy port from the Android version of Flash. Oh the irony.

 

[czerdrill]

I did look it up. It obviously works great LOL.

Not sure I would call it "seamless". It is a buggy port from the Android version of Flash. Oh the irony.

well flash in general is just a buggy mess...its not as if flash performance on android devices is something to brag about haha

 

[JeffDenver]

Yeah, I was going to jailbreak my IPad but after seeing what Cydia had to offer I decided not to waste my time.

To be honest if I did own an iOS device I would probably jailbreak it. But a jailbroken iOS device is NOT equivalent to an Android phone/tablet at all when it comes to functionality.

And yeah, the UI on iOS kicks ass. It isnt as perfect as Apple people would like to believe, but it is definitely superior to Android.