I agree- if I were going the cheap route, I would much rather have an iPhone 5s or 6 for similar money than get a used android.
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Many months ago I spent 37.5% of the price of 128GB Iphone 6s to buy an android flagship
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I agree- if I were going the cheap route, I would much rather have an iPhone 5s or 6 for similar money than get a used android.
I'm not trying to convince anyone. The OP elicited personal perspectives:
I was responding to that query on a personal level. This is also why I used personal pronouns throughout. Clearly, everyone's needs and desires are different. I indicated that as well. What is important to me isn't important to others and, conversely, what's important to others may not be important to me. There are many valid reasons why someone might prefer an Android over an iPhone.
For my personal needs and wants, a Nexus/Sony/whatever is not going to do the job. Period. My posting was a listing of the reasons why I purchase iPhones rather than alternatives. Cost is not a factor, nor is psychology. It's a simple matter of having a device that does what I want, how I want.
I don't understand the Jailbreak comment. Someone purposely modifying their own OS isn't germaine to the security issue.
Of course iOS is more secure than Android, and significantly so. Is iOS secure proof? Of course not. But it's leagues better than Android, which is why the overwhelming majority of malware authors out there focus on Android. 60-ish percent of devices out there are Android. 97% of malware developed is developed against Android. That's a skewed percentage and it's because of the relative ease involved in penetrating the OS.
You can pick pretty much any 2-3 month period and find a major compromise with Android. And the kicker of it is, a huge percentage of vulnerable devices will never get patched due to the nature of Android OS 'upgrades'. Here's a few articles detailing a couple of the ones over the last couple of months (ie. Stagefright)
http://www.npr.org/sections/alltech...-phones-would-let-hackers-in-with-just-a-text
http://arstechnica.com/security/201...he-ropes-with-one-two-punch-from-researchers/
http://www.cheatsheet.com/gear-styl...d-and-marshmallow-cant-fix-it.html/?a=viewall
And if that wasn't bad enough, Stagefright 2.0 just came along...
http://arstechnica.com/security/201...hones-are-vulnerable-to-new-stagefright-bugs/
Ransomware anyone?
http://www.welivesecurity.com/2015/09/10/aggressive-android-ransomware-spreading-in-the-usa/
I can find major security holes in Android from pretty much any period. Those were just the ones from the last couple of months.
97% of mobile malware is on Android (from 2014):
http://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonk...n-android-this-is-the-easy-way-you-stay-safe/
97% of malware targets Android (2015):
http://www.scmagazineuk.com/updated-97-of-malicious-mobile-malware-targets-android/article/422783/
4,900 new malware samples daily in 2015 for Android, a 21% year-over-year increase
https://public.gdatasoftware.com/Pr...lware_Reports/G_DATA_MobileMWR_Q1_2015_US.pdf
Yes, this article talks a lot about older Android devices (which comprise huge percentage of the user base), but it also talks about the broken distribution and security models inherent in Android ... that even Windows mobile devices are in better shape.
http://www.howtogeek.com/224096/why-iphones-are-more-secure-than-android-phones/
Ransomware, malware on the rise, though, "In terms of malware, iOS remains pretty safe" --
http://www.scmagazine.com/mobile-threats-more-than-triple-in-q1-2015-from-q4-2014/article/413301/
Correct. Android is cheaper and in a course of 1 year, I have bought 3 android phones. At time of the purchase, i was super interested in different OS whether that was JB, Lollipop, Kit-Kat..etc. But each phone was just a bit different from the other.
- Carrier Bloatware - on almost every phone but nexus.
- Bad Battery life - on another phone
- Missing features on another
- Terrible camera on another
Never can I find one phone that was enough to make me satisfied. I also have friends who are biased (towards or against) Apple and their justification just doesn't make any sense.
I'm not saying the Iphone is the greatest phone. But I left iphone for 2 years pursing android, in tablets, phones..etc. I bought enough android phones, rooted them..did everything a hardcore user would do. When I was forced to come back for new company - I started to complain less. What made me stick with Iphone from 5s to Iphone6 was the fingerprint sensor which my company allowed which skipped me from typing a 6 digit password. The following year, Because of my investment in the Apple watch - I love Apple Pay on the Watch so much that I don't want even try Android for the fact that i won't have Apple Pay on my Watch.
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I'm done moving back and forth. I'm happy with my Iphone. And unless I got Android pay on the watch (which doesn't require my tethered Android phone), I won't even consider. In terms of performance, Apple wins again in both NAND performance and CPU performance (which is both Anand tech and Ars Technica show).
So if you want an Android phone that will keep up, it will cost you about 80 to 100% of what an apple phone will provide. So I don't think there really is a price difference. But There is one thing interesting, the value of android phone drops significantly faster than Iphone. And this is coming from a person who used to trade android phones, and Iphones yearly.
Why I changed from iPhone 4 to Android (Galaxy S4 which I still use) was that at the time I needed to jailbreak just to get the phone working like I wanted and iOS 7 around the corner would've crippled performance. iOS 9 and Android Lollipop are the first OS versions of each that I feel don't need additional hacks to works like I want them to. The lack of file system, changing default apps and Safari's miserable scrolling (try scrolling a long page in Safari vs Chrome, takes 5x more flicks on Safari) are my only beefs with iOS now.
At the moment for everyday use I'd say most phones are fast enough and since there are so many Android phones out there, their prices on the used market are very cheap and drop quickly. You can get a Galaxy S4 for under 200 euros here and it will be fine for quite a while even if it's certainly no match for the latest iPhones in anything except resolution and size. For what it is, I feel the iPhone 6/6S is way overpriced in Europe now that Apple added 100 euros extra for every 6S model. Aside from iOS there is barely anything that you can't find in other phones. Fingerprint scanners are already in new Android phones and with Android M offering standardized API for it, it will most likely be as nicely supported as Touch ID soon.
The main reason why iPhones hold their value better is that they are the only iOS phones available and they come in very limited different configurations, plus they are expensive to begin with. iPhone 5S still sells because it's the only truly small iPhone with decent speed. I expect that used iPhone 6 prices will plummet heavily quite quickly, even now they are about 30% off full price. The miserable 1 GB RAM is their downfall.
The biggest problem with Android phones is that there are way too many near identical phones out there with no further thought into ergonomics or usability. Just upping the specs every year is not a way to differentiate. We are at a point where cramming in a better CPU/GPU or camera isn't going to yield much change in everyday use so I'd rather see more effort put into making phones that somehow make the experience of using a phone better.
I just ordered a Sony Z5 Compact 32 GB because it was the only small phone with good specs and was about 30% cheaper than an iPhone 6S 64 GB.
The answer is mindbogglingly simple. The iPhone / iOS has features other phones do not have; whether it be the smoothness, design, or overall feel of the operating system, the effortless cross-device compatibility for apps (i.e. between iPhone, iPad, and Mac), or other Apple-only features, that people like. Even features other phones have too are often better in one way or another on the iPhone. It's not like there's no difference. There are hundreds and hundreds of unique (to one degree or another) features that iPhones have.
Forget all the other bells and whistles and UI and fancy features or security.
Let's get to the basics. The bread and butter. The CORE.
I have yet to find an Android phone brand that does language input flawlessly and supports all languages. There's always some dealbreaking annoyance that really annoys me. My last Android phone was a Sony one, and certain Asian languages were mysteriously omitted. I suspect racism on the part of Sony.
Don't tell me install Swype or Swiftkey. I want a coherent experience out of the box.
I like the Android ecosystem too (there are also some nice Android exclusives not yet ported to iOS... strange but true). And you don't need iTunes to transfer stuff between your Android phone to a PC.
After Android Lollipop there is support for Micro SD card read/write, but more high-end Android phones are totally omitting having a Micro SD card slot, so that's that.
Apple or Android: pick whichever you like.
Let's get to the basics. The bread and butter. The CORE.
I have yet to find an Android phone brand that does language input flawlessly and supports all languages. There's always some dealbreaking annoyance that really annoys me. My last Android phone was a Sony one, and certain Asian languages were mysteriously omitted. I suspect racism on the part of Sony.
Don't tell me install Swype or Swiftkey. I want a coherent experience out of the box.
I like the Android ecosystem too (there are also some nice Android exclusives not yet ported to iOS... strange but true). And you don't need iTunes to transfer stuff between your Android phone to a PC.
After Android Lollipop there is support for Micro SD card read/write, but more high-end Android phones are totally omitting having a Micro SD card slot, so that's that.
Apple or Android: pick whichever you like.
It matters if you have a social life? Seriously? The freakin' phone or computer matters? Nah, I think your personality matters a heckuva lot more than a phone or a tablet or a watch or a car or the clothes you're wearing. Those things don't matter as much after HIGH SCHOOL. I have friends, I go out on dates, and I don't care what phone the other person is using. I don't judge people based on a freakin' phone.
I also don't choose phones based on the brand or how "fashionable" it is. I choose phones based on how well they work for me. Android currently works better for what I'm doing than iPhone. Mac currently works better than my Windows computer. My Tab S currently works better than any other tablet. My Pebble Smartwatch currently works better for me than the Apple Watch or any Android smartwatch.
Specs do matter. But what matters most is how well the phone works for you. Not how fashionable it is.
Nice trolling, BTW. And if by chance you are really serious, good luck with your empty, vain life.
It took a while for ios to get Hungarian, unfortunately. In happy with text to speech finally being usable (as of iOS 8). I'll be ecstatic when we can use Siri. My mothers accent is too strong for Siri to understand her English (yes we've tried them all).
Because of the integration with OS X
Because i get security updates
Because i've used many android phones and none feel as good in the hand
Because i want decent default applications that do the job properly
I don't want carrier crapware
Nothing to do with psychology, i've tried android and didn't like it.
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oh and how could i forget. I don't trust google with my personal info. at all. if the service is free, you are the product.
Wow, I have read some posts in my time but you take the biscuit. You seem to have rather vacuous friends.
I wonder how many iPhones have been sold because of the way people like you and your friends look on the world? Thankfully I don't have any friends that think that way.
My last android phone was the galaxy s5 and after 5 months it started lagging and crashing!! Went right back to apple ! Currently having the 6 plus and I am not looking back to android!! Getting the 6s plus 128 GB rose gold in 2 weeks!
I think an even MORE "interesting Psychology question", is...
Why YOU don't cary around a computer from the 90's, a 1 megapixel camera, a brick phone, a palm pilot, a calculator, a watch, a handheld antennae TV, a boom box, an Atari, a scanner and fax machine, a tape recorder, a hi-8 camera, some board games, a clip board, a 5mb HD the size of a phone booth, a photo album, an alarm clock, a garage full of band members, books, maps, a mail man, and countless other things. I mean, by now you can get all of this stuff for FREE, but you chose to spend $385.23375 on your LG G Pro 2?! What an astonishing psychological inclination!!!
Why YOU don't cary around a computer from the 90's, a 1 megapixel camera, a brick phone, a palm pilot, a calculator, a watch, a handheld antennae TV, a boom box, an Atari, a scanner and fax machine, a tape recorder, a hi-8 camera, some board games, a clip board, a 5mb HD the size of a phone booth, a photo album, an alarm clock, a garage full of band members, books, maps, a mail man, and countless other things. I mean, by now you can get all of this stuff for FREE, but you chose to spend $385.23375 on your LG G Pro 2?! What an astonishing psychological inclination!!!
Blah, cmon! Stopped reading after this...
OP is right. It is mostly "because i want". I dont have friends using iphones (android dominates here), so imessage, facetime are pretty useless for me. And if i did, i still would use other apps that works whatever devices...
So.. Im buying iphone6s plus just because i want, not because it would do some more than my cheap android phone. What can your iphone do what my cheap Oneplus One cant? It has been very stable, only couple bugs during updates (ios has them too!), performing well, design is good... The best phone i have ever own and it was cheap! Literally!
I'm a native US English speaker and Siri had a lot of difficulty understanding my slight accent until iOS 9 (I went from about 5% of what I said being understood to over 90% - which was definitely enough to make a difference between me never trying to use Siri except when desperate to using it frequently), it seems to be getting better at non-standard accents at least for native speakers. There's definitely hope for new language support and better English comprehension in the future!
I'm unsure how Siri has lagged behind so much. First to market but has been dead last at, well, damn near everything. It goes against that standard "Apple doesn't do it first but does it the best" monocer.
The irony here is you say "what matters is what works best for you" and then you say "not what's fashionable"
Well, what works best for me, is what's most fashionable. iPhone is that phone.
Siri wasn't the first to market. Google had it before. They only popularized it later with Google Now!
I've just switched from Android to iOS, I currently have the Note 3 and bought the 6S 64GB. I am a Macbook Pro user so I am familiar with the Apple ecosystem.
The reasons I switched to iOS were: -
The reasons I switched to iOS were: -
- Smaller phone compared to my Note 3 to fit in my pocket
- Consistent OS updates that I would receive in a timely manner
- A smartphone with a decent battery life
- I am currently a Macbook Pro user, so syncing would be a benefit
- Good performance based on benchmarks
That's funny. A friend and I were talking about this recently, and neither one of us was ever interested in the iPhone until the design of the 6. The hard edges of the 4 and 5 especially turned us off. I love my 6s Plus, but to this day, I have never seen a phone that felt as good in hand as the Moto X. I don't think another one will ever match that one. It had the same size screen as the 6, but was significantly easier to hold.
I think an even MORE "interesting Psychology question", is...
Why YOU don't cary around a computer from the 90's, a 1 megapixel camera, a brick phone, a palm pilot, a calculator, a watch, a handheld antennae TV, a boom box, an Atari, a scanner and fax machine, a tape recorder, a hi-8 camera, some board games, a clip board, a 5mb HD the size of a phone booth, a photo album, an alarm clock, a garage full of band members, books, maps, a mail man, and countless other things. I mean, by now you can get all of this stuff for FREE, but you chose to spend $385.23375 on your LG G Pro 2?! What an astonishing psychological inclination!!!
It is different case, g pro 2 is not outdated and it can provide all essential functions of iphone 6s plus. It just doesnt have fancy stuff like finger print unlock.