Should I stay or should I go?
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I'm a late adopter and wasn't in the smart phone market until the end of 2012, but I jumped straight onto a Droid 4. Maybe I'm just traditional, but in comparison to the virtual keyboard, I take the physical one hands down. Plus, as A.J. pointed out, Android all the way. It sounds like the S4 is a killer phone, and I would think about it for upgrade myself.
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@FiyaFly said:
I'm a late adopter and wasn't in the smart phone market until the end of 2012, but I jumped straight onto a Droid 4. Maybe I'm just traditional, but in comparison to the virtual keyboard, I take the physical one hands down. Plus, as A.J. pointed out, Android all the way. It sounds like the S4 is a killer phone, and I would think about it for upgrade myself.
If you just jumped into the market, how do you know that you don't like the iPhone?
I know lots of people who have used both and gone back to the iPhone. And people who prefer Android but haven't really used an iPhone for any length of time. Android seems to be a little like the Phantom of the Opera.... the musical that is everyone's favourite, when they've only ever seen one.
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I was an early adopter. Had one of the old, clunky Blackberrys. Then have the Motorola Q. Have had Palm, Android, iPhone, Windows Phone, etc. Even had the Windows non-phone handhelds back in the 2002 era (HP Jornado, Compaq iPaq, etc.) They all have their ups and downs. I've used nearly every major platform since 2002 or so.
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@scottalanmiller On a side note, I've seen more musicals than Phantom of the Opera, and participated in a few, but that's a different story.
On the note of the IPhone, I may not have been a user, but the majority of people around me use them, so when they have issues with them, I am the one left for troubleshooting. The experiences I have had in that regard have been memorable to a point that I'd just as soon stick with my Android.
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ive had the palm treos, htcs first screen only phone, htc evo, iPhone 4S , and now....probly the s5. April.
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@scottalanmiller I've also seen a lot of people who had iPhones and went running back to Android.
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@ajstringham said:
@scottalanmiller I've also seen a lot of people who had iPhones and went running back to Android.
you and scott need to get a room with your lovers quarrels
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@ajstringham said:
@scottalanmiller I've also seen a lot of people who had iPhones and went running back to Android.
For people that like to tinker of futz with their stuff, the entire Android ecosystem is the place to be. For those of us who need the device (phone/tablet) as something that is not a toy, but works all the time I will always go with an Apple product at this time. If I had the free time to tinker, I would most definitely want to get an Android device. I simply do not have the time.
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From what I have seen Android if you want to have a toy but for serious business IPhone is the way to go. I like the idea of the windows phone but the technology just doesn't work reliably yet.
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@JaredBusch said:
@ajstringham said:
@scottalanmiller I've also seen a lot of people who had iPhones and went running back to Android.
For people that like to tinker of futz with their stuff, the entire Android ecosystem is the place to be. For those of us who need the device (phone/tablet) as something that is not a toy, but works all the time I will always go with an Apple product at this time. If I had the free time to tinker, I would most definitely want to get an Android device. I simply do not have the time.
Yes. Android I think is great for the hobbyists. Same people who root their phones, use DD-WRT and stuff like that. Nothing wrong with that, it's fun. But not really business activities. It's a more consumer device than a business one.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@JaredBusch said:
@ajstringham said:
@scottalanmiller I've also seen a lot of people who had iPhones and went running back to Android.
For people that like to tinker of futz with their stuff, the entire Android ecosystem is the place to be. For those of us who need the device (phone/tablet) as something that is not a toy, but works all the time I will always go with an Apple product at this time. If I had the free time to tinker, I would most definitely want to get an Android device. I simply do not have the time.
Yes. Android I think is great for the hobbyists. Same people who root their phones, use DD-WRT and stuff like that. Nothing wrong with that, it's fun. But not really business activities. It's a more consumer device than a business one.
I disagree. Besides, Apple is kind enough starting with the iPhone 5 to be updating the NSA's fingerprint database. How awesome is that?! That and Apple ripped off Android's interface and basic functions that they've had from the beginning in their latest iOS. Apple can see the writing on the wall.
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That being said, I don't like iPhones because I can't stand the interface. The single button, etc could just never do it for me. Android is how I've always gone and always will. And because I use Google everything (Chrome, Android, Google Voice, Gmail, etc) it all just works. If you're a Mac person exclusively, then yeah, go iPhone. But I can download a file to my Android and plug it into any computer as a flash drive. Can an iPhone do that? It's too proprietary. iPhones are about controlling the end user. Androids are about the end user controlling the phone, rooted or not. Rooting just unlocks another level of control. Not required though.
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Yes I can go one better than having to plug my phone in to use it like a flashdrive. Between my Onedrive and my Clouddrive I don't have to even do that I just open that up on my desktop and my files are there.
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@Minion-Queen said:
Yes I can go one better than having to plug my phone in to use it like a flashdrive. Between my Onedrive and my Clouddrive I don't have to even do that I just open that up on my desktop and my files are there.
Dropbox and OneDrive do that as well. All my contacts sync to my Gmail automatically. Never have to worry about losing them. The calendar works great between Gmail and Android as does my Office365 calendar on Android with anything else I use, such as Outlook or the OWA. It's seamless and just works.
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@minion-queen Oh, and Google Drive too.
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well. I'm waiting for the iphablet 6
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@Hubtech The what?
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I was really close to buying an iphone before Android hit mainstream. I started my 'smartphone' adventures with the HTC 4200 (I think), HTC Touch Pro, shortly there after HTC Touch Pro 2. Moved onto the HTC EVO 4G but never had 4G services in Nebraska, HTC EVO 3D and now the Samsung S4. Those old Windows CE devices were just plain awful. Overall I enjoyed the HTC Android phones I've had. The performance on the S4 was pretty good until I started installing more apps. but now it's pretty laggy. I'm sure it's an app causing a problem but I haven't hard reset it (have to disable all of the two factor accounts using the google authenticator). I also really dislike all the junk that comes preinstalled and not removable on carrier provided devices.
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There are talks of a 5.5" phone-tablet phablet.
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@ajstringham said:
@Hubtech said:
I've currently got it on my 4S. I rarely use it because I generally have my laptop with me all the time. I found it on Google Play also. man...i dunno
There is a reason Android has more than half the market share. Let's just put it that way.
Yeah, cause people are basically stupid. Anyone with a brain knows the crowd is usually wrong. Just sayin'...
