HTC One and Samsung GS 3 will get Jelly Bean in the next few months. Google Now conflicts (somewhat) with S Voice so I'm not sure if Samsung will remove/modify it. Ultimately, the decision is with the respective carriers of the phones. The Nexus family of devices get updates first and it's pure Android.
As for Android phones, I'd still stick with the iPhone. There's a reason why it's the most popular/best-selling smartphone on all carriers (in the US). It's not just #1, it's also #2 and #3. The current top-tier Android phones are a step down from the iPhone 4/4S because of the inferiority of AMOLED compared to IPS-LCD. That plus the inferior performance (not sensor itself) of the camera. Security is another concern. Android security is not even worth a joke anymore due to the proliferation of malware and other security problems. Last of all, unless you have a Nexus device, OS updates are almost never going to happen until a good half year or so after they are first released. That means any bugs, security loopholes, etc. are not going to be addressed until half a year later. Sure you can root it and customize it, but I want my phone to work out of the box. And the iPhone does that. If you need proof, just look at which smartphone dominates the best-selling smartphone list even years after they are first released. Hint: it's not Android...
The only Android smartphones that are as good as the iPhone 4S are the HTC Ones, Motorola Droids and Nexus devices. Samsung has been stupid to promote inferior displays and ignore the fact that fake colors and completely-blind-under-sunlight is not the definition of high quality smartphone display. AMOLED is inferior to LCD and even more so to IPS-LCD.
I think the Nexus 7 is mainly competing with the Kindle Fire and to steal some thunder from the new iPad. It cannot compete directly with the new iPad. Just like netbooks, they were not trying to compete with full-sized notebooks. Sure they ran Windows, had a screen, keyboard and trackpad like full-sized notebooks, but no one seriously considered a netbook over a full-sized notebook as their main computer. As a secondary device, sure. It's the same story here.
The new iPad will dominate the market until something dramatically new comes to the market. That's how the iPad first dominated the market. Pre-iPad tablets were completely different than the iPad. Just like the iPhone was completely different from Pre-iPhone smartphones. Android in each market is playing copycat and cheap option. The Surface has the potential to really compete with the iPad. It's a whole new approach to tablets.
As for the OP, I think the new iPad is the best tablet on the market hands down. The only other tablet I really like is the Nexus 7 but that's for a different audience (not me). Android phones are on par with the iPhone but nothing else on the tablet market is on par with the iPad.
As for Android phones, I'd still stick with the iPhone. There's a reason why it's the most popular/best-selling smartphone on all carriers (in the US). It's not just #1, it's also #2 and #3. The current top-tier Android phones are a step down from the iPhone 4/4S because of the inferiority of AMOLED compared to IPS-LCD. That plus the inferior performance (not sensor itself) of the camera. Security is another concern. Android security is not even worth a joke anymore due to the proliferation of malware and other security problems. Last of all, unless you have a Nexus device, OS updates are almost never going to happen until a good half year or so after they are first released. That means any bugs, security loopholes, etc. are not going to be addressed until half a year later. Sure you can root it and customize it, but I want my phone to work out of the box. And the iPhone does that. If you need proof, just look at which smartphone dominates the best-selling smartphone list even years after they are first released. Hint: it's not Android...
The only Android smartphones that are as good as the iPhone 4S are the HTC Ones, Motorola Droids and Nexus devices. Samsung has been stupid to promote inferior displays and ignore the fact that fake colors and completely-blind-under-sunlight is not the definition of high quality smartphone display. AMOLED is inferior to LCD and even more so to IPS-LCD.
I think the Nexus 7 is mainly competing with the Kindle Fire and to steal some thunder from the new iPad. It cannot compete directly with the new iPad. Just like netbooks, they were not trying to compete with full-sized notebooks. Sure they ran Windows, had a screen, keyboard and trackpad like full-sized notebooks, but no one seriously considered a netbook over a full-sized notebook as their main computer. As a secondary device, sure. It's the same story here.
The new iPad will dominate the market until something dramatically new comes to the market. That's how the iPad first dominated the market. Pre-iPad tablets were completely different than the iPad. Just like the iPhone was completely different from Pre-iPhone smartphones. Android in each market is playing copycat and cheap option. The Surface has the potential to really compete with the iPad. It's a whole new approach to tablets.
As for the OP, I think the new iPad is the best tablet on the market hands down. The only other tablet I really like is the Nexus 7 but that's for a different audience (not me). Android phones are on par with the iPhone but nothing else on the tablet market is on par with the iPad.
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