Iphone or android? which to buy?!?!

[awssk8er]

I don't see why you would ever want an iPhone over a phone that runs Android...

 

[zar713]

plus droids on some networks get 4G ... apple on att gots 3g XD

 

[8BitWalugi]

iPhone's pretty good when Jailbroken. Easy as balls to pirate on, that's why I un-jailbroke.

 

[ProtoKun7]

My perspective... iPad 2 vs HTC Desire HD. iPad 2 has a bigger screen and is nicer to play games on. DHD (or let's just say android in general) has a superior web browser (to safari) and the android interface has many elements I sorely miss on iOS. The iPad 2 is good, but I really do wish I could find a way to hack/dual boot android onto it.

Oh, and the DHD is much cheaper than an iPhone 4.
Bit of an unbalanced comparison, what with an iPad being a tablet.

QUOTE(8BitWalugi @ May 11 2011, 02:35 AM) iPhone's pretty good when Jailbroken. Easy as balls to pirate on, that's why I un-jailbroke.

Even easier an Android. The additions you can get from Cydia can be nice to tweak your system though, just as it happens features like that are either native to some Android ROMs or available on the Market itself.

 

[Foxi4]

I always thought that the capabilities of the OS, performance and the raw power of the hardware are the measures of device superiority, not just the possibility of hacking it and the simplicity of it.

 

[Rikai]

I went from an iPod Touch to a Droid Eris. After that, i went to the D1. Now I've got an Incredible. Both devices have their pros/cons

Android Pros:

open-sourced
custom ROMs
overclocking
root
linux familiarity (not everyone has this)
easy to write apps for
easily install pirated apps
replaceable battery
widgets
customize ability
cheap
OTA upgrades
Flash Storage/SD Reader

Android Cons:

if done incorrectly, you may cause errors on your phone
over clocking drains battery more (unless you know what you're doing)
customizations slowing down the phone
bad ROMs

iOS Pros:

ease of use
universal accessories
iTunes integration
app catalog

iOS Cons:

expensive
closed-source
difficult for a DIY repair
no flash


but that's just how i see it

 

[Lube_Skyballer]

Iphone.

Better usablity and far better (exclusive) apps/games in comparison to Android.
The only con is the price. But believe me, it's worth it

 

[The Catboy]

I say go with the android. iPhones are nice, but android does way more for less money.

 

[Chhotu uttam]

I'm with android.
You can buy it cheaply and is user friendly.
MY family brother(including cousins) are all Samsung Galaxy/Android users.

 

[ThePowerOutage]

If your a n00b and mainly want a phone for texting and a few apps, get a iPhone
If you want to do more, are reasonably computer litrate (or at least pick stuff up quickly) get android.

 

[Trulen]

I'm in absolute love with my Atrix 4G. It's a dual-core android phone that does everything very fast.

And I've fallen in love with the Android OS, rooted it, and flashed a psuedo-rom to it.


Tasker is by far my favorite app. That app alone puts Android over the iOS for me.

 

[azure0wind]

iPhone

 

[xxteargodxx]

I say go with an iPhone, they have a MUCH bigger App Store than the Android Market.

 

[Haloman800]

If you just want a simple smartphone, get the iPhone

If you like playing and discovering stuff about your phone, get Android.

I roll with Android, you get Widgets (Basically apps that run on your homepage you don't have to open like (weather forecasts), Open Source, Emulators (You can even use a Wiimote), I can't think of anything else, to tired.

 

[ProtoKun7]

I prefer Android. Far more customisable, not over the top pricing from a company I don't like, widgets, removable battery, expandable storage and you don't have to use iTunes.

 

[Supersonicmonk]

I say go with an iPhone, they have a MUCH bigger App Store than the Android Market.

Actually android market already has more free apps than the app store and analysts reckon that in 4 or 5 months it will have overtaken it in terms of total apps too which isn't a surprise because android phones are more popular than iPhones. "MUCH bigger" really isn't very accurate and porting apps over to the market is much easier than making them from scratch so many developers are bringing or have brought their apps over already.

 

[tiggerlator]

No offense but imo the iphone is a smartphone for dumb people.

I would never buy a apple product.

And yes i have had a iphone so i do know what i am talking about, i am back to a android phone now.

 

[Originality]

iOS may have more apps than Android... But how many are good/functional apps? And how many are just clones? How many apps just plain suck?

Sure Android has a lot of sucky apps too, but it doesn't feel like it's as flooded by sucky apps as iOS.

 

[MADKATZ99]

I love my 326 ppi

 

[Thesolcity]

Rooted Samsung Epic4g:

- 12+ hours battery life

- EXT4 filesystem

- Ability to flash any modem I choose, or downgrade kernel/modem/ROM at will.

- Ability to flash anything but a modem on the fly. (Thanks ACS

)

- Will have newer android versions developed even if Samsung never rolls out with the Gingerbread update.

- Completely customizable UI with different launchers, icons, etc.

- Ability to make a nandroid backup you can restore on the fly if something goes wrong.

- Orbot

- Flash

- Firefox

- Open-motherfucking source

Cons off the top of my head:

- Cases are expensive and suck donkeys, EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM.