Galaxy S5

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#202
You guys can play with your toy phones... I'm getting the LG G3 :) seriously though check it out it looks amazing!
 
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#204
Freak said:
Tell. Not sure I saw it. Been a busy week. What's it do?
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The Canuck summed it up. When your Apple devices are within Bluetooth range of each other they will "talk". So if you are doing something on one device an icon will appear on the others. Hit that icon and pic up right where you left off.

Also you will be able to take phone calls from your Mac or iPad. Not just FaceTime either.
 
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#205
burntorangeVOLffle said:
When my wife switched from blackberry to iPhone I switched her contacts in less than 5 min on my computer. Surely your store has this ability? Setting up iCloud takes less time than that.

I don't know what you are talking about needing bank info? You can set up iTunes without payment info for purchasing free Apps. I did it for my niece last year.

Everything else you listed is borderline geek stuff. The average user doesn't do much customization past Lock and Home screen pictures.

And lest we forget that Android leads the market in Malware.

If constant tweaking and playing is your thing then I see the appeal of Android (Although, jailbreaking is super easy). If all you want is a phone that can run some apps, make calls, take pics and text then either platform is fine.
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In order:

The average person is not computer literate, is not even phone literate. If you knew number if people who doesn't even remember their password to gmail, appleID, etc, you'd understand. When you tell people "If you don't know your password, we can't do much" and they freak out.

As far as transferring contacts computer wise? We aren't legally allowed to put customers personal info on computers, for dozens of reasons, Apple also says we can't work on their phones at all past network resets and basic things like that.

Home screen is the most customization difference you'll see. You can't do anything with an iPhone like you can an android as far as widgets and apps are concerned.

More malware on android? Yes, for the same reason there are more viruses on windows compared to mac, No need to explain that one to you. But malware on phones isn't a very big problem, you pretty much have to try and get them.

And lastly, yes, go jailbreak your phone so it can do what all android phones do out of the box. And good luck with voiding your warranty with apple and never getting care for it when it screws up (and it will, as all phones do.)

Not trying to sound like a dick or anything, but the iPhone is good for two people, first time smart phone users and people who just get hard ons for apple. Same way with their computers.
 
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Daloth said:
In order:

The average person is not computer literate, is not even phone literate. If you knew number if people who doesn't even remember their password to gmail, appleID, etc, you'd understand. When you tell people "If you don't know your password, we can't do much" and they freak out.

As far as transferring contacts computer wise? We aren't legally allowed to put customers personal info on computers, for dozens of reasons, Apple also says we can't work on their phones at all past network resets and basic things like that.

Home screen is the most customization difference you'll see. You can't do anything with an iPhone like you can an android as far as widgets and apps are concerned.

More malware on android? Yes, for the same reason there are more viruses on windows compared to mac, No need to explain that one to you. But malware on phones isn't a very big problem, you pretty much have to try and get them.

And lastly, yes, go jailbreak your phone so it can do what all android phones do out of the box. And good luck with voiding your warranty with apple and never getting care for it when it screws up (and it will, as all phones do.)

Not trying to sound like a dick or anything, but the iPhone is good for two people, first time smart phone users and people who just get hard ons for apple. Same way with their computers.
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Not true. At all
 
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Daloth said:
In order:

The average person is not computer literate, is not even phone literate. If you knew number if people who doesn't even remember their password to gmail, appleID, etc, you'd understand. When you tell people "If you don't know your password, we can't do much" and they freak out.

As far as transferring contacts computer wise? We aren't legally allowed to put customers personal info on computers, for dozens of reasons, Apple also says we can't work on their phones at all past network resets and basic things like that.

Home screen is the most customization difference you'll see. You can't do anything with an iPhone like you can an android as far as widgets and apps are concerned.

More malware on android? Yes, for the same reason there are more viruses on windows compared to mac, No need to explain that one to you. But malware on phones isn't a very big problem, you pretty much have to try and get them.

And lastly, yes, go jailbreak your phone so it can do what all android phones do out of the box. And good luck with voiding your warranty with apple and never getting care for it when it screws up (and it will, as all phones do.)

Not trying to sound like a dick or anything, but the iPhone is good for two people, first time smart phone users and people who just get hard ons for apple. Same way with their computers.
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Sup hata? I've had at least 2 jailbroken iPhones replaced. One was a faulty lock button. The other time was because I felt the battery wasn't good enough. No hassle. I also had an issue with an iOS update one time. Went in & although they couldn't fix it they gave me $260 for it that I used toward another phone. You can choose to believe simplicity makes something less "tech savvy" if you want. While you may have 5 different ways to do one operation ask yourself why you need 5 different ways to do one thing.
 
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Daloth said:
In order:

The average person is not computer literate, is not even phone literate. If you knew number if people who doesn't even remember their password to gmail, appleID, etc, you'd understand. When you tell people "If you don't know your password, we can't do much" and they freak out.

As far as transferring contacts computer wise? We aren't legally allowed to put customers personal info on computers, for dozens of reasons, Apple also says we can't work on their phones at all past network resets and basic things like that.

Home screen is the most customization difference you'll see. You can't do anything with an iPhone like you can an android as far as widgets and apps are concerned.

More malware on android? Yes, for the same reason there are more viruses on windows compared to mac, No need to explain that one to you. But malware on phones isn't a very big problem, you pretty much have to try and get them.

And lastly, yes, go jailbreak your phone so it can do what all android phones do out of the box. And good luck with voiding your warranty with apple and never getting care for it when it screws up (and it will, as all phones do.)

Not trying to sound like a dick or anything, but the iPhone is good for two people, first time smart phone users and people who just get hard ons for apple. Same way with their computers.
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You are flat out wrong about warranty problems with jailbreaking. All you have to do is unjailbreak it. I had an ipad replaced by Apple Care that was previously jailbroken.

What type of store do you work in? Is it a Celluar Sales?
 
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#220
Put my iPhone 5S on a prepaid plan, and carrying it around along with my HTC One.

Personally still prefer the HTC, the battery lasts twice as long, showing videos/music to friends is a better experience with the front facing speakers and better headphone pre-amp, and web browsing is better overall with flash support, plus Android just seems to support better formatting for most websites. The iPhone syncs a *little* bit better with the MacBook, and the upcoming iOS/Yosemite systems will improve that, but having been using iPhone 5S alongside HTC One M8 and the Galaxy S5 just kind of confirms for me how I've felt about the debate all along. High-end Android devices are just flat-out better pieces of hardware. Sure, iOS and apps for Apple devices are optimized for the processor, but there's just no getting around the battery life and screen size, as well as the other bonuses you get out of Android like waterproof phones or literally double the battery life.

All that said, I'm currently in the interview process for a management spot with Apple retail; IMO they have a uniquely superb retail experience, and the interplay between phone, tablet and computer is hard to beat, although it can be pretty much achieved with Android devices, as Google plays well on just about any kind of device.

I do agree with Daloth about the essentially paint by numbers experience offered by iOS; it's a more limiting experience than Android, that's just how it is. Sure, it can be improved with a jailbreak, but even then, you're substituting 3rd party apps by hole in the wall firms for software written by Google. Google wins damn near every time.
 
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milohimself said:
Put my iPhone 5S on a prepaid plan, and carrying it around along with my HTC One.

Personally still prefer the HTC, the battery lasts twice as long, showing videos/music to friends is a better experience with the front facing speakers and better headphone pre-amp, and web browsing is better overall with flash support, plus Android just seems to support better formatting for most websites. The iPhone syncs a *little* bit better with the MacBook, and the upcoming iOS/Yosemite systems will improve that, but having been using iPhone 5S alongside HTC One M8 and the Galaxy S5 just kind of confirms for me how I've felt about the debate all along. High-end Android devices are just flat-out better pieces of hardware. Sure, iOS and apps for Apple devices are optimized for the processor, but there's just no getting around the battery life and screen size, as well as the other bonuses you get out of Android like waterproof phones or literally double the battery life.

All that said, I'm currently in the interview process for a management spot with Apple retail; IMO they have a uniquely superb retail experience, and the interplay between phone, tablet and computer is hard to beat, although it can be pretty much achieved with Android devices, as Google plays well on just about any kind of device.

I do agree with Daloth about the essentially paint by numbers experience offered by iOS; it's a more limiting experience than Android, that's just how it is. Sure, it can be improved with a jailbreak, but even then, you're substituting 3rd party apps by hole in the wall firms for software written by Google. Google wins damn near every time.
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I'm not sure I've run into the browsing debate. I use chrome a lot on both but I've never had an issue with Safari or formatting.

It's also worth noting that we are in the final three months of a two year life cycle of the iphone 5 and the two phones you are comparing are both still very new phones. When the iphone 6 releases in September (?) the hardware debate changes drastically.

Does the HTC really double iphone battery life?

As for paint by numbers, Android has always been more customizable and likely always will. I find personally that it's fun to tinker with, but I tend to keep it pretty basic regardless.

I mentioned this before and did some more comparisons since, but the scren brightness of the iPhone 5s is unmatched, which is greatly beneficial in bright sunlight and an important feature for me.

I'm interested to get my hands on ios8 because right now I prefer the Android norification system and menu by a large margin over ios7.

I probably need to do a plus/minus checklist, but right now I'm leaning toward the iphone 6 as my go to phone, with the HTC as the only option that I might like to explore a bit more in depth.
 
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#223
P.s. The Android update cycle for Samsung phones sucks, IMO. I'm still waiting to get Android 4.4 kit Kat on my Note 2.

Milo, is there another Nexus due out any time soon? They aren't top of the line, but I still think for the price those phones are hard to beat.
 
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#224
Is it a Verizon phone? That could be the issue, they are typically several months behind Samsung phones for other carriers.

No idea on the Nexus right now, but I would hope so.

And you're right, the iPhone 6 could be game-changing. And yes, I do get just about twice the battery life out of my One M8 than out of the 5S. And the HTC is set up for full-on location reporting, constantly syncing, etc.
 
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milohimself said:
Is it a Verizon phone? That could be the issue, they are typically several months behind Samsung phones for other carriers.

No idea on the Nexus right now, but I would hope so.

And you're right, the iPhone 6 could be game-changing. And yes, I do get just about twice the battery life out of my One M8 than out of the 5S. And the HTC is set up for full-on location reporting, constantly syncing, etc.
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It's tmobile but I don't believe any of the US carriers have the update. I might be wrong.
 
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