anybody get new iPhone? thoughts so far

[tripmachine]

sorry you are wasting your time man! I didn't mean to do that to you! ^ lol

[tripmachine]

From Forbes.com


Four Reasons To Switch From Android To iPhone

After four years with an Android phone, I switched back to iPhone this month. I liked my Android phone, but the smartphone experience is very much a matter of details, and diving into today's iPhone makes me realize how great a job Apple has done, and how strong its franchise truly is.

Details: I had three Android phones from January 2010 to March 2014, a NexusOne, a Galaxy Nexus, and a Galaxy S4, running Android 2.2 (Froyo) at first and 4.3 (Jelly Bean) at the end. The first two phones ran Google-experience Android, and the S4 had Samsung's user interface overlay. My new iPhone is a 5c running iOS 7.1. I originally moved to Android because I was professionally curious about it, and I decided to switch back when I bought a new car and discovered that the interoperability of my near-new Galaxy S4 with the car was miserable (more). Research indicated an iPhone would be much better, and in fact it is.


The switch itself was surprisingly easy. My Verizon contract ties to a phone number (a "line" in telco-think), not a phone, so I bought a good used 5c on Amazon, had Verizon substitute it on the line at no cost, and sold my S4 on eBay: round trip cost about $150. My Exchange and Google accounts downloaded to the phone, and I had a back-up of my old iPhone that restored and updated most of my apps.



The key differences I notice between iPhone and Android:

1. The iPhone user interface is much more polished. Google worked hard to make Jelly Bean quicker and smoother, making substantial improvements, but iPhone is still better. For example, when I type on the iPhone, it shows the letter I am trying to type more often, even though the screen is smaller. I'm guessing this is better software at work.

2. The iPhone app ecosystem is markedly better. Google Play and the Apple App Store both have about 1 million apps, and most major apps are available for both platforms, but, again, the devil lurks in the details. New apps and updates come out first on iPhone. iPhone apps are more feature-complete, e.g., the BMW Connect app that allows me to operate select smartphone apps from the car's control screen supports Pandora and Stitcher on iOS and not on Android, and it just works better on iOS.

3. iOS is stronger at the technical detail level: e.g., when you use an iPhone with a car, Bluetooth streaming audio works properly, you can control which contacts get synced to the car over Bluetooth, and if you have both Bluetooth and a wired connection to the car active, the iPhone smartly sends phone audio over Bluetooth and streaming-media audio over the wire, so both work. (In fact, Google-experience Android gets this right, too, but the Samsung user interface breaks it.) This might be fixed by an upgrade, but then you have the Android update fubar: six months post release, Verizon Galaxy S4 users are waiting for Kit Kat with no news from Verizon, and the update is buggy when you get it.


4. The iPhone camera is just the best: beautiful pictures, and great features like high dynamic range, which both compensates for some limitations of simple cameras, and can create attractive images that remind me of a painting (more).

I miss some Android strengths. The Google apps have more features on Android, e.g. Google Voice can make itself the default option for international calls. Android apps can access more of the system information. This enables, for example, a great signal strength application that shows the details for the voice, data, and wifi connections separately, which I have used to diagnose problems. And a few apps are better on Android: AirWx, a nicely functional weather app that displays the FAA weather information airline pilots use, has gotten me home on a few stormy nights by telling me which connection was likely to work. iPhone has a dumbed-down free version and an expensive pro version.

Fundamentally, the iPhone is more of a phone, and the top tier Android phones, like the S4, are a phone/tablet fusion: "phablets". The iPhone 5 is slimmer and fits the hand a bit better, but the extra screen size has important benefits. The Android calendar has a nice "week" view that iOS lacks on the iPhone but offers on the iPad. The Android key-pad has an extra line of suggested spellings below the text that I find useful. And the map and web-browsing experience is simply better with a bigger screen area. I spend 3-4x more time looking at my phone than holding it to my ear, so the screen experience matters much more than the "talking to toast" objection some have to phablets.

So, I'm looking forward to iPhone 6 with a ~5" screen. It will bring together the strengths of iOS with the one Android phone feature I miss most.

With that gap closed, I'm struck by what a superior product the iPhone actually is. Android has developed fast, shown Apple that (screen) size matters, made the market competitive, and expanded it, particularly in Asia and at the low end, which is great. Apple has built and nurtured the advantages with which it launched the smartphone era: user experience, hardware design and performance, and its app and media ecosystem. It's developed into a top-10 global consumer brand, and most important, it has a large set of loyal and affluent customers who pay up for phones and software, keeping its ecosystem on top.

We are early in the smartphone era. As long as Apple can stay significantly better and take care of its customers, it has a long way to run.

Thanks for sharing with me some guys opinion that works as a writer for Forbes.com.... I guess his opinion means more than factual evidence and technical specifications side by side. I am referring to ANDROID (NOT ALL ANDROIDS) just the ones that have been ahead of iphones by 1-2 years... Galaxy s4, s5, even s3 and s2 vs. their comparables in Iphones. Note 2, 3 ,4... Now the writer likes the iphone better because he or she had better luck with certain apps yada yada yada.... and his opinion is that the iphone has a better camera. I am glad he has that opinion but I can post up lame comparisons too that show android better than iphones. Just check out the technical comparisons that's all I was stating. YES IF YOU LIKE IPHONES BETTER THAT IS FINE! lol. I just like to use my money on more power rather than using it on helping apple with their marketing.

[Hazard]

I'm not saying I like iPhone better.... I've owned all kinds of phones for work. Namely blackberries tho.

All I'm sayin is..... If ur into all that technical nonsense..... Then android is a better choice. If ur an everyday person who really doesn't care all that much..... Then whatever phone you choose will do just fine. So the simpler one may be ideal.

Apple made an easy to use - idiot proof phone. They cater to the masses..... And it worked.

[Hazard]

Honestly..... I've never sat down and had a conversation about technical specs of a phone lmao. It's not like a girl won't f*ck me because I prefer the iphone operating system.....

Android users are a lot like Dallas Cowboy fans..... They can't just sit back and enjoy their season without talking the most shit possible

[derekkpapa1]

Sorry guys just wanted to know if anyone got one-not start a debate about with one is better.
But mine is bigger than yours

[Hazard]

I'm not debating shit.....

"Better" is a matter of opinion. Technical specs are factual and matter...... Only if the user gives a fvck lol.

[RangerDanger830]

I have a bellybutton

[Hazard]

[thegame1431]

androids are better technologically, but iphone's are more user friendly, so unless you are a tech nerd, for most people iphone is much better

[lovbyts]

I just dont get all the hype over new phones. It's not like when a new processor comes out that is quad or 8 core and will speed up your games, video and most everything.
Apple has done good getting followers who will buy anything and everything Apple.

If I needed a new phone and it actually did something mine did not that I thought I would use a lot then I would consider it.