IPhone vs. Android

[dmclone]

4g is irrelevant right now as you won't find it where you live. Going with iPhone means that you get the best user experience because it is controlled by apple.

Its very cool. For apps, nothing beats the app store for iPhone. It dwarfs what is available for the droid phones.

You're correct on 4G right at this moment but I assume this person is going to keep his phone for more than 1 month when 4G comes to Des Moines. You're probably right though, if you live in Lamoni 4g probably doesn't matter.

"Android stocks 134,342 free applications alone for download, while Apple’s App Store has 121,845 free apps". Both have over 200K apps. I think that's enough. So far my friends with Iphones have showed me 2 apps that I wish were available for my Android. I showed them a lot more that are not available to them.

 

[bluestarcyclone]

4g is irrelevant right now as you won't find it where you live. Going with iPhone means that you get the best user experience because it is controlled by apple. Th droid is like windows in that you get 54 favors that all act differently. With an iPhone you'll never hear anyone say "oh mine wont do that" as they all act alike. I've got several friends that have used both and all prefer the iPhone because it just works. For walking you can do things like use Pandora to play music that you want to hear. Its very cool. For apps, nothing beats the app store for iPhone. It dwarfs what is available for the droid phones.

4g is absolutely relevant- des moines will be getting it this year and verizon is rapidly expanding its network.

I also wouldnt say apple is the end-all-be-all of user experiences. I'll take my widgets instead of a screen of nothing but icons, thanks.

As far as app stores go, both have enough apps that you can find one in just about every category that'll do what you want in both stores. You dont need eleventeen million apps, you generally need 10-20 apps that work well and generally you're going to find everything you need in both stores (and most of the time, for the better apps, they have cross-platform versions of the same app... like Pandora, for example... its not just an iphone app like you seem to believe). 99% of the apps in both markets are fairly crappy, so advertising 'our app store is bigger' doesnt mean much at all.

 

[jbhtexas]

I have both.

If you are going to do much texting or answering emails, test the keyboards, particularly if the phone you are looking at only has a virtual keyboard. I have an iPhone for work. My fingers, for whatever reason (too big maybe), just don't work well with the iPhone's virtual keyboard. Since work involves answering emails from the iPhone, using the phone becomes very frustrating.

On the other hand, typing for me on the EVO Shift is a breeze.

Other than the keyboard, the iPhone is fine. The simple stuff works. But I'm a techie, so I much prefer Android.

 

[Hawkeye11en1]

I have both.

If you are going to do much texting or answering emails, test the keyboards, particularly if the phone you are looking at only has a virtual keyboard. I have an iPhone for work. My fingers, for whatever reason (too big maybe), just don't work well with the iPhone's virtual keyboard. Since work involves answering emails from the iPhone, using the phone becomes very frustrating.

On the other hand, typing for me on the EVO Shift is a breeze.

Other than the keyboard, the iPhone is fine. The simple stuff works. But I'm a techie, so I much prefer Android.

Don't need the keyboard much with the 4s. Just talk to text.

 

[twistedredbird]

may not matter to some, but signal strength/call reception on iPhone can be less than what you get on some Androids, and as another poster said, I find the keyboard on the iPhone a little more challenging for my big fingers.

I am getting close to switching over to Droid from BB, and considered iPhone, but after talking with several people that have had both, in the city(downtown Chicago and in the hills in WI), iPhone doesn't do as well as, say a Motorola droid, which hasn't forgot it's a phone.

That doesn't hold true for all droids, but my wife's company switched to iPhones, and no one can get calls on their iPhones in the building, but BB and Droids do.

Also, a couple techie friends of mine who are into Digital Media marketing and app development said that ATT's phone network is overloaded for calls, FWIW, but their data network is the better than others.

Sprint is going to have the iPhone soon, and you can beat the $79 unlimited data and calling.

My clients are 80% iPhone, and I cannot tell you how frustrating it can be talking to these people #droppedcalls

I don't know how Iowa is, but that's the way of it here. My friends/family in Milwaukee say they have no issues, but I never seem them actually "talk" on the phone.

 

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[jbhtexas]

Don't need the keyboard much with the 4s. Just talk to text.

Not a good solution for places like airports...

 

[1100011CS]

Don't need the keyboard much with the 4s. Just talk to text.

Nothing new on Android.

 

[IcSyU]

Don't need the keyboard much with the 4s. Just talk to text.

This sounds like a ***** in class.

 

[1100011CS]

may not matter to some, but signal strength/call reception on iPhone can be less than what you get on some Androids, and as another poster said, I find the keyboard on the iPhone a little more challenging for my big fingers.

I am getting close to switching over to Droid from BB, and considered iPhone, but after talking with several people that have had both, in the city(downtown Chicago and in the hills in WI), iPhone doesn't do as well as, say a Motorola droid, which hasn't forgot it's a phone.

That doesn't hold true for all droids, but my wife's company switched to iPhones, and no one can get calls on their iPhones in the building, but BB and Droids do.

Also, a couple techie friends of mine who are into Digital Media marketing and app development said that ATT's phone network is overloaded for calls, FWIW, but their data network is the better than others.

Sprint is going to have the iPhone soon, and you can beat the $79 unlimited data and calling.

My clients are 80% iPhone, and I cannot tell you how frustrating it can be talking to these people #droppedcalls

I don't know how Iowa is, but that's the way of it here. My friends/family in Milwaukee say they have no issues, but I never seem them actually "talk" on the phone.

Also Apple's proprietary plug. I'm always forgetting my charger and more often than not one of my friends will have a charger that will work with my phone. Wouldn't happen with an iPhone.

 

[Boxerdaddy]

Do not buy the Transform from samsung. Have not been happy with it. SUUUUUPER laggy.

 

[Hawkeye11en1]

Not a good solution for places like airports...

I'm not in huge crowds all too often.

Nothing new on Android.

I know.

This sounds like a ***** in class.

I don't go to class anymore.

I'm not saying you are doing it in public much, but texting with any phone when you are in public isn't too hard. If you are at home or driving, I use the feature all the time. Which, for me, is about 80% of the time I text....so I don't need a phone with a bigger keyboard.