Comments on: 6 months with the iPhone 5: expectations vs reality

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Sat, 18 May 2013 12:33:21 +0000

I am trying to decide whether to buy an iphone 4s or an iphone 5. Which one do you think I should get?

By: Jo

Jo — Fri, 17 May 2013 15:46:01 +0000

Ok. Here it goes.

I used Android for more than an year and the OS was awesome. The culprit was the device- the samcrap galaxy SL. I loaded a ton of apps ( not exactly, but just saying), which I used to manage my daily needs. But finally the device starts keep restarting( of-course, with a 512 RAm and 1 gb processr) and \i hated it. And now, Iam an iphone user.

Android: If you like customization, swipe key board( you’ll love it), easy sharing with whichever apps you have, ( from twitter,fb, gmail, bluetooth…to pocket, dropbox,evernote…the options are endless), easy capture of music ( as easy as, using hdtransform to make qr codes of whichever youtube video you like, and use your phone QR reader to download the mp3 straight to your phone)…..and a lot more…, stick to Android.

IOS : If you like simplicity and the premium status of having an iphone, better web experience( safari is real good) , a bit more quality apps( actually I thought all app store apps are gold std., but they are not), lets go for iphone.

In frank, I got into the apple ecosystem, only b’coz of the premium feel, which i didnt get much with my Android ones. Nothing else. Just for kinda vanity!!!!!But I love it though now.
And apart from SIRI, and a better hardware, i don’t find anything else, that i didn’t have in my android.

By: Duder

Duder — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 01:54:15 +0000

AND stop tuning radios, talking to passengers, having kids in the back, checking your mirrors, changing cd’s….just like guns kill people and spoons make us fat.

By: Ann

Ann — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 12:55:00 +0000

Lol , funny but yeah I would never go back to android as I used it for a year and their applications ain’t reliable at all, the retina display and speed of the iPhone 5 is unbeatable. I’m not too much into widgets like androids just want a simple nice clean clear icons of the iPhone. The only down side is when I browse web zooming is a bit of a problem because I can’t see the rest of texts. It does not have auto fit / wrapping texts.

By: gpo613

gpo613 — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 16:05:39 +0000

I went from 3GS to a 5. I waited it out 3 years. The iphone5 is a good phone and meets basically all of my needs. Maybe a little bigger screen would be nice, but not too big. I like my phone to be relatively compact.

I will say the best thing was that I sold my old 3Gs on Ebay for $125 after paying $199 and 3 years of use. And I grabbed the iphone5 for $149 around xmas at Best Buy. Basically it was a winner all around on that one.

Lastly I am like most people and I don’t want to code or program my phone. I just want it to work.

By: PRETHOUGHT

PRETHOUGHT — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 04:21:40 +0000

@John Kiser

I’m not using the wrong ROM it is a known issue.
You do lose data. It’s that simple. Although I have to root to use Titanium it’s still worth it. I’ve accepted that some apps can’t be backed up cleanly because the platform is flawed. I accept that I won’t get that data back. I have resigned to running Clockworkmod to do a nandroid backup so when Titanium craps out I can still go back to something. The point I’m trying to make is the average consumer isn’t going to want to invest as much time as I have to make their device work.

Some people can live with 95% restored. If that’s acceptable to you then hey JellyBean is right up your alley.

There is a lot to be said by the Apple “it just works” phrase.

By: Kevin merritt

Kevin merritt — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 20:28:35 +0000

Get iTunes Match

By: John Kiser

John Kiser — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 23:07:17 +0000

You wont typically lose any data going to different android versons or different phones short of maybe a few things in apps which if you install the android SDK onto your computer there are a SLEW of applications that will let you backup through. Also if you are running into that with ROM’s you are using the wrong roms entirely then… If you are consistantly flashing and putting different roms on your phone no duh you are going to lose some amount of data and considering you are already rooted if you are flashing roms there are tons of backup options available to you. I use go backup pro and unless you definitely need all your app progress saved (assuming it has local save content) there is no need to root the phone. I get all my texts, contacts, ringtone and everything else saved over to the cloud and can easily backup and restore any time i want.

By: Ted Lloyd

Ted Lloyd — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 18:31:30 +0000

I agree with you about screen size. Although I have had many iPhones and would like to stay with them, if Apple doesn’t bring out a much larger screen (say in the 5 inch range) I will be regretfully be going with another operating system.

By: Scott Glasel

Scott Glasel — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 14:34:15 +0000

I love the 5 as a device but it sucks as a phone.