O/T Samsung Galaxy : Sun Aug 28, 2011 10:01 pm  

I know there have been a few posts about smart phones, forgive me for posting another!

I have been an iPhone user for nearly 4 years, now I'm looking at going to the Galaxy 2. I have done my homework and believe the galaxy is far superior and faster than the iPhone, but has anybody on here gone from iPhone to Android, how do they compare, how does the android Market compare to the app store.

I think the beauty of the iPhone is it's simplicity.

Re: O/T Samsung Galaxy : Sun Aug 28, 2011 10:18 pm  

I have a N8 on symbian, i really like it but wouldn't have a clue about iphone or android

Re: O/T Samsung Galaxy : Sun Aug 28, 2011 10:48 pm  

I've always been an apple user until recently i switched to HTC i like everything about Android apart from the market can be a bit of a pain at 1st but once you get use to it Android is far superior

Re: O/T Samsung Galaxy : Sun Aug 28, 2011 11:37 pm  

Ive gone the opposite way, from an HTC Desire to an iphone.

In my opinion the iphone OS is far quicker and slicker than an Android phone, the keypad on the iphone is superb and very responsive, the touch screen on the iphone seems to be quicker and smoother.

The biggest problem with Android is a lot of it is open source, the apps on the Android market don't get scrutinised and tested in the same way that they do with apple. Basically you could be downloading anything onto your Android phone at times, some will be fine but it only takes one dodgy download and your basically opening up your phone to anyone. With apple all the apps are checked and double checked again.

Re: O/T Samsung Galaxy : Sun Aug 28, 2011 11:58 pm  

Rob Wire wrote:

Ive gone the opposite way, from an HTC Desire to an iphone.

In my opinion the iphone OS is far quicker and slicker than an Android phone, the keypad on the iphone is superb and very responsive, the touch screen on the iphone seems to be quicker and smoother.

That depends on the handset. You certainly wouldn't notice it being far quicker and slicker than the likes of the Galaxy S II. The recent Android handsets are more powerful than the iphone and have better screens.

Rob Wire wrote:

The biggest problem with Android is a lot of it is open source, the apps on the Android market don't get scrutinised and tested in the same way that they do with apple. Basically you could be downloading anything onto your Android phone at times, some will be fine but it only takes one dodgy download and your basically opening up your phone to anyone. With apple all the apps are checked and double checked again.

You mention this as a fault, when in fact it's a strength. You can do anything with an Android phone and you can do nothing with an Iphone, unless Apple want you to. The complete lack of homescreen functionality on the iphone is ridiculous, as it how locked down it is. It really is uncustomisable, when on Android you can have your phone how you want it. The Android market lets you know what permissions the app you are about to download requires. If you don't agree with them ,you don't download it. Sure there are a few iphone exclusive apps but 99% of the decent apps on the iphone will be ported given how many Android handsets there are.

Re: O/T Samsung Galaxy : Mon Aug 29, 2011 3:32 pm  

for the op, i bought the galaxy s2 a couple of weeks ago, love it, simple and easy to use and many have said it is probably the best phone on the market and is superioir to the iphone, (although you will find apple devouts won't have a bad word said against any of their products)

Re: O/T Samsung Galaxy : Mon Aug 29, 2011 4:16 pm  

I've just moved to the galaxy s2 from a iPhone 16gb 3GS...it's much better in every way... You won't regret moving to the s2

Re: O/T Samsung Galaxy : Mon Aug 29, 2011 5:33 pm  

i have one,it's great.

Re: O/T Samsung Galaxy : Mon Aug 29, 2011 5:57 pm  

i am an apple fan, i use a macpro qt work and a macbook pro.

i will have an ipad soon (when the 3 comes out) and probably a macbook air...

that said i went from iphone to android with a htc desire and i love it, it is as simple or as complicated as you want it to be. whereas the iphone is just too simple and constrained even when rooted.

it would take an O/S redesign to tempt me back, and i am looking forward to the new ice cream sandwhich phones for when i can renew in a few weeks.

They are significantly cheaper too, and have memory card slots and you can put new batteries in whenever you want !!

it's also nice not to be part of the in crowd...

Re: O/T Samsung Galaxy : Tue Aug 30, 2011 9:48 am  

I have recently gone from the Iphone 3gs to the HTC Sensation and I think it was the best move I ever made. You can do much more with it because the OS is so much more open, all of the APS that you would want are available in the marketplace. 8mp Camera and Full HD video camera. The ability to be able to change the battery when it starts to struggle which they all do eventually and also expand the memory with a simple SD card are also winners.

I waited a long time to get an Iphone, Didnt wait anywhere near as long to get out of it again.