iPhone versus Android

David

Opinions are my own...
PREMO Member
I had the 3GS. Works great as a portable computer (mini-tablet). I thought it left a lot to be desired as far as a telephone. The sound quality was atrocious and it's physical form factor made me feel like I was talking into a piece of toast.

I recently ditched it and the $85/mo fee and went back to the old Motorola W376G phone I used years ago. Ah yes, a quality sounding phone.
 

blazinlow89

Big Poppa
With Apple there is no 3rd party apps but still plenty of freebies, including Angry Birds :lol: The siri feature is neat to play with, I don't use it a lot. After Anroid pushed that stupid freakin software update to my Droid 2 and jacked it all up, that better much did me in and I said eff Droid :lol: I LOVE my Iphone! I have had no issues at all with it. It doesnt hang up like my droid did. You can still use Google whatever you want with an Iphone also.

Girlfriend had the same issue, the GB update on the Droid 2 global was trash, the phone was not made to handle the software. SO i re flashed the factory update 2.2 rom, re-rooted (jail break for Iphone people) the phone and turned off the automatic OTA update, no problems and the phone runs much smoother.

Well, for me it is Siri and automatically synching with my home computer. Also, I have never had an app lock up or crash, never had my phone complain that it is 'full' (Verizon rep told me that was a known issue), and all youtube videos have played so far. My Droid was very hit and miss in that department.

I'm not trying to convince anyone. Pete just asked for opinions. My opinion is that my Incredible was a piece of #### and this 4S rules. :shrug:


Android Has DLNA, i can sync between my Acer Iconia, and my PC with no issues.

ANdroid has a newer program called ANDY which was a replacement for IRIS (if I remember correctly), works 100 times better and does damn near everything SIRI does.

As for phones, I have probably done far more dangerous things to my phone than the average person. I have gone as far as soft bricking the phone 3 times, i have done full data wipes probably 30 times in the last 2 weeks. I have ran every custom rom made for the phone, and it takes it like a champ. Every time I data wipe i can return the phone to the same exact setup in about 5 minutes, all apps, user data and settings saved through Titanium Backup Pro. Yes i download shady apps too, but they are legit shady apps just ones i don't want to pay for.

I have played Iphones, Ipads, and Ipods, to me the android offers so much more customization, the phones are faster and more superior (apple needs to invest in gorilla glass, to many stories of the front panel cracking from light pressure). Only thing I will admit is that the Apple app market does have higher quality apps, but the android market has made huge steps in the last 6 months.

As others have said I like the qwerty slide out keyboard, i do find my self using the touch screen more now, but it does come in handy. Also the new Razr is super thin and extremely fast.

Currently I am running a Droid 3 rooted and running Liberty rom, my battery life is awesome can go 2 days with light usage and 12-15 hours with heavy usage and playing the NFS Hot Pursuit game my phone still had 40% after 3 hours of straight play while using the music player.
 

somdfunguy

not impressed
Researchers find big leaks in pre-installed Android apps

Researchers at North Carolina State University have uncovered a variety of vulnerabilities in the standard configurations of popular Android smartphones from Motorola, HTC, and Samsung, finding that they don't properly protect privileged permissions from untrusted applications. In a paper just published by researchers Michael Grace, Yajin Zhou, Zhi Wang, and Xuxian Jiang, the four outlined how the vulnerabilities could be used by an untrusted application to send SMS messages, record conversations, or even wipe all user data from the handset without needing the user's permission.

Another article, same topic but includes a video

Android glitch allows hackers to bug phone calls • The Register
 
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itsbob

I bowl overhand
For driving Directions I use Mapquest. For geocaching there a bunch including basic compasses.

I have GPS Essential on my Droid..

It gives you a dashboard that you can choose what information you want displayed.. Form simple lat long, to horizontal and/or vertical speed.. Current elevation, change in elevation, You name it, it gives it you just have to decide if you want to display it.

I used it flying into Salt Lake City, and in to BWI tracking our altitude, rate of descent/ascent, speed.. all while in "Airplane Mode"./\\
 

somdfunguy

not impressed
This came out last week but here is a good summary

BUSTED! Secret app on millions of phones logs key taps • The Register

In a YouTube video posted on Monday, Trevor Eckhart showed how software from a Silicon Valley company known as Carrier IQ recorded in real time the keys he pressed into a stock EVO handset, which he had reset to factory settings just prior to the demonstration. Using a packet sniffer while his device was in airplane mode, he demonstrated how each numeric tap and every received text message is logged by the software.

Ironically, he says, the Carrier IQ software recorded the “hello world” dispatch even before it was displayed on his handset.

Eckhart then connected the device to a Wi-Fi network and pointed his browser at Google. Even though he denied the search giant's request that he share his physical location, the Carrier IQ software recorded it. The secret app then recorded the precise input of his search query – again, “hello world” – even though he typed it into a page that uses the SSL, or secure sockets layer, protocol to encrypt data sent between the device and the servers
 

awpitt

Main Streeter
I have GPS Essential on my Droid..

It gives you a dashboard that you can choose what information you want displayed.. Form simple lat long, to horizontal and/or vertical speed.. Current elevation, change in elevation, You name it, it gives it you just have to decide if you want to display it.

I used it flying into Salt Lake City, and in to BWI tracking our altitude, rate of descent/ascent, speed.. all while in "Airplane Mode"./\\

Very cool! I just downloaded it. Thanks for mentioning it.
 

Pete

Repete
I ended up going witht he Droid Bionic from Motorola.

Since I am now completely intertwined with Google it seemed best to just stay with something I was used to that worked instead of jumping to the iPhone.

I went with the Bionic over the Razor because:

It was $100 less

Screen Size the same

Processor is dual core 1Ghz and the Razor was only .2Ghz faster and I can't think that fast anyway

The battery in the Razor is not removable. When it is done the phone is done. This means you cannot use the extended battery either like I opted for in the Bionic

The razor is thin......almost so thin it made the phone seem fragile.

So far after a week I love it. Snappy, fast, no hang ups, nothing defaults, no glitches and very smooth.
 

awpitt

Main Streeter
I ended up going witht he Droid Bionic from Motorola.

Since I am now completely intertwined with Google it seemed best to just stay with something I was used to that worked instead of jumping to the iPhone.

I went with the Bionic over the Razor because:

It was $100 less

Screen Size the same

Processor is dual core 1Ghz and the Razor was only .2Ghz faster and I can't think that fast anyway

The battery in the Razor is not removable. When it is done the phone is done. This means you cannot use the extended battery either like I opted for in the Bionic

The razor is thin......almost so thin it made the phone seem fragile.

So far after a week I love it. Snappy, fast, no hang ups, nothing defaults, no glitches and very smooth.

Thanks for the quick review. I've been looking at both of those phones for when I'm due for my upgrade. I have the Incredible now. I'm also waiting to see how the Galaxy Nexus works out when it's released next week. It's the first phone to be released with Android 4.0
 

jetmonkey

New Member
I ended up going witht he Droid Bionic from Motorola.

Since I am now completely intertwined with Google it seemed best to just stay with something I was used to that worked instead of jumping to the iPhone.

I went with the Bionic over the Razor because:

It was $100 less

Screen Size the same

Processor is dual core 1Ghz and the Razor was only .2Ghz faster and I can't think that fast anyway

The battery in the Razor is not removable. When it is done the phone is done. This means you cannot use the extended battery either like I opted for in the Bionic

The razor is thin......almost so thin it made the phone seem fragile.

So far after a week I love it. Snappy, fast, no hang ups, nothing defaults, no glitches and very smooth.

Good call because Apple won't let you get an abortion.

Siri can't direct you to an abortion clinic - CNN.com
 

ylexot

Super Genius
Business Insider has an article on this (asking lots of different people) and I think this is the best quote from it:
Zephrin Lasker, CEO and co-founder of mobile ad company Pontiflex.

“iOS is like a carefully curated art gallery (closed, elegant and spare). Steve Jobs aimed for Apple's products to be works of art. Apple believes (as most artists do) that it's the creator's job to show people what they should want.

This is a closed and elitist worldview that has sometimes limited Apple's growth, but keeps the quality of their products very high and very consistent.

Android is a noisy, bustling craftshop with lots of workers banging out new products (open, dynamic, colorful). Larry and Sergey are driven by the power of open communities and information sharing as ways to create new solutions to complex problems.

Google believes that if you give users the tools to create, then they will make things that are useful. This is a more democratic philosophy that explains their hypergrowth and also the less consistent user experience of Android.

We need both --- art galleries and workshops. Both are creative, but each serves different roles. And you must support and understand both to succeed in a technology world.”
THE GREAT DEBATE: Android Vs. iPhone
 

Crewdawg141

IYAMYAS!!!!!
I ended up going witht he Droid Bionic from Motorola.

Since I am now completely intertwined with Google it seemed best to just stay with something I was used to that worked instead of jumping to the iPhone.

I went with the Bionic over the Razor because:

It was $100 less

Screen Size the same

Processor is dual core 1Ghz and the Razor was only .2Ghz faster and I can't think that fast anyway

The battery in the Razor is not removable. When it is done the phone is done. This means you cannot use the extended battery either like I opted for in the Bionic

The razor is thin......almost so thin it made the phone seem fragile.

So far after a week I love it. Snappy, fast, no hang ups, nothing defaults, no glitches and very smooth.

What is your battery life like with your Bionic? My Bionic will eat through its battery in 4-6 hours of playing games. Other than the battery life this phone is AWESOME! I turned the 4G/LTE on while on JBANAFW and it screams through pages. My buddy who has the iPhone 4 commented "Wow, thats a lot faster than mine!" He is on Verizon also.
 

kk2187

Member
I ended up going witht he Droid Bionic from Motorola.

Hopefully they've fixed the bug where your internet connection just drops. I had the phone for a week (shortly after release) and I noticed it do it several times. I was in a full service area. I could make calls and text, but 3g went away completely and wouldn't come back for 5+ minutes.. sometimes it wouldn't come back at all until I rebooted the phone. When I googled the issue, it seemed to be widespread. Other than that, it was an awesome phone though. I hope you are issue free! (Is that really possible with phones today? :lol:)


I did love the battery life though. It would last a full day if I didn't use it for games/video. Whereas my Incredible will be almost dead from 6 hours of just idling.
 

somdfunguy

not impressed
CarrierIQ: The Real Story by Dan Rosenberg

1. CarrierIQ cannot record SMS text bodies, web page contents, or email content even if carriers and handset manufacturers wished to abuse it to do so. There is simply no metric that contains this information.
2. CarrierIQ (on this particular phone) can record which dialer buttons are pressed, in order to determine the destination of a phone call. I’m not a lawyer, but I would expect cell carriers already have legal access to this information.
3. CarrierIQ (on this particular phone) cannot record any other keystrokes besides those that occur using the dialer.
4. CarrierIQ can report GPS location data in some situations.
5. CarrierIQ can record the URLs that are being visited (including for HTTPS resources), but not the contents of those pages or other HTTP data.
One important thing to note is that this represents the metrics that are submitted to the CarrierIQ application by the code written by Samsung. The list of available metrics are carrier specific, but will remain constant on a given handset model. The subset of this data that is actually recorded and collected is at the discretion of the carrier, and is based on the profile installed on the device.

Edit: There have been comments made about use of the word “cannot” versus “does not”. I am using the word “cannot” literally, as in “is not capable of, in the present tense, without being altered by modifying its code and installing a new version on the phone”. It seems obvious to me that CarrierIQ could be modified in the future to perform nefarious actions: so could any application on your phone. Keep in mind CIQ is integrated by the OEM and to my knowledge has never been modified after installation, except in terms of profiles, which simply dictate which subset of available metrics defined by the OEM are collected.
 
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