iPhone vs. Droid

#251
#251
I do tech support and can tell you with great assurance that iPhone's "just work". We help users setup Microsoft Exchange email accounts on their various phones and the iPhone is the ONLY phone that makes adding the account simple and hassle free.

We had to do a mass email to our employees to explain 4 different "obstacles" encountered while trying to add accounts to Droid phones. Not one of these issues occur with iPhones. Even people who don't necessarily like the iPhone will readily admit that they are much easier to setup and use.

Also, don't read that as "any simple minded idiot could use it", as adding a Microsoft Exchange account is a BASIC function that should be easy to accomplish. It is the most popular email client in the US.

I've had an iPhone from the beginning and I believe they are far superior in every facet. I've dealt with friends' Droids and feel like throwing them across the room after 5 minutes. The scrolling isn't as responsive, the user interface is cheap looking and it over-complicates even the simplest task.

Whether or not you like Apple or the iPhone, to say the iPhone didn't revolutionize the phone market is naive.
 
#258
#258
I own or have owned one of each at one point given to me by co. Bberry is an email monster. Iphone provides stability. Droid is for fun.

EAch os has its day.

Over 90% of phones we troubleshoot daily no matter large mArket or small are droid or bb. Some is user ignorance.

Droid makes tablets go. Iphone is clearly the best os on market. They work. Simple and easy. But not customizable. Droid offers that. We sell over 80% iphones. To say droid offers a market share means the majkr carriers have not pushed iphone long enough due to lack of availability.

Jobs has left a manifesto regarding how he wants iphone 5 to drive sales, this will be an lte phone. U will see verizon grow by 1-2 million customers with its launch.

Based off input and experience. New york times estimates verizon will gain 2-3 mill new customers as att customers will be out of contract from iphone 4 by time of launch.

After that google may surpass iphone
 
#259
#259
You act as if AT&T's network won't offer a 4G iPhone. When it comes for one it will be for all. Don't get the droid makes tablets go either. Maybe you meant go for cheaper prices.
 
#260
#260
GmanTN said:
The one thing that BB does that no other smartphone can make a claim to is battery life which is why corporate America still issues BB to their employees and keeps them at #3 in market share
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My iPhone has better battery life than my Blackberry Style did and I use my iPhone more than I ever did my BB.
 
#262
#262
The biggest two reasons I haven't seriously considered switching to an Android phone are 1) the perennially laggy UI, which apparently would require a complete rewrite of the OS, and 2) the battery life. Maybe ICS will help with that regard, but every Android user I know has to spend a lot more time fretting about his battery than I think is reasonable.

I spent years running Linux as my primary desktop OS (and not any of this namby pamby Ubuntu crap -- I ran Debian, a MAN'S Linux), so clearly I'm not afraid to get under the hood with an Android phone. Yes, I suppose it would be nice to customize more of the iPhone UI, but not at the expense of having to run a console app so I can keep an eye on which apps have threads open and are killing my battery life.

The big-screen Android phones look nice, but again, I don't want the hit on battery life, and I frequently use my phone one handed. You can't do that with a 4.5 inch screen unless you've got giant Dr. J hands.

We're still early enough in the era of handheld computers that all these phones are still about which tradeoffs you're willing to make. So far I'm still happier with the ones Apple's chosen.
 
#263
#263
ugahater1 said:
Based off input and experience. New york times estimates verizon will gain 2-3 mill new customers as att customers will be out of contract from iphone 4 by time of launch.

After that google may surpass iphone
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How old was that article? Google's marketshare passed iphone a long time ago.

Charging my phone each night isn't a problem for me. Dual core machines will go all day unless you're watching netflix or gaming all day.
 
#264
#264
DrRosenRosen said:
How old was that article? Google's marketshare passed iphone a long time ago.

Charging my phone each night isn't a problem for me. Dual core machines will go all day unless you're watching netflix or gaming all day.
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K. Its older. I just know what i see, and i truly feel now that three carriers are selling ipone u will see that trend reverse. For a solid year all we had was the droid.

Iphone 5 will be a game changer.
 
#265
#265
Verci,

While i agree a lot with what ut saying, one thing that is universal is that all os phones have crappy battery life.

Juice pack cases are good. Ans htc's battery chargers and xtended life batteries help. But, battery life simply keeps getting worse.

Personally im good with it as its a logical tradeoff of speed and device consistency. In a nutshell, until someone develops newer and better battery tech iphone is simply best choice. I agree
 
#266
#266
DynamiteMcGhee said:
My iPhone has better battery life than my Blackberry Style did and I use my iPhone more than I ever did my BB.
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Blackberry 6.0 is worse than 5.0 in terms of battery life. My storm 2 was bad, torch is worse. Blackberry needs a gamechanger. We dont have any lte devices, and the new 7.0 is glitchy, an still has massive latency issues while sporting a 5.0 mp camera w 1.2 ghz proc.?? Lack of any lte devices, issues with current os, coupled with their playbook sales being lower thab expected = trouble.

Bberry offers unparralled exchange support. Syncability and device security are just two small reason why businesses continue to use them. Perhaps its too expensive for businesses who've paid big money into I.T. to invest more $ for apple or google based servers/setup?
 
#267
#267
Vercingetorix said:
The biggest two reasons I haven't seriously considered switching to an Android phone are 1) the perennially laggy UI, which apparently would require a complete rewrite of the OS, and 2) the battery life. Maybe ICS will help with that regard, but every Android user I know has to spend a lot more time fretting about his battery than I think is reasonable.

I spent years running Linux as my primary desktop OS (and not any of this namby pamby Ubuntu crap -- I ran Debian, a MAN'S Linux), so clearly I'm not afraid to get under the hood with an Android phone. Yes, I suppose it would be nice to customize more of the iPhone UI, but not at the expense of having to run a console app so I can keep an eye on which apps have threads open and are killing my battery life.

The big-screen Android phones look nice, but again, I don't want the hit on battery life, and I frequently use my phone one handed. You can't do that with a 4.5 inch screen unless you've got giant Dr. J hands.

We're still early enough in the era of handheld computers that all these phones are still about which tradeoffs you're willing to make. So far I'm still happier with the ones Apple's chosen.
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My hands are maybe only a bit bigger than average and I have no problem texting one handed with a 4.5 inch Android screen. I do need to charge it every night but I also use the crap out of it, and big screens take a lot more battery. But you don't have to. I just bought my girlfriend a very slightly used second hand Motorola with Android OS on it and bought a new battery to go with, she only has to charge up every couple of days at worst. She's not constantly on the internet/gaming/watching Netflix as I am, though.

As for laggy UI, I only hit issues about once a week, maybe, and for that I've got a quick link to a task manager. One button to shut down all the apps but keep the OS running. My iPhones, by comparison froze up a couple times a month for whatever reason but when that happened I had to give them a full reboot.

That's another thing that irritated me with iPhone: I can remember once with 3GS and once with 4 that they got frozen and I couldn't hard reboot because I couldn't access the battery. I had to wait for the phone to die so I could plug it back in and fire it back up.
 
#268
#268
ugahater1 said:
Blackberry 6.0 is worse than 5.0 in terms of battery life. My storm 2 was bad, torch is worse. Blackberry needs a gamechanger. We dont have any lte devices, and the new 7.0 is glitchy, an still has massive latency issues while sporting a 5.0 mp camera w 1.2 ghz proc.?? Lack of any lte devices, issues with current os, coupled with their playbook sales being lower thab expected = trouble.

Bberry offers unparralled exchange support. Syncability and device security are just two small reason why businesses continue to use them. Perhaps its too expensive for businesses who've paid big money into I.T. to invest more $ for apple or google based servers/setup?
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BB doesn't need a gamechanger for those last two reasons you mentioned. Every other aspect about BB puts them a generation or more behind Android and iOS, but they are still unparalleled in device security. There's a reason they are banned outright in numerous countries.
 
#269
#269
ugahater1 said:
Verci,

While i agree a lot with what ut saying, one thing that is universal is that all os phones have crappy battery life.

Juice pack cases are good. Ans htc's battery chargers and xtended life batteries help. But, battery life simply keeps getting worse.

Personally im good with it as its a logical tradeoff of speed and device consistency. In a nutshell, until someone develops newer and better battery tech iphone is simply best choice. I agree
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Battery technology isn't improving nearly as fast as the rest of mobile technology. It's going to be a huge bottleneck for the foreseeable future.

Google hasn't prioritized battery life in the OS (see: unfettered background apps), and Android OEMs haven't prioritized it because they're all trying to one-up each other on features. Big screens! Faster CPUs! LTE! All of that is nice, but I just don't want a phone that I have to babysit to make sure it's still working late at night.

You'll see more of this all throughout the next year as every Android phone becomes 4G/LTE and, when it's released, even the next iPhone probably won't. Apple won't release it until they get a 4G chipset that offers acceptable battery life. Android reviews will slam the iPhone for it, talk about how blazing fast the new Android phones are....and then recommend that you manually switch 4G off and on all day to keep it from burning your battery down while you're using it. I simply don't want to deal with it.

As a recovering Linux user, I'd really like to see Android develop into a quality platform. But much about that ecosystem still seems weird and half-baked. I watch my friends talk about how cool their new phones are and how lame and boring my iPhone has become, and then I watch them scrambling for car chargers or spare batteries at 5 pm, and I wonder how they think it's worth it.
 
#270
#270
what battery doesn't get killed when searching for a signal? Even my old BB would do it at work since reception was terrible. A one-touch on/off widget for 4g isn't that big of a deal IMO. I already do it for wifi
 
#271
#271
That would be an issue, but it's no arduous task. There's a pulldown menu you can access at any time with easy on/off switches for GPS, wifi, 4G, vibrate, screen rotation, etc. as well as all notifications in one spot. I just unlocked my phone, turned off wifi and cleared email notifications in under two seconds.
 
#272
#272
My Iphone was awful on battery as is my Droid. You're gonna find that with any 4G smartphone at this point. I just happen to like Android better than iOS.
 
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