Verizon Buying Up iPhone Domains? Well, Not Recently.

[pdjudd]

They're screwing us on the pricing so it serves them right to get screwed by some of their customers in return

Terrible justification. If you cannot agree to the terms of a contract, do not sign up for it - especially if you know you are being screwed!

 

[Blakeco123]

ohhhh ill take this one:

ANDROID:
gps is A LOT better

multiple scenes so you can setup all 7 screens for work releated stuff, then setup another whole scene with 7 other screens for weekend play stuff

highr MP camera

user replaceable/upgradeable battery (doesnt matter to me but some people like that they can swap batteries if they are heavy users)

widgets are awesome, I have a calender widget on a page, and a friendstream one which links my F.B. and twitter accounts to one and keeps the stream updated instead of having to go into the actual twitter or fb app just to see updates

weather app is pretty cool too with live updates, when you wake the phone it will actually play an animation based on where you are, either rain will fall, clouds will pass by the screen, it's silly but it looks cool..

Speaker quality blows the iPhones away IMO

pinch to bring out all pages and quickly jump to another is fast and easy whan you want to jump quickly to a certain page, simply pinch the screen, all 7 pages come up and you tap on the page you want to go to

can plug into any computer as a mass storage device

Amazon MP3 store app is great, better then the iTunes one IMO

Tether for free without having to hack/jailbreak
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I took off the last one because android is also on at&t and sprint.
5/11 things you said were hardware related. Another 4 of those are only Sense UI Phones (HTCs own User Interface) and 1 of them is an app but I will give you the tethering. Now lets think only a portion of phones are htc so that blow a lot of those "points" away also a lot of phones non-htc only have 5 mp cameras (although the iPhone is said to have the best camera on a mobile phone. Period.) and there are some that can't tether (motorola droid, for example which a lot of people still have) the speaker quality and GPS are opinions, not facts. And when the iPhone was First anounced Steve jobs stated that the wether and stocks apps were "wigets". Lastly like you said user replaceable batteries aren't something everyone wants. Now what does this prove 1. android IS fragmented 2. You are making opinionated and pointless comments on a website dedicated to the mac and the iOS devices, which, I believe will just cause more comments (like the one im posting now) to arise and cause a fight. Go post on android forums instead.

 

[blahblah100]

2. You are making opinionated and pointless comments on a website dedicated to the mac and the iOS devices, which, I believe will just cause more comments (like the one im posting now) to arise and cause a fight. Go post on android forums instead.

Ah, the glory of uneducated/uninformed groupthink.

Who in the hell are you to tell someone they are making opinionated and pointless comments and to go post somewhere else; do you own this website? I didn't think so.

I also like how you say the iPhone camera is the best on a mobile phone, but then attack him for his point about the speakers and GPS. Do you smell that? I do.

 

[Slim02]

Exactly, most is personal preference, but people say iphone is packed with features but never list them, what feature is it packed with that you can't do on android phones? And of course it's smooth, they had years to perfect it like that, the droid may lag sometimes but its still fairly new, my original iPhone was no where near as smooth as the current one, and the new iOS sucks on my wifes 3GS and is horrible on my 3G I leave laying around to play with as an iPod. And as far as the new one, if they would have fixed the antenna issue without only giving out free cases, maybe I wouldn't have returned it and looked into droid, giving me a bumper is not a fix for the phone, you might as well have sent me a piece of tape

Well most Droid or Android phones can not do video chat.. Most apps for Androids are lower version or water down versions of iSO Apps. Hell Skype you can do video chat on the iPhone but not on Android phones... We have two Droid phones and one iPhone 4.. The wife and daughter use the Droids and the wife hate the phone but like my iPhone.. The only reason she has the Droid because she on Verizon and she will not leave them.. Oh also Androids does not sync or back up(I mean Music, Photos, Apps and etc.) up to macs out of the box without some type of 3rd party software.. iOS sync up fine on both Mac and PC...

I also like how you say the iPhone camera is the best on a mobile phone, but then attack him for his point about the speakers and GPS. Do you smell that? I do.

Well seeing that it been proven (with facts) that the iPhone camera is the best on a mobile phone. There is no proof of facts that Android phone has better speaker and GPS... That part is based on his opinion not facts.. So I think you need to re-track your lame comment "Do you smell that?"....

 

[chrono1081]

Tethering is not free on verizon either so it's not a carrier issue, because apple is so locked down, they don't allow the free tethering app, the droid allows you to download a tethering app that allows you to tether for free even though verizon wants to charge you for it. So what's not fair is how steve jobs wants to tell you how you should use your phone, if you jailbreak the iPhone you can tether for free so again it has nothing to do with the difference in carriers, it's a phone thing.

You are incorrect. Its not a phone thing its a carrier thing. ATT does not allow tethering on the iPhone but if I hop a plane to Europe I can suddenly magically tether. That makes it a carrier issue, not a phone issue.

Not to mention reading through your posts its obvious you do not know as much as you think you do about the Android platform...

 

[BriChi]

You are incorrect. Its not a phone thing its a carrier thing. ATT does not allow tethering on the iPhone but if I hop a plane to Europe I can suddenly magically tether. That makes it a carrier issue, not a phone issue.

yes you can, you are incorrect, On my wifes iPhone, it now has the tethering option and on ATT site it shows...

Please note: A data plan is required for the life of your iPhone service and cannot be removed in the future.

DataPro 2GB for iPhone with Tethering (requires iOS 4) $45.00/month



iOS 4 required for iPhone Tethering. i0S 4 will work with iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS and iPhone 3G.


listen guys, I am not here to fight, I stated so called "opinions" on a forum I visit daily, People bash iPhone and people bash Droid, Same as mac vs pc, its all opinions in the end from reading both sides, Does not justify anyone calling people names on the forum and that is why I even responded, Honestly in the end, I can care less what people use and do not use on their phones, I tether for free which is a big thing for ME, I can care less that I am violating a contract and I knew this when I signed it, It's one of many reasons I bought a droid phone, I didnt want to pay for tethering and I did not want to jailbreak a phone in order to do it either, period. I read it is easy to download and install free tethering, so I got it

as far as widgets, the stock app and weather app IMO are not widgets, shouldnt widgets be on the a screen fully viewable and updated at all times like the way i have my caledar wiget always viewable on my screen and friendstream widget, same way it is on Sense UI and Windows machines? If I have to open the stock/weather "widget" and wait for it to update info, then its just another app, not a widget

 

[jglavin]

listen guys, I am not here to fight, I stated so called "opinions" on a forum I visit daily, People bash iPhone and people bash Droid, Same as mac vs pc, its all opinions in the end from reading both sides,

Opinions are like a**holes, everyone's got one and they all stink! (not directed at anyone, I'm including my own opinion in that description as well)

I say let's all buy one of each platform, then we all have access to all the software and no one has anything left to argue about.

 

[blahblah100]

Well seeing that it been proven (with facts) that the iPhone camera is the best on a mobile phone. There is no proof of facts that Android phone has better speaker and GPS... That part is based on his opinion not facts.. So I think you need to re-track your lame comment "Do you smell that?"....

Source?

 

[BriChi]

the gps on the iphone is a joke, I had it and it sucked, the gps on droid uses actual google maps, different street views, talking turn by turn direction... etc... how can anyone possibly think the iphones gps is better, its a joke, If i had to draw a ****ing figure eight one more time with the phone for the gps to work i was gonna throw the phone. just the mere fact that the droid does clear turn by turn voice directions and immediately remaps your route if you go off course proves that it is a better gps system. Just watch some videos on the difference between the 2 and you will agree too

 

[KTF]

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I feel like kids fighting each other to see if windows and osx is better.

If u don't lime your iPhone, switch to androids or whatever that make you happy.
If u like the iPhone, use it.

Some people like the iPhone because they like good apps and quality control. Some people don't give a rat about quality because they want to overclock their android. It's all personal preferences.


YOU DON'T HAVE TO BASH OTHERS TO MAKE YOU FEEL THAT YOU'RE BETTER BECAUSE YOU USE ANDROID OR IOS.

+1 Well Said!

 

[BriChi]

you don't have to bash others to make you feel that you're better because you use android or ios.

+100

 

[KTF]

Yeah, I will STILL be surprised when this is announced. I am on Verizon and would have most definitely purchased an iPhone if it came sooner. But I jumped on the Android wagon and am very happy. I can't even use my iPod touch anymore, I just prefer Android OS. However, the iPhone is still an excellent device...please don't flame

I got your point, Thanks For The Information Very Helpful ...

 

[blahblah100]

I'm starting to wonder if you have <ANY> idea what you are talking about, or whether you are just blindly defending Apple because you feel it is your civic duty to do so.

Well most Droid or Android phones can not do video chat.

Neither can most iPhones.

Oh also Androids does not sync or back up(I mean Music, Photos, Apps and etc.) up to macs out of the box without some type of 3rd party software.

What's the difference between 3rd party software and iTunes? If I plug an iPhone into my pc, I can do nothing with it until I install iTunes. How is this different?

I'm still curious at your source of "facts" (your words, not mine) that support the iPhone has the best camera.

 

[Slim02]

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[Slim02]

I'm starting to wonder if you have <ANY> idea what you are talking about, or whether you are just blindly defending Apple because you feel it is your civic duty to do so.




Neither can most iPhones.



What's the difference between 3rd party software and iTunes? If I plug an iPhone into my pc, I can do nothing with it until I install iTunes. How is this different?

I'm still curious at your source of "facts" (your words, not mine) that support the iPhone has the best camera.

REVIEWS!!! use the thing we call Google..

Also iTunes is not a 3rd party seeing it work with iPhone, iPod and iPad.. iTunes is on both Mac and PC. It work better then any 3rd party software that you use with Android on a Mac... Plus iTunes is free on both Mac and PC..


I guess you MISS THIS https://www.macrumors.com/2010/06/25/iphone-4s-camera-capabilities-evaluated/

 

[xyz1534]

REVIEWS!!! use the thing we call Google..

Also iTunes is not a 3rd party seeing it work with iPhone, iPod and iPad.. iTunes is on both Mac and PC. It work better then any 3rd party software that you use with Android on a Mac... Plus iTunes is free on both Mac and PC..


I guess you MISS THIS https://www.macrumors.com/2010/06/25/iphone-4s-camera-capabilities-evaluated/

The N8 has the best camera on a mobile phone...please see the following thread

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1071098/

 

[Slim02]

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The N8 has the best camera on a mobile phone...please see the following thread

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1071098/

Where you dropped on your head? Because we are talking about iOS to Android not Symbian^3 OS... So yes compare to Android phones the iPhone has a better camera..

 

[Blakeco123]

the gps on the iphone is a joke, I had it and it sucked, the gps on droid uses actual google maps, different street views, talking turn by turn direction... etc... how can anyone possibly think the iphones gps is better, its a joke, If i had to draw a ****ing figure eight one more time with the phone for the gps to work i was gonna throw the phone. just the mere fact that the droid does clear turn by turn voice directions and immediately remaps your route if you go off course proves that it is a better gps system. Just watch some videos on the difference between the 2 and you will agree too

If your talking about the maps application, then I agree with you. But when your referring to GPS it sounds like your talking about the hardware in the phone

 

[xyz1534]

Where you dropped on your head? Because we are talking about iOS to Android not Symbian^3 OS... So yes compare to Android phones the iPhone has a better camera..

I think you were dropped on your head...in an earlier post u stated

"Well seeing that it been proven (with facts) that the iPhone camera is the best on a mobile phone. There is no proof of facts that Android phone has better speaker and GPS... That part is based on his opinion not facts.. So I think you need to re-track your lame comment "Do you smell that?".... "

No where in there did you state your post was only comparing Android Phones to iPhones...since u stated it as a fact that the iPhone has the best camera for a mobile phone I pointed you to a recent discussion on this topic

 

[BriChi]

If your talking about the maps application, then I agree with you. But when your referring to GPS it sounds like your talking about the hardware in the phone

no, sorry for the confusion, I am, like you said, talking about the software "Maps" on Droid and "Maps" on iPhone which are both used when GPS'ing to a location, clearly if you own both or watch videos, the Droids blows Apples away, I havent had one Apple fan tell me that their map/gps app is better then mine, this is why Apple is most likely hiring "map/gps" guys (was a Macrumor I believe weeks ago)

 

[Slim02]

I think you were dropped on your head...in an earlier post u stated

"Well seeing that it been proven (with facts) that the iPhone camera is the best on a mobile phone. There is no proof of facts that Android phone has better speaker and GPS... That part is based on his opinion not facts.. So I think you need to re-track your lame comment "Do you smell that?".... "

No where in there did you state your post was only comparing Android Phones to iPhones...since u stated it as a fact that the iPhone has the best camera for a mobile phone I pointed you to a recent discussion on this topic

REALLY because what this whole thread is be about was the iPhone and Android phones.. It was common sense that it was about them and not any other phone.. So do you want to go there and act stupid now...