New iPhone

[Irwell]

I had a HTC Desire for a couple of months a year ago, coming off an iPhone 4. It wasn't in the same league: Android 2.3 as it was then was clunky, the battery hardly got me through half a day (I took it to Wembley for the cup final, two batteries coupled with pretty light use and it still ran out before Birmingham on the coach home, iPhone got me further on one charge with more use). I sold it after two months and went back to my iPhone. I like the way everything's integrated; I use my iPhone for literally everything, with no other iPods etc. It's so much more convenient, the UI is nicer, music player functionality is better, apps are (still) better, though Android is starting to catch up. As I say, I'm interested to see how Android's improved with the Galaxy S3, because everyone is raving about it. But at the moment I'm definitely siding towards getting the new iPhone when it comes out, because I've had no bother whatsoever with my iPhone 4 (except when I dropped the bastard and the screen smashed, but that was my own fault!)

So you bought a phone 6 months older than the iPhone 4 from a manufacturer renouned for bloated and laggy software that wasn't even the best Android phone at the time of it's release... Is that really an appropriate comparison?

The 4 was released at the same time as the Galaxy S. The Galaxy was streets ahead. The S2 was a couple of months before the 4S. The S2 was streets ahead. The S3 is a few months before the 5. It will again be streets ahead. iPhones are always at least 6 months behind because they don't innovate, they litigate.

The apps for Android are streets ahead of iOS these days and have been for two years now. Even better, half the ones you get charged for on iOS are free on Android. iOS also feels like what it is, a very basic and old operating system. It's clunky, it looks dated, the interface doesn't feel slick in the slightest, the "features" are such that the best stuff only works properly if you have Apple stuff on the other end too (Airplay for example... uPNP does the same thing just as easily but works for all devices rather than just Apple ones), the screens are pretty poor and way too small...

I can't believe you even think they are comparable. iPhones are like Early Learning Centre "computers" compared to the high end Android phones.

 

[rushts]

I had a HTC Desire for a couple of months a year ago, coming off an iPhone 4. It wasn't in the same league: Android 2.3 as it was then was clunky, the battery hardly got me through half a day (I took it to Wembley for the cup final, two batteries coupled with pretty light use and it still ran out before Birmingham on the coach home, iPhone got me further on one charge with more use). I sold it after two months and went back to my iPhone. I like the way everything's integrated; I use my iPhone for literally everything, with no other iPods etc. It's so much more convenient, the UI is nicer, music player functionality is better, apps are (still) better, though Android is starting to catch up. As I say, I'm interested to see how Android's improved with the Galaxy S3, because everyone is raving about it. But at the moment I'm definitely siding towards getting the new iPhone when it comes out, because I've had no bother whatsoever with my iPhone 4 (except when I dropped the bastard and the screen smashed, but that was my own fault!)

So you bought a phone 6 months older than the iPhone 4 from a manufacturer renouned for bloated and laggy software that wasn't even the best Android phone at the time of it's release... Is that really an appropriate comparison?

The 4 was released at the same time as the Galaxy S. The Galaxy was streets ahead. The S2 was a couple of months before the 4S. The S2 was streets ahead. The S3 is a few months before the 5. It will again be streets ahead. iPhones are always at least 6 months behind because they don't innovate, they litigate.

The apps for Android are streets ahead of iOS these days and have been for two years now. Even better, half the ones you get charged for on iOS are free on Android. iOS also feels like what it is, a very basic and old operating system. It's clunky, it looks dated, the interface doesn't feel slick in the slightest, the "features" are such that the best stuff only works properly if you have Apple stuff on the other end too (Airplay for example... uPNP does the same thing just as easily but works for all devices rather than just Apple ones), the screens are pretty poor and way too small...

I can't believe you even think they are comparable. iPhones are like Early Learning Centre "computers" compared to the high end Android phones.

Ah.... the old 'my dicks bigger than yours debate' lol

 

[Irwell]

Ah.... the old 'my dicks bigger than yours debate' lol

I just don't like seeing people waste so much money on something with so few features. It hits the rest of us because manufacturers get complacent. Why add new features when you can just make it slightly faster and stick a higher number on it?

 

[rushts]

Ah.... the old 'my dicks bigger than yours debate' lol

I just don't like seeing people waste so much money on something with so few features. It hits the rest of us because manufacturers get complacent. Why add new features when you can just make it slightly faster and stick a higher number on it?

Have you ever owned an apple product? Not being a dick by the way.

 

[CityWest]

I owned the iphone from the original upto the 3g. Got bored with waiting for updates and the hype that surounds every update. In my opinion it was released way too early and didn't have the functions most nokias had at the time!
When they start to bring out more than one model a year I'll take notice.

 

[cmdub]

honestly my first smart phone was the incredible 2(incredible S in the UK/europe i believe) and it was pretty good. eventually died on me after like 10 months and i got a galaxy nexus and haven't looked back. ill never go back to an android device that has touchwiz/sense/motoblur as their mainly just shit and stock or roms are much better. unfortunately the radios on samsung devices are dogshit compared to motorola/htc

o and ics/jellybean > ios 6 by a mile

 

[scenecreamer]

o and ics/jellybean > ios 6 by a mile

How would you know this? Has ios6 been released? My updates have my products on 5.1.1

 

[ell]

Ive got a galaxy s3. My dicks definately bigger than you lot

 

[Halfpenny]

Ha, after all the iPhone-defending I did yesterday I bit the bullet and ordered a Galaxy S3 today. Found it free for £26 a month which I thought was pretty good. Will try and do a comparison.

 

[GStar]

I had a HTC Desire for a couple of months a year ago, coming off an iPhone 4. It wasn't in the same league: Android 2.3 as it was then was clunky, the battery hardly got me through half a day (I took it to Wembley for the cup final, two batteries coupled with pretty light use and it still ran out before Birmingham on the coach home, iPhone got me further on one charge with more use). I sold it after two months and went back to my iPhone. I like the way everything's integrated; I use my iPhone for literally everything, with no other iPods etc. It's so much more convenient, the UI is nicer, music player functionality is better, apps are (still) better, though Android is starting to catch up. As I say, I'm interested to see how Android's improved with the Galaxy S3, because everyone is raving about it. But at the moment I'm definitely siding towards getting the new iPhone when it comes out, because I've had no bother whatsoever with my iPhone 4 (except when I dropped the bastard and the screen smashed, but that was my own fault!)

So you bought a phone 6 months older than the iPhone 4 from a manufacturer renouned for bloated and laggy software that wasn't even the best Android phone at the time of it's release... Is that really an appropriate comparison?

The 4 was released at the same time as the Galaxy S. The Galaxy was streets ahead. The S2 was a couple of months before the 4S. The S2 was streets ahead. The S3 is a few months before the 5. It will again be streets ahead. iPhones are always at least 6 months behind because they don't innovate, they litigate.

The apps for Android are streets ahead of iOS these days and have been for two years now. Even better, half the ones you get charged for on iOS are free on Android. iOS also feels like what it is, a very basic and old operating system. It's clunky, it looks dated, the interface doesn't feel slick in the slightest, the "features" are such that the best stuff only works properly if you have Apple stuff on the other end too (Airplay for example... uPNP does the same thing just as easily but works for all devices rather than just Apple ones), the screens are pretty poor and way too small...

I can't believe you even think they are comparable. iPhones are like Early Learning Centre "computers" compared to the high end Android phones.

Sounds like opinion wrapped up as fact.