Android vs. iPhone

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As a tech guy, it's going to depend on what you're looking to get out of the phone as well as where you live. It's also not just iPhone versus Android. There's also Windows Phone 7 and Blackberry. Android and iPhone are obviously the two largest.

I actually converted from Windows Mobile 6.5 to Android (HTC Thunderbolt on Verizon) and have been satisfied. While I would prefer to have 4g on Windows Phone 7, it's just not out yet (iPhone doesn't support 4g yet either). To date 4g is only available on Android. But most people have no interest in 4g and will be more than content with 3g. If you're in the US and now certain parts of Canada, you can get access to 4g LTE, which is blazingly fast. As others have pointed out, the hotspot feature is a lifesaver. I've traveled to places without wifi or where the wifi was sub par and was able to tether with the mobile hotspot and get work done.

In terms of features, many of the features are the same or can be duplicated between the phones, whether it be using Tango, Skype or others to duplicate FaceTime or using something like Kik messenger to duplicate iMessage or BBM. The biggest difference will be customization. Apple's iOS is not nearly as customizable as Android.

I'd suggest going to the store and just getting a feel for both. Especially if you don't have an emotional attachment one way or another.
 

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Android .. HTC mytouch is excellent and I wouldn't change it with anything else unless something much better comes on the market.
 

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It mostly comes down to personal preference. I have a droid x and I love it. Most of my coworkers have iphones and we argue about who has a better phone constantly. The iphone is great for people who want a phone that just works. I can't stand only having one button on a phone. It aggravates me enshrine I use an iphone that I can't pull up a menu in an app to see the hidden options or settings. I also love how easy it was to set up a wireless hotspur for free with my phone. oh and having flash is a big plus.
 

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As an iPhone and Motorola Droid X2 owner, let me weigh in here.


iPhone pros:

*The phone part of the iPhone works flawlessly provided you can get a decent signal.
*The keyboard is very intuitive and pretty much knows which keys you want despite your constantly fat-fingering the wrong keys.
*Pretty graphics.

iPhone cons:

*Cannot make the OS or apps better yourself.
*Earphones with mic cost way too much and are piss-poor quality.
*Sound is fixed with presets. No adjustments available to make it sound good to you.
*Will not run better media such as Ogg Vorbis or FLAC.
*Must bond with only ONE computer. Can bond with a max of 5. If connected to a "foreign" iTunes, it will erase your apps and music without giving you the choice not to.
*iTunes is required to do anything with the iPhone, including resetting it.
*Your music in iTunes cannot be used except in iTunes unless you know where iTunes hides it and how to change the extension of the files to be able to use your music elsewhere.
*Does not recognize MIDI files. The only phone made in the last 6 years that does not.
*If you're 500 miles away from your computer, and your iPhone screws up forcing you to do a "hard reset" to it, you cannot do anything with the phone except make 911 calls. It locks you out until you get back to your computer, where it then has to re-connect to the internet, then re-confirm you're the owner, then re-load EVERYTHING back in just so you can use it again!
*Want that cool ringtone from Apple? Pay them TWICE for it.
*Apple wants you to buy everything from them instead of using what you already own.
*You cannot bluetooth stereo, files, or ringtones, nor can you receive them.
*Surfing the net, you cannot download files, then save them to your phone, to transfer to your computer later. The only exception to this is pictures.
*Does not play flash, and there's too much stuff on the net that requires flash.
*Recently discovered that all iPhones track your every move and sends it to Apple, who then sells it to a 3rd party, so they can send you advertisements based on where you roam, and what's right near you. The only benefit? You are being tracked by people who do not have your best intentions in mind.
*iPhones track your GPS coordinates of everywhere you go even when the phone is off. Sends it to Apple.
*Since the iPhone's battery cannot be removed, the FBI or any 3 letter agencies can use the mic to listen in to whatever is being said around you, even when the phone is off.

Droid X2

Cons:

*Battery tends to get a little hot.
*Keyboard needs a little more work, but not bad.
*Some apps can be glitchy

Pros:

*Does everything the iPhone will and does it just as good or better.
*Does everything the iPhone won't and does it better than if Apple or Microsoft had done it.
*Fully customizable. Can make the OS and apps better if you so choose.
*Most Linux distros will run on it and contain the software to run the phone.
*None of the cons of the iPhone
*Music and sound is fully adjustable so you can make it sound good to you.
*Will run better media such as Ogg Vorbis or FLAC.
*You can turn off all tracking except e911 tracking which is permanently on. All tracking is defeated by removing the battery.

I LOVE MY DROID!!
It simply does everything I need it to, with easy potential to do far more, where my iPhone will not.
 

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Got a new Acer wi built in Android, one of them force on you thingys i thought,
sooo be interesting to read folks thoughts re such
Have refused to install it thus far, despite prompts everywhere i turn.
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My iPhone works flawlessly all over Spain, Andorra, France as well as Argentina, Paraguay, Brazil, Chile . . . basically everywhere I normally travel. And there are no long distance charges. The droids and blackberries cost a lot more to do a lot less -- especially when making international calls. Go ahead. Throw your money away. I really don't give a . . . .
 

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^I think all that depends mostly on your carrier's service plans, and not the phone itself. I run a Samsung Galaxy via T-Mobile (chose it over HTC's duller looking screen). Some carriers will cost you a whole lot more for various service options.
 

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I much rather prefer the iPhone over the cluster-fuck of fragmentation they call Android. With iPhone, unless you have Verizon, you will get every update, as long as you have a supported model (3GS or 4). Plus, the iPhone has much better apps then Android. iOS is much easier to use, everything in it is just so simple. Plus, since iOS and iPhone are both Apple hardware and software, it runs nicer then any Android device out there. Most people prefer iPhone because of all the Apps, though. There are 425,000 apps and growing for the iPhone, Apple - iPhone - Learn about apps available on the App Store, compared to the 200000 apps for Android. Plus, most of the apps on android are soundboard apps, made to imitate an iOS app. Another concern is privacy. Android is a part of Google, and it sells your location and personal information to get money from advertisers. It literally puts your personal information into advertisers hands. Another flaw in Android is that it has malware apps. You can download an app that can screw over your phone. You have to get an antivirus because if you don't, its like Windows, your vulnerable.
 

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The Droids work fine anywhere you roam in the world. It all depends on your service plan what it's going to cost you.

I much rather prefer the iPhone over the cluster-fuck of fragmentation they call Android. With iPhone, unless you have Verizon, you will get every update, as long as you have a supported model (3GS or 4). Plus, the iPhone has much better apps then Android. iOS is much easier to use, everything in it is just so simple. Plus, since iOS and iPhone are both Apple hardware and software, it runs nicer then any Android device out there. Most people prefer iPhone because of all the Apps, though. There are 425,000 apps and growing for the iPhone, Apple - iPhone - Learn about apps available on the App Store, compared to the 200000 apps for Android. Plus, most of the apps on android are soundboard apps, made to imitate an iOS app. Another concern is privacy. Android is a part of Google, and it sells your location and personal information to get money from advertisers. It literally puts your personal information into advertisers hands. Another flaw in Android is that it has malware apps. You can download an app that can screw over your phone. You have to get an antivirus because if you don't, its like Windows, your vulnerable.


As someone who currently has both an iPhone AND Droid running:

Both get updates and both have issues with updates. Apple is the worst at not fully resolving the issues.

To me, the Droid runs far batter than the iPhone.

With any app from any maker, there's always going to be crappy ones. And most of those 200,000 apps for the iPhone are junk and malware. Apple manages to keep the malware part hushed.

With the Droid, you can easily and actively protect yourself and your information from being ferreted to Google, then to advertisers and the government. You can also defeat real time tracking by removing the battery.

With Apple, you ARE being tagged, tracked, and targeted like sheep in real time with NO way to defeat it. And since Apple gives it all to the government in real time, you are a sitting duck!

I forgot to mention!! The Droid X2 has a built in FM radio!
 

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I just got a Android phone and am having problems synching my iTunes library with Doubletwist because many of the songs are DCR protected.

How do you remove the iTunes DCR protection from these songs? Grrrrrrrrr. This is becoming a major time suck.
 

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Apple are far too power hungry and controlling, and i dont like the way they go about their business.
I've owned an iPhone 3g &3gs, what can I say? Basic, limiting, boring, fashion victims phone.

Got a HTC sensation 4g on Android and well its pretty bloody good. Camera is a tiny let down and I'm not keen on all this auto locating stuff.

But whatever phone you get android seems the way forward, I can see it dominating apples market.
 

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I much rather prefer the iPhone over the cluster-fuck of fragmentation they call Android. With iPhone, unless you have Verizon, you will get every update, as long as you have a supported model (3GS or 4). Plus, the iPhone has much better apps then Android. iOS is much easier to use, everything in it is just so simple. Plus, since iOS and iPhone are both Apple hardware and software, it runs nicer then any Android device out there. Most people prefer iPhone because of all the Apps, though. There are 425,000 apps and growing for the iPhone, Apple - iPhone - Learn about apps available on the App Store, compared to the 200000 apps for Android. Plus, most of the apps on android are soundboard apps, made to imitate an iOS app. Another concern is privacy. Android is a part of Google, and it sells your location and personal information to get money from advertisers. It literally puts your personal information into advertisers hands. Another flaw in Android is that it has malware apps. You can download an app that can screw over your phone. You have to get an antivirus because if you don't, its like Windows, your vulnerable.

Most of these are weak arguments on behalf of the iphone, imo.

425thou apps as opposed to 200thou? How many of those 425thou are you going to have on your device anyway?? And given the location tracking feature of the iphone, the handling of personal info by Google makes them what and what. Most android apps give you options as to what info you consent to sharing. I've noticed no increased advertisement, or mail solicitation from my use of these apps.

As for malware, Google has policed itself re. these, by booting a whole bunch of apps found to contain malware. What's more there are free android apps available that protect your device from these kinds of programs (I use Cellguard and Lookout, the latter which runs continuously in the background and scans every download, etc.).

Worried about location tracking? There's Location Spoofer (free). Unwanted calls? Try Mr. Number (free). Phone directory with reverse lookup? Whitepages (free - by now you gather I don't pay for apps.) A great tipping calculator: TipNSplit (free). Other favs: Movies by Flixter, TIME Mobile, Video Poker...to name a few...all free.

Couple that with a carrier that doesn't hit you up with higher rates for those extras you're sure to need to get it all up and running, and you'll have a good deal, imo.
 
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I couldn't remember the name of one of the major malwares that's used extensively in Apple's apps. It's called Open Feint. IT IS EVIL! Apple LOVES Open Feint because it's not only tracking you, but tattling to Apple everything you do with that app and where you do it.
 

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I have both an iPhone and an Android Galaxy and I have to say I lean more toward the iPhone for a couple of reasons.

The iPhone software is constantly updated by Apple through iTunes and as far as call quality and call reception in certain areas the iPhone is the best phone I have ever had. The cons with the iPhone are that you need iTunes to put anything on it, iTunes sucks on Windows (I have a 6 mo old Quad Core with 16 gigs of ram and it constantly locks and crashes on me), using Bluetooth is a 4 step process, and the apps are crap. Spend some time on iTunes App Store, and see how may low quality apps there are.

Android is very slow to update (no updates in over a year for the Galaxy), the updates first go through the carrier, the apps are there but hard to find as they are scattered, and it can get buggy (mine occasionally locks up). As a plus, it offers more customization then iPhone, has 1 button Bluetooth, and you can drag and drop to it through Windows Explorer as an external drive.

It boils down to what you want. If you have no problem with the walled garden approach of Apple where they tell you what you can and cannot put on the device, have a high threshold for pain (iTunes), and are in favor of continual updates without the carrier in the middle, then go iPhone.

If you like to customize your phone, want to put anything on the phone easily, and like better apps, then go with Android.
 
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I'm an Apple fan and I own many of their products but I have to say the iPhone as revolutionary as it was is not keeping up. I have a Droid Razr that is amazing. Apple's once-a-year refresh just isn't enough to keep pace with all the Androids out there. Then again time will tell if Apple can 'bury Android' in the courtroom as Steve Jobs wished.