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What are your top reasons you stay with the iPhone instead of other platforms?
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Guess we will agree to disagree
Jailbreaking consists of 2 steps: plug in your phone -> click jailbreak button on absinthe. Done! I've tried rooting a galaxy nexus w/ the toolbox program and it was confusing as hell and a lot more steps.
I've used both and android apps are lower quality in my opinion.
Not sure what you meant on the fragmentation without a real life example.
Rooting on Android is usually a one click process too, at least it has been on my HTC Desire and Galaxy S2. There are usually different tools for different phones so experiences may vary.
Installing ROMs is a little more in depth, but still very easy.
iOS has fragmentation because developers have to develop for iOS versions with and without certain features. For example, iPhone 3GS and older does not have the retina display. iPhone 4 and older does not have a dual core processor. There may be less fragmentation on iOS than Android, but it's still present.
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There aren't enough iOS devices for the fragmentation to be an issue yet, but wait until there's ten iPhones out and some people are still running the 1st gen.
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Time for a history lesson.
The iPhone launched with web app support only. Apple said that people didn't need native apps and web apps were all that we needed. They then conceded with the iPhone 3G and iOS 2 that they had got this horribly wrong (following huge customer demand) and they released the app store.
Customers innovated, not Apple. But yes, app stores are an incredible feature to have on a smartphone.
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And Android doesn't copy Apple? Please...
How about folders for like apps? That was a big deal when the Nexus was announced last year. How about S-Voice? And don't say S-Voice has been around a while, it hasn't. Voice commands like "Call Home" isn't the same...
If you think it's one way, you're delusional.
S-Voice is still primarily command based. There's a little intelligence there now, but it's not quite as smart as Siri.
However, you said Android copies Apple, but S-Voice is a Samsung technology, not a Google one.
Folders have been on Android since my Nexus One (ie. before Apple), and maybe even earlier. I just think the functionality is slightly different now (before it was a literal folder icon, now its a smaller preview of the app icons).
Also, S-Voice may function more like Siri, but Google has had way more voice actions than just "Call Home" long before the Siri.
I had six android phones over 3 years plus one tablet.
Android is horrible software, period with an even worse business model.
I cannot wait for Google IO where the next version of android is shown with ICS still having less than 8% penetration. We're are going 7 months even.
Hell, iOS 6 will probably have 8% penetration within 10 minutes of release.
Loves how it all just works
+1
My primary use for my iPhone is listening to audiobooks and music, plus the basic phone features. I looked at other devices, but none work as simply as the iPhone. It just works.
While the majority here prefer iOS over Android, I'm willing to bet you're part of the 1% here that think "Android is horrible software."
While ICS might be limited to the current flagship devices, it is an extremely well-polished software. I bring up this argument a lot, but Apple only has one device. Android covers hundreds, if not thousands. If an Android user wants to have guaranteed, timely updates, then it is their own fault if they don't go for a Google Nexus device, or a flagship device from Samsung, Motorola, or HTC.
In my case, podcasts are really important to me, and as far as I know, iOS works much better for them than anything else, so similar boat.
As a phone anything should work. For browsing the web Android would be better as I can get Firefox for it, but...I use a portable device to listen to podcasts a lot more than I browse the web, and Safari's decent, so....
Integration/Ecosystem of iMac/iTunes/iCloud
Stability/Security
Beautiful Design (Hardware AND Software)
3rd Party Support (Cases, Accessories & Apps)
Apple Store Tech Support
Responsiveness/Ease-of-Use
Stability/Security
Beautiful Design (Hardware AND Software)
3rd Party Support (Cases, Accessories & Apps)
Apple Store Tech Support
Responsiveness/Ease-of-Use
I tend to go back and forth between android and iOS.
However, I'm partial to iOS
1) I love the Eco system
2) When apple pushes an update out I don't Have to worry about it getting carrier approval
3) No third party preenstalled crap on the phone out of the box
4) The camera quality is awesome
5) the phone is just sexy
6) The GUI of the OS and the apps are on point and while the industrial look of some android skins and apps are ok. I love the regal and refinement visual look of iOS
7) Battery life and I know there is the razr max but I've had 3 of those where the phone would get hot and the display would turn black
8) AppleCare. If my phone has a problem I don't have to deal with my carrier or worry about mailing my phone off. I have the apple store to physically take it to and get the issue fixed In person
However, I'm partial to iOS
1) I love the Eco system
2) When apple pushes an update out I don't Have to worry about it getting carrier approval
3) No third party preenstalled crap on the phone out of the box
4) The camera quality is awesome
5) the phone is just sexy
6) The GUI of the OS and the apps are on point and while the industrial look of some android skins and apps are ok. I love the regal and refinement visual look of iOS
7) Battery life and I know there is the razr max but I've had 3 of those where the phone would get hot and the display would turn black
8) AppleCare. If my phone has a problem I don't have to deal with my carrier or worry about mailing my phone off. I have the apple store to physically take it to and get the issue fixed In person
I would say it is ease of use, it just works. Having an android is like having a classic car, alway needs your attention. With an iPhone being like a modern, car just turn the key and it works.
I would say out of the box, both devices require the same amount of maintenance. Android can become that classic car comparison when you add customizations without actually knowing what you're doing.
excellent service, plethora of apps with quality, resale value, simple & intuitive OS.
However, android is catching up. I have used ICS a few months. It gives me much better impression and user-experience than gingerbread and honeycomb did. IMO, ICS is now in a very good position to pit against iOS.
Another thing, I don't think jailbreaking is easier than rooting/flashing. It's only easier after devs figuring out exploits. Apple seems more and more anal about jailbreaking so they make it harder and harder by time. While Samsung and HTC is rather loosely on locking their devices, so rooting them seems easier.
I have iphone, ipad, and samsung galaxy s2 with ported ICS on it. I still love my iphone & ipad, but ICS is really growing up on me.
I've finally been using Windows Phone 7 for...less than a day, and I do think it has some good ideas. I kind of like the home menu, I think it allows for more multitasking then iOS does, etc...
But I'm pretty sure it doesn't handle podcasts anywhere near as well, and there's stuff like that you can't lock screen rotation.
I don't know, I'm having a hard time putting my finger on why I don't like it as well, because it's not a joke, and there's a lot about iOS I don't like, and maybe it's just because I've used iOS for years, but I THINK I'd like Android 4 and iOS better. EDIT: Although Windows Phone 8 looks like it's a major revision with even more cool sounding stuff. Without the abilities to manage podasts right though...
But I'm pretty sure it doesn't handle podcasts anywhere near as well, and there's stuff like that you can't lock screen rotation.
I don't know, I'm having a hard time putting my finger on why I don't like it as well, because it's not a joke, and there's a lot about iOS I don't like, and maybe it's just because I've used iOS for years, but I THINK I'd like Android 4 and iOS better. EDIT: Although Windows Phone 8 looks like it's a major revision with even more cool sounding stuff. Without the abilities to manage podasts right though...
your 'android is like having a classic car' analogy is impartial. Try ICS, you will see it also 'just works' as iOS. Don't do any mod, hacking, customization, ICS is also solidly 'just works' as iOS.
Having just switched from Android I can say that quality and consistency are two of the big things going for the iPhone. I have yet to have to worry about battery life, crashes or "battery pulls". Something I was never able to say about Android.
Time for a history lesson.
The iPhone launched with web app support only. Apple said that people didn't need native apps and web apps were all that we needed. They then conceded with the iPhone 3G and iOS 2 that they had got this horribly wrong (following huge customer demand) and they released the app store.
Customers innovated, not Apple. But yes, app stores are an incredible feature to have on a smartphone.
Thanks for the history lesson ... I thought the initial preference for web apps / resistance to native apps was actually fairly common knowledge?
Customers innovated? Surely Nokia/RIM/Microsoft/Google et al got the same customer feedback???
So ... I'll rephrase:
4) Innovation - When Android/Windows Mobile/RIM "innovate in response to customer feedback" with something as earth shattering as the App Store I'll consider moving platforms
Thanks for the history lesson ... I thought the initial preference for web apps / resistance to native apps was actually fairly common knowledge?
Customers innovated? Surely Nokia/RIM/Microsoft/Google et al got the same customer feedback???
So ... I'll rephrase:
4) Innovation - When Android/Windows Mobile/RIM "innovate in response to customer feedback" with something as earth shattering as the App Store I'll consider moving platforms
Don't forget, Apple's push for HTML 5 over Flash succedded. At least in the mobile market.
Yeah, but I don't see that as a good thing. They killed it on mobile, but that hasn't actually replaced needing it, and still cripples what I can do on a tiny device.