Engadet galaxy s2 review

[Hal Jordan]

Here's a very interesting read from a long time Apple user:

http://frameaslist.blogspot.com/2011/04/let-me-tell-you-why-im-moving-from.html

 

[vistadude]

Does Android Gingerbread still require memory cards? I hate having to fork over a pretty large sum of money to buy a large memory card, and having to save data partially on the phone ROM and partially on the card.

IMO 16-30 GB space is enough for me for internal flash memory. Why do a lot of android phones still come with less than 1 GB?

 

[maclaptop]

My other half who isn't tech-savvy/ interested in tech (who had the original Galaxy S) said its like mine! It looks exactly the same as my phone and she has an iphone 4.

Along these lines, my other half can barely notice the difference between her new 7-series BMW, & my new S-class Mercedes. In fact the only reason she doesn't confuse them with my F430 is that its a 2 door, very low, very wide and bright red.

If it wasn't for the pink case on her iPhone she'd pickup my HTC Inspire without noticing. And people talk about a phone with a 4.3" screen like its a monster.

 

[jellybean]

<Rant>
Here's my beef with iOS: Since I first got the original iPhone, a feature I always wanted was a simple todo list application with alerts which I could rely on. The Calendar app wasn't good enough because it wasn't designed to be a todo list and I didn't want my daily calendar cluttered up with tasks. It took Apple FOUR YEARS to give developers the tools needed to make apps with local notifications (push notifications from the year before were unreliable and required connectivity to work)

With Android, if there's something fundamentally wrong or missing from the OS, developers have the ability to make an app to change it. Not just sandboxed apps with limited APIs, but actually change parts of the OS. The Apple community have been very vocal about the sloppy notifications system in iOS for a long time, and we're at the mercy of Apple to change it for us. If it doesn't happen in iOS? Oh well, maybe next year?

On the flipside, Android does indeed get torn apart by carriers and manufacturers who mess with it too much, and hackers will no doubt exploit its openness.

I want Android and devices like this new Galaxy S2 to make Apple feel the heat, because we all know Apple can do so much better.
</Rant>

 

[iApples]

<Rant>
Here's my beef with iOS: Since I first got the original iPhone, a feature I always wanted was a simple todo list application with alerts which I could rely on. The Calendar app wasn't good enough because it wasn't designed to be a todo list and I didn't want my daily calendar cluttered up with tasks. It took Apple FOUR YEARS to give developers the tools needed to make apps with local notifications (push notifications from the year before were unreliable and required connectivity to work)

With Android, if there's something fundamentally wrong or missing from the OS, developers have the ability to make an app to change it. Not just sandboxed apps with limited APIs, but actually change parts of the OS. The Apple community have been very vocal about the sloppy notifications system in iOS for a long time, and we're at the mercy of Apple to change it for us. If it doesn't happen in iOS? Oh well, maybe next year?

On the flipside, Android does indeed get torn apart by carriers and manufacturers who mess with it too much, and hackers will no doubt exploit its openness.

I want Android and devices like this new Galaxy S2 to make Apple feel the heat, because we all know Apple can do so much better.
</Rant>

Obviously Apple could do so much better. Then again, any phone can. Technology is so advanced, and no phone is actually taking advantage of the true amazingness of how far technology has come.

But you have to look at it from Apple's marketing perspective. If Apple was to make a completely dominate device that just combined features from their iOS and jailbroken tweaks... What would be next? How would Apple top that phone? It would be extremely hard. Apple is really good at taking small updates and making them 'revolutionary'. Should Apple have taken 4 years to implement a new notification system? No way... But are they going to milk it and use it as one of the main new features? Of course. I can already see the commercials for it now.

Apple is by far the best at marketing, and this is why they're so successful. Not just for the iPhone. But as a company in general.

 

[iOS v Android]

Does Android Gingerbread still require memory cards? I hate having to fork over a pretty large sum of money to buy a large memory card, and having to save data partially on the phone ROM and partially on the card.

IMO 16-30 GB space is enough for me for internal flash memory. Why do a lot of android phones still come with less than 1 GB?

I for one prefer SD cards. They are not needed but a lot people like my self enjoy being able to switch them out. Since they are standard it also allows you to keep all your music and stuff when switching phones without using a computer.

 

[jellybean]

Apple is really good at taking small updates and making them 'revolutionary'. Should Apple have taken 4 years to implement a new notification system? No way... But are they going to milk it and use it as one of the main new features? Of course. I can already see the commercials for it now.

Agreed. And they don't just market those features better, they actually implement them better. Android had folders long before they came to iOS, but when Apple finally done folders themselves, the solution they came up with was so much more fluid, intuitive, nicer. Same with copy and paste, and the interface for multitasking.

Which is what makes it all the more infuriating when I see things on Android like file system, better notifications, better voice control, custom email and sms tones etc, (heck even wireless syncing with iTunes - which Android phones can do today) makes me wish I didn't have to wait for April/June to come around each year to see if they've added those too.