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I'm just picking up this thread... let's say you have to change your iPhone for an Android phone. Which one would it be?... Which one would keep you as happy as you were with your iPhone?
I was looking at the HTC Inspire or the Samsung Infuse 4G.... and have a friend that wants to trade his Infuse with my iPhone 4 and I'm getting a little... you know what I mean!!!
I was looking at the HTC Inspire or the Samsung Infuse 4G.... and have a friend that wants to trade his Infuse with my iPhone 4 and I'm getting a little... you know what I mean!!!
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As I'm very happy with my iPhone, I wouldn't have a clue what the best Android phone is. I just don't see me moving to another OS - not because I'm a fanboy, just because it does everything I want and I don't see any point in changing. No doubt I'd start reading up on Android if the Apple campus was wiped out by a crazed WebOS fan who blamed Apple for destroying his life.
Don't think it would be an HTC after a bad experience with my old work windows "smartphone". Since I moved from Sony Ericsson to the 3G, they might be my first port of call.
As I'm very happy with my iPhone, I wouldn't have a clue what the best Android phone is. I just don't see me moving to another OS - not because I'm a fanboy, just because it does everything I want and I don't see any point in changing. No doubt I'd start reading up on Android if the Apple campus was wiped out by a crazed WebOS fan who blamed Apple for destroying his life.
Don't think it would be an HTC after a bad experience with my old work windows "smartphone". Since I moved from Sony Ericsson to the 3G, they might be my first port of call.
What you forget is the investment in those apps as well as the integration with other devices. If, for example, you are a family that has 2 iPhones a macbook and an iPad, it is ridiculously easy to keep them synced up, particularly when it comes to contacts and calendars. For me, its not as simple as both OS's being able to do the "same thing". In my case one does it far better than the other and I don't have to go out and repurchase the apps that I use on a regular basis.
Galaxy SII if Apple bombs this launch, but as it comes closer and closer to i-Day, that seems less likely.
Plus, Samsung is going to launch a 6 month old phone in the US at the end of this month and that has irritated me more than anything, so Apple I will stick to.
Plus, Samsung is going to launch a 6 month old phone in the US at the end of this month and that has irritated me more than anything, so Apple I will stick to.
I did swap my iPhone 4 for a HTC Inspire when it first came out.
I kept it about 3 weeks and bought another iPhone.
Then, when my iPhone got destroyed in the 4/27 ALabama tornadoes, I went back to the HTC for 2 months until I found someone to trade me an iPhone back for it.
I really liked the Inspire, but the iPhone just worked better for me in the every day usage category. The Android was more of a gee-whiz toy that I liked fiddling with, but didn't do the every day stuff as well.
Plus, I rely on Google Voice, and the jailbroken GV integration is much better than the Android integration, although, the stock Android beats the stock iPhone by a mile if you use GV
I kept it about 3 weeks and bought another iPhone.
Then, when my iPhone got destroyed in the 4/27 ALabama tornadoes, I went back to the HTC for 2 months until I found someone to trade me an iPhone back for it.
I really liked the Inspire, but the iPhone just worked better for me in the every day usage category. The Android was more of a gee-whiz toy that I liked fiddling with, but didn't do the every day stuff as well.
Plus, I rely on Google Voice, and the jailbroken GV integration is much better than the Android integration, although, the stock Android beats the stock iPhone by a mile if you use GV
Depends on what Ice Cream Sandwich might look like or the situation. If I have other gadgets, iPhone isn't a necessary device like it used to be.
For old school - Nexus One
For new school - wait for the Nexus Prime
For current - Galaxy S II
But I will likely go to BlackBerry just to go back to the core basics and don't need to be tempted with too many distractions and counter-productive apps from iOS or Android. I don't need to have a phone that could do a thousand different things in which I rarely use those apps all the time. I can always get a tablet to experience those same "fun" aspects.
Goodbye iPhone & Adios Android
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbG76Qpsjqg
^^ Jon's translation: "BlackBerry has more limitations and that's why I like it!"
Besides, RIM's stock might go up in 2012. Election year. In early 2008, you could have bought RIM shares for $140. Now it is at $25. Obama is BlackBerry's greatest endorser. Reality is many people need physical keyboard and security for their email and don't have time to play Angry Birds all day. That's why Hollywood celebs love them so much.
For old school - Nexus One
For new school - wait for the Nexus Prime
For current - Galaxy S II
But I will likely go to BlackBerry just to go back to the core basics and don't need to be tempted with too many distractions and counter-productive apps from iOS or Android. I don't need to have a phone that could do a thousand different things in which I rarely use those apps all the time. I can always get a tablet to experience those same "fun" aspects.
Goodbye iPhone & Adios Android
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbG76Qpsjqg
^^ Jon's translation: "BlackBerry has more limitations and that's why I like it!"
Besides, RIM's stock might go up in 2012. Election year. In early 2008, you could have bought RIM shares for $140. Now it is at $25. Obama is BlackBerry's greatest endorser. Reality is many people need physical keyboard and security for their email and don't have time to play Angry Birds all day. That's why Hollywood celebs love them so much.
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No I wouldn't. I used to use Android before switching to WP7 (which is my current device until the iPhone 5 is released). I wasn't too fond of Android. I used many different roms and found stuff with all of them that I didn't like. It just proved to be more trouble than it's worth.
I went from iPhone to Evo and back to iPhone. Evo is a great device and fun to customize but I realized I was spending a lot of time trying to make it run like an iPhone.
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I'm thinking about dropping iPhone. All the places I travel to I find my 3G service choking. My colleagues have 4G and do not have the network issues i have had. I would consider a non iPhone until the iPhone catches up in regards to 4G. I'll wait till the next iPhone update to make a decision.
I'm thinking about dropping iPhone. All the places I travel to I find my 3G service choking. My colleagues have 4G and do not have the network issues i have had. I would consider a non iPhone until the iPhone catches up in regards to 4G. I'll wait till the next iPhone update to make a decision.
That's what I'm doing too... I just got the HTC Inspire 4G until the iPhone 5 comes out.
Look at the data caps first. I don't know what I would use them for that wouldn't use them up in like a day.
http://boingboing.net/2011/08/03/4g...-a-month-hit-your-limit-in-under-an-hour.html
Also, I started out as a huge Android fan, with the Droid and then the Droid X. After getting frustrated having to root the phone or download launchers, I switched and haven't looked back.
http://boingboing.net/2011/08/03/4g...-a-month-hit-your-limit-in-under-an-hour.html
Also, I started out as a huge Android fan, with the Droid and then the Droid X. After getting frustrated having to root the phone or download launchers, I switched and haven't looked back.
No way. I love my iphone, real talk. Tbh i don't even consider other phones. I do look at them, check out what's new, but so far i've not seen anything that made me go "damn, maybe i should try this phone, take a little break from iphones". Not once.
If someone brainwashed me, I would probably STILL only settle for the Samsung Galaxy S2.
If someone had a gun to my head and said Android or die, I would just tell them to shoot me. As the Android OS makes me want to shoot myself anyways, so what's the point in prolonging it?
If someone had a gun to my head and said Android or die, I would just tell them to shoot me. As the Android OS makes me want to shoot myself anyways, so what's the point in prolonging it?
Same here. I have iPhone 4 and a Droid x. I like them both. Activated the Droid X to get unlimited data on Verizon before it disappeared. Waiting to see what Apple delivers before I upgrade. It will either be the iPhone 5 or the Nexus Prime/Galaxy S 2 in that order. Whatever I get will be on Verizon. Tired of all the dropped and failed calls on AT&T.