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Dilemma (Galaxy Nexus vs. iPhone 4S)
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Im also thinking of buying the Nexus, mainly because the home button on my iPhone 4 is starting to fail. I was not gonna change phone for at least another year, until the iPhone 5, but Im starting to have this annoying problem with the home button that many people have experience.
The nexus has the buttons on the screen, which I really really like and would make the phone last longer, unless you break the screen, of course. I like android, but not as much as ios. I would miss all the games and the apps. On the other hand, I would get a bigger screen and 1080p video recording. Probably I will stick with the iPhone 4 a bit longer, but I hope the next iPhone has capacitive button instead of the physical one.
The nexus has the buttons on the screen, which I really really like and would make the phone last longer, unless you break the screen, of course. I like android, but not as much as ios. I would miss all the games and the apps. On the other hand, I would get a bigger screen and 1080p video recording. Probably I will stick with the iPhone 4 a bit longer, but I hope the next iPhone has capacitive button instead of the physical one.
and how long do you want your battery life to be? if it can last threw a day you should be good.
At the same time, you're buying into it at a time where the battery life on LTE is poor. Who's to say that there won't be significant chipset improvements and battery upgrades in that time?
Just playing Devil's Advocate.
Another disadvantage is it has only 16GB memory, since the 32GB version is almost impossible to find, just like the SGS2 one. 14GB of actual memory space is too little when compared to iPhones 64GB. I carry music, many apps, pics and videos I take, etc.
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4S.
4S.
I don't quite understand this argument. iOS has 500,000 apps, Android has 600,000 (or whatever, don't know the real numbers) but 99.9% of the best apps are on both platforms, and honestly are you really going to use more than 200 or even 100 apps?
I am going Nexus, the iphone is just getting old to me after almost 4yrs. The screen size not being increased was a joke. It will be missed, but after trying a few 4.3" phones out there is no way i am going back. And no matter how much smoother iOS is over Android there will be no way i will go back from a 4.65" screen to a 3.5" or even 4" screen if thats what the iphone 5 brings.
If WP7 had any large screened phones out there that were in spec with the iphone 4s or the top tier Android phones then i would go that route, but it seems the only windows phone out there with a big screen is the Titan, but the specs are paltry and the screen itself is not impressive.
So my plans are going Nexus, trying ICS out and seeing how much better the OS has become since i last gave it a good try a couple years ago. Other than that if it fails to impress i will go WP7 when something good comes out.
If WP7 had any large screened phones out there that were in spec with the iphone 4s or the top tier Android phones then i would go that route, but it seems the only windows phone out there with a big screen is the Titan, but the specs are paltry and the screen itself is not impressive.
So my plans are going Nexus, trying ICS out and seeing how much better the OS has become since i last gave it a good try a couple years ago. Other than that if it fails to impress i will go WP7 when something good comes out.
What's there not to understand?
For example:
ESPN Fantasy Football on the Galaxy S2 and iPhone 4S. It looks so much better on the 4S. Another example is Words with Friends, it looks better and performs better on the 4S + you get extra little bonuses if you win, while you don't on the Android version.
iOS gets applications first, then Android second. The iOS version of most applications, just look and perform better than the Android version.
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You will be disappointed with the quality of apps for the Android and WP7 platform, especially WP7. Most of the big name apps aren't in their Marketplace.
Anecdotal
That may have been true three years ago, but do you have a source saying this is still the case? Android controls close to 50% of the smartphone market now; it would make no sense for developers to release Android apps late.
Free Google Navigation is on Android and not yet (if ever) on iOS.
A lot of Android phones suffer from poor battery life out of the box, but are fixed by flashing custom ROMs/tweaks.
In particular, there is a dev out there by the name of Imoseyon that provides a kernel that dramatically improves battery life.
EDGE is definitely a deal breaker for many people but it might not be so bad if
1) You're consistently near a wifi areas. Like if you're at home and work most of the time.
2) Do you jump on the way a lot when you're out? If so, EDGE may be a deal breaker.
1) You're consistently near a wifi areas. Like if you're at home and work most of the time.
2) Do you jump on the way a lot when you're out? If so, EDGE may be a deal breaker.
No, I don't have a source. I'm sure there is one, but I don't feel like finding it. But if I am a developer, I would developer for iOS first, and NOT Android. Most big apps come to iOS first.
And if Apple wanted Google Navigation they would get it, but its been said that Apple is working on their own maps application that we may see in iOS 6
"Most big apps" are already on both platforms.
As a consumer, I would very much like access to free, quality navigation on my iPhone. I've tried other free nav apps like Waze and they just don't compete. It's not a question of what the corporation wants, but what the consumer wants, and the point of bringing it up in the first place was that, in contrast to your claim, not all "big apps" come to iOS before Android.
Umm Google is not supplying Google Navigation to anyone but Android Phones.
Apple could in theory write their own code for real time navigation that uses Google maps on the back end to get and update the routes.
Apple would have to write or buy their own. I some how see it being in iOS6 and then limited only to the iPhone5.
I never once said they weren't on both platforms; I specifically stated that iOS gets them first then Android second.
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Oh really? But who cares? Apple doesn't want Google Navigation. Apple maps will probably be better anyway. Hopefully we see it in iOS 6 next year. Apple already has iMessage to compete with BBM and next year it will have its maps to complete with Google Navigation.
Why? First your not a developer so how do you begin to make a statement like that? Second, there are more Android phones out there overall so why wouldnt you not make the Apps for Android....especially if you are charging for them?
What you said doesnt make sense to me. Also you can get a refund for Apps on Android. It used to be 24 hours but they shortened it to only 15 minutes.....which to me isnt really enough time to really test an App out but at least you can get a refund. You cant on the iPhone.
You said "most big apps come to iOS first" which is false since "most big apps" are on both platforms. You can say "most apps" come to iOS first, which - since you don't have a source for that claim - is simply speculation.
Do not hang much hope on it. Apple current maps is crap and it is 100% apples fault. Apple is the one who fails to updated it. All Google provides is the map data itself and Apple does the rest.
As for iMessage vs BBM. Sorry BBM is a better messaging program.