Many iSheep like to use this but for the features you get with Android its worth it to charge a little more frequently plus you have the option of owning and using a second battery. Steve didn't feel people needed a removable battery or a notification led for that matter and the herd agreed.
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Someone else mentioned SwiftKey already, forgot about that cause its been on all my devices so long, that I will miss unless the built in iOS keyboard is comparable.
What do I miss on the Iphone? Widgets and Swiftkey keyboard. I miss these features because those features are important to me. You only will "miss" things on the Iphone that were important to you. Battery life, for instance, will be nice on the Iphone IF it was a problem on your Android. I personally get great battery life from my Incredible...even with widgets. That said, I like the removable battery option. Good inexpensive option for extended absences from electricity (camping, etc.).
As a user of both phones, I must say I don't understand the extreme views that one is so much better (or worse) than the other. It's not like comparing a Yugo to a Maserati. Most people who take extreme views have little to no meaningful experience with both phones. Meaningful experience does not mean an hour in a Verizon store, stories from a friend, or even 1-2 days of "playing" with one or the other.
Well I got my iPhone 4s and the first thing I have notices is how much better the voice to text is, wow. Its closer to 90% where my Nexus One was more like 50% at best.
Vibration is no where near as strong as Nexus One was but the camera is much faster.
Lack of the customizable home screen with widgets is missed, and Android does handled the notification bar better, but those are more minor right now.
Still poking around...
Vibration is no where near as strong as Nexus One was but the camera is much faster.
Lack of the customizable home screen with widgets is missed, and Android does handled the notification bar better, but those are more minor right now.
Still poking around...
I'm going to get an iP4S next week, moving from an OG Droid. I already know I will miss the removeable battery aspect (you can get og Droid/Droid x batteries for a few bucks on Amazon) and certain Widgets such as Beautiful Widgets. I am however looking forward to iTunes integration in terms of playlists and videos and also Siri (time will tell how useful). IMsg will be nice too as I used to have a BB with bbm and a lot of my friends have iPhones now. Maybe ill look into getting a Mophie juice pack....
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Well then count samsung in too. I cannot get more than 4 hrs screen on time no matter what i do on the SGS2.
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Looks like someone isn't satisfied with their choice.
Yeah the problem is with the device manufacturers more than with Android, although it's not like that's a good excuse. The Android platform itself is easily on par with iOS IMHO...but manufacturers add all their junk on top of vanilla Android and don't create quality hardware to support it, which is how you end up with so many ******* Android devices, and why I'm so reluctant to give up my OG Droid.
The Droid RAZR is coming out on Tuesday though from Motorola...I'm hoping it's worth upgrading for...otherwise I might be coming over to iOS.
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You will be able to use your phone as an amazing mobile computing device and not an overpriced cell phone
You will be able to use your phone as an amazing mobile computing device and not an overpriced cell phone
I managed to get 5 hours on screen time on stock Gingerbread but I had to turn off background sync, lower brightness as well as some other little things. When I saw 5 hours, I was amazed. This was also the turning point of mine, because finally achieving 5 hours (previously getting 3-4 hours) was the only thing that made me happy, and it wasn't quite right. So I got rid of it.
