Ios vs Android.....

bazzabalboa · November 2016

Im a software engineer.... its not even funny how much better Android is to iOS.

Android >>>>>> iOS

digitalscream · November 2016

The other interesting thing is that despite their popular reputation as an innovative company, the hardware in iPhones (and iPads) is usually two generations behind that of similarly-priced Android phones. The iPhone 7, for example, loses to the 18 month old Galaxy S6 in just about every regard - screen resolution, camera resolution, CPU speed, RAM and battery capacity.

Danny1969 · November 2016

The screen and camera on the Samsung phones are generally superior to the Apple hardware in terms of image quality and resolution ... You generally find Apple stuff is behind the times in terms of cutting edge tech but better thought out in useability for its core market

dindude · November 2016

bazzabalboa said:

Im a software engineer.... its not even funny how much better Android is to iOS.

Android >>>>>> iOS

Sorry but comments like this make me laugh. You're a software engineer. Are you a good software engineer? I've no idea, and let's say you are a brilliant software engineer, it means you probably have a strong opinion, that's all.

I'm a user, that's where Apple make their ground, making phones for users.

scrumhalf · November 2016

Apple, eh?

Where's the SD card slot?

What? You're kidding.

Android. Every single time.

Axe_meister · November 2016

The whole "I'm a software engineer, so XYZ must be better" is precisely why Linux is not a mainstream consumer OS.
Geeks like to program for geeks and assume a higher level of knowledge of the end user.
This is the biggest difference between Opensource and commercial software.

strumjoughlamps · November 2016

digitalscream said:

The other interesting thing is that despite their popular reputation as an innovative company, the hardware in iPhones (and iPads) is usually two generations behind that of similarly-priced Android phones. The iPhone 7, for example, loses to the 18 month old Galaxy S6 in just about every regard - screen resolution, camera resolution, CPU speed, RAM and battery capacity.

on paper specs and real world use are 2 different things though.

I don't mind Android at all in premium phone form but the OS just cannot do music making, midi etc..

ICBM · November 2016

Sporky said:

I've just gone back to Android. Massively better. The interface is much better designed in pretty much every respect.

1) You can click into the middle of a word to edit a typo.

You can do that in iOS too.

scrumhalf said:

Apple, eh?

Where's the SD card slot?

What? You're kidding.

What's an SD card?

OK, I know what an SD card is

. Why would I need to use one with my phone?

Blueingreen · November 2016

I'm an unusual case but recently switched to Android and wish I hadn't.

I use my phone very rarely. I work from home, am seldom far from a PC and tend to communicate by land line and email.

It was well past time to replace my old iPhone but I didn't feel I could justify the £600 plus cost of a latest generation one considering infrequency of use. The OnePlus 3, being widely reviewed as 95% as good a top-rated phone for not much more than half the money looked a good option.

So I bought it. And I've just found it incredibly user unfriendly. The manual covers various specialised options but not the absolute bloody basics, like answering your phone, accessing text messages or voicemails etc. I dare say for a more typical user you'd work it all out within a week or two, but I can easily go a couple of weeks without using the thing and I never feel I've got on top of how to use it confidently. Thinking of selling it and going back to the nice, easy iPhone.

scrumhalf · November 2016

ICBM said:

Sporky said:

I've just gone back to Android. Massively better. The interface is much better designed in pretty much every respect.

1) You can click into the middle of a word to edit a typo.

You can do that in iOS too.

scrumhalf said:

Apple, eh?

Where's the SD card slot?

What? You're kidding.

What's an SD card?

OK, I know what an SD card is . Why would I need to use one with my phone?

To store stuff.

stickyfiddle · November 2016

Regardless of the phones themselves, what wears me out is how self-righteous "Android people" can be (not necessarily this thread.. mostly). It's nothing to do with the hardware, it seems to be purely a position of "I'm not a sheep - I'm a free thinker and this is evidenced buy my buying a product from an entirely different Massive Global Corporation and that makes me morally better than you".

I really don't get it.

Jez6345789 · November 2016

As I said earlier it's not religion.
there are zealots on both sides and for all the tech advances and Apple being 18 months behind matters far less in the real world.

TimmyO · November 2016

I did it the other way because I felt that I'd naturally favour Android for many of the reasons people are saying here.

But I just couldn't get on with it. None of the benefits turned out to be SO important to me that it made Android 'better', and I was already used to iOS so found it simpler to use.

For about 6 months I had a personal iPhone and a work Android and just never really took to the Android experience.

I once also bought an Android tablet as my wife wanted a tablet - it was horrid. Yes it could multitask and whatnot but it turned out I then needed to keep going in and freeing up memory and closing applications (I presume Android on tablets is far better these days? This was quite a while back) and there's no way my wife would have put up with that so I flogged it and stumped up for an iPad.

I prefer iOS. There seem to be lots of statements of 'better' one way or another here - imo it makes you look a bit silly and shoulder-chip-y.

ICBM · November 2016

scrumhalf said:

To store stuff.

Why? The phone has a lot of memory anyway and if it needs transferring somewhere else I use Dropbox or just plug it into the computer.

I never even thought of why I would need one until you mentioned it. Still can't see what I would need one for. I'd guess the same is true for at least 90% of iPhone users as well, since I've never seen it mentioned before.

Strangefan · November 2016

ICBM said:

scrumhalf said:

To store stuff.

Why? The phone has a lot of memory anyway and if it needs transferring somewhere else I use Dropbox or just plug it into the computer.

I never even thought of why I would need one until you mentioned it. Still can't see what I would need one for. I'd guess the same is true for at least 90% of iPhone users as well, since I've never seen it mentioned before.

The documents and data issue is the main reason!

ICBM · November 2016

Strangefan said:

The documents and data issue is the main reason!

Sorry, I must be missing something. I use documents and data on my phone. I don't have any problem with storage or transferring them to another device. Why do I need an SD card?

Sporky · November 2016

ICBM said:

Sporky said:

I've just gone back to Android. Massively better. The interface is much better designed in pretty much every respect.

1) You can click into the middle of a word to edit a typo.

You can do that in iOS too.

How? Tapping in the middle of a word doesn't put the cursor there.

stickyfiddle said:

Regardless of the phones themselves, what wears me out is how self-righteous "Android people" can be

I feel the same way about Apple people. All that "it just works" spiel.

ICBM · November 2016

Sporky said:

ICBM said:

Sporky said:

I've just gone back to Android. Massively better. The interface is much better designed in pretty much every respect.

1) You can click into the middle of a word to edit a typo.

You can do that in iOS too.

How? Tapping in the middle of a word doesn't put the cursor there.

No, but dragging your finger to it does.

Sporky · November 2016

I'll give it a go.

But that's crap compared to just tapping where you want the cursor.

ThePrettyDamned · November 2016

Apple doesn't just work these days anyway.

For phones, I like Android *because* they just work. The customisation means it will work exactly as you want, although I do very very little to customise mine. Widgets are excellent too :DGoogle backs everything up easily - but I had no end of troubles with icloud and my girlfriend's sister, who moved to Android yesterday, tried backing her iPhone onto icloud and, surprise surprise, it didn't work how she wanted it to. I showed her how to do Google (basically, sign in and tick a box when you first turn on the phone) and viola - every photo, phone number, email address... It'll all be backed up.

They're pretty, and Iphones have extraordinary cameras (seriously, the video output on the iPhone 6 is astonishing, and easily good enough to start a YouTube channel with)
But it's actually the usability that leads me to Android. That said, I only use bones stock android. I think a lot of people's poor experiences come from third party software that isn't well done.

I don't mind a lack of expandable memory, but I do object to the rip off cost of a few extra gig of storage. That is across all platforms though.

Almost as much as I object to Apple charging £360 for about £100 or ram in their computers...

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