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EVO 4G owner would NEVER switch back to an iPhone

Look, there's clearly no point in getting into this with you. You clearly are happy with your choice and not interested in hearing any opposing opinions. You're about 5 XDA forum posts away from spelling iPhone as "i*hone". If you think the thread you linked is well balanced and well argued, you must think Fox News is fair and balanced too.

I'll give it one last shot, just for the heck of it ...
- battery: even with a good ROM (BTW, it's ROM, all caps, read only memory, if you're going to make a case for being a l33t hax0r you at least need to get the acronyms right) you need to be careful what features you have turned on. Some people (myself included) don't want to constantly turn on/off GPS, BT, WiFi, etc. iPhone users never worry about this stuff.
- iOS UI: yes, the UI has been stable for a while. It's simple to use and access without a lot of options (unless you jailbreak). This gives a very accessible, uniform out of box experience. If you want to do lots of hacking around on your phone then a jailbroken iPhone or Android phone is the right choice for you. However, there are many people in the world that would rather spend their time doing something besides messing with their phone.
- apps: I'm glad you can find the apps you want. That is not true for everyone. Why do you think Google is implementing new protocols for the Marketplace that mirror Apple's policies?
- app space: A2SD is not universally supported, so you still have to be mindful of what apps you have installed and prune if you run out of space. This also discourages large apps, since not everyone will root or use A2SD
- rooting: believe it or not, everyone does not want to root their phone. Even if you do, your stability is compromised. It's great if your experience has been good, but this is not universally true.
 
Have iPhone owners that always complain about the crappy UI and slowness of Android even tried a newer Droid, and not the crappy Motorola ones, those are known to blow. But try a Nexus-S, EVO 4G, or G2, those are smooth as silk and fast as lightning.

On my rooted EVO 4G with custom rom "Myn's Warm2.2" my phone is smooth as flowing water, ZERO hiccups or jerkiness, and flipping between screens is very fast and smooth. My Brother owns a newer iPhone4 he bought in December, and my EVO is easily as fast, if not a hair bit smoother in all areas.
 
Darthdingo said:
Have iPhone owners that always complain about the crappy UI and slowness of Android even tried a newer Droid, and not the crappy Motorola ones, those are known to blow. But try a Nexus-S, EVO 4G, or G2, those are smooth as silk and fast as lightning.
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Yes, I have tried all of those, and my experience is that the Android UI is not as smooth as iOS. The speed and smoothness is a hair off, and some of the UI choices are nonsensical. Your opinion is different. No number of forum posts will make us agree.

BTW, I'm probably going to pick up an HTC Thunderbolt in a few weeks for the LTE hotspot capability and to mess around with Android. Just so you don't think I'm a total iSheep. :D
 
bella92108 said:
Bottom line is it's a silly argument... it's like Banana vs Orange... two different things offering similar experience to those who consume it.

Right now, Android is on fire. They've gotten in two years where it took Apple to get in four years.

Today they'e equals.... a matter of personal preference between the two user groups.

What will be interesting is to see where the two go. Android seems to be quicker to adopt new features and leave less need for the user to have to hack the device to have all the features they want. Also, more manufacturers are coming out with cool devices for Android.

2011 will be a turning point... it'll either be the year Apple finally decides to cave and add features people jailbreak for, and branch out into additional handsets and faster feature deployment.... or it'll be known as 2011, year of Android. I suspect the later but hope for the first.
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Good points.

I think 2011 will be the year Android skyrockets, as will Apple and iPhone-next.

Android has some MAJOR updates coming to the OS in the Summer/Fall, that will run the OS optimized for dual cores, and more ram/memory to make it super fast, but also very silky smooth, with GPU UI acceleration. The battery life is supposed to get much better on those new devices coming out 2nd half of 2011. And Google has stated they want to refresh the overall look, feel, and use of the Android UI in the 3.0 update. So great things are coming later this year.

Apple will also kick butt too like always in sales every year. But a lot of people are hoping Apple will shake it up a bit more than usual. There are 3 major things I read on tons of forums people would like to see in iPhone-next. #1 add "Widgets" to iOS5. #2 add "Notifications" to iOS5. #3 Offer a larger screen at 4".
If Apple does those 3 changes, I myself would be willing to come back, those are very important features I would like to see stock on an iPhone, and not require a jailbreak to do so.

I agree on the GPU acceleration for the UI, that is much needed, the newer Android phones coming out in Summer/Fall will have that. I think the 2nd half of 2011, we will see amazing leaps and bounds from Google made to Android. The Nexus-3.0 coming out by HTC this Christmas will be a doozy, I can say that much.
 
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bella92108 said:
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Right now, Android is on fire. They've gotten in two years where it took Apple to get in four years...
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Though, one has to admit, Google did it in two years because Apple showed them the way. Or... did we all forget that the original Android phones were modeled after Blackberry.
 
Darthdingo said:
Android has some MAJOR updates coming to the OS in the Summer/Fall, that will run the OS optimized for dual cores, and more ram/memory to make it super fast, but also very silky smooth, with GPU UI acceleration. The battery life is supposed to get much better on those new devices coming out 2nd half of 2011. And Google has stated they want to refresh the overall look, feel, and use of the Android UI in the 3.0 update. So great things are coming later this year.
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This is my issue with lots of people advocating for Android. It's always about what Android "will" do once we get update 2.x, 3.x, etc. Even if that comes to pass, not all phones will get that update in a timely manner or ever (yes, yes, root, ROM, XDA, etc.). This is coming. That is coming. I'm not interested in what Android will do. I'm interested in what Android can do now.

Same for hardware platforms. The next new super Android phone/tablet to rule them all is always just around the corner. First the Samsung Galaxy Tab was going to destroy iPad sales. Then NotionInk (what a failure). Then Xoom (until everyone saw the price).

3.0 is not coming for phones. This was very clearly stated by Google in the past few days. 2.4 is the next Holy Grail for Android phone users.
http://phandroid.com/2011/02/03/exc...mb/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
 
bella92108 said:
Right now, Android is on fire. They've gotten in two years where it took Apple to get in four years.
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The iPhone was released in Summer 2007 at $600. Subsidized pricing didn't begin until Summer 2008. The Android G1 was release a just few months later (Sept 08).

Availability of both OS's via traditional subsidized avenues was essentially at the same time.
 
So today I went to the Sprint store to check out the Evo 4G. I'm considering giving Android a try. The phone feels decent in hand, thinner than I expected. The stock UI seems ok, easy to navigate and speedy. 4G speeds were very fast, this is what appeals to me most, the 4G speeds and the fact it can be a hot spot. I was not impressed with the responsiveness of the touch screen though, at all. The camera takes mediocre pictures as well. Not certain I'll dive in just yet.
 
I think most people in this thread probably haven't owned both an iPhone and an Android device, making their opinions completely null.

I had an iPhone, a 3gs, and now have a Droid Incredible, which is the best phone I have ever owned.

However, I really like turtlenecks and tight jeans, so I'll certainly be in line for that iPhone 5 now that it is coming to Verizon :)

In all honesty though, Android is a cool OS. Contrary to what the haters say, you really don't need to root it for full UI customization, and I love that I can play SNES games on my phone. The battery life sucks, sure, but no matter what I do it will at least last me until I go to bed. However, my contract is now up, so I will definitely give the iPhone 5 a shot when it comes out.
 
C'mon OP, are you like 10?
Who cares what they say? It's their opinion, everyone is entitled to their own.
Personally i would like Apple to be very afraid of Android so that they provide us (consumers) with even more features.
Personally, i'd prefer an iPhone, but that doesn't mean Androids are horrible.
 
A very similar topic going on here;
http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1582823

And this guy makes a very good but obvious point;

Google Android is to Apple iOS as Microsoft Windows is to Apple OS X. Same exact principle going on, same exact arguments we've been dealing with for 27 freakin' years now, and it's getting old.

Android = Open, available, useful, free, and gaining traction more each second just as Google itself continues to grow and spread.

iOS = Closed, unavailable, useful, most definitely not free, and entrenched with people that will buy it simply because it's made by Apple, period.

I don't think Apple is going to get a lot of Verizon Android users switching to the iPhone. Maybe technically clueless people intimidated by the thought of taking photos off of an SD card. For those types iOS is slightly better - it's idiot proofed. I think they may leech some AT&T people for the much better coverage for sure.
 
I have a EVO 4G and a iPhone 4. I like both but I only use my iphone 4 as a iPod and a camera. That's it. EVO made me drop AT&T and use it for my main phone. I was with sprint for ten years and AT&T for 2. After those 2 years I booted AT&T.
 
i have had a droid x, fascinate , and incredible and moto droid all to just switch to a bb 9650 just to wait for the iphone. its really about what phone u want and what u want your phone to do only real thing thats making me switch from a droid to iphone is the compatibility and the iphone has the apps on the market places beat. not number wise just in graphics alone...
 
I had a EVO 4G, I had a 3G and 3GS before it. Now I have a Iphone 4 because it's just a better phone period. Sorry but the EVO is not all that.
 
I don't own either, but if I was buying one, the iPhone would be the one I'd be comfortable with paying 500+ euros for.

There is simply nothing that compares to the iPhone's clean, consistent UI, and most importantly the smoothness, nothing is as smooth as the iPhone, scrolling lists and options is butter smooth. Other OS' like Android and Symbian can't even fix the scrolling highlight, where when you scroll a list wherever you tap to begin scrolling gets highlighted as if you've accidentally selected it.

Also with the iPhone you get safety and longevity, you join an ecosystem that is reliable, organized and compatible. With Android I get a feeling of chaos, you are just too dependent on carriers, the manufacturer, will they update or will they abandon the device? There are so many variations, with the iPhone you know that for at least 2 years it'll be fully supported, the software will be supported and compatible without problems.
 
clearly the people posting on that forum have NEVER used a jailbroken iphone.... that's like asking me if I would ever go back to stock ios over a jailbroken one.... hell no
 
I have owned every iPhone made. I've also owned three Android phones now. I have lines with both Verizon and AT&T. Personally I think it's a mistake to compare Android and iOS. They are quite different and that's why many people that begin with an iPhone and go to Android, dislike the phones. The issue is that they expect them to be like an iPhone and they are not.

Users cannot switch to a different device and not expect to have to take personal responsibility for educating themselves and learning how to use it. That is the universal Android issue with those that are either closed minded, negative, or all of the above.

Open minded people that are true tech enthusiasts, find both iPhones and Android phones very nice for their individual advantages.

I have a pre-order in for a new HTC Inspire 4G
(you don't need to bash the moniker 4G, I don't expect anything close to that speed)

It's very similar to an EVO just more up to date and it has the 4.3" display I've grown to really like.

So that's my take on it. I will always own both, an iPhone and Android.

It's no different than me owning and enjoying both my new MBP and my Win7 laptop. Why compare? :)
 
Darthdingo said:
Maybe technically clueless people intimidated by the thought of taking photos off of an SD card.
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This is the attitude that marks you as an Android fanboy. You think that because someone does not want to root their phone, install a custom ROM, etc. that they are incapable of doing so and "technically clueless." There are plenty of iPhone users who are more than capable of hacking an Android phone and know a great deal about technology, but choose to have a stable, smooth, high-quality UI/UX on their phone.
 
foodle said:
This is the attitude that marks you as an Android fanboy. You think that because someone does not want to root their phone, install a custom ROM, etc. that they are incapable of doing so and "technically clueless." There are plenty of iPhone users who are more than capable of hacking an Android phone and know a great deal about technology, but choose to have a stable, smooth, high-quality UI/UX on their phone.
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Well said.
Seems like every android fanboy who root their phone think they are smarter than everyone else, especially iOS users. Newsflash, they aren't.
 
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