Comments on: Why I’m thinking of ditching my precious iPhone for an Android

By: Sara A. Florini

Sara A. Florini — Sat, 30 Mar 2013 00:29:19 +0000

I Initially picked an Android phone because of its keyboard feature. Less than a month into owning the phone, Android pushed through the Ice Cream Sandwich update. Unfortunately, this wrecked my keyboard. For example, when I try to use the physical keyboard to text, shortcut apps pop up. Say I typed “i’m going to class” — immediately my Email application opens up and takes me to my gmail. When I tried taking this to countless Verizon stores, everyone there was freakin clueless about what I just described. No one could figure out what I was talking about or how to fix it. (of course, as with murphy’s law, my stupid phone did not show the problem when I took it into the store. It started up again as soon as I got home!)

Nevertheless, I eventually begged them to let me try a replacement phone. Same thing happened with the keyboard. Likewise, my android battery life is 3/4 of the way dead by 3:00 in the afternoon, even on days when my use is minimal.

Maybe all of my issues have more to do with the quality of my phone’s construction at the factory, than the android platform itself…. They don’t make quality cell phones like they used too.

All I know is that I should have picked the iPhone when I had the chance. I’ve only met one or two people who have had as many technical problems with their iPhone as I have had with my android. Everyone else I know swears by them.

By: Mahesh Mohan

Mahesh Mohan — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 12:52:50 +0000

Whatever it is.. nothing can beat Apple’s ecosystem.

By: paul

paul — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 00:11:06 +0000

Bluetooth limitations, ive had android for 4 years and not one iphone has ever come up in a search to exhange music or pictures, NOT 1 and yet every other bluetooth device known to man shows up! riddle me this batman, How big are those walls! i would never own this crap they over the top market from apple

By: Rann Xeroxx

Rann Xeroxx — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 18:26:57 +0000

Things that were missing from the article are comparisons between the UIs and functionality. The task menu is one that Apple has now copied but its still rather weak compared to JB. Another are widgets which really enhance and change the UI to the user’s needs.

Another that I notice using my iPad (not sure if its the same on iPhone) is the ability of multi-tasking apps. Like YouTube just stops if I bump out of it and if I go back in it has gone back to the default home screen. I see a lot of this in the iPad to where my Android tablet allows these to run in the back ground while I do other things. I do understand why Apple restricts this in that sometimes you have to manage your running apps on Android more but it just makes the Android device so much more useful.

By: Rann Xeroxx

Rann Xeroxx — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 18:07:30 +0000

” I think it’s good to remove from people the option of wasting time fiddling around with their phones endlessly.”

Wow, just wow. You actually think this like somehow you (or an entity like Apple) knows whats best for people and their time? Maybe we should ban video games as well while we are at it.

Sorry, I try to keep my replies civil but your comment just reeks of elitism.

By: Rann Xeroxx

Rann Xeroxx — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 18:02:15 +0000

Thanks for the links, always looking for great tech sites :)

By: Rann Xeroxx

Rann Xeroxx — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 17:59:29 +0000

As pjs_boston asked; what was better in iOS or iPhone 5 than on, say, HTC DNA or another high end Android phone?

By: Adam Espeseth

Adam Espeseth — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 17:33:19 +0000

One key benefit of Android is the lack of enforcement of a 30% in-app purchase fee. Companies are getting around this on iOS using HTML5 apps (no offline viewing) or apps that don’t allow in-app purchases (e.g. Kindle app). This is a bad customer experience and it won’t get better until Apple allows for negotiated rates.

Contrast that with Android where the Kindle app, Amazon music app, and VUDU app allow in-app purchases. This is a much better customer experience and it gives users multiple storefronts to choose from for books, movies, media, etc. The Android VUDU app even offers downloading of movies/TV shows for offline viewing. Since VUDU supports ultravoilet, that means you can FINALLY buy a movie once and play it on all of your screens (smart TVs, lots of blu-ray players, game consoles, etc) without being tied to one hardware manufacturer. I assume the CinemaNow app will follow suit, giving us choices for multiple hardware manufacturers AND streaming sources for a single movie purchase. Too bad Disney isn’t in the ultraviolet camp…

By: Rhar75

Rhar75 — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 17:36:50 +0000

Good post, totally agree.

By: Mathew Ingram

Mathew Ingram — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 14:42:54 +0000

That wasn’t the only difference, Ron — there’s the ability to share to almost any app and device. I know there are DLNA apps for iOS.