iPhone, Android or WinPhone 7? - Page 2

PeriscopeDepth · 11-06-2010, 03:19 PM

I got in an iPhone in August, I like it. I really like the idea of Android, but do not like:
- Unless you have a Nexus One, you are using an OS provided by your carrier/manufacturer, not Google. You have to wait for the carrier/manufacturer to push out updates for it. Which does not always happen speedily.
- The carrier/manufacturer can put software on it that you cannot remove in many cases.
- Performance can be wonky in Android. Really not much of an issue in the high end Android handsets nowadays though. The proprietary Apple solution really outdoes Android here though.

The control the carriers/manufacturers exert over Android handsets really turned me off from getting one. That and I spend most of my time at work developing for the iPhone platform. I think I will eventually get an Android Wi-Fi only tablet if the price is competitive with iPad, just to be able to play around with the platform.

That Apple products are made for "a certain set of people" is true to an extent. The fact that you have to root your Android device to do a lot of customization though makes this a ridiculous argument to me. I could jailbreak my iPhone and do most of what Android offers. The complexity/customization in Apple products is there for the most part, you just have to go beyond the outermost layer of the platform. Which most people who use Apple products really don't care to do.

PD

longam · 11-06-2010, 04:58 PM

Yup, iphone4, lovin it.

darius359au · 11-06-2010, 05:17 PM

iPhone for me.

antikristuseke · 11-06-2010, 07:34 PM

Look at what Iphones do to cats!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eJmME20MdM

View Poll Results: iPhone, Android or Winphone 7?
iPhone	8	40.00%
Android	5	25.00%
Windows Phone 7	1	5.00%
None of the above	6	30.00%
Voters: 20. You may not vote on this poll

11-06-2010, 03:19 PM	#16
PeriscopeDepth Admiral Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Pacific NW Posts: 2,170 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	I got in an iPhone in August, I like it. I really like the idea of Android, but do not like: - Unless you have a Nexus One, you are using an OS provided by your carrier/manufacturer, not Google. You have to wait for the carrier/manufacturer to push out updates for it. Which does not always happen speedily. - The carrier/manufacturer can put software on it that you cannot remove in many cases. - Performance can be wonky in Android. Really not much of an issue in the high end Android handsets nowadays though. The proprietary Apple solution really outdoes Android here though. The control the carriers/manufacturers exert over Android handsets really turned me off from getting one. That and I spend most of my time at work developing for the iPhone platform. I think I will eventually get an Android Wi-Fi only tablet if the price is competitive with iPad, just to be able to play around with the platform. That Apple products are made for "a certain set of people" is true to an extent. The fact that you have to root your Android device to do a lot of customization though makes this a ridiculous argument to me. I could jailbreak my iPhone and do most of what Android offers. The complexity/customization in Apple products is there for the most part, you just have to go beyond the outermost layer of the platform. Which most people who use Apple products really don't care to do. PD __________________ When the range was 5,500 yards the target hoisted a flag signal, both he and the escort turned toward at high speed, the "Q" ship uncovered his guns and the first salvo was a straddle. BATFISH bent on four and started executing the well known maneuver of getting the hell out... Fifth war patrol, USS BATFISH

11-06-2010, 07:34 PM	#19
antikristuseke Silent Hunter Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Estland Posts: 4,361 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	Look at what Iphones do to cats! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eJmME20MdM __________________ When a map and a compass come into contact with a second lieutenant, prepare yourself for confusion. I believe you find life such a problem because you think there are the good people and the bad people. You're wrong, of course. There are, always and only, the bad people, but some of them are on opposite sides

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11-06-2010, 04:58 PM	#17
longam Admiral Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 2,013 Downloads: 25 Uploads: 0	Yup, iphone4, lovin it.

11-06-2010, 05:17 PM	#18
darius359au Grey Wolf Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Adelaide , South Australia Posts: 924 Downloads: 31 Uploads: 0	iPhone for me.