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How Can I Transfer My iPhone 4S data over to Galaxy S4?
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Unless i'm mistaken, he can simply redownload the songs he's bought in iTunes. No need for iTunes Match.
I'm glad I could help. I don't think you can transfer apps from your iPhone to Android.
I bought a Nexus 4 for my US travels (Tmobile, prior to iphone 5 announcement) and it's been nothing but stellar.
There's pluses and minuses to either phone but the Nexus device really is a gem to play and work with. Coming from iPhone 4/4s/5 I seem to be using the nexus more then my iphone in the last several months.
Drawbacks of Jelly Bean/Nexus for me have been, in no particular order,
Lack of iMessage, Screen and Camera are not as good (take into consideration it's half the price), Camera software sucks.
As a phone, the iPhone is the clear winner.
Doesn't have airplay and a good 'remote' app
Pro's,
Multi tasking, the app switcher is superb and fast.
Sending a picture from the gallery to pretty much every app is great.
Widgets (only the email and SMS one's) are very useful, I don't need to go in and out of these two apps for no reason or just to see a 'k' reply.
Great integration of Google Now, really one amazing piece of software which I initially dismissed because of how useless Siri was. Too bad the iOS version lacks very far behind.
Larger screen, say what you will, for me, faster typing (not to mention swype), pictures websites and apps just look better on a bigger screen.
Nexus so updates are quick (obviously doesn't apply to touchwiz S4)
That said, if I had to keep one for the rest of my life it would be the iPhone, but with only a few fixes, especially the phone/camera aspect of the nexus I might convert full time
There's pluses and minuses to either phone but the Nexus device really is a gem to play and work with. Coming from iPhone 4/4s/5 I seem to be using the nexus more then my iphone in the last several months.
Drawbacks of Jelly Bean/Nexus for me have been, in no particular order,
Lack of iMessage, Screen and Camera are not as good (take into consideration it's half the price), Camera software sucks.
As a phone, the iPhone is the clear winner.
Doesn't have airplay and a good 'remote' app
Pro's,
Multi tasking, the app switcher is superb and fast.
Sending a picture from the gallery to pretty much every app is great.
Widgets (only the email and SMS one's) are very useful, I don't need to go in and out of these two apps for no reason or just to see a 'k' reply.
Great integration of Google Now, really one amazing piece of software which I initially dismissed because of how useless Siri was. Too bad the iOS version lacks very far behind.
Larger screen, say what you will, for me, faster typing (not to mention swype), pictures websites and apps just look better on a bigger screen.
Nexus so updates are quick (obviously doesn't apply to touchwiz S4)
That said, if I had to keep one for the rest of my life it would be the iPhone, but with only a few fixes, especially the phone/camera aspect of the nexus I might convert full time
Forget the S4. Had one, hated it. Even I migrated to Android after 6 years of Apple...but the best candidate in Android right now is the HTC One. The phone is awesome and their Android version is slick and not bloated like the S4. A simple example, when you boot the S4, it already takes about 1.2GB of the available RAM! The HTC One on the other hand leaves about 1.5GB to the user to use. Plus I really like most of the aesthetics on Sense 5 in HTC. Not too colorful and toy'ish like the S4. The battery life on the One is superb (better than my 4S)..with the 4s I had to charge everyday before I slept but on the One, I still have 60% juice when I goto sleep. The only thing I miss in the One is Airplay
As always, it turned into a holy war against android
Topic starter asked how to get his media from his iPhone and I suggest using PhoneStick, it lets you get any files in and out as if it was a flash drive. Google gives only cnet download for some reason, you can download it for free from developers's website: http://softorino.com/products/
Topic starter asked how to get his media from his iPhone and I suggest using PhoneStick, it lets you get any files in and out as if it was a flash drive. Google gives only cnet download for some reason, you can download it for free from developers's website: http://softorino.com/products/
I'd like to preface this list with the fact that I am a cell phone sales rep for Verizon and get asked this question every day.
THINGS THAT THE GALAXY S4 CAN DO THAT IPHONE 5 CANNOT:
- multi-task - the S4 has a split-screen setting on it so you can yave two things open at once
- Play your videos wirelessly on your home tv - there's an IR blaster built into the phone that allows you to use your phone as a remote for your tv and wirelessly watch anything you can on your phone on your big screen
- Expand your memory - the S4 (which already comes standard at twice the memory of a standard iphone 5) is SD card compatible and can handle up to 64gb of external storage
- Externally download - the S4 isn't confined to Apple's strict regulations and therefore is able to download free content directly from websites instead of having to pay for it through iTunes
- Operate independently from a computer software - Never will you ever see "connect to iTunes" or to any computer for that matter! The S4 is a completely independent device that will NEVER need to be plugged in to a computer to perform properly.
- Do everything faster - the S4 has a quad-core processor (as opposed to the dual core in the i5) so all of your processing needs will get done twice as fast
- Kick ass in Consumer Reports - the S3 (the phone a generation BEHIND the s4) was rated the number one phone in America in consumer reports for 2012, on that same list? The iphone 5.... in FIFTH place.
- Charge in more places - the S4 has the universal charging port that has been standard amongst all phones manufactured in the last two years, the iphone 5 is the only phone to have its specific charging port ever.
- Display things better - not only does it boast a true 5-inch screen, but the screen resolution alone blows the iphone 5 out of the water.
And finally,
- Continue to be sold - the iphone 5 has been completely discontinued upon the release of the 5c and 5s (don't get me started on those...) whereas the S4 continues to be a solid top seller and crowd pleaser.
Does this answer your question?
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I'm sorry..... SAMSUNG users are the ones that are being brainwashed by advertising? There's no way you're not joking....
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The update to iOS7 took the average iphone owner 45 minutes to download. My last update on my Note 2 took 10 minutes......
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Both devices can get Skype and it works the same as Facetime.
Wow, I had to double-check the date of your post to make sure it wasn't way in the past or some parody April 1st post. You're really comparing Samsung's 2013 phone with Apple's old 2012 phone?
* iOS devices have no issue multi-tasking. Having several apps displayed at one time on the same screen isn't a requirement for that. Most people don't even take advantage of what their phone does now, confusing them more by cluttering the screen won't help.
* Apple has been doing the "play videos wirelessly on your TV" thing for quite a while, since 2010, as well as being able to control the playback from the device itself.
* You don't "expand memory", you can expand storage. Anyone with an Android is familiar with juggling apps and data between internal storage and SD storage. App2SD, etc. It's a huge pain. That's why Google themselves decided a while back this was a pretty terrible design and don't even include SD card slots on their devices. I've been using Android since the original devices and having multiple storage locations (instead of one big internal storage location) has always been one of the worst things about the platform. Gee, did I save that file to internal storage? /sdcard? /external_sd?
* Externally download? My iPhone is loaded when personally ripped MP3 and DVDs, stuff bought from Amazon, Google, etc. You're not required to use any of the Apple services. Google Play content and Amazon content are on iOS as well, not just Android. We actually have more choices, since we obviously get Apple to buy from, as an option (not even an option on Android).
* iOS hasn't needed to connect to iTunes since 2011. Devices like the iPhone can activate and be used without ever loading iTunes up. There are several ways of syncing content from your system to the device as well without having to open iTunes.
* Here's a fun one: "do everything faster" - then you say its because the S4 has a quad core processor, instead of a dual-core. That has nothing to do with performance. Compared to an old iPhone 5, yes, the S4 has a slightly better CPU. But why compare it to such an old phone? The iPhone 5S also has a dual-core processor, and completely dominates the S4 in performance. Saying the S4 is faster than an old iPhone 5 because it is "quad core" sounds exactly like something a cell phone salesman would say, not someone knowledgeable about hardware.
* I think the iPhone and Apple record speaks for itself. Year after year at the the top of consumer satisfaction lists, with year after year of software support. (http://www.tuaw.com/2013/03/21/iphone-tops-j-d-power-customer-satisfaction-survey-again/)
* iPhone 5, iPhone 5C, iPhone 5S, iPod touch (5th generation), iPad 4, iPad mini, Retina iPad mini, and iPad air all use the same Lightning connector. While it can charge, it is also a data cable, TV/video/media-out cable, etc. It is more than just a "charging" cable, and more devices than the iPhone 5 use it.
* Not everyone wants a bigger screen (some feel the iPhone 5/5C/5S screen is too big), and when you can't even see the pixels, you can't really tell the difference in resolution.
* Continues to be sold? The iPhone 4S (2011) is still sold as new. The iPhone 4 (2010) is also still sold as new in some markets (China). Not only are the devices sold, they are actually supported with software updates (Samsung abandoned the original Galaxy S at Android 2). The iPhone 5 pretty much had a manufacturing change. It's now sold with a better battery, better camera, and better LTE radio in a more durable design (as the iPhone 5C).
Samsung has a history of dropping support for older devices (Galaxy S never getting updated past Android 2), using terrible components (bad GPS in the Galaxy S), using bad storage (look up "super brick" bug, Not only that, Samsung devices and Samsung storage used by other devices were flawed in their very design. (http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/EMMC_Bugs), having performance issues with their "quad core" processors and laggy Touchwiz software, trying to game the system by cheating on benchmarks (http://www.intomobile.com/2013/07/30/anandtech-claims-samsung-cheating-benchmarks/), copying Apple designs verbatim (Galaxy S body, charging plugs, Samsung stores), and just generally being a shady company.
But hey, at least you can copy all your pirated apps to an SD card, right?
Samsung spends billions on non-stop, cheesy ads for their products, way more than Apple does.
http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2013/11/04/apple-microsoft-ad-spending/
http://www.iclarified.com/28792/sam...advertising-last-year-quadrupling-apple-chart
They out-spend Apple BY FAR on commercials that try to make their stuff look better, and Apple's stuff look worse. The commercials work. People actually think the Samsung devices are the hip things to get, and that Apple's stuff is what old people use.
That depends on which country you live in. Ask a swede when they got their latest Android upgrade for Nexus
Solution...
Here is a great solution that has worked for me.
http://www.wegotserved.com/2013/04/...apps-and-other-data-to-the-samsung-galaxy-s4/
Here is a great solution that has worked for me.
http://www.wegotserved.com/2013/04/...apps-and-other-data-to-the-samsung-galaxy-s4/
A big screen, SD card slot, removable battery. Need more?
I see that this thread was revived but i was reading through it and I just want to point out that the removable battery should not be on that list of reasons to switch.
I cannot name a single person that I've ever met that carried around a fully charger extra battery in their pocket. Wouldn't it just be easier to carry the charging cable or battery charging case?
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Been using iOS since June 29, 2007. Not bored yet.
It's amazing how un-boring having a responsive, non-flakey phone, mobile OS (that gets updates in a timely fashion), and integrated ecosystem is.
I'd recommend Microsoft over Google for this purpose as Microsoft supports EAS to get push email too whereas Google does not.