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Which phone to choose iphone 4 or Samsung galaxy s2

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reachb4 Original post #1
Jul 15, 2012 at 11:15 PM
I still cant make my mind between the galaxy s2 and iphone4. I live in India.

The main reason for holding me back from iphone is that the problem of the screen getting scathe even for a lightest fall. Should I consider this as a limitation and remove iPhone from my choice. Is there any other drawback/advantages for iphone over S2?
ithehappy
Jul 16, 2012 at 12:23 AM
An Apple and iOS admirer here, also I loathe Samsung and Android but I'd take SII over an iPhone 4S any day.

PS- SII, if you can restrain yourself from flashing this and that ROM, which are basically meaningless and keep it as simple as possible. Otherwise you will end up as a flash junkie and asking five questions per day in XDA as i am seeing majority of smart kids do.
Hope you got my point.
aroraanant
Jul 16, 2012 at 1:27 AM
I don't like S2, there are much better options available than these two but still if you need to choose among these then opt for iphone.
Have a look at Xperia S, it costs around 27-28k
red dragon
Jul 16, 2012 at 1:25 PM
Not the screen but the glass back panel of 4s,that shatters easily.
If you do not mind 3.5 inch screen,get a 4s(not 4)
ritvij
ritvij #5
Jul 16, 2012 at 7:19 PM
+1 for 4s...
@ithehappy- personal choice.. ios for me!
M
Jul 16, 2012 at 7:22 PM
iPhone any day :)
ithehappy
Jul 16, 2012 at 11:02 PM
@ithehappy- personal choice.. ios for me!
Of course, but do you even know how much i dislike Android, yet sometimes one have to use or do some things. Damn..
AndroidFan
Jul 17, 2012 at 1:32 AM
Of course, but do you even know how much i dislike Android, yet sometimes one have to use or do some things. Damn..

I know bro... you don't trust Samsung and LG and Sony and HTC... all crappy implementations of Android... closed source proprietary skins and closed drivers which leave Devs helpless...

But I am sure your next phone will be a Nexus device...

iOS is too crippled for powerusers...
NIGHTMARE
Jul 17, 2012 at 1:41 PM
@AndroidFan
iOS is too crippled for powerusers...
En-light the bold part please.

OP: Buy Google galaxy nexus.
G
Jul 17, 2012 at 1:47 PM
If you want to just look at the phone, go for the iphone.

If you actually want to use it, buy the Galaxy s2.

I've tried every iphone yet and nothing can match the power of high end android phones.

But in that price range, the Galaxy Nexus would be an even better choice.
ithehappy
ithehappy #11
Jul 17, 2012 at 2:37 PM
I know bro... you don't trust Samsung and LG and Sony and HTC... all crappy implementations of Android... closed source proprietary skins and closed drivers which leave Devs helpless...

But I am sure your next phone will be a Nexus device...

iOS is too crippled for powerusers...
No no, not Sony, neither hTC. I don't know i just hate Samsung, it gives me a feeling i am using a growing Nokia.
And to me a poweruser is someone who can do some powerful stuffs in a phone without the help of a desktop, sometimes, for some work. But that doesn't anyway mean a flash junkie. Boy, i hate that term and those users. I've seen 80% kids in xda who flashes CM Nightly at least twice or more a week and they keep wiping their device each time. Jesus Christ! Why on earth they have wasted their parents hard earned money, damn. Obviously a person who has nothing important in a smartphone, or have free flow time can do those things. But then again there was Nokia 1600 available.
And the second type of poweruser is, again, some kids who thinks by using an Android phone they become smart.
And the third type of poweruser is those kids, oh God, all kids, who use AOSP ROMs, will never find the reason behind the hype of some AOSP ROM anyway, who think some devs who are 'God' and keep bashing the manufacturer they are using and think they are capable enough to open their own brand, which is childish and nonsense, and they are the ultimate best. And they are blind or too ignorant to the new nonsense bugs which come with that AOSP ROM for free. It's so easy for them to say, oh! Your wifi isn't working, it's easy, just flash this patch! Hey you know that this ROM is so cooooool, my camera wasn't recording HD video, but it's so eassssssyyy, i just flashed a fix......, hey do you know why there is no sound when i call someone? Anyway, i think there is a patch for it.........so on so on. Quite obvious because they don't know how to use a phone.
When i first entered these latest mobile purchasing thing i wondered why their were different os out there, Symbian, UIQ, Windows, BB etc, but now, after 8 years i am ashamed that i had felt like that. In this long time I've been in so many forums but never ever saw a kiddish and poor and arrogant forum like XDA. I don't care how many developers are there, or how many 'Gods', when I've purchased it with my hard earned 700$ i purchased it from Samsung and i expect only them, however bad, they are professional, and i don't wanna put anything needless ROM from some unprofessional guys which are basically meaningless.
At the end of the day, after using Android for almost 14 months, I've NEVER tried a single custom ROM or flashed any crap app from Play Store. Neither i customised my home screen with some colourful icons and at the end of the saying, 'why on earth did i waste my time'?? So what did i ultimately achieve by using Android? Nothing! No, something, like a poorly optimized os, to which a dual core is still a dream, and that it will stutter any time it want, it will wake up anytime it want and light up my dark room at the middle of the night, it can freeze and reboot anytime it want, and some 'real multi-tasking' but which frequently kills some app without even damn informing because it went above threshold.
Sorry, i don't want that 'real multi-tasking', or that super smooth ui :rolleyes: or that highly optimized OS :rolleyes: and i don't wanna be a stupid who wanna be smart with the help of a phone.
So?? Yes, it's iOS which is for me, but that doesn't mean it doesn't have any flaws. Every OS has. But yes for my secondary purpose, which is next to 'toy' purpose I'll keep an Android and yes, it will be a Nexus as i don't wanna be a slave of Samsung anymore.

Remember one thing, by saying the above Apple won't credit my bank account, neither Google will debit any.

Jesus, Swyped so much off topic, if there were any grammatical and spelling mistakes you know why it occurred.
P
Jul 17, 2012 at 2:46 PM
Galaxy s2 is right choice
when jelly bean comes to Galaxy s2 may be by end of this year ,its runs as smooth as ios
Still s2 is lot smother than many phones,
I placed my galaxy s2 besides my friends iphone 4, Iphone is looked like a toy phone (because it has a thick cover over it),because of small screen size.

More that decision depends upon what you want to get from your phone,if you want a pure gaming mobile, iphone is better than s2, Rest of the issues, s2 has edge over iphone4. ( i guarantee iFan boys wont accept this)
just look at this

btw these photos are not by me,these are googled results of iphone4 vs galaxy s2 search.
*4.bp.blogspot.com/-DgzVR6jTFhw/TnB2gt0uhJI/AAAAAAAADs8/8vnkatuK7z8/s1600/galaxy-s-2-and-iphone-4.jpg
*techbend.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/iphone-4s-galaxy-s2.jpg
ritvij
ritvij #13
Jul 17, 2012 at 4:01 PM
No no, not Sony, neither hTC. I don't know i just hate Samsung, it gives me a feeling i am using a growing Nokia.
And to me a poweruser is someone who can do some powerful stuffs in a phone without the help of a desktop, sometimes, for some work. But that doesn't anyway mean a flash junkie. Boy, i hate that term and those users. I've seen 80% kids in xda who flashes CM Nightly at least twice or more a week and they keep wiping their device each time. Jesus Christ! Why on earth they have wasted their parents hard earned money, damn. Obviously a person who has nothing important in a smartphone, or have free flow time can do those things. But then again there was Nokia 1600 available.
And the second type of poweruser is, again, some kids who thinks by using an Android phone they become smart.
And the third type of poweruser is those kids, oh God, all kids, who use AOSP ROMs, will never find the reason behind the hype of some AOSP ROM anyway, who think some devs who are 'God' and keep bashing the manufacturer they are using and think they are capable enough to open their own brand, which is childish and nonsense, and they are the ultimate best. And they are blind or too ignorant to the new nonsense bugs which come with that AOSP ROM for free. It's so easy for them to say, oh! Your wifi isn't working, it's easy, just flash this patch! Hey you know that this ROM is so cooooool, my camera wasn't recording HD video, but it's so eassssssyyy, i just flashed a fix......, hey do you know why there is no sound when i call someone? Anyway, i think there is a patch for it.........so on so on. Quite obvious because they don't know how to use a phone.
When i first entered these latest mobile purchasing thing i wondered why their were different os out there, Symbian, UIQ, Windows, BB etc, but now, after 8 years i am ashamed that i had felt like that. In this long time I've been in so many forums but never ever saw a kiddish and poor and arrogant forum like XDA. I don't care how many developers are there, or how many 'Gods', when I've purchased it with my hard earned 700$ i purchased it from Samsung and i expect only them, however bad, they are professional, and i don't wanna put anything needless ROM from some unprofessional guys which are basically meaningless.
At the end of the day, after using Android for almost 14 months, I've NEVER tried a single custom ROM or flashed any crap app from Play Store. Neither i customised my home screen with some colourful icons and at the end of the saying, 'why on earth did i waste my time'?? So what did i ultimately achieve by using Android? Nothing! No, something, like a poorly optimized os, to which a dual core is still a dream, and that it will stutter any time it want, it will wake up anytime it want and light up my dark room at the middle of the night, it can freeze and reboot anytime it want, and some 'real multi-tasking' but which frequently kills some app without even damn informing because it went above threshold.
Sorry, i don't want that 'real multi-tasking', or that super smooth ui :rolleyes: or that highly optimized OS :rolleyes: and i don't wanna be a stupid who wanna be smart with the help of a phone.
So?? Yes, it's iOS which is for me, but that doesn't mean it doesn't have any flaws. Every OS has. But yes for my secondary purpose, which is next to 'toy' purpose I'll keep an Android and yes, it will be a Nexus as i don't wanna be a slave of Samsung anymore.

Remember one thing, by saying the above Apple won't credit my bank account, neither Google will debit any.

Jesus, Swyped so much off topic, if there were any grammatical and spelling mistakes you know why it occurred.


not offtopic.. its your decision.. if i use ios its my choice and no one has the right to say android is better or ios is..
everyone needs something for his own liking!
i absolutely hate android for the only reason that it still needs quad core processor to run smoothly and still hang from time to time..(one x)
ios is indeed better optimized as it runs great on a single core.. my 4 year old 3gs runs iOS 5.1.1 smoothly and plays all games and runs all apps except mc3.. on the other hand.. take an android phone.. it will hang and mess up no matter what!
the one x has lags when one runs temple run on it! seriously? what is the advantage then?
pranav0091
Jul 17, 2012 at 4:13 PM
I don't get the point - They are apart by as much as ~10k

If it were the Iphone 4/4S vs SIII then I can see the point...
AndroidFan
Jul 17, 2012 at 4:54 PM
And the third type of poweruser is those kids, oh God, all kids, who use AOSP ROMs, will never find the reason behind the hype of some AOSP ROM anyway, who think some devs who are 'God' and keep bashing the manufacturer they are using and think they are capable enough to open their own brand, which is childish and nonsense, and they are the ultimate best. And they are blind or too ignorant to the new nonsense bugs which come with that AOSP ROM for free. It's so easy for them to say, oh! Your wifi isn't working, it's easy, just flash this patch! Hey you know that this ROM is so cooooool, my camera wasn't recording HD video, but it's so eassssssyyy, i just flashed a fix......, hey do you know why there is no sound when i call someone? Anyway, i think there is a patch for it.........so on so on. Quite obvious because they don't know how to use a phone.

There are stable ROMs out there for most phones... And yes... AOSP is better than manufacturer ports... but I prefer CyanogenMod 9...

At the end of the day, after using Android for almost 14 months, I've NEVER tried a single custom ROM or flashed any crap app from Play Store. Neither i customised my home screen with some colourful icons and at the end of the saying, 'why on earth did i waste my time'?? So what did i ultimately achieve by using Android? Nothing! No, something, like a poorly optimized os, to which a dual core is still a dream, and that it will stutter any time it want, it will wake up anytime it want and light up my dark room at the middle of the night, it can freeze and reboot anytime it want, and some 'real multi-tasking' but which frequently kills some app without even damn informing because it went above threshold.
Sorry, i don't want that 'real multi-tasking', or that super smooth ui :rolleyes: or that highly optimized OS :rolleyes: and i don't wanna be a stupid who wanna be smart with the help of a phone.

Your loss... You should have atleast tried to see what a stable ROM like CM9 can do to your phone... You didn't try anything, didn't customize your phone at all... yet you bash android... Android is not for you...

Jesus, Swyped so much off topic, if there were any grammatical and spelling mistakes you know why it occurred.

See, no Swype on the iPhone...

not offtopic.. its your decision.. if i use ios its my choice and no one has the right to say android is better or ios is..
everyone needs something for his own liking!
i absolutely hate android for the only reason that it still needs quad core processor to run smoothly and still hang from time to time..(one x)
ios is indeed better optimized as it runs great on a single core.. my 4 year old 3gs runs iOS 5.1.1 smoothly and plays all games and runs all apps except mc3.. on the other hand.. take an android phone.. it will hang and mess up no matter what!
the one x has lags when one runs temple run on it! seriously? what is the advantage then?

I have an old LG Optimus One with a crap ARMv6 600 MHz processor... It runs super smooth... CyanogenMod 9, SmartAssV2 Governer 748/480 MHz... Its a beauty... Temple Run works fine... Angry Birds Space works fine...

*i.imgur.com/yGnEQ.png

*i.imgur.com/9y4SZ.png

*i.imgur.com/e22Nu.png

Cheers!

I will buy a better phone in December...
ithehappy
ithehappy #16
Jul 17, 2012 at 8:19 PM
There are stable ROMs out there for most phones... And yes... AOSP is better than manufacturer ports... but I prefer CyanogenMod 9...



Your loss... You should have atleast tried to see what a stable ROM like CM9 can do to your phone... You didn't try anything, didn't customize your phone at all... yet you bash android... Android is not for you...

Cheers!

I will buy a better phone in December...
That's right Android is not for me.
But let me tell you one thing, I've used both the CM versions, 7 and 9. Really, that's a better ROM? Flash this to work something, flash that to work something. Good Lord, that will never be my cup of tea. (When i see the Q&A comments of different users talking about how a simple feature is not working and what they should do about it, i can't stop laughing. Let alone the GB version, it's not yet finished, lol. Immediately switched back to Stock and felt in heaven.
And also, i feel proud but not 'lost' by using Stock ROM for this long. If i had used any custom ROM in this period either my phone would be in trash or sold or broken by me by now.
And also I've used lots of kernels and modified lots of settings, but i gotta tell you i love Siyah kernel. Modifying some scripts did provide me some good smoothness. It's a kernel actually which is much more important than an unfinished and buggy ROM.
I am really glad that you've found CM to be good! Anyway, to me it's needless and a poor ROM. From utter disliking I'll NEVER use it.
Lets skip this OT conversation anyway.
Besides, i don't only bash Android, iOS even can be bashed for lacking some kiddish features. You can clearly see I've suggested OP the SII, but 4S. Anything, but I'll never be an arrogant and smartarse fanboy of Fandroid, blind or biassed schoolboy.
not offtopic.. its your decision.. if i use ios its my choice and no one has the right to say android is better or ios is..
everyone needs something for his own liking!
Believe me, you have no idea how stupid those spamming Android fanboys are (i am not referring anyone here) and just go to modmyi and then xda and you'll see how silly and uncharacteristic one can be. Okay, i get the point that majority of Android users are kids or schoolboys and flash junkies who never actually use the phone or don't know how to use it but still their immature, blind, biased, nagging and trying to be smartarse comments are really boring, especially when i get back from work tired and see those. On other times they are real fun but that time is less. Damn.....kids :eek:

Regards.
M
Jul 17, 2012 at 9:51 PM
I would say that you should choose iphone if you want to get future proof.Bcoz just think about the 3gs it still gets the newest update and support from Apple and also most recent programs also run on it may be smoothly or not but it runs.And as far as galaxy concerned it has got nice features but personally i don't like the plastiky feel.The phone should have a premium feel if you spend 20k or more on it.And another important thing Samsung deserted i9000 long time ago,only bcoz of xda they sustain.
And you can also attain customization to ios like android(not perfect though)

Celeste for blue tooth file transfer is a good example.
red dragon
Jul 17, 2012 at 10:01 PM
Love you posts Saurav!
Android may be great,but it is just not for me!
Used it for a very long time(till ICS,which BTW felt much worse than GB)have heard that Jelly Bean is really good,even some hardened iphone users have bought HOX or GS3,but I am really sick and tired of this Google circus!!
I am rather happy with a phone which has a tiny screen,can not be connected with the laptop without a specific SW,can not properly multi task does not support flash but somehow manage to do everything I actually need to do!
G
Jul 17, 2012 at 10:08 PM
why don't you go for Galaxy Note ? Its about the same price as S2 and has a very nice battery backup
ritvij
ritvij #20
Jul 17, 2012 at 10:10 PM
Love you posts Saurav!
I am rather happy with a phone which has a tiny screen,can not be connected with the laptop without a specific SW,can not properly multi task does not support flash but somehow manage to do everything I actually need to do!

+infinity mate..(dont know how to make the symbol :p)
i did not buy hox for this reason only!
why cant iphone not properly multi task..
what multitasking means is the ability to many tasks at a time.. i dont give a damn about true multitasking!
seriously! tell me what apps that you guys use daily that needs this!
you type out a document while listening to your tracks, switch to the imp mail,, frag some guys in mc2 and back to editing! butter smooth in iOS
red dragon
Jul 17, 2012 at 10:21 PM
Boasting multitasking and using a task killer in older Androids and default task manager in ICS@the same time!!
Tragedy of Android!
I unplugged the 4s @ 7 this morning,went to work in a place where 3G signal for Vodafone is patchy at best,phone continuously switched between 2g and 3g.
Received and made 15 calls(small ones of 2/3 minutes and one 6 minutes,wife as usual)
2 email accounts,both set to push.Replied to 15/20 mails
Continuously checking The Poke(awesome app!check it out,if you have not) and News 365.
Took a video of one colleague who was trying hard to impress the new cute little Polish nurse for 3/4 minutes.
Listened to some good ol Sabbath before calling it a day at 8.
Came back home,opened tapatalk(obviously on wifi,which was on the whole day but not connected as the place which I call my office/health centre now does not have wifi)
Now at 10:45 this thing shows that it still has 21% battery left!!
And this is precisely how a smart phone should work!
Oh!Played Temple Run for 25/30 minutes.
NIGHTMARE
NIGHTMARE #23
Jul 17, 2012 at 10:58 PM
That's right Android is not for me.
But let me tell you one thing, I've used both the CM versions, 7 and 9. Really, that's a better ROM? Flash this to work something, flash that to work something. Good Lord, that will never be my cup of tea. (When i see the Q&A comments of different users talking about how a simple feature is not working and what they should do about it, i can't stop laughing. Let alone the GB version, it's not yet finished, lol. Immediately switched back to Stock and felt in heaven.
And also, i feel proud but not 'lost' by using Stock ROM for this long. If i had used any custom ROM in this period either my phone would be in trash or sold or broken by me by now.
And also I've used lots of kernels and modified lots of settings, but i gotta tell you i love Siyah kernel. Modifying some scripts did provide me some good smoothness. It's a kernel actually which is much more important than an unfinished and buggy ROM.
I am really glad that you've found CM to be good! Anyway, to me it's needless and a poor ROM. From utter disliking I'll NEVER use it.
Lets skip this OT conversation anyway.
Besides, i don't only bash Android, iOS even can be bashed for lacking some kiddish features. You can clearly see I've suggested OP the SII, but 4S. Anything, but I'll never be an arrogant and smartarse fanboy of Fandroid, blind or biassed schoolboy.

Believe me, you have no idea how stupid those spamming Android fanboys are (i am not referring anyone here) and just go to modmyi and then xda and you'll see how silly and uncharacteristic one can be. Okay, i get the point that majority of Android users are kids or schoolboys and flash junkies who never actually use the phone or don't know how to use it but still their immature, blind, biased, nagging and trying to be smartarse comments are really boring, especially when i get back from work tired and see those. On other times they are real fun but that time is less. Damn.....kids :eek:

Regards.

Leave the fanboys man they don't know anything they talk too much. I worked on both something the word has been used here poweruser . Everything is possible it's depends upon you, are you desperately want to or not. Well I had in past direct head to head talk with Saurik and with his team.
ithehappy
ithehappy #24
Jul 18, 2012 at 1:20 AM
Love you posts Saurav!
Thanks pal.
Leave the fanboys man they don't know anything they talk too much.
Exactly, but at the beginning I couldn't avoid them. See the spoiler for the story (as it's little OT I think better put it under spoiler)
I mean it's like we were talking about something about our GSII in our dedicated forum but from nowhere some kiddish RC with full of thanks meter poped up and posed, 'I f****n love it', what's all it's about? Well another kid bashed iPhone by calling it iCrap and the other kid loved it. :razz: :oops:
You know what, it's easy. iPhone has been bashed by so called smart or power users as iCrap, iToy, iSheep etc and the slung ones which i am ignoring. But have you seen on any iPhone forum Android has been called with a poor choice of words? NO. The max they say Fandroid (and i love it), that's it. Well that clearly proves who are mean. I have no need to tell how many Android users are jealous of Apple. Why? Because it's a premium brand? Oh well, i don't wanna know.
Those users, you point out 10KG gold to them, they will not even look at it but will ask otherwise right away, is that smart/power gold?
Damn.
God bless them.

Well I have anyway decided to keep both OS, iOS for primary use, and Android for secondary, a Nexus one yes. Both OS have their advantages and cons as well. Neither Android is greater than iOS nor the opposite. Just that Android users should get a 'real' life and ditch the virtual one they are living atm (not applied to all but some).
Nighthawk12
Jul 18, 2012 at 9:16 PM
Samsung galaxy S2 is way better than Iphone 4/4s, And it's cheaper by 15k from 4s. Trust me, the only thing sucks in android is battery life apart from that Android beats apple in everything.
Android is way ahead of Ios in custimisation etc, Plus there are no limitations such as Ios.
NIGHTMARE
NIGHTMARE #26
Jul 19, 2012 at 1:16 AM
Now again^^:mrgreen:
randomuser111
Jul 19, 2012 at 8:41 AM
Between S2 and Iphone 4, S2. Between S2 and 4S, 4S.
coolest111
Jul 19, 2012 at 6:01 PM
+1 to iPhone 4s.....:)
skeletor
skeletor #30
Jul 20, 2012 at 6:07 AM
Android phone +ves = ease of use and user friendliness. Decent screen size in the high-end devices.
Android phone -ves = crappy battery life on most devices. Mostly average/below average app devs in the Market, but this is very well changing. If these two are your requirements, get iPhone.

iOS phone +ves = battery life and very good apps + games.
iOS phone -ves = complicated. Apple needs to work on making things easier. Until then people who need a device with simplicity which "just" works out-of-the-box, they should get an Android phone.
Boasting multitasking and using a task killer in older Androids and default task manager in ICS@the same time!!
Tragedy of Android!
I unplugged the 4s @ 7 this morning,went to work in a place where 3G signal for Vodafone is patchy at best,phone continuously switched between 2g and 3g.
Received and made 15 calls(small ones of 2/3 minutes and one 6 minutes,wife as usual)
2 email accounts,both set to push.Replied to 15/20 mails
Continuously checking The Poke(awesome app!check it out,if you have not) and News 365.
Took a video of one colleague who was trying hard to impress the new cute little Polish nurse for 3/4 minutes.
Listened to some good ol Sabbath before calling it a day at 8.
Came back home,opened tapatalk(obviously on wifi,which was on the whole day but not connected as the place which I call my office/health centre now does not have wifi)
Now at 10:45 this thing shows that it still has 21% battery left!!
And this is precisely how a smart phone should work!
Oh!Played Temple Run for 25/30 minutes.
Just 21%?
ithehappy
ithehappy #31
Jul 20, 2012 at 3:12 PM
Seriously, how could you relate 'ease of use' and Android? :eek:
Or 'ease of use' is laggy UI with loads of bugs, plenty of wakelocks which will light up your room at midnight, when emailing a sudden freeze, or a task being killed when above threshold without notifying, a sudden FC or Not Responding pop up in an app and device will stuck at boot screen forever while a full wipe is the only option to recover, plenty of malware in Play Store and device will reboot anytime it want to, because the OS needed a restart, rofl?? and I am tired typing.........
Oh, I am excusing the battery life and game availability here, they don't make any impression to me.
And I can conclude, as I already said, one should use both OS,
Android +
• Openness of OS ! (Plenty of needless custom ROM, really what's the point?)
• Customization !! (Why someone wanna do that and who has that much time??)
Can't find any other thing.

Android -
• It will make you a slave, as the OS will drive you how it wants.
• All the points I said above. Which will be a dozen if written in separate.

If a person uses a phone as a toy, or is a flash junkie who flashes a new new ROM every day and wipe his device each time, have no need to use a mobile phone and not above 21 should use Android, proudly.
But for me, call me a noob, an idiot, or whatever you want, I will use iOS any day, anytime, for my primary purpose. But I will also keep Android, because I also need a toy to play with.
coolest111
Jul 20, 2012 at 3:22 PM
Android phone +ves = ease of use and user friendliness. Decent screen size in the high-end devices.
Android phone -ves = crappy battery life on most devices. Mostly average/below average app devs in the Market, but this is very well changing. If these two are your requirements, get iPhone.

iOS phone +ves = battery life and very good apps + games.
iOS phone -ves = complicated. Apple needs to work on making things easier. Until then people who need a device with simplicity which "just" works out-of-the-box, they should get an Android phone.

Just 21%?
Depends on brightness tooo....
skeletor
skeletor #33
Jul 20, 2012 at 6:49 PM
Seriously, how could you relate 'ease of use' and Android?
because it is _easier_ to use. :) Being here in New Delhi, I don't have to enter Kashmir via Afghanistan. I don't even have to enter Kolkata via Bangladesh.. lol.

and I'm not even an app/ROM whore. I use a phone, as a phone. First priority is - ease of use. Second is the feature set.

Android wins on both.
axes2t2
axes2t2 #34
Jul 20, 2012 at 7:13 PM
Seriously, how could you relate 'ease of use' and Android? :eek:
Or 'ease of use' is laggy UI with loads of bugs, plenty of wakelocks which will light up your room at midnight, when emailing a sudden freeze, or a task being killed when above threshold without notifying, a sudden FC or Not Responding pop up in an app and device will stuck at boot screen forever while a full wipe is the only option to recover, plenty of malware in Play Store and device will reboot anytime it want to, because the OS needed a restart, rofl?? and I am tired typing.........
Oh, I am excusing the battery life and game availability here, they don't make any impression to me.
And I can conclude, as I already said, one should use both OS,
Android +
• Openness of OS ! (Plenty of needless custom ROM, really what's the point?)
• Customization !! (Why someone wanna do that and who has that much time??)
Can't find any other thing.

Android -
• It will make you a slave, as the OS will drive you how it wants.
• All the points I said above. Which will be a dozen if written in separate.

If a person uses a phone as a toy, or is a flash junkie who flashes a new new ROM every day and wipe his device each time, have no need to use a mobile phone and not above 21 should use Android, proudly.
But for me, call me a noob, an idiot, or whatever you want, I will use iOS any day, anytime, for my primary purpose. But I will also keep Android, because I also need a toy to play with.

*i.imgur.com/iwXxC.gif

because it is _easier_ to use. :) Being here in New Delhi, I don't have to enter Kashmir via Afghanistan. I don't even have to enter Kolkata via Bangladesh.. lol.

Only bangladeshis do that.
Liverpool_fan
Jul 20, 2012 at 7:13 PM
And I can conclude, as I already said, one should use both OS,
Android +
• Openness of OS ! (Plenty of needless custom ROM, really what's the point?)
• Customization !! (Why someone wanna do that and who has that much time??)
Can't find any other thing.

Android -
• It will make you a slave, as the OS will drive you how it wants.
• All the points I said above. Which will be a dozen if written in separate.

Let's just make up stuff as we go along.
red dragon
Jul 20, 2012 at 9:48 PM
Android phone +ves = ease of use and user friendliness. Decent screen size in the high-end devices.
Android phone -ves = crappy battery life on most devices. Mostly average/below average app devs in the Market, but this is very well changing. If these two are your requirements, get iPhone.

iOS phone +ves = battery life and very good apps + games.
iOS phone -ves = complicated. Apple needs to work on making things easier. Until then people who need a device with simplicity which "just" works out-of-the-box, they should get an Android phone.

Just 21%?

Yes just 21% and very happy with it!
And the GS2 I had barely lasted till 3-4
pm with exactly same 3g signal and usage pattern!!
If iphone is complicated,Android is rocket science!
The only easy thing in Android is downloading cracked apk and installing them in the phone itself and kids just love this!!
skeletor
skeletor #38
Jul 20, 2012 at 10:11 PM
Jesus Christ! Why on earth they have wasted their parents hard earned money, damn. Obviously a person who has nothing important in a smartphone, or have free flow time can do those things. But then again there was Nokia 1600 available.

I like to have Gadgets, not that I am freakin mad about that, but I do, I like to have all the latest Smartphones, in fact I purchased 38 of them in last 3.5 years :), and wasted unbelievable amount of money! Which could easily make a Honda Civic/VW Jetta if I haven't done:))

should one laugh or?

PS: No offence intended.
Vyom
Vyom #39
Jul 20, 2012 at 10:12 PM
@axes- You wanna see my gif/pic collection? And I'd like to know if you have an Android or iOS device or are you just trolling kiddo?

Dude.. we have nothing to say against you. Specially when you "judge" people by the handsets they have.

And btw.. from last post.. :lol:
NIGHTMARE
NIGHTMARE #40
Jul 21, 2012 at 12:47 AM
Well in my opinion iOS is simple :cool: I can't see any difficult in operating. And if someone going to comment on blue-tooth then yes by default Apple not allow that's the problem.

It was very rare when I needed a bluetooth only if my friend ask me to transfer a ringtone (which not going to work on other device), otherwise there are other way to use bluetooth.

My Droid 3 giving me NIGHTMARE:lol: stuck with something

@ithehappy you can ask other what type of problem they faced in iOS rather then talking about Custom ROM, they do same after rooting which iOS user do after JB. Plenty of thing talk specific it will be easy to support the argument.

The only easy thing in Android is downloading cracked apk and installing them in the phone itself and kids just love this!!

You can do same with iOS even you can crack your own app and share with other, in few sec:wink:
mitraark
mitraark #41
Jul 21, 2012 at 8:47 AM
You cannot send files over bluetooth on the iPhone. Dealbreaker for me :D I am serious :|

It is clear what the pros and cons are of each of these devices from this lengthy discusssion in this thread [ even with so much of unrelated posts ] , and i would actually agree with the statement than Android is more for the power user with scopre of lot of customisation and iOS for those who wants things simple and stable (yes iOS has lots of apps available but still its true most people get the iPhone only because its a style statement). No need to get into an Android vs iPhone heated argument here , let's help the OP get his mind set rather than debating our own causes/
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shashankm #42
Jul 21, 2012 at 9:12 AM
Between s2 and ip4, I will say pick nothing! Both are fragile as hell one slight mishandling and your dream toy would be reduced to core with crack marks embellishing its body. Get a Razr MAXX, humongous battery life, brilliant sound quality and all the things an advanced android can do! Plus kevlar body shell and gorilla glass make it spill proof (some youtube videos even showing fellas throwing it in water and still it came out unscathed!) shock proof, What else?
NIGHTMARE
NIGHTMARE #43
Jul 21, 2012 at 10:24 PM
Android is more for the power user with scopre of lot of customisation and iOS for those who wants things simple and stable (yes iOS has lots of apps available but still its true most people get the iPhone only because its a style statement).

Again in both Apple and Android you can do lot of customization, depends upon user to user. If you use stock ROM which most of time stable from the manufacture or contractor.
red dragon
Jul 22, 2012 at 9:40 PM
NIGHTMARE said:
You can do same with iOS even you can crack your own app and share with other, in few sec:wink:

I know that mate!
But you need to jailbreak before you get installous and all that!
But cracked apks can be installed even without rooting.
And many Android lover here are scared to root,but ready to install cracked apps.
red dragon
Jul 22, 2012 at 9:54 PM
You cannot send files over bluetooth on the iPhone. Dealbreaker for me :D I am serious :|

.. and i would actually agree with the statement than Android is more for the power user with scopre of lot of customisation and /
You can send files over bluetooth,can download whatever you want straight from Safari and a lot more actually!!
But these are not usual priorities of mature smartphone users.
So according to you,a power user is someone who has 3/4 keyboards in his phone,change the widgets/launchers everyday/flash the latest CM9 release everyday!!
Strange world we are living in!
NIGHTMARE
NIGHTMARE #46
Jul 23, 2012 at 12:37 AM
I know that mate!
But you need to jailbreak before you get installous and all that!
But cracked apks can be installed even without rooting.
And many Android lover here are scared to root,but ready to install cracked apps.

Yes, just check the unknown sources, but app like chainfire and app which access system data like reboot they need root permission. However without root, I don't think so I can use my Android lot of bloatware to remove by script and other system app.
skeletor
skeletor #47
Jul 23, 2012 at 1:10 AM
Cleaned up the flame bait and deleted a few posts. Was pretty close to hitting the ban hammer for a particular guy - repeat offender.

Mind the language in posts for future. Thanks.

Closing the thread as OP never returned and can make a decision on his own now.