Android or Iphone? Which is better?

Question

I want to get either an android or iphone but im sooo indecisive on which to get. Everyone I asks says "get the iphone, its better" then I ask other people and they say the same thing about Android. So I'm confused..help! lol

Answer 1

get a droid phones,(preferably the galaxy s2, the best android/iphone out right now), and with a app called "double twist" you can sync all your itunes music to your android,



I prefer android over apple for the reason that its open-source, that means that the majority of the apps are free, and you get more revolutionary and cutting edge apps, and do things are even only barely available on a jail broken iphone

The android market already has 250000 apps- closing in on apple 500000; some say it will surpass it before the year is over. Also any popular iphone game or game adaptation can be found in the android market for free.

Another great thing about android as that if you dont like something (keyboard, homescreen, etc.) it can easily be swapped without jail-breaking, unlike the iphones one-size-fits-all approach.



Despite the false rumors, The iphone is also just as, if not more vulnerable to viruses as android

http://www.pcworld.com/article/183763/experts_not_surprised_by_iphone_malicious_app_report.html



Other features only on android

Turn-by-turn voice GPS

Better and larger screen

No need to connect to computer to sync

Here is a big one, add a sd card

Live wallpaper

Better calls

widgets

4g

More customizable

More powerful hardware

Flash support, watch ALL the online videos



Apple lovers that say that the iphone is made of better quality material? They don’t realize that Samsung, an android phone maker, supply’s the screen, processor and memory for apple devices, so android has the advantage here.

The iphone is pretty, but not durable, drop it once- it breaks, all that glass around it? That was honestly a mistake. Android manufactures clearly saw that, and decided to do with something a little more durable.



And the iphones “retina display” is a huge scam. By definition a ‘retina display’ is one where the human eye cannot distinguish individual pixels. But this is determined by several factors; most important being the distance between the screen and your eyes. The iphones retina distance is 12in, move any closer than that- say 7in and it’s no longer a “retina screen” because your eyes can now see the pixels, by that same token, if I move my android phone back, to say 16-17in, amazingly, it becomes a retina screen as well! (feel free to google this)



Also apple never invents anything, there never “the first”. All they do is steal old technology, give it a fresh coat of paint and mass advertise it as “magical” and “innovating”, thus fooling the mass of the population into believing that apple offers cutting edge technology, that in fact has been around for quite a few years.

So instead of innovating, apple actually hinders technology- after 4 years they still have low-power single core phones, while android, an example of technology in overdrive, has rumored that, after their second year, the release of quad core phones that will surpass even some desktop computers in shear processing power. (now any 2011 android is smoother and faster than the iphone)



Apple should now feel pretty worried; android has passed it in market share

http://www.businessinsider.com/android-iphone-market-share-2011-4



Then apple panics and sues

http://www.dailytech.com/Google+ExCEO+Apple+Doesnt+Innovate+They+Sue/article22190.htm

The funny thing is that apple can’t sue for being the first touchscreen or tablet, because they weren’t,(Nokia fist touch screen, “archos” first tablet) so instead they sue for much more relevant things like, “the rounded icon corners” and “having a flat screen” or “the square shape of the phone”……..



To top it all, if you’ve seen apples 2011 presentation, they blatantly copied over five "new" features that were previously on android.

http://androidandme.com/2011/06/news/five-features-in-ios-5-that-show-how-apple-is-now-playing-catch-up-to-google/

http://www.droid-life.com/2011/06/06/apple-introduces-ios5-with-notifications-ota-updates-and-tabbed-browsing-android-users-giggle-at-their-late-arrival/

1. Notification bar

2. Twitter integration

3. No need to connect to PC to sync

4. Launch apps from lock screen

5. Tabbed browsing



And not only are they copies, but apple didn’t even bother to improve, or change some of them in any way- some even have LESS features than their android counter parts, it’s basically a cheap imitation with the ever-popular iphone skin.

According to Steve jobs, these "revolutionary" new technologies that android users had since 2007 will be available on IOS5, and it would not surprise me to see some more android features from 2008 on IOS6.But the truly sad part is that due to apples marketing, in a few months, apple lovers will really think that apple invented those features and call android the copycats…yet again.



Though I suppose Google should’ve seen it coming….



“Good artists copy great artist steal”- Steve jobs (apple CEO)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CW0DUg63lqU

Answer 2

I switched from iPhone to Android mainly because the iPhone was a pain what with having to jailbreak it and it getting stuck when I turned it off. So I switched to an Android device and I loved it. It's more open, more customizable. Sure, people like the iPhone more but that's mainly because of it's ease of use or mostly because they've never tried Android. However, the iPhone is very closed. For example, you can only download apps from the App Store. With Android, you can get an app from anywhere, not just the Market. It's little customizability options such as these that makes Android more user-friendly and all though not as smooth, it gives more features.

Answer 3

Prefer Android if you are low on budget, while if you're not you must get an iPhone and which ever OS you use, install Leo Privacy Guard in order to secure your device completely.

Answer 4

They are both excellent phones. Unfortunately, those of us who have used them tend to pick a side and stick with it, mostly based on the parent companies and business models than the phone themselves. I chose Android because I love that Android is open source. Apple is very proprietary and takes a big cut out of the revenues of iPhone app developers relative to Android marketplace.

Answer 5

well i used to use apple os and now im on android and i'd say i liked android much better but still apple more easy to use , jailbreak more games , apps and more other stuff but i like the idea of widgets on android and the interface is very good as well if u want the simple go with apple if u are little geek chose the andro good luck ^_^

Answer 6

Get android. Every worker from my cell phone provider (verizon) likes android a whole lot better that the apple software. Its more dependable. I have the new droid 3 and im in love with it! Im actually answering your question while on it :)

Answer 7

ok, lets see for android, theres more then one type, so you can get the one of your liking. Android market is better then the iphone app market. Apple= mainstream. People only want them because they are so popular. Oh yea, did i also mention that all apple users are nazis?



Apple fans go ahead and dislike me, im only speaking the truth =p

Answer 8

iphone