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The "dark" side/Fangil no more

There are FREE apps that give turn by turn directions, but if you're happier with an Android device- enjoy and goodbye.

I'm curious why you felt the need to tell everyone here about it though.
 
MsMerryMac said:
Let the flaming begin. Truly. I'm ready.

I recently moved from a rural town where my iPhone was my best friend. I slept with it, carried it (NEVER put it in my purse) and coveted it like a highly sacrilegious idol.

BUt then I moved to the Bay area. And Siri began to sorely disappoint. I asked at The Alameda and she said she didn't understand "all i want is meat." After several frustrating attempts, she gave me a map, which made me pull over in a highly suspicious neighborhood and try to memorize the map.

Lo and behold my boyfriend whipped out his ......
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I stopped reading after this.
 
MsMerryMac said:
Let the flaming begin. Truly. I'm ready.

I recently moved from a rural town where my iPhone was my best friend. I slept with it, carried it (NEVER put it in my purse) and coveted it like a highly sacrilegious idol.

BUt then I moved to the Bay area. And Siri began to sorely disappoint. I asked at The Alameda and she said she didn't understand "all i want is meat." After several frustrating attempts, she gave me a map, which made me pull over in a highly suspicious neighborhood and try to memorize the map.

Lo and behold my boyfriend whipped out his Samsung Galaxy II. SO MUCH LIKE iphone I could not believe it. But it gave me FREE turn by turn directions. And was so much more than a "tell me you love me" gadget that I got from Siri. Sure, Siri DOES call me Love Muffin, but when you move to the Bay area, who cares what she calls me....give me things I can use.
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I have had an iphone 4 since launch. IPhone 4S since day one because I thought Siri was really going to be worth the upgrade. She was not. I went through three devices because I had to reboot twice a day unless I wanted to here her say "I'm sorry, I cannot connect to the network right now."

So, my boyfriends Samsung Galaxy II was looking appealing. You see, I live in a very rural town and am moving up to San Fransisco in a couple of weeks. His Galaxy actually spoke out the driving directions. Siri simply gave me a map that I can only imagine resulting in at least one fender bender. Not to mention, Siri ended up being more of a toy and more time consuming that it was worth.

Bash ALL you want, but Google has navigation down to a T and android has some pretty slick functionality even compared to the 4S, which I direct traded for the Galaxy Skyrocket at the AT&T store.
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-OP on 3/12/12


We get it.
Enjoy your new phone and leave us alone.
 
MsMerryMac said:
Let the flaming begin. Truly. I'm ready.

I recently moved from a rural town where my iPhone was my best friend. I slept with it, carried it (NEVER put it in my purse) and coveted it like a highly sacrilegious idol.

BUt then I moved to the Bay area. And Siri began to sorely disappoint. I asked at The Alameda and she said she didn't understand "all i want is meat." After several frustrating attempts, she gave me a map, which made me pull over in a highly suspicious neighborhood and try to memorize the map.

Lo and behold my boyfriend whipped out his Samsung Galaxy II. SO MUCH LIKE iphone I could not believe it. But it gave me FREE turn by turn directions. And was so much more than a "tell me you love me" gadget that I got from Siri. Sure, Siri DOES call me Love Muffin, but when you move to the Bay area, who cares what she calls me....give me things I can use.
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Why did you feel a need to write about this -- TWICE?
 
Created another thread to try to start another flame war. The iPhone is not for everyone. Choose the phone that works for you.
 
Odd thread title? Posting same thing in two threads a while apart, in each case not participating in thread after the initial inflammatory post? Troll no more, more like...
 
I find it really funny that people will change a phone over one program that you could easily find the same thing if you were willing to look on the phone you already have (when they claim to absolutely love the phone and have no other issues with it. It's not like OP has any other qualms with the iphone other than lack of stock app that does turn by turn).

Really? Changing cause the other phone has turn by turn instruction? I got turn by turn instruction on my iphone. I could have even found it for free if I wanted (*cough* Mapquest app *Cough*), but I wanted to have the maps on my phone (which means I won't get lost when I'm in an area that doesn't get cellphone coverage :p. Try that with the android's stock app).

Seriously, is it that hard to find third party apps? Do people really think the only thing that comes with the phone is what Apple provides and that there is no possible way to find other apps?
 
Another reason to switch

Android users seem to be capable of having rational conversations on differences while iPhone users seem to be 10 year old angst filled boys who just want to perpetuate strife. See ya.
 
MsMerryMac said:
Android users seem to be capable of having rational conversations on differences while iPhone users seem to be 10 year old angst filled boys who just want to perpetuate strife. See ya.
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Tomorrow.
Same bat time...same bat issue.
 
MsMerryMac said:
Android users seem to be capable of having rational conversations on differences while iPhone users seem to be 10 year old angst filled boys who just want to perpetuate strife. See ya.
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Lol. Well have fun with your buggy, laggy, soon to be outdated android phone. ;)
 
This is where I sit back listening to Phoenix and eat popcorn and watch the discussion of lulz begin.
 
MsMerryMac said:
Android users seem to be capable of having rational conversations on differences while iPhone users seem to be 10 year old angst filled boys who just want to perpetuate strife. See ya.
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And yet you STILL didn't answer the question: why did you feel the need to write about the EXACT same thing - TWICE?

That has absolutely nothing to do with Android or Apple.

That has everything to do with YOU.
 
Ok, the question that came to my mind when reading this is - why do you need for your phone to speak to you if your boyfriend is also in the car? Is he incapable of speaking to you? This is a pretty lame reason for choosing a phone, especially when there are so many options out there for voice navigation, even if you do need to pay for them. You just spent several hundred dollars on a phone. Why not spend a few dollars more and make the phone worth the expense?
 
It's a shame that you're not satisfied with the iPhone. Through retail in the phone business I've been able to observe both sides of the Android/iPhone spectrum in great detail; Android offers some great functions but the iPhone just has that 'something' that will always draw me back.

-aggie- said:
I stopped reading after this.
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soco said:
Oh please, your eyes went there first. ;)
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And this ^ is why I frequent this site. I only pretend to know stuff about phones, I really come here for the dirty jokes. :p;)
 
SHirsch999 said:
This is a pretty lame reason for choosing a phone, especially when there are so many options out there for voice navigation, even if you do need to pay for them.
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I use both platforms. IMO nothing comes close to Google's Navigation app. Nothing, unless of course you are in some extremely rural area without any preloaded maps.
 
MsMerryMac said:
Android users seem to be capable of having rational conversations on differences while iPhone users seem to be 10 year old angst filled boys who just want to perpetuate strife. See ya.
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What did you really expect at an iPhone forum? :confused:

If users here predominantly liked Android it wouldn't be the iPhone section...
 
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