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Would you trade your iPhone for an Android?

cynics said:
Exploitable security issues are in apps not the OS level and those apps are fixed as frequently as iOS app if not more so. At the OS level there will always be security holes an exploits, heard of jailbreaking? And actually Android phones with locked boot loaders are more difficult to exploit then iOS has been since the JB community has been able to JB near all versions of iOS.

Battery life? Meh, I've yet to run a version of Android that was better/worse then the next. To me it's like the massive battery problems with iOS 7.0.4 that I do not suffer from. Apparently 7.1 is better but I can bet you a buck there will be a hundred "Bad battery life 7.1!!" threads just like every version of iOS has, which again I've yet to suffer from. Notice the poster above me having battery problems, should we blame that on the version of iOS he's running?

Find iPhone is great. Compared to certain Android apps it's a toy. Cerberus for example, can do all sorts of stuff. You can record/hear from the microphone, lock unauthorized sim, it works without a sim, gps can be activated by a mere text message, you can wipe the phone and still track it. It's very impressive.

Regardless, I never found much merit with the whole upgrade thing. The only time I could see an update being annoying is when a certain carrier (Verizon) is withholding an update while people with the same phone on a different carrier get the update.
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Again I disagree. I think we all know security exploits exist in the OS and apps as well. Look no further than: Linky

Cerberus is cool but again you miss the point. It's a third party app that you have to buy. Find my phone is free built into iOS. Call it a toy or whatever but you can't beat $Free.99 built into iOS protecting you from day one when you upgrade to iOS 7. See there are benefits to upgrading OSes.
 
No, i´ll stay with iOS. I had an Android same time i had my 4S, didn´t like it at all and sold it. My wife has and Galaxy S4, I don´t like it either. Love iOS7, but looking forward to 7.1 to have an even better OS.
 
Black Magic said:
No. Android is an inferior product and Google admitted to copying iOS back when the iPhone was released. Why own an imitator that is still playing catch up when you can own the originator? All of Android's features are "mediocre" user experience wise with Google Maps being the clear star. Google Now, Google Play, and others are "me too" services that are inferior to iOS options. iOS 7 Google Maps is superior to Android's Google Maps I have heard.

Also, the Android experience is not cohesive. Each phone feels dramatically different and you have 2 different email apps, calendar apps and so on. I don't want a gmail app and a email app.

OS updates and bug fixes vary across devices. I don't want to buy a new phone every year just to get the latest security updates and bug fixes.

Unless you want to troubleshoot your phone and tinker all the time, why go through the headache of the Android experience? Hand anyone at any age group an iOS device and they will be proficient day one. The same can't be said with Android.
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You can always tell the person talking out of their butt. This is prime, grade A propoganda at work.
 
BenTrovato said:
I'm probably going Android next. Now that the NSA has complete backdoor access to my device, I can't see any reason to continue on the platform. Or maybe in 6 months I won't care anymore :cool:
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The NSA doesn't have "complete backdoor access to your device." Unless you handed it to them.
 
T5BRICK said:
I'd consider it, but it would really depend on the Android phone.



The HTC One is a great phone with a fantastic screen, but the camera sucks. I owned one for about 6 months, and I really enjoyed using it aside from the camera. I ended up dropping it and it took some pretty heavy damage, so I bought the 5s which had just been released.



The Nexus 5 seems to be pretty nice as well, but as for trading my iPhone? No, but only because it would only cost me $350-400 to buy one outright.
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Really? I'm thinking about getting the HTC One after my contract is up in December. I feel like it's something I'd really enjoy and hopefully by then Verizon will sell it for "free" :D
 
Shanghaichica said:
No. You'd have to pry my iPhone from my cold dead hands lol seriously though I wouldn't as I've just come from using the galaxy S4 and am happy to be using the iPhone again after 20 months of using android.
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A little morbid but the only thing I could think of is literally how many people actually did die holding their iPhone in their hands only to be ripped away by some low life.
 
I would not even consider switching to Android unless Android was exactly the same on every Android device. I don't like how there are specialized UI's for each device from every company. The only Android devices I would consider getting would be the Nexus products.
 
Black Magic said:
No. Android is an inferior product and Google admitted to copying iOS back when the iPhone was released. Why own an imitator that is still playing catch up when you can own the originator? All of Android's features are "mediocre" user experience wise with Google Maps being the clear star. Google Now, Google Play, and others are "me too" services that are inferior to iOS options. iOS 7 Google Maps is superior to Android's Google Maps I have heard.

Also, the Android experience is not cohesive. Each phone feels dramatically different and you have 2 different email apps, calendar apps and so on. I don't want a gmail app and a email app.

OS updates and bug fixes vary across devices. I don't want to buy a new phone every year just to get the latest security updates and bug fixes.

Unless you want to troubleshoot your phone and tinker all the time, why go through the headache of the Android experience? Hand anyone at any age group an iOS device and they will be proficient day one. The same can't be said with Android.
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It's like you got every bit of fan boy propaganda and congregated it into one post.
 
iapplelove said:
A little morbid but the only thing I could think of is literally how many people actually did die holding their iPhone in their hands only to be ripped away by some low life.
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Probably not nearly as many as those who died holding their iPhone while texting or posting duckfaces on Facebook and crashing into a bridge... :-/
 
zipa said:
Probably not nearly as many as those who died holding their iPhone while texting or posting duckfaces on Facebook and crashing into a bridge... :-/
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I would say yes more people have died or even worse killed people from texting while driving than being robbed but then again you don't need an iPhone to do that. My point was more criminals singling out iPhone owners.
 
iPhone user since first gen.
Back in 2012, I wanted to give Android a chance and used the Note 2 for about 5 months. I really enjoyed it until the moment I picked my girlfriend's iPhone 4 to take a picture.
It was so smooth, clean and good looking!
Got the 5 and right now loving my 5S
 
AppleFanatic10 said:
Really? I'm thinking about getting the HTC One after my contract is up in December. I feel like it's something I'd really enjoy and hopefully by then Verizon will sell it for "free" :D
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Given the chance to do it all over, I'd probably still buy the HTC One, but if I were in the same position right now, I'd buy the Nexus 5. It's got a better camera, faster CPU, and it can be bought outright for $350-400.

By the time you're ready to buy I'm sure something better will be available. I mean, the iPhone 6 and the next Nexus phone will probably be for sale around then. Motorola and HTC will be selling newer models by then as well.
 
I've tried a Samsung Galaxy S3 twice, Nexus 4 and Nexus 5.

For me, the reasons for going back to an iPhone boil down to:

Better build quality with the iPhone.

More choice and quality in Apple's App store than Google's Play store.

It's easier to back up and restore iPhones.

Quality of service and ease of getting replacements with Apple is far superior to Android phones.
 
paulro said:
It's easier to back up and restore iPhones.
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I agree with your points besides this one. In my experience with Android, backup was very easy because most apps just synced their data with Google services. As for restoring..well, on Android I could restore just about any OS that was compatible with the phone, not just the currently "signed" version.
 
Absolutely not.

It might have a little bit more freedom that iOS, but at what cost? An unstable OS and general user experience, lack of support, lack of service if needed. You can still take a frickin 3GS in for service to an Apple Store!! Androids seem to slow down and get outdated quicker, kind of like Windows PC's. My sister used to be an android fangirl because she works for Verizon where they push android on the customers (presumably because android users statistically use less data). However, she had a baby and needed a phone with a smaller screen that she could use with one hand because she now only has one free hand, so she got the 5S after years of Apple hatred and never looked back. She loves the OS and thinks it's superior to Android in most ways. It takes everything inside me not to give her a big fat "I TOLD YOU SO!!"
 
I honestly wouldn't be able to eliminate my Android or iPhone at this point. They both do things I need and having two lines seems to be my answer...
 
Sure said:
Absolutely not.

It might have a little bit more freedom that iOS, but at what cost? An unstable OS and general user experience, lack of support, lack of service if needed. You can still take a frickin 3GS in for service to an Apple Store!! Androids seem to slow down and get outdated quicker, kind of like Windows PC's. My sister used to be an android fangirl because she works for Verizon where they push android on the customers (presumably because android users statistically use less data). However, she had a baby and needed a phone with a smaller screen that she could use with one hand because she now only has one free hand, so she got the 5S after years of Apple hatred and never looked back. She loves the OS and thinks it's superior to Android in most ways. It takes everything inside me not to give her a big fat "I TOLD YOU SO!!"
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Wow your name is appropriate for this topic
 
Sure said:
Absolutely not.

It might have a little bit more freedom that iOS, but at what cost? An unstable OS and general user experience, lack of support, lack of service if needed. You can still take a frickin 3GS in for service to an Apple Store!! Androids seem to slow down and get outdated quicker, kind of like Windows PC's. My sister used to be an android fangirl because she works for Verizon where they push android on the customers (presumably because android users statistically use less data). However, she had a baby and needed a phone with a smaller screen that she could use with one hand because she now only has one free hand, so she got the 5S after years of Apple hatred and never looked back. She loves the OS and thinks it's superior to Android in most ways. It takes everything inside me not to give her a big fat "I TOLD YOU SO!!"
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I too used to hate Apple. I decided to give them a shot due to a lack of more modern Android phones on Boost Mobile (I work there). So I went with a 5c as I'm still not a big fan of the light, glass covered, aluminium phones. It's got incredible call quality and I haven't experienced a dropped call which was my main gripe with the S3 and LG F7.

I'm still unable to use it for everything as I'm spoiled by my Note III (T-Mobile). They work well together for my needs. It's nice when it comes to multitasking, the GN3 isn't the best phone for shoulder to ear phone calls, the 5c most certainly is. Trying to browse multiple sites at once or watch videos isn't the 5c's strong point, that's where the GN3 comes into play.

I'm happily settled. For now.
 
JackieInCo said:
People keep forgetting this one important fact. They need to have your iPhone in their possession.
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They already released the documents that they can hack into wireless networks up to 10 miles away in 2007. It's now 2014 and it's probably 10 or 100 times that distance. The Apple/NSA collaboration rumors won't go away, if you believe your device is safe, that's fine - it just doesn't make sense. The technology to remotely access mobile devices has existed for some time now, so not sure why people don't believe it or make comments that they need to physically have the device in their possession to get into it? :confused:
 
paulro said:
I've tried a Samsung Galaxy S3 twice, Nexus 4 and Nexus 5.

For me, the reasons for going back to an iPhone boil down to:

Better build quality with the iPhone.

More choice and quality in Apple's App store than Google's Play store.

It's easier to back up and restore iPhones.

Quality of service and ease of getting replacements with Apple is far superior to Android phones.
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I respect posts like this because they are very valid points, unlike the post I replied to above.

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Sure said:
Absolutely not.

It might have a little bit more freedom that iOS, but at what cost? An unstable OS and general user experience, lack of support, lack of service if needed. You can still take a frickin 3GS in for service to an Apple Store!! Androids seem to slow down and get outdated quicker, kind of like Windows PC's. My sister used to be an android fangirl because she works for Verizon where they push android on the customers (presumably because android users statistically use less data). However, she had a baby and needed a phone with a smaller screen that she could use with one hand because she now only has one free hand, so she got the 5S after years of Apple hatred and never looked back. She loves the OS and thinks it's superior to Android in most ways. It takes everything inside me not to give her a big fat "I TOLD YOU SO!!"
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The unstable point is totally wrong, Android is as stable as ios probably even more so since ios 7 came out.
 
Sure said:
As someone who has both an iPhone and the new nexus 7 I would have to disagree.
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So would I. I've just come from a samsung galaxy S4 and have a galaxy tab 2 10.1 and a nexus 7. None of them are as stable as my iPhone 5S/iPad mini. The S4 is probably about as stable/fluid as my iPhone 4 was. My galaxy tab is probably less stable/fluid than my iPhone 3G was and my nexus 7 is about as stable as the 3G.

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Also look at the HTC one x. It came out in 2012 and will not be getting anymore updates. It only got one major update going from ics to jelly bean. Pretty ridiculous.
 
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